Director - Health, Safety & Risk

About the Company

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada. SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future.

About the Role

This position supports the VP, Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability in the development and implementation of the safety, health, security, and risk management strategic plan aimed at achieving SSR Mining’s value of ‘Safety first, always’. This role will manage key management systems and provide information and recommendations that support the continuous management of risks and their controls within SSR Mining.

Responsibilities

• Sets the strategy for SSR Mining’s safety, health, risk, and management systems and is accountable for the implementation of the strategic plan.
• Manages development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of safety and health management systems and procedures globally.
• Sets standards for risk assessments and facilitates risk assessments through common risk assessment techniques (e.g., bow tie analysis, HAZOP, LOPA, job safety analysis, field level risk assessment).
• Manages development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of health, safety, and risk information management systems globally.
• Manages the corporate health, safety, and risk audits/assessments program.
• Develops and facilitates training and educational programs.
• Develops analysis and reports trends on health, safety, and risk management data.
• Provides on-site safety and health management support at operating assets and projects.
• Provides incident investigation and root cause analysis oversight and support.
• Develops various safety and health-related reports and ensures appropriate distribution and feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in safety, health, risk management, or related field.
• Master’s degree (MA/MS) in health & safety management, risk management, mining engineering, or related discipline preferred.
• Direct experience working in a mining organization.
• Knowledge of contemporary mining health, safety, and risk management systems and practices.
• Ability to travel internationally and work at altitude (14,000 ft+). Medical verification required.
• Expected range of regular travel: 30% - 40%.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with site and corporate personnel.
• Able to develop corrective actions and provide consultation to address complex company problems/issues that lack precedent and require advanced technical skills and knowledge to resolve.
• Able to work independently, facilitate teams, and under a flexible work schedule when required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to conduct detailed analysis using database and raw safety and health data sources.
• Ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the company.
• Ability to work with relational databases, software systems, and O365 (Excel, Word, SharePoint, Power BI).
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to a culture that values and manages safety excellence.
• Work history that includes experience with a multinational mining company and the ISOMETRIX software platform preferred.
• CMSP, CSP, CRSP, CIH, ROH designation desirable.

Pay

For applicants residing in CO, the salary range for this role is from $200,000 to $220,000.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee share purchase plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term and long-term incentive plans (STI and LTI)