Lead Health and Safety across a portfolio of mining operations in the United States. This role will strengthen safety leadership, improve consistency between sites and establish a more effective approach to identifying and managing operational risk.

The successful person will spend significant time at the operations, working directly with site leaders and frontline teams. The position requires someone who can influence behaviour, challenge established practices and turn corporate expectations into practical improvements in the field.

Company

A United States mining company with multiple operating sites and a clear commitment to improving safety performance. The business is seeking an experienced leader to create greater alignment between its operations and build a more proactive safety culture.

Accountabilities

• Establish a consistent approach to safety across multiple mining operations.
• Review existing site practices and determine where standards, systems and controls require improvement.
• Work with operational leaders to ensure safety responsibilities are understood and acted upon.
• Maintain a regular presence in the field and engage directly with employees and contractors.
• Strengthen the identification and management of critical operational risks.
• Improve the quality and completion of actions arising from audits, inspections and incidents.
• Lead investigations into serious or complex events and ensure lessons are applied across the business.
• Support site teams during emergencies and significant operational events.
• Monitor safety performance and identify patterns requiring leadership attention.
• Improve the quality of hazard, near miss and frontline safety reporting.
• Establish useful performance measures that encourage prevention rather than reporting compliance alone.
• Provide clear advice and reporting to senior operational leadership.
• Ensure mining activities meet applicable federal and state safety requirements.
• Improve the consistency of safety training across the operations.
• Coach site leaders and safety professionals to build stronger internal capability.
• Encourage collaboration and the sharing of effective practices between operations.

Qualifications

• Significant Health and Safety leadership experience within the mining industry.
• Experience supporting multiple mine sites or leading safety at an enterprise level.
• Strong knowledge of United States mining safety regulations, including MSHA requirements.
• Demonstrated success improving safety systems, leadership behaviours and operational discipline.
• Experience conducting audits and managing corrective actions through to completion.
• Strong capability in incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Able to influence general managers, operational leaders and frontline teams.
• Comfortable operating in active mining environments and remote locations.
• Practical leadership style with a strong preference for field engagement.
• Ability to use safety information and performance trends to establish improvement priorities.
• Strong communication skills across operational and executive audiences.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in safety, engineering, mining or a related discipline.