Director, Health, Safety, and Security

Gunnison Copper (NYSE-A: GUNN | TSX: GCU); Dragoon (AZ); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Gunnison Copper seeks a Director of Health, Safety and Security to lead occupational safety and security across Johnson Camp Mine and related activities in southeastern Arizona. The role reports to the COO and prioritizes visible field leadership, risk control, and continuous improvement.

You will guide safety professionals, drive regulatory compliance, and coordinate with contractors and operations teams to uphold Life-Saving Rules and strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a safety-focused technical field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in health and safety leadership in mining or heavy industry.
• 5+ years leading safety professionals and programs.
• Direct MSHA-regulated operating environment experience.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, incident investigation, contractor safety and training systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead field safety with hazard recognition and critical-risk controls.
• Set safety strategy, priorities, budgets, and performance expectations.
• Coach safety staff and improve work planning and risk assessment.
• Ensure MSHA compliance, inspections, and training maturity.
• Direct health risk assessments for dust, noise, heat, and chemicals.
• Lead investigations and verify corrective actions to reduce risk.
• Strengthen emergency response plans and external coordination.
• Oversee contracted security services and access controls.
• Integrate safety into construction, commissioning, and changes.
• Advise leadership on material risks and improvement priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influence operating leaders

Risk assessment

Incident investigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Management, Industrial Hygiene, Mining Engineering

MSHA-regulated environment experience

CSP / CMSP / CIH credential

Job description

Director of Health, Safety and Security

Gunnison Copper | Johnson Camp Mine | Near Dragoon, Arizona

Full-Time

• Site-Based
• Reports to the Chief Operating Officer

Lead From The Field. Shape How We Work Safely.

Gunnison Copper is seeking an experienced Director of Health, Safety and Security to lead occupational health, safety, emergency preparedness, and physical security at Johnson Camp Mine and support assigned Gunnison Project activities in southeastern Arizona.

Reporting directly to the COO, you will combine strategic leadership with a consistent, visible presence in the field. You will work alongside operating leaders, employees, and contractors to identify significant risks, verify critical controls, and build the capability and accountability needed for safe, responsible copper production.

Your scope will span open-pit mining and contractor interfaces, heap leaching, innovative Nuton bioleaching technology, solvent extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW), maintenance, and supporting facilities. You will lead the Safety Manager and Senior Safety Specialist and oversee contracted security services.

We are looking for a leader who earns trust, exercises sound judgment, and translates safety expectations into practical actions where the work happens.

What You’ll Lead

• Field leadership and critical-risk management: Maintain meaningful engagement with crews and contractors, strengthen hazard recognition, and verify controls for high-consequence risks.
• Safety strategy and execution: Establish departmental priorities, annual plans, budgets, and performance expectations aligned with operational needs.
• Team development: Coach safety professionals and help supervisors build confidence in work planning, safety conversations, risk assessment, and incident response.
• Regulatory compliance: Oversee applicable MSHA and Arizona mine safety requirements, inspection readiness, training systems, records, and corrective-action follow-through.
• Occupational health: Direct risk-based exposure assessments and controls addressing dust, noise, heat, chemicals, and other relevant workplace hazards.
• Incident investigation and learning: Lead or sponsor investigations, identify underlying causes, and verify that corrective actions reduce risk.
• Emergency preparedness: Strengthen response plans, drills, communications, equipment readiness, and coordination with external emergency resources.
• Physical security: Oversee contracted security coverage, access controls, site vulnerability assessments, and response to significant security concerns.
• Contractor and project safety: Integrate safety expectations into construction, commissioning, shutdowns, maintenance, and operational changes.
• Executive advice and continuous improvement: Give leadership clear assessments of material risks, emerging trends, resource needs, and improvement priorities.

You will reinforce Life-Saving Rules and stop-work authority while encouraging open reporting of hazards, injuries, and near misses. Success means effective controls, capable leaders, and sustained improvement in how work is performed.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Management, Industrial Hygiene, Mining Engineering, or a related technical field. An equivalent combination of relevant education, professional training, and substantial mining safety leadership experience may be considered.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible health and safety experience in mining, mineral processing, or similarly hazardous heavy industry.
• At least five years leading safety professionals, programs, or a department.
• Direct experience in an MSHA-regulated operating environment.
• Strong working knowledge of critical-risk management, incident investigation, contractor safety, industrial hygiene principles, emergency preparedness, and safety training systems.
• The ability to evaluate physical security risks and oversee qualified security service providers.
• Demonstrated ability to influence operating leaders, develop technical personnel, manage budgets and contractors, and communicate clearly with executives.
• A practical, collaborative leadership style and the confidence to intervene when work is unsafe.
• A valid driver’s license.

Experience That Will Set You Apart

• Twelve to fifteen years of relevant experience, including leadership at an operating open-pit copper mine or comparable mineral-processing facility.
• Experience with heap-leach, bioleach, or SX/EW operations.
• CSP, CMSP, CIH, or a comparable relevant professional credential; an advanced degree is beneficial.
• Experience overseeing 24/7 contracted security services and coordinating emergency response with public agencies.
• Experience supporting construction, commissioning, expansion, or major operational change.
• A record of strengthening critical-control verification, supervisor capability, and employee confidence in reporting concerns.

Why Gunnison Copper?

This role offers direct access to executive leadership and meaningful influence over the decisions that protect people and support reliable operations. You will lead a broad function, develop a focused team, and help shape health, safety, and security practices as the operation develops.

For a leader who values time in the field, practical problem-solving, and close partnerships with operating teams, this is an opportunity to make a visible and lasting contribution.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, site-based position at Johnson Camp Mine near Dragoon in Cochise County, Arizona. Frequent field presence is essential, including time in active mine areas, process facilities, maintenance shops, and security locations.

The role involves exposure to heat, dust, noise, uneven terrain, moving equipment, and controlled industrial chemical hazards. Essential duties include walking, standing, climbing stairs, and safely accessing operating areas, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Extended hours, off-shift or weekend presence, emergency availability, and occasional travel may be required. This position is designated safety-sensitive and requires applicable MSHA training and compliance with company fitness-for-duty, personal protective equipment, and site safety requirements.

Gunnison Copper—Excelsior Mining of Arizona, Inc.—is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants and employees in accordance with applicable law.