Located in an historic mining district in the Patagonia Mountains of Southern Arizona, South32’s Hermosa Project is the only advanced mine development project in the United States as of 2024 that could produce two federally designated critical minerals—manganese and zinc—both of which are essential minerals for powering the nation’s clean energy future.

Hermosa’s mineral resources also include silver and lead, which are essential for harnessing renewable energy.

Our aspiration for the Hermosa Project is to:

✅ Set a new standard for sustainable mining.
✅ Strengthen the domestic supply chain of critical minerals.
✅ Grow the local economy. 
✅ Improve lives in Santa Cruz County and the surrounding community.

Industry: Mining
Company Size: 51-200 employees

South32 Hermosa

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This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more

information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7462204

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

The Superintendent, Health, Safety & Security (HSS) is responsible for

supporting the development, implementation, and optimization of the

Safety and Health Management Systems and technology solutions. This role

drives a proactive safety culture through strategic planning, consistent

field engagement, and the anticipation, recognition, and assessment of

critical risks and associated controls. The Superintendent will also

monitor and ensure compliance across primarily underground construction,

development, and mining activities.This role is based at the Hermosa

Project Site, near Patagonia, Arizona.

**Other Key Responsibilities Include, But Arent Limited To**

-  Collaborate with health and safety professionals to support

implementation and continuous improvement of Health and Safety

Management Systems and Programs

-  Develop team members on sustainable growth paths to support Hermosa

operational state

-  Develop dynamic HSS operating systems through project to operational

state to global standards and expectations.

-  Support and collaborate with contractors and subcontractors to align

with site safety management systems

-  In consultation with the South32 Training Team, facilitate the

development and improvement of mandatory regulatory training.

-  Support and coach risk management techniquesto S32 team and

contracting partners.

-  Support emergency management systems, exercises, and improvements

throughout the project to operational state.

-  Provide oversight, guidance, review, or facilitation of events using

systematic Incident, Cause, Analysis Method of (iCAM) approaches to

investigations.

-  Build and implement assurance tasks to continually improve hazard

recognition and risk management

-  Ensure all activities comply with Federal, State, and company health

and safety regulations

-  Ensure tracking and reporting of safety performance metrics (leading

and lagging indicators)

Superintendent, Health, Safety & Security

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