Director - Health and Safety

Skills: Director, Health & Safety, Underground Mining, Mine Rescue, MSHA, Hazard Recognition.

Experience level: Mid-senior

Experience required: 5 Years

Education level: Bachelors degree

Job function: Engineering

Industry: Mining & Metals

Relocation assistance: Yes

Visa sponsorship eligibility: No

Job Description

Empire State Mines is 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 Company's 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.

Company 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.