Job Description:Experience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 5 Years
Education level: Bachelors degree
Job function: Engineering
Industry: Mining & Metals
Job Description:Currently seeking a professional to fill the role of Mine
Health & Safety Director at its underground Zinc operation. Located within 2-hour drive of The Thousand Islands, Lake Ontario shoreline, the Adirondack Mountains and world class skiing at Lake Placid. Explore Canada with Montreal and Ottawa only 2-3 hours away.
Responsibilities: - Lead development of strong safety culture.
- Analyze indicators of Companys health and safety performance.
- Lead audits of processes and facilities within the underground and surface to ensure not only compliance with Empire State Mines safety procedures, but also local, state, and federal requirements.
- Advise management team members on need and opportunity for performance improvements.
- Assist all team members in developing plans, policies, or procedures necessary to accomplish performance improvements.
- Conducts and leads risk management by performing hazard evaluations, risk assessments, and initiates corrective actions and controls for correction.
- Assist in completing incident investigations, determines risk levels, and evaluated root cause.
- Point of contact for MSHA and manages MSHA mine inspector visits and required documentation.
- Uses knowledge and experience of federal, state, and local laws and regulations of the industry to evaluate Company rules, policies, and procedures for adherence and to support a safe work environment.
- Communicate health and safety information and use knowledge and experience to address questions and concerns from employees, managers, and other stakeholders.
- Other reasonable duties as needed.
Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years of experience in health and safety field, specific to underground mining preferred.
- Experience in leading the development of and maintaining a strong safety culture.
- Experience in training of techniques and systems of hazard recognition and control.
- Mine rescue experience.
- MSHA Blue Card IU/IS/MM unlimited certification preferred.
- Skill in written and verbal communication (in English), critical thinking, data analysis.
Offers 401K Retirement Plan including additional employer contribution of 5% of gross wages weekly. Excellus Medical plan with low employee contribution, FREE Vision, Dental, and Life Insurances, Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time Off
MUST HAVE- 5 years of experience in health and safety field, specific to underground mining required.
- Experience in leading the development of and maintaining a strong safety culture.
- Experience in training of techniques and systems of hazard recognition and control.
- Mine rescue experience.
- MSHA Blue Card IU/IS/MM unlimited certification required.
Required Skills:• Indicators
• Analysis
• Mining
• Offers
• ROOT
• Corrective Actions
• Risk Management
• Critical Thinking
• Regulations
• Data Analysis
• Education
• Documentation
• Engineering
• English
• Training
• Communication
• Management
