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About the role
- National EH&S Director leading safety, environmental compliance, and risk programs for GESI’s Canadian operations. Standardizing enterprise systems across hazardous industrial, waste, and refinery sites.
Responsibilities
- Formulate, govern, and continuously enhance the enterprise-wide health and safety management system framework, including KPIs, EH&SMS, Corporate Safety Standards, policies, and SOPs
- Drive a company-wide culture of safety excellence through executive-led initiatives, continuous training, proactive risk mitigation, standardized safe operating practices, hazardous-task controls, and engineering risk mitigations
- Establish senior leadership oversight and executive reporting protocols for critical incidents
- Align EH&S stewardship goals with business objectives, operational sustainability, compliance, and long-term organizational success
- Provide strategic direction and executive oversight for risk management across operations and client industrial sites
- Oversee health and safety onboarding and integration of acquired business units, personnel, and infrastructure
- Oversee environmental compliance, facility monitoring, site remediation, and land-stewardship strategies
- Direct resolution of regulatory inquiries, permitting requirements, and third-party compliance verification systems such as ISNetworld and Avetta
- Provide senior oversight for environmental emergency responses and third-party technical consultants
- Direct root-cause investigations using SCAT and RCA methodologies and execute corrective and preventive action frameworks
- Partner with Human Resources on employee retention, safety leadership training, and WCB disability claims management
- Collaborate with Fleet Compliance on driver safety, National Safety Code alignment, and fleet technology integration
- Coordinate with Risk & Insurance on certificates of insurance, asset and vehicle coverage, and enterprise risk management
- Provide EH&S oversight and technical reviews for commercial proposals, RFPs/RFQs, and client pre-qualification submissions
- Oversee functional design, optimization, and rollout of digital management software including Enablon, SEMS, and GFL Learning Hub
- Use EH&S dashboards to track real-time KPIs, audit findings, KPI logs, and critical incident trends across business units
- Travel approximately 25% across North American operations for site inspections, leadership initiatives, and frontline engagement
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, or Occupational Safety
- 10–15 years of relevant experience in a senior EH&S leadership role
- Multidisciplinary experience in operations, hazardous waste management, environmental management/consulting, emergency response, engineering, and process safety management
- Expert knowledge of enterprise EH&S management system architectures, including EH&SMS, GreenBook, and Corporate Safety Standards
- Extensive expertise in North American environmental protection legislation, federal/provincial/state OHS regulations, TDG, WHMIS, and municipal environmental bylaws
- Deep technical understanding of Process Safety Management (PSM), pressure systems safety engineering, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and hazard identification
- Experience with complex industrial services, hazardous waste processing facilities, used oil/glycol refineries, and resource-sector sites
- Experience with digital EH&S platforms including Enablon, SEMS, WorkHub, and GFL Learning Hub
- Technical background in environmental earth sciences, Phase I/II/III environmental site assessments, Decommissioning & Reclamation Plans, spill contingency planning, and regulatory reporting
- Ability to influence and direct senior operations executives, regional directors, and frontline teams
- Skilled at evaluating operational data and incident trends
- Proven cross-functional collaboration with HR, Legal, Claims, IT, and Finance
- Exceptional verbal and written presentation skills for board-level reporting, regulatory negotiations, and company-wide safety messaging
- Valid work authorization in Canada; GFL does not provide visa sponsorship
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life insurance
- Paid time-off
- RRSP matching
- Profit sharing
- Competitive wages
- Growth opportunities
- Continuous learning opportunities
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