Highland Cooper Company seeks a Health & Safety Manager to join their management team in Wakefield, MI! As Health & Safety Manager, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining all safety and health regulations within your site. This is an exempt position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensuring a safe working environment and compliance with regulatory laws
- Overseeing the development of new safety training programs as required
- Conducting new employee and contractor orientation before they begin work on-site
- Auditing processes and facilities within the area of responsibility to ensure the Health & Safety Management System is in compliance and conforms not only to Highland Copper Company and its subsidiaries requirements, but with all applicable local, state, federal, and business requirements
- Managing MSHA/OSHA/State Mine Inspector visits, evaluate field activities, addressing potential violations with inspectors, and ensuring documentation of all potential violations are completed as required
- Developing processes necessary to continuously improve the HSMS and ensure compliance with all legal, business, and client requirements
- Analyzing and interpreting scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and regulatory documents to identify potential impacts to the site
- Presenting information and responding to Health and Safety questions or concerns from employees, managers, and the general public
- Responding to employee Health & Safety inquiries, regulatory complaints, and/or community group
- Conducting safety orientations, visiting work sites, and distributing literature to implement and promote Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Evaluating safety training venues annually to ensure presentation materials
- Developing a management system to track training records to track all safety training initiatives conducted personally or by outside consultants/vendors
- Assisting with the investigation of accidents, injuries, including working with supervisors on the completion of accident investigation reports
- Performing other duties as required
COMPENSATION Highland Copper Company offers a competitive salary, depending on knowledge and experience, as well as an excellent compensation package.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of related experience in Health & Safety, OR
- Master’s degree and discipline and two (2) years of Health & Safety experience
- Proven safe work record
- Knowledge of industrial hygiene exposure modeling
- Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
- Skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards
- Proficiency in MS Office and MS Project
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Criteria/Conditions
- Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
- Ability to communicated in English (also French would be a plus) with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
- Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
- Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects up to fifty (50) pounds during the course of the workday
- Highland Copper Company and all its subsidiaries promote a drug/ alcohol-free work environment through the use of pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as per applicable state laws.
- Work is in a mine or manufacturing plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity and moving mechanical parts
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear, and see
PLEASE, NO CALLS OR WALK-INS!
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ABOUT HIGHLAND COPPER COMPANY: Highland Copper Company and its subsidiaries are building their future by hiring the pillars of their foundation. We believe our people are our most powerful asset. By being part of Highland Copper Company, you will play an active and constructive role in the creation of Highland future. We’re committed to sustainable and innovative ways to deliver results and build a great work environment.
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