Global HSE Director

Summary

Join KoBold Metals as their HSE Director and provide corporate health and safety program leadership and direct HSE guidance to field projects. Design, adapt, implement, and maintain the company’s health and safety management systems. Understand HSE compliance requirements in all operating jurisdictions, build and manage complementary HSE programs, and advise project teams on HSE standards and reporting. Coach and lead to build HSE capacity and capability within the company, project teams, and the contractor workforce. Directly supervise North America- and Zambia-based HSE team members. This position reports to the VP of Operations and offers a competitive salary range of $185,000 - $230,000. The role is remote, with candidates located anywhere in the US or Canada.

Requirements

• Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of 15 years of recent, related experience, supplemented by a diploma in occupational health and safety or relevant university degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience
• You will also have a designation or eligibility as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) or equivalent
• Our candidate should be able to demonstrate understanding of HSE issues and risks and have a knowledge of health and safety legislation, regulations, policies and practices

Responsibilities

• Exemplify culturally-sensitive HSE leadership across the company
• Help design and cultivate a behavior-based HSE culture in the company
• Design, implement and maintain the company HSE management system
• Ensure that HSE protection compliant standard work procedures and systems are developed, implemented, understood and monitored
• Ensure that incidents are reported, recorded, and translated into system or behavioral improvements
• Ensure that all team members are adequately trained in HSE standards and requirements to properly complete work
• Attend safety/toolbox meetings and communicate expectations with a focus of continued improvement of the HSE management system and to address team member concerns
• Provide a high level of safety expertise, coaching and leadership to project leaders and contracted work force leaders
• Lead HSE initiatives and continuous improvement plans, including transparent HSE KPIs and statistics in a dashboard or similar format
• Develop reports on compliance, improvement, and workforce engagement
• Participate in operational and major hazard risk assessments and audit activities
• Lead incident investigation teams and ensure that reporting is completed
• Travel to remote work sites as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the developing world, with preference for experience in the African continent
• Demonstrated ability to lead implementation of corporate standards in diverse cultural settings
• Considerable experience implementing and supporting safety programs, workplace inspections, audits and incident investigations
• Prior experience with DATS, Forwood CRM, and Everywhere Communication platforms
• Ability to guide supervisory staff on safety matters through active listening and transparent communication
• Strong analytical and research skills and a high degree of integrity and professionalism
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate in-house safety training. (WHIMIS, TDG, Bear Aware)
• Sound knowledge and ability to interpret and apply relevant regulations and legislation such as workers compensation, occupational health, emergency response, and environmental protection
• Ability and availability to travel to remote work sites as required. Multiple trips of a week or more are expected during each calendar year

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours