Mine Manager

About the role

The successful candidate will oversee the safe and efficient operation of the mine, ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards. They will lead the development, implementation, and administration of a comprehensive occupational health and safety plan, championing a culture of safety and reducing risks.

Responsibilities

• Champions health and safety as the top priority, maintaining safe and efficient operations, leading by personal example, ensuring proper working conditions, and helping to develop effective plans, systems, and procedures.
• Maintain compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards and regulations set forth by Hecla Mining Company and federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
• Manage and develop a multi-disciplinary team including Mining Engineers, Geologists, and Mine Production, establishing priorities to maintain safe, cost-effective production per mine plan.
• Develop, submit for approval, and implement mine operating plans, policies, annual operating and capital budgets, and forecasts in line with the company’s and unit’s strategic objectives.
• Monitor and report performance against budgeted targets in terms of production goals and costs, ensuring that budget goals for production, development, and costs are safely met.
• Build, develop, and manage a team capable of carrying out Health and Safety strategies, focusing on continuous improvement, and enhancing employee relations; ensure that talented, motivated, and productive team members are recruited and retained.
• Collaborate with the maintenance group to ensure maintenance and repair of equipment, balancing optimization of production with necessary preventative maintenance.
• Provide support and expertise in identifying site risks and hazards, and provide recommendations on appropriate actions to mitigate risks.
• Oversee and direct all required Health and Safety training for Greens Creek safety personnel, managers, employees, and contractors, including the maintenance of company and regulatory records and files.
• Coordinate internal audits and inspections of Greens Creek operations, for compliance with company and regulatory Health and Safety requirements, provide recommendations and conduct programs to mitigate gaps in compliance, and follow up to make sure that non-compliance issues are corrected in a timely fashion.
• Oversee the administration of the Workers' Compensation Program by working closely with insurance carriers and treating physicians to minimize employee lost time and claim costs.
• Liaise with insurance carrier's site inspections and risk mitigation.
• Compile and submit accident reports and safety activity statistics required by regulatory agencies such as MSHA, Workers' Compensation Claims Adjusters, and Company staff.
• Ensure the integration of health and safety measures into all new processes, equipment, and contract work.
• Ensure the alignment of group and individual goals and objectives with Company strategies, long-term plans, and annual goals, supporting operations goals with relevant performance plans; establish standards of performance for operating management; direct performance management processes to ensure ongoing assessment, evaluation, and communication with operating employees regarding established goals, objectives, and performance standards.
• Member of the senior management team and as such, has important support/team roles for the entire business in addition to the primary responsibility of the mine. May fill in for the General Manager in his absence; other supervisory responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B. S.) or equivalent in mine engineering, geology, geological engineering, or related field; eight or more years of related experience and/or training, in a supervisory capacity.
• Prior supervisory experience and MSHA instructor certification required.
• Ability to obtain ATF Possessor's Clearance.
• Pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen.
• Pass a position-specific physical demands assessment.