Health and Safety Trainer

Timmins Economic Development Corporation; Timmins; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Health and Safety Trainer to join their team in Timmins. This role is pivotal in promoting and maintaining safe operating procedures within the mine, ensuring all employees are well-trained and compliant with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive mining experience and a passion for fostering a safe work environment. With competitive benefits and a supportive culture, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a leading organization while advancing your career in health and safety.

Benefits

Mine Performance Plan Incentive (bonus)

Flexible Work Schedules

Company-paid extended medical, prescription, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness Spending Account

Health Care Spending Account

Company-paid pension plan with 8% company contribution

Basic life/accidental life insurance

Long-term disability coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Telemedicine Virtual Primary Care

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of mining experience is essential for this role.
• Strong communication and coaching skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and promote safe operating procedures at the mine.
• Deliver training programs and ensure compliance with safety protocols.

Skills

Communication Skills

Coaching Skills

Health and Safety Regulations Compliance

Training Skills

Education

Train the Trainer Certification

Formal Safety Certification

Job description

Lake Shore Gold (a subsidiary of Pan American Silver) is located in Timmins, Ontario. The Bell Creek Complex, located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Timmins, Ontario, consists of an underground mine and processing facility. Mineralization is associated with the Porcupine-Destor fault system within the Abitibi greenstone belt, with ore mined by narrow vein longhole stoping methods. Ore is then transported to surface via a modern one thousand eighty metre deep shaft capable of forty-eight hundred tonnes per day.

About the Opportunity

We are looking to hire a Health and Safety Trainer to join our Bell Creek Mine in Porcupine, ON, on a full-time basis. The schedule for this position is Monday-Friday, 8 hrs/day or 4 on, 3 off, 10hrs/day.

Please note that this role requires relocation to the Timmins area and is not a camp-based position.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and promoting safe operating procedures for all jobs at the mine. The Health & Safety Trainer is also responsible for ensuring that all employees follow safe operating procedures when performing tasks and for providing training and guidance to all workers. Much of the incumbent’s time will be spent underground and doing hands-on training.

Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager, the Health and Safety Trainer will have the following responsibilities:

• Ensures site orientation for all new employees
• Educate all levels of the organization about the IRS, and to actively promote it
• Follow “refresher” training schedules to ensure workers are evaluated and trained annually on specific equipment and tasks to reduce injury exposure and risk
• Compliance and training on all mine site safe operating procedures providing input, modifying, and updating procedures as required
• Ensure that the Common Core training programs are structured to ensure that employees have received the appropriate specialty accreditation
• Deliver training programs to ensure every employee is trained at least once per year on tasks and equipment they regularly use on the job
• Oversee the following programs: U/G Basic Common Core, U/G Mining Specialties, U/G Supervisory Common Core & other Common Core programs as deemed applicable
• Ensure compliance with the requirements for record keeping
• Monitor and report compliance to all safety/training programs
• Schedules and arranges first aid, CPR and WHIMIS training for employees as required
• Reporting and updating of databases as required
• Takes responsibility for aspects of occupational health and safety, and environmental matters, over which the individual has control, including adherence to all requirements applicable to Lake Shore Gold
• Such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

More About You

While our ideal candidate has the following qualifications, we welcome applicants who may not meet every criterion to apply.

The following will be critical to successfully performing this role:

• 5 to 7 years of related mining experience
• Train the Trainer Certification
• Strong communication and coaching skills
• The ability to communicate orally and in writing with all levels of the organization
• Recognized formal safety certification

As our ideal candidate, you are a motivated team player, and above all, you demonstrate compliance with all health and safety regulations.

About the Benefits

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can expect to receive a competitive annual salary, as well as the following benefits:

• Mine Performance Plan Incentive (bonus)
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Company-paid extended medical, prescription, dental, and vision benefits
• Wellness Spending Account
• Health Care Spending Account
• Company-paid pension plan with 8% company contribution
• Basic life/accidental life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Telemedicine Virtual Primary Care via Dialogue
• Competitive Paid Vacation Entitlements
• Paid pregnancy and parental leave

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to take the next step toward your career goals with an industry leader - apply now!

To express your interest in this position please forward your resume to:

Lake Shore Gold - Human Resources

P.O. Box 1067

Timmins ON

P4N 7H9

Email: [e-mail]

Fax [phone]

Lake Shore Gold is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and we believe that diversity and inclusion among our team members is critical to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and all aspects of employment including the decision to hire or promote will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business requirements. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.