Area Safety Superintendent

Job Title: Area Safety Superintendent

Department: Corporate Safety

Reports to: Corporate Health & Safety Manager

Approved by:

Managers Signature

Approval date: / /

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GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS JOB (Summary)

The Area Safety Superintendent is responsible for the administration, facilitation, and coordination of the Cementation Safety Management System under the direction of the Manager of Safety.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Perform workplace inspections at projects under the direction of the manager of safety and complete a General Inspection Report, which will be provided to the site superintendent and head office. This is the most important function of a Superintendent of Safety.
• Ensure that all new projects under your direction are provided with all the resources and mentoring necessary to ensure compliance with the Cementation Policies and Procedures, as well as local and provincial or territorial jurisdictions.
• Assist in the development of Health and Safety Policies.
• Audit project sites and the site Safety & Training coordinators to ensure compliance with the Cementation Safety Management System and Training Programs.
• Provide vacation relief as required to field projects they are responsible for
• Assist in the development of written job procedures for all tasks being performed at a project.
• Review all policies and procedures with the Manager of Safety before implementation.
• May be required to conduct a refresher, on a yearly basis, of the Basic Health and Safety Policy and Safety Management System with all the appropriate workers.
• Review, with the appropriate workers, the written job procedures and keep a record of the training on file.
• Assist site management in resolving any training concerns.
• Attend any required training courses appropriate to the position or safety conferences related to the mining environment, participate on committees and sub-committees, attend Safety Association meetings as requested by the Corporate Manager – Health & Safety.
• Conduct Job Observations along side of the trainer on each worker based on the worker's training requirements and sign the worker off on the appropriate mining modules.
• Conduct a Training Needs Analysis for each Cementation worker who requires training.
• Ensure that records of training and documentation are kept and available for each individual worker.
• Communicate with Head Office personnel with respect to registration of any new workers and of the successful modules which the Cementation workers may have completed.
• Ensure that project sites under your direction maintain an up-to-date training matrix.
• Issue related training documents.
• Coordinate First Aid and C.P.R. Training and refresher training for all the workers, supervisors, superintendents and site managers.
• Coordinate the training for each for projects under your direction for Supervisors in the Supervisory Common Core and provide Supervisor Orientation on newly hired or promoted Supervisors.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• This position will be required to travel when necessary. A valid US Passport and authorization to travel internationally is required.

OTHER

• All training documentation and inspection reports will be filled out in a timely. fashion. A copy of the original will be placed in the employee's file, and the original will be kept at Head Office.
• The Superintendent of Safety will be asked to perform other duties as requested from time to time by the Manager of Safety.
• Duties outlined herein are intended to be the minimum duties expected of you by Cementation. You are expected to use your initiative to expand upon these duties to ensure that your job mandate is met and that your performance is such that the general spirit and intent of the duties outlined above are completed as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees site training activities using periodic audits.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• Thorough knowledge of MSHA regulations and compliance requirements
• 4 Year degree in a Health and Safety or related field (preferred)
• ISMSP Certified Mine Safety Professional (preferred)

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 10 years mining experience In Underground Mining
• Minimum 5 years training experience working as a Safety Professional
• Bilingual Spanish skills (preferred)

CERTIFICATE(S), LICENSE(S), REGISTRATION(S)

• MSHA Instructor Card, UG & Surface.
• Mine Rescue Instructor Card preferred.
• SME membership
• Industrial Hygiene Sampling training or certificate

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS USED

• The incumbent must have advanced knowledge of the following software:

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE& ABILITIES

• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Must have strong organizational skills
• Must be a self-starter

Cementation is an Equal Opportunity Employer