The OpportunityThe Operational Safety Superintendent leads the day-to-day operational safety function across Jerritt Canyon surface, underground, processing, and support operations. This role supervises and develops Operational Safety Specialists; maintains regulatory readiness; and helps leaders translate requirements and risk controls into consistent field execution.
The Superintendent is a visible field leader who builds trust, coaches effective risk decisions, verifies critical controls, and uses events, inspections, and performance data to drive practical improvement.
Responsibilities- Lead, coach, assign, and develop Operational Safety Specialists; establish clear priorities, field coverage, and performance expectations.
- Maintain compliance and inspection readiness for applicable regulatory requirements, company standards, permits, and site commitments across surface, underground, and processing areas.
- Support development and implementation of the site Risk Management system, including critical-control verification, workplace examinations, pre-operational inspections, risk analysist quality, formal risk assessments, and risk-register updates.
- Lead or support event notification, classification, investigation, causal analysis, corrective-action development, learning communication, and effectiveness verification.
- Support Contractor Safety Management from mobilization and onboarding through field oversight, performance review, corrective action, and closeout; partner with contractor representatives and operational owners.
- Conduct and coordinate field inspections, audits, observations, and assurance activities; identify trends and ensure actions are assigned, tracked, verified, and closed.
- Partner with Mine Operations, Processing, Maintenance, Technical Services, Training, Industrial Hygiene, Emergency Response, Human Resources, and site leadership.
- Provide safety input for planning, Management of Change, projects, commissioning, and high-risk work, including energy isolation, confined space, work at height, hot work, lifting/rigging, excavation, ground control, traffic management, and mobile-equipment interaction.
- Develop clear procedures, standards, communications, and performance reports; monitor leading and lagging indicators and recommend focused improvements.
- Participate in emergency response, on-call coverage, and regulatory interactions as assigned; stop or escalate work when critical controls are absent or ineffective.
- Spend meaningful time in the field and be accessible to the workforce.
- Coach leaders and employees to own risk and resolve issues at the operating level.
- Set a high standard for professionalism, follow-through, learning, and accountability.
- Promote reporting, respectful challenge, stop-work authority, and continuous improvement.
The above responsibilities are representative and may not include all assigned duties.
Education and Experience- Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, mining, engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience considered.
- Progressive safety experience in mining or heavy industry, including leadership or supervisory responsibility.
- Experience supporting surface, underground, and/or mineral processing operations; multi-area experience strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and regulatory inspection processes.
- CSP, CMSP, ARM, TapRooT®/investigation, or comparable safety and risk credentials.
- Strong people leadership, coaching, and talent-development capability.
- Practical knowledge of risk management, critical controls, investigations, action management, audits, and contractor safety.
- Sound judgment and the confidence to influence at every organizational level.
- Clear written, verbal, facilitation, and regulatory communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands, analyze trends, and deliver sustainable results.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and EHS management systems.
