Mine Safety and Environmental Coordinator

The Walnut Creek Coal Mine is a prominent surface coal mine featuring state‑of‑the‑art equipment, including an 80‑cubic‑yard dragline, a 29‑cubic‑yard mass excavator, a 24‑cubic‑yard hydraulic backhoe, and a fleet of 150‑ton end‑dump trucks. The Walnut Creek Mine is a captive lignite operation with an impressive capacity, producing over 2 million tons of lignite annually. Additionally, the mine operates a blending program to ensure consistent quality lignite for fueling a 308‑megawatt power plant.

The Mine Safety and Environmental Coordinator is responsible for fostering and strengthening the NAES safety culture at the Walnut Creek Mine by developing, implementing, and maintaining safety and environmental compliance programs. This role requires a strong understanding of Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations, risk‑management principles, and safety leadership. Primary responsibilities include implementing safety initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, delivering safety training to employees and contractors, supporting environmental compliance activities, and administering the site’s safety programs.

The coordinator serves as a key resource to site leadership, promoting continuous improvement and a proactive safety culture.

Your scope of responsibility as Mine Safety and Environmental Coordinator will include the following primary functions:

• Partner with site leadership to develop, enhance, and administer new miner and annual refresher training programs while providing site‑specific safety training resources.
• Administer the MSHA Part 48 training program, ensuring compliance while using data and performance trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Develop and deliver engaging safety training for employees, contractors, and visitors while continuously improving training methods and materials.
• Identify and implement alternative training resources and instructional approaches as needed.
• Effectively respond to complex safety situations with professionalism, sound judgment, and empathy.
• Champion the site’s Guardians of Safety Program and promote employee engagement in proactive safety initiatives.
• Conduct incident, injury, and near‑miss investigations, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions.
• Participate in workplace inspections and audits, analyzing findings to identify trends and drive continuous improvement at the site and regional levels.
• Facilitate and mentor Root Cause Analysis (RCA) teams, present findings to leadership, and support implementation of corrective actions and best management practices.
• Promote accountability by recognizing positive safety behaviors and addressing behaviors that increase organizational risk.
• Serve as the primary site liaison during MSHA inspections by interpreting regulations, responding to citations, and leveraging knowledge of site operations, historical data, and hazard trends.
• Maintain required safety records and documentation while ensuring contractor compliance with regulatory, insurance, and company requirements.
• Coach and mentor supervisors and mine personnel on safety leadership, regulatory compliance, documentation, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Support the Environmental Manager by assisting with water and soil sampling, monitoring permit boundaries, and completing other environmental compliance activities as assigned.
• Build positive working relationships across all levels of the organization while promoting strict adherence to safety and environmental requirements.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned to support safe, compliant, and efficient mine operations.

Safety is a core value at NAES, and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to remain mentally alert and work safely at all times. Employees must also adhere to all safety warnings and posted signs while on company property. Additionally, they are required to follow all NAES safety rules and procedures. Adherence to these safety responsibilities is one of the key factors in the evaluation of each employee’s performance.

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