Sonia Vaillancourt
About Sonia Vaillancourt
Sonia Vaillancourt serves as the Coordonnatrice Prévention at Glencore in Lachine, where she has worked since 2018. With over 16 years of experience in occupational health and safety, she provides advisory support, develops training programs, and manages risk analysis initiatives.
Work at Glencore
Sonia Vaillancourt has been serving as Coordonnatrice Prévention at Glencore since 2018, contributing to the company's health and safety initiatives in Lachine. In this role, she oversees the health and safety management system program and provides advisory support to managers for decision-making in health and safety matters. Prior to her current position, she worked as Conseillère prévention et hygiène at Glencore from 2017 to 2018 in Montreal-Est, Quebec, where she developed lockout/tagout procedures and conducted risk analysis.
Education and Expertise
Sonia Vaillancourt studied at Université de Sherbrooke, where she earned a Certificat in Santé et sécurité au travail from 2001 to 2003. She also holds a Baccalauréat in Administration des affaires from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), completed between 1992 and 1995. With over 16 years of experience in occupational health and safety, she possesses extensive knowledge of both provincial and federal occupational health and safety laws, as well as in-depth expertise in areas such as accident investigation and workplace inspection systems.
Background
Before joining Glencore, Sonia Vaillancourt worked in various roles related to health and safety. She was a Technicienne santé et sécurité au travail at Société québécoise des infrastructures from 2013 to 2015 in the Montréal region. Additionally, she served as Coordonnatrice en gestion de projets at the National Research Council Canada from 2015 to 2016 and briefly worked as Agente en ressources humaines - Santé et sécurité au travail at Ville de Longueuil in 2015.
Achievements
Sonia Vaillancourt has developed training programs and managed risk analysis programs throughout her career. She is responsible for overseeing gas detector management using Inet Control and managing confined space entries. Her role includes suggesting improvement opportunities in health and safety and maintaining various web applications related to health and safety, demonstrating her commitment to enhancing workplace safety standards.