Environment, Health and Safety Manager; Mining

As the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager for the Lovelock, NV plant and mine, this role is responsible for coordinating and overseeing all aspects of the site’s EHS programs. Key responsibilities include management of Air Operating Permits, accident and incident investigations, annual MSHA and related EHS training, waste management, regulatory reporting, and direct interface with regulatory agencies.

The EHS Manager provides overall leadership and compliance oversight for environmental, health, and safety programs across the plant as well as the Lovelock and perlite mines, while ensuring effective coordination between operations, support functions, and senior leadership.

• Provide technical and regulatory expertise to ensure occupational health, safety, and environmental compliance at the site location.
• Inspect and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, and practices to meet site safety standards.
• Provide leadership for the site concerning the site safety culture, including any contractors working on site. Safety is always our highest priority.
• Provide strategic leadership and work with management on identified EHS issues/recommendations/opportunities to foster continuous improvement of EHS culture and performance.
• Assist sites with the review and implementation of standardized US Silica EHS policies and procedures, including but not limited to Job Safety Analysis, Standards of Conduct, Incident/Accident investigation, ergonomics, HAZCOM.
• Lead the safety and industrial hygiene programs. These activities involve facilitating EHS meetings and JSA reviews.
• Lead investigations of accidents, incidents, and near misses to identify causes and determine how to prevent reoccurrence.
• Compiles and completes all MSHA-required reports.
• Initiate workers’ compensation reports and manage claims through claim closure.
• Participate in capital project reviews consistent with the level of environmental, industrial hygiene and safety expertise needed.
• Support emergency response activities through the development of required drills and coordination of annual training.
• Contribute and support the Exposure Reduction Process (ERP) within your assigned area of responsibility.
• Maintain and monitor environmental compliance programs for the site while optimizing the effectiveness and efficiency of the programs.
• Maintain and update primarily air, water, mining, and other environmental permits while providing support with all waste programs.
• Work with the Regional EHS Managers to ensure all regulatory required reports with NDEP, EPA, and MSHA are filed timely.
• Submit various agency and internal environmental reports.

• Bachelors' Degree;
  Eight to ten (5-10) years’ related operations and production experience with increasingly responsible responsibility; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in a mineral processing environment, preferred.
• Occupational Safety experience is a plus, MSHA preferred.
• Environmental and safety regulatory and technical expertise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to interact with community, elected officials and non-government organizations, as well as with state and federal regulatory agencies.
• Must be a self-starter and demonstrate strong sense of initiative; ability to work independently with minimal supervision; excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong computer skills (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint).
• Strong attention to quality and detail, and solid people-management skills.
• Adaptability:
  Adapts to changes in the work environment;
  Managers competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation;
  Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected punctuality.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming;
  Maintains confidentiality;
  Listens to others without interrupting;
  Keeps emotions under control. Assesses own strengths and weaknesses;
  Pursues training and development opportunities;
  Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills;
  Shares expertise with others;
  Remains open to others’ ideas and tries new things.
• Teamwork:
  Balances team and…