Underground Field Safety Coordinator

Major Drilling America

119d • Onsite

About The Position

The Underground Field Safety Coordinator plans, implements, and coordinates health, safety, and environmental programs supporting safe underground drilling and mining operations. The role works closely with field personnel, mine operators, and management to identify hazards, ensure compliance with MSHA regulations and company standards, and promote a culture of safety through training, coaching, inspections, audits, and continuous improvement.

This is a salaried, full-time exempt, field-based position in the United States. It requires frequent, extensive travel to active underground drilling and mining operations, including remote sites. Work takes place primarily underground and may involve confined spaces, low light, changing ground conditions, water, dust, noise, heat, and cold. Duties involve extensive walking, climbing, scaling assessments, and inspections in active underground workings, drill stations, shops, and support areas. Travel may involve vehicles, aircraft, and underground transportation systems. The schedule is variable and includes nights, weekends, and on-call availability.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of MSHA regulations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong commitment to safety leadership and proactive hazard recognition.
• Thorough understanding of underground mining and drilling hazards, including ground control, ventilation, mine gases, mobile equipment, and line-of-fire risks.
• Strong accountability, integrity, and ethical judgment.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Sound decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with mine personnel, contractors, clients, and employees.
• Ability to work independently in remote underground environments with minimal supervision.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills.
• Strong presentation and employee-training capabilities.
• Ability to identify unsafe conditions and implement immediate corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of emergency response procedures, escape routes, refuge chambers, and self-rescue systems.

Nice To Haves

• College degree preferred but not required.
• Two to five years of underground mining, drilling, safety, or related field experience preferred.
• Underground mining and drilling safety experience preferred.
• MSHA Instructor Certification preferred.
• Knowledge of underground hazard recognition, ventilation systems, emergency preparedness, and task-training requirements.
• Experience with MSHA 5000-23 documentation and compliance preferred.
• Experience with Intelex or similar safety management systems preferred.
• Ability to analyze safety data and produce compliance reports.

Responsibilities

• Investigate workplace accidents, injuries, occupational illnesses, near misses, and hazardous conditions; determine root causes and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Inspect underground drill stations, mobile equipment, refuge chambers, ventilation systems, escape ways, ground conditions, and work areas for compliance with site requirements and MSHA regulations.
• Prepare, review, and communicate findings from investigations, audits, inspections, risk assessments, and environmental monitoring.
• Monitor compliance with MSHA regulations, company Safety Management Systems, Standard Work Procedures, Job Safety Analyses, and site-specific requirements.
• Coordinate and deliver underground safety training, including hazard recognition, Take 5 risk assessments, Stop Work Authority, emergency response, self-rescuer use, refuge chamber protocols, gas monitoring, ground control awareness, and underground communications.
• Verify task-training documentation and MSHA 5000-23 compliance for underground employees and equipment operators.
• Support supervisors and crews with workplace examinations, pre-operational inspections, behavior observations, and risk assessments.
• Review underground drilling plans, work procedures, and project-specific safety requirements to identify and control hazards before work begins.
• Analyze safety performance metrics, incident trends, and audit findings and develop continuous-improvement recommendations.
• Conduct or oversee monitoring of ventilation, dust exposure, noise, diesel particulate matter, air quality, and other underground environmental hazards.
• Provide technical guidance to management and field personnel on underground health, safety, and environmental concerns.
• Assist operations with corrective actions related to ground control, line-of-fire exposures, mobile equipment interactions, and confined work areas.
• Promote proper use of PPE, self-rescuers, gas monitors, fire suppression systems, and underground emergency equipment.
• Develop and maintain relationships with mine rescue teams, emergency response organizations, and site emergency management personnel.
• Travel extensively to underground drilling projects and remote mining operations throughout the United States.
• Perform additional health, safety, environmental, and training-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed