Senior Mine Health and Safety Advisor (Field Based)

ERM is hiring Senior Mine Health and Safety Advisors in Beatty, NV. The Advisor will be responsible for ensuring the health and safety of personnel working in greenfield mining operations. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining safety programs that comply with federal, state, and local regulations, including MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) standards, and serves as a key advisor to management and frontline workers, promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement.  This is a full time (40 hours per week) limited-term role for a duration of 6 months, extendable.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety culture through visible felt leadership and active engagement with employees, contractors, and site leaders.
• Promote personal accountability, self-leadership, and enforce an individual's stop-work authority across all levels of the organization.
• Lead behavior-based safety programs founded on positive reinforcement of safe behaviors and timely correction of unsafe practices.
• Coach supervisors and managers in safety leadership, hazard recognition, and incident prevention strategies.
• Ensure organizational compliance with all federal, state, and local safety, health, and security laws, regulations, codes, and MSHA standards.
• Standardize and execute all HSS processes and procedures consistently across Nevada Projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of regulatory requirements and serve as a designated signing authority for health and safety matters.
• Maintain compliant files, regulatory records, and documentation to support regulatory agency interactions, inspections, and reporting obligations.
• Lead both formal risk assessment and field-level risk assessment programs.
• Manage fatal risk management and lifesaving controls programs across the operation.
• Maintain a Safety Management Information System (SMIS) to track regulatory compliance, analyze incident statistics and leading indicators, identify root causes, and mitigate emerging risks.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action development.
• Lead MSHA New Miner training programs, refresher courses, and site-specific safety and health orientations.
• Deliver safety leadership, hazard recognition, unplanned events, and root cause investigation training for managers, supervisors, and site personnel.
• Provide site-specific contractor safety orientations and monitor contractor compliance with company standards and regulations.
• Provide hazardous material/right-to-know training and manage Material Safety Data systems.
• Create, refresh, and re-brand educational and promotional materials to continuously educate stakeholders on safety and health aspects.
• Lead and maintain employee medical monitoring and occupational health programs.
• Manage industrial hygiene monitoring programs related to air quality, water, noise, heat stress, and chemical exposures.
• Assist area managers with workplace inspections of ventilation and exhaust equipment, lighting, fire prevention tools, safety equipment, and first-aid resources.
• Lead, maintain, and update site emergency response plans, emergency drills, and response team training.
• Provide on-call support for emergency response and significant site incidents as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Mining Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field (preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of health and safety leadership experience within the U.S. mining industry, preferably in Nevada.
• Strong knowledge of MSHA regulations and mining operations.
• Excellent communication and training skills.
• Proficiency in safety management software and reporting tools.
• MSHA certification required.
• CMSP Certification (Certified Mine Safety Professional) is a plus.

Work Environment

• Work is conducted in both office and field settings at a surface mine

• Requires use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and adherence to strict safety protocols.

• Involves travel to remote mining sites.

For the Senior Mine Health and Safety Advisors position, the anticipated annual base pay is $65-$95/hour (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).  

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off (vacation, sick, and floating holidays), parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k), and other applicable benefits to eligible employees. 

Who We Are: 
As the largest global pure play consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize , underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. 

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ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

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