Freelance Consultant – Mine Ventilation, Fire and Emergency Response Specialist

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dss+

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1001 - 5000 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Healthcare • Logistics

dss+ is a global consulting firm that specializes in delivering safety, risk management, and operational efficiency solutions across various industries. The company focuses on transforming culture, maximizing sustainability, enabling digital transformation, and building capabilities through training. dss+ works with sectors such as agriculture, food and beverage, chemicals, petrochemicals, electronics, and more to improve safety performance and risk value protection. They aim to help clients adapt to dynamic times by developing customized strategies that enhance operations, integrate ESG considerations, and drive performance improvements. Their approach includes diagnostics, continuous improvement, enterprise risk management, and digitalization using their dss⁺ MIRA™ technologies.

📋 Description

• Review and evaluate underground ventilation procedures, standards, and management systems • Assess primary, secondary, and auxiliary ventilation procedures • Review ventilation surveys, monitoring practices, and atmospheric testing requirements • Evaluate post-blast ventilation and underground re-entry procedures • Assess responses to ventilation failures, alarms, and abnormal atmospheric conditions • Review underground fire prevention, detection, and emergency response procedures • Evaluate smoke propagation response strategies and ventilation management during emergencies • Assess emergency communications, evacuation procedures, refuge chambers, and escape route management • Support development and validation of emergency preparedness plans and response procedures • Identify gaps between engineering requirements and operational execution • Facilitate workshops with engineering, operations, maintenance, emergency response, safety, and contractor teams • Provide recommendations to strengthen operational and safety risk controls • Translate ventilation requirements, operational conditions, emergency scenarios, and Critical Controls into practical procedures for field personnel

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in underground mining operations • Minimum 5 years of direct involvement in underground mine ventilation • Experience in the design, operation, commissioning, optimization, or management of underground ventilation systems • Practical experience conducting ventilation surveys and assessing underground atmospheric conditions • Experience developing, reviewing, or implementing operational and emergency response procedures • Experience supporting underground emergency preparedness and emergency response programs • Experience conducting technical reviews, audits, operational assessments, or risk evaluations • Experience supporting mine development, operational readiness, expansion, or ramp-up projects is advantageous • Ability to translate ventilation designs and technical calculations into practical operational procedures • Ability to define atmospheric monitoring requirements and acceptable operating limits • Ability to establish objective post-blast re-entry criteria • Ability to define responses to ventilation failures, alarms, and abnormal atmospheric conditions • Ability to integrate fire scenarios into ventilation management and evacuation procedures • Ability to assess escape strategies, refuge arrangements, and emergency communication systems • Ability to develop procedures defining responsibilities, authorization requirements, operational controls, and stop-work criteria • Ability to plan, facilitate, and evaluate underground emergency drills and simulations • Ability to facilitate technical workshops involving engineering, operations, maintenance, emergency response, and contractor teams • Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to prepare clear documentation in English • Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation capabilities • Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline • Professional registration or equivalent certification, where applicable • Fluency in English required • Portuguese and/or Spanish highly advantageous • Freelance subject matter expertise in underground mine ventilation, fire prevention, and emergency response

🏖️ Benefits

• Purpose-led organization focused on improving safety performance, strengthening risk management, and supporting critical operational decisions • Collaboration with experienced technical and operational leaders • Participation in a multidisciplinary team of industry specialists • Opportunity to create lasting impact through procedures and controls influencing long-term operational performance and safety outcomes • Diversity and inclusion culture