Team Lead - Emergency Response & Security

Role overview

Emergency response leadership

• Lead and supervise Emergency Response Officers and coordinate underground and surface emergency response teams.
• Maintain readiness and ensure appropriate personnel, equipment, and capabilities are available.
• Coordinate incident response and support the site emergency management and incident command structure.
• Maintain relationships with Ontario Mine Rescue and local emergency response agencies.

Planning and training

• Develop, maintain, and review emergency plans, procedures, safe work instructions, trigger action response plans, and risk assessments.
• Coordinate site-specific rescue plans, including confined-space and specialized rescue requirements.
• Coordinate ERT recruitment, onboarding, training, and competency requirements and maintain related records.
• Develop and deliver annual practical, scenario-based training and exercise programs; coach and develop ERT personnel.

Drills, equipment, and improvement

• Plan and execute emergency drills, assess performance, identify gaps, and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Use lessons learned from incidents, drills, and industry events to improve emergency response systems.
• Coordinate inspection, testing, maintenance, and readiness of emergency equipment and infrastructure.
• Ensure emergency equipment, refuge facilities, escape routes, communications, and rescue equipment are available and fit for purpose.

Security and incident assurance

• Oversee the site security team and security procedures, including access control, gatehouse activities, and visitor and contractor access.
• Support the protection of employees, contractors, visitors, assets, and infrastructure and coordinate security incident response and investigations.
• Respond to significant incidents, support investigations and debriefs, and develop corrective actions.
• Maintain records and reporting for inspections, training, drills, equipment, and response activities; support audits and regulatory reviews.

Compliance and safety leadership

• Ensure emergency response and security activities comply with applicable Ontario legislation, regulations, company standards, and site procedures.
• Demonstrate visible safety leadership, promote a proactive safety culture, and participate in risk assessments and operational planning.
• Exercise stop-work authority when unacceptable risks are identified.
• Maintain confidentiality and collaborate across departments and with external agencies.

Qualifications and experience

• Post-secondary education in Emergency Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Emergency Services, Training, Mining, or a related discipline, or equivalent mining and emergency response experience.
• Have 8–10 years of mining industry experience and at least five years of emergency response or ERT experience.
• Strong emergency response, rescue, underground mining, leadership, supervision, coaching, and team-development capability.
• Strong knowledge of Ontario occupational health and safety and mining requirements.
• Underground hard-rock mining experience is preferred.

Compensation

• The compensation range is CAD $110,000 to $146,400, with a bonus structure; no pay cadence is specified.

Benefits

• Benefits include relocation assistance, a defined contribution pension plan, short-term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition and development programs, and study assistance.
• Benefits also include life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, health and dental packages, and access to a recreation centre.

Location and site context

• The position supports Evolution Mining’s Red Lake operations in Northwestern Ontario, which include underground mines and processing plants.