Mine Health and Safety Director

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.

EMPIRE STATE MINES 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