Overview

Reporting to the Corporate Vice President, Environment, Permitting & Licensing, the Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment, and Radiation (HSER) is a key member of Nex Gen’s Saskatchewan Leadership team and is responsible for setting the strategic direction and managing all aspects of Nex Gen’s HSER programs across Saskatchewan-based office and field operations.

This role will be responsible for the maintenance, evolution, and continual improvement of Nex Gen’s HSER programs in accordance with Nex Gen’s vision and values and in a manner that fully reflects regulatory compliance, operational readiness, and risk mitigation during the site preparation and construction phase of the Rook I Project and during the transition to operations.

Description

Application Deadline: 24 October 2025
Department: Safety

Location: Saskatoon

Responsibilities

- Champion a proactive, behaviour-based, safety-first culture that reflects Nex Gen’s values, strategic priorities, and commitment to environmental protection and operational excellence.
- Set the strategic direction for HSER across all Nex Gen Saskatchewan-based activities, ensuring full alignment with corporate objectives and ESG commitments.
- Establish Saskatchewan-wide measures targeting reduction of environmental footprint and enhancement of HSER performance.
- Manage, develop, and provide leadership to Nex Gen’s HSER team, including supporting continual development and coaching/mentoring of workforce department managers and area leads as they relate to HSER responsibilities.
- Manage Nex Gen’s crisis management emergency response planning, including leading training for corporate, office-based, and site-based activities.
- Oversee processes related to identification, mitigation, and management of critical HSER risks, opportunities, and emerging trends.
- Oversee the phased evolution of the HSER management system in accordance with applicable codes, standards, and provincial and federal regulations, implementing and sustaining policies, procedures, and metrics aligned with best-in-class execution.
- Direct the development and execution of site-specific HSER strategies in collaboration with Project, site, and operational leaders.




- Lead the Saskatchewan-based HSER management team to ensure integration with other functional areas, including Project, site, and other Saskatchewan-based activities.
- Provide oversight and leadership to the HSER team in maintaining strong, constructive relationships with provincial and federal regulatory bodies, industry associations, and community stakeholders.
- Represent Nex Gen in HSER matters during consultations, regulatory hearings, and public engagements.
- Ensure HSER compliance with applicable legislation, including permitting, inspections, audits, and reporting.
- Provide executive oversight for all serious incidents and high-potential HSER events, ensuring investigations are conducted with rigor, root causes identified, and effective corrective actions and lessons learned implemented to prevent recurrence.
- Oversee monitoring and continual refinement of leading and lagging HSER KPIs and deliver regular executive reports and insights.
- Direct Company-wide HSER risk and hazard identification and mitigation processes, including overseeing HSER team participation in engineering and construction reviews.
- Build and lead a high-performing HSER team commensurate with organizational and site-based needs, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and accountability.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

- 20+ years of progressive experience in health, safety, and environmental leadership roles, including 5+ years at a senior or executive level in the mining, energy, or heavy industrial sectors. Experience specifically within the uranium mining and milling or nuclear industry is considered an asset.
- Demonstrated experience leading HSER functions for large-scale projects and operations in a Canadian-regulated environment, with preference for experience in Saskatchewan.
- Strong knowledge of Saskatchewan and Canadian occupational health, safety, and environmental legislation and regulations and industry best practices.




- Experience working with large project teams and multi-stakeholder environments, including regulators and Indigenous Nations.
- Proven track record of strategic program development and enterprise-wide HSER transformation.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Post-secondary education in occupational health and safety, environmental science, engineering, or related discipline. Professional designations (e.g., CRSP, CIH, CSP, P. Eng.) are considered an asset.

Core Competencies

Communication

- Communicates in an open, candid and consistent manner with impact to inform, enroll, coach, and inspire.
- Effectively builds rapport and delivers information (oral and written) in a timely, well-organized, thoughtful, and engaging manner.

Team Effectiveness

- Works collaboratively across functional teams to achieve common goals.
- Takes a proactive approach to building relationships by participating as a prepared team member, demonstrating flexibility and respect for different work styles.

Work Management

- Plans, manages and follows through to ensure timely completion of activities and delivery of results.
- Maintains quality and safety standards to ensure Nex Gen’s Elite Standards across all work streams.
- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.

Personal Accountability

- Takes responsibility for own actions and outcomes.
- Maintains a professional approach, demonstrating resilience and accountability in a fast-paced environment.

Analytical/Critical Thinking

- Identifies and solves complex situations, considering outcomes.
- Provides transparent explanations to support effective decisions aligned with company objectives.
- Uses creative, conceptual, and inductive reasoning.

Functional & Technical Skills

- Applies specialized knowledge in own area of expertise and shares information with others.

Seniority level

- Mid-Senior level

Employment type

- Full-time

Job function

- Management and Manufacturing
- Industries: Mining

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📌 Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment, and Radiation (HSER) (Saskatoon)
🏢 NexGen Energy
📍 Saskatoon