Job Description

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Job title: Mine Health and Safety Director

Location: Gouverneur, NY

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Purpose and Scope:

• The company is focused on near-mine and district exploration as well as development of its Kilbourne Graphite Project.
• The company is committed to operational excellence, prudent growth, and sustainable development.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the VP of Operations, the Mine Health & Safety Director will have the following duties and 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.
• Manage the duties of H&S Coordinator and Trainers.
• 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 preferred.
• MSHA Blue Card IU/IS/MM unlimited certification preferred.
• Skill in written and verbal communication (in English), critical thinking, data analysis.
• Legally authorized to work in the US.

 

Must Have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in health and safety, specific to the mining industry
• Experience as primary point of contact for MSHA, including managing inspector visits and required documentation
• Experience conducting hazard evaluations, risk assessments, and incident investigations including root cause analysis
• Experience leading development and maintenance of a safety culture, including training on hazard recognition and control

Nice to Have:

• Underground mining experience
• Mine rescue experience
• MSHA Blue Card IU/IS/MM unlimited certification