Position Title: Safety Specialist

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location: Coaldale

Grade: Scale 11

Requisition ID: 36530

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role**.**

The role involves overseeing safety practices, coaching safe work behaviors, and leading incident investigations at the Project Sunlight facility. Additionally, it includes supporting health and safety programs, documenting incidents, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols like LOTO and inspections.

What you’ll be doing.

• Responsible for observing and maintaining safety work practices throughout the Project Sunlight facility
• Coaching and intervention of safe work practices
• Maintain, initiate, lead and document incident investigations
• Participation in Health and Safety Programs including Safety Interactions, GEMBA, and Risk Assessments
• Support incident reporting, tracking, and monitoring incident rates per shift
• Be a resource and lead safe facilitation of LOTO when needed
• Document Control and Audits such as inspection forms, incident reports, investigations, etc
• Communication of safety incidents and toolbox safety moments
• Assisting in Health and Safety program completion

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Health and Safety education required.
• 1-2 years experience working in the field of health and safety.
• Manufacturing experience is an asset.
• Possess strong administrative skills with the ability to navigate various software systems including Intelex, Microsoft suite, and Velocity.
• Willingness to participate training and coaching of new employees in procedure adherence and safe work practices
• Ability to work well with plant supervision and production employees
• Team player with excellent attendance
• Analytical, organized, and attention to detail
• Ability to accept and embrace change in a fast-paced environment
• Good safety record

Physical Requirements

• Physically capable of performing all required duties.

This is a 1-year contract position.

The benefits of working for McCain.

• Start Rate is $34.57, after six months $35.26
• Maternity/paternity leave
• 12-hour rotating schedule: 4-on (2-day shifts, 2 night shifts)/4-off
• Attendance incentives
• Pay for skills program/education reimbursement
• Health and wellness days

About McCain

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles**.**

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience**.**

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Benefits*: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.*

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy*, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled* here*.*

Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: NA Potato Manufacturing
Department: Safety

Location(s): CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)