Title:  Senior Supervisor Industrial Hygiene

Description

Under general supervision, supervise, coordinate, and assess the effectiveness of health and safety  programs/policies, and in-field activities through supervision of personnel and/or projects.  Leads processes in the Health & Safety Management System, including occupational health programs and hazard assessments to ensure compliance with government laws and regulations, and company policies.

• Oversee qualitative and quantitative health risk assessments, analyses of operational procedures, equipment and materials, and audits. Analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw conclusions.
• Inspects work areas and address identified non-conformities to ensure safe work requirements are attained.  Develop and recommend appropriate controls for occupational health hazards.
• Manage the process to review, approve or reject chemicals for use on site. Serve as technical expert in chemical analysis, equipment and processes.
• Maintain a current knowledge of Freeport-McMoRan, ISO 45001, OSHA, MSHA and other regulations and standards.  Assist site management in complying with Freeport-McMoRan, OSHA, MSHA and other regulations and standards.
• Manages projects and may directly supervise front-line or other health and safety personnel.
• Prepare reports and present them to management in a comprehendible manner. Communicate effectively in one-on-one and group situations, both verbally and in writing.
• Presents health & safety related information and possesses intermediate knowledge of site processes in order to respond to questions or concerns from employees, managers, and other stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Leading or supervising personnel and/or projects, AND
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, or closely related scientific or technical discipline and three (3) years of experience in industrial hygiene, OR
• Master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, or closely related scientific or technical discipline and one (1) year of experience in industrial hygiene.

Preferred

• Experience in IH in a Industrial Environment
• Experience with OSHA (Regulated Areas)

Criteria/Conditions

• Ability to understand and apply verbal and written work and safety-related instructions and procedures given in English
• Ability to communicate in English with respect to job assignments, job procedures, and applicable safety standards
• Must be able to work in a potentially stressful environment
• Work is performed in a mine or manufacturing plant which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, toxic chemicals, explosives, fumes or airborne particles
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs and ladders, work on elevated platforms, talk, hear and see
• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy to heavy objects up to fifty (50) pounds during the course of the workday
• Personal protective equipment is required on a regular basis, including hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and other protective equipment as required
• Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing and on-going random drug testing as per applicable State Laws