JOB TITLE: Underground Health & Safety Advisor
LOCATION: Michigan (Upper Peninsula)
MAIN PURPOSE: Oversees and supports mine site health and safety operations by ensuring regulatory compliance, leading training and emergency programs, managing inspections and investigations, and providing technical guidance to minimize risk and maintain safe working conditions. The primary focus of this role is leading the mine rescue team.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:
- Leads Mine Rescue program including planning and execution of training, management of documentation, and maintenance of equipment.
- Provides technical guidance, training development, implementation and support to employees and contractors on Eagle Health and Safety Standards as well as state and federal regulations to ensure compliance and minimize risk.
- Supervises operational MSHA compliance activities - serves as the key field liaison for H&S regulators
- Manage inventory, inspection and disposal of self-contained self-rescuers
- Assists in servicing refuge chambers and associated systems
- Participates in and leads incident reporting and investigation processes
- Reporting, data review, and interpretation as required
- Conducts surveys, studies, and audits to identify conditions affecting compliance with Federal Regulations concerning employee health and safety
- Coordinates inspection and audit programs and provides direction and guidance in the closure of findings along with development and execution of corrective actions in a timely and effective manner so that re-occurrence is avoided
- Assists with occupational health and industrial hygiene activities
- Manage health, safety and emergency services to accepted standards of practice
- Provides support and assists with managing and resolving emergency situations
- Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Two (2) year degree (AS) in occupational health and safety or other relevant field preferred
- Underground mining experience preferred
- Working knowledge of U.S. federal and state compliance regulations (e.g. MSHA, OSHA) preferred
- Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license required
- Basic skills in use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) required
- Experienced in training development and delivery
- MSHA approved instructor preferred (underground and mine rescue)
- Technical document and report writing skills preferred
- CSP, CIH or CMSP certification desirable
KEY PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:
- Action Oriented - Initiates timely action to address important issues.
- Collaborates - Encourages unity rather than us vs. them thinking
- Communicates Effectively - Clear, concise, and professional in communication.
- Decision Quality - Considers various inputs, criteria, and trade-offs to arrive at effective decisions and recommendations.
- Ensures accountability - Follows through on commitments.
- Manages Ambiguity - Accepts needed change despite the uncertainty it brings.
HSEC ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Everyone in the workplace is responsible for his or her own safety and for the safety of their co-workers. Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, to work safely and keep the workplace safe. Eagle Mine, LLC is responsible for determining steps required to ensure health and safety of all employees, protection of the environment, and the community. Specifically, all employees must:
- Accept personal responsibility for HSEC
- Identify hazards, unsafe actions, and conditions that could result in damage to property, injury, impacts to the environment, and the community
- Obey any instruction issued to protect their own personal health and safety, and the health and safety of others, protection of the environment and the community.
- Report, as soon as practicable to their Manager any situations where HSEC requirements are not being conformed to within their work area
- Avoid endangerment to any other person through any act or omission
- Only use equipment you are trained to use and operate the equipment in a way that is safe, protects the environment and doesn’t cause undue community impacts.
- Participate in HSEC training provided to them
- Report all incidents; including but not limited to injuries, near miss, community interactions and impacts, environmental impacts, spills, unsafe work practices, etc.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person