Associate Director, Airport Health & Safety

Your way forward: Join Canada’s busiest airport as our next Associate Director, Airport Health and Safety

Do you want to help transform Toronto Pearson into the global airport of the future? We’re committed to becoming one of the most advanced, sustainable, and passenger-friendly airports in the world – and we need your help. This is your chance to play an essential role: building the story of Pearson’s transformation and engaging meaningfully with a range of critical stakeholders to build trust and support for organizational mandates and priorities.

Position Summary:
Under the general guidance of the Director, Corporate Safety and Security, the Associate Director, Airport Health & Safety will oversee the Toronto Pearson Safety Program and the Occupational Health & Safety Management Program. This is the lead health and safety role in the organization, and involves developing and implementing safety strategies, monitoring safety performance, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will be a strong leader with a passion for safety and will be responsible for fostering a culture of safety and well-being across the organization. The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing success of the GTAA, a recognized leader in airport safety. The GTAA was recently named a 2024 Finalist for Canada’s Best Safety Culture, and the new hire will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing this reputation.

As Associate Director, Airport Health and Safety, you will:
• Oversee and advance the development and implementation of the organization's health and safety strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate goals
• Ensure regulatory compliance with all relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators to measure and drive safety performance
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including employees, unions, regulatory agencies, and tenants to foster a safety culture
• Oversee the activities of the safety committees to promote inclusion and advocacy of safety throughout the organization and airport community
• Identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks and implement effective control measures
• Develop and deliver comprehensive safety training programs
• Lead the conduct of thorough investigations of incidents and the implementation of corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance safety performance
• Drive safety initiatives and ensure compliance with regulations
• Promote and foster a culture of safety and well-being across the airport community
• Advance safety programs, develop and implement innovative safety programs
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to enhance safety practices
• Stay ahead of the curve, research and implement industry best practices
• Oversee airport-wide security training programs, including Security Awareness, Threat Risk Assessment, Security Legislation, and Active Assailant training
• Ensure delivery of standard business unit safety training, such as Concern Review, Threat/Hazard Identification Risk Assessment, Root Cause Analysis, and Risk Analysis
• Lead and Inspire: Motivate and empower the team to achieve organizational goals
• Drive Innovation and Excellence by fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

This is a chance to be on the frontline of history at Toronto Pearson. To do so, you will bring:
• Post-Secondary diploma in safety, airport/aviation management, occupational health management
• Safety (Occupational/Aviation) /Auditor Training
• Minimum 7 years of experience within airport, aviation safety, occupational health and safety environment or relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in People Management (direct report or cross-functional)
• Ability to obtain and retain a Transportation Security Clearance

At Toronto Pearson, we value a wide range of experience. Consider this role if you have:
• Proven relationship management skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to influence, collaborate and negotiate cross functionally in a unionized environment, as well as with external stakeholders to achieve results
• Solid business acumen and business improvement mindset to solution immediate issues and to identify trends, provide recommendations, plans and implement corrective actions
• Excellent communication skills to effectively reach a broad audience of internal and external stakeholders including at the executive and Board level
• Demonstrated interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead and participate in teams to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with others
• Ability to successfully manage under pressure and respond to critical and or changing priorities
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly about business, goals and strategies
• Strong decision-making skills and demonstrates a sense of urgency to deliver operational excellence
• Excellent proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint)

At Toronto Pearson our future is unlimited because we are building it. Our work is not just about building the foundation for the airport of tomorrow but the way to create careers in a cutting-edge work environment. Be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime chance to build our legacy.

What's in it for you!
As a GTAA employee, you’ll have access to amazing benefits, including retirement planning, comprehensive group health benefits, an employee assistance programs (EAP), paid leave, education and training, as well as recognition and rewards programs.

Let’s do this together!