Director Of Health And Safety

Join Intrepid's leadership team and drive meaningful impact by protecting what matters most-our people.

How You Will Create Value:

You will lead Health & Safety across the enterprise, setting the standard for safety performance, compliance, and culture. You'll partner with operations and senior leadership to reduce risk, strengthen systems, and ensure every employee goes home safe-every day.

Key Responsibilities

Standardized Safety Programs & Compliance

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for Health & Safety programs across all operations.
• Design, implement, and monitor standardized safety systems and protocols using data trends to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and internal safety requirements, including MSHA, OSHA, DOT, and ATF.
• Lead safety system audits and partner with operations to develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate, confidential, and compliant safety records and documentation.

Leadership, Culture & Workforce Engagement

• Promote a proactive, enterprise-wide safety culture through consistent leadership presence and communication.
• Partner with senior leaders, legal, and operational teams to identify and manage safety risks.
• Develop and deliver executive-level safety performance updates.
• Respond to employee safety inquiries and regulatory complaints.

Incident Management & Field Execution

• Lead complex and high-severity incident investigations and root cause analyses.
• Serve as a key advisor during crises and emergency response situations.
• Maintain frequent, hands-on engagement with field leadership and frontline teams to ensure consistent execution of safety programs.

Training & Capability Development

• Oversee standardized safety training programs, including new-hire, task-based, and annual refresher training.
• Ensure required MSHA, OSHA, DOT, and fall protection training is consistently deployed and documented across all sites.

What You'll Need to Be Successful:

• Strong Health & Safety leadership experience in mining, industrial, or similar environments.
• Proven ability to influence from frontline to executive level.
• Experience leading safety systems, audits, and incident investigations.
• Ability to build and sustain a high-accountability safety culture.
• Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred.

Travel is expected approximately 50% to operating locations in Utah and New Mexico.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Targeted salary range for this position is $180K to $220K annually. Salary commensurate with experience and skill set. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision plans with generous employer premium contributions, as well as 401(k) with employer match, bonus programs, PTO, tuition reimbursement, and wellness benefits. More details can be found at https://www.intrepidpotash.com/careers/culture-and-rewards/.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Intrepid Potash Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.