Company Overview:

MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

We are the only U.S. company with a fully integrated rare earth supply chain—from mining and refining to advanced metal and magnet manufacturing. Our products include both the critical materials used to make permanent magnets and the finished magnets themselves—enabling next-generation technologies in robotics, automation, aerospace, transportation, defense, and energy systems. These materials are the foundation of physical AI—the convergence of computation, movement, and control.

We hire ambitious, mission-driven people who want to tackle complex challenges and shape the future of strategic industries. Our culture is rooted in teamwork, resiliency, and integrity, with a deep commitment to operational excellence and national purpose. MP is rapidly evolving from a materials producer into a leading U.S. manufacturer—and our people are driving that transformation.

Position Overview:

The Health & Safety Manager is responsible for leading the site to the goal of “zero” injuries through the implementation of the safety behavior program, employee engagement and continuous improvement. Ensure the site Safety programs are implemented and maintained in an appropriate manner. Implement accident prevention programs, conduct field safety audits, and recommend measures to minimize hazards.

Position Responsibilities:

Develop, implement, and continuously improve site health and safety strategy, programs, and standards across mining, processing, laboratory, maintenance, warehouse, and contractor activities.
Lead compliance with applicable MSHA, Cal/OSHA, and company health and safety requirements, including policies, procedures, inspections, recordkeeping, incident reporting, and required performance metrics.
Manage industrial hygiene activities, including anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational exposures such as dusts, metals, silica, noise, heat/cold stress, acids, fumes, gases, vapors, ergonomic risk factors, and other chemical and physical agents.
Develop and oversee exposure assessment strategies, sampling plans, personal and area monitoring, data trending, reporting, and corrective actions.
Lead radiation health and safety activities, as applicable, including radiological hazard assessments, worker protection practices, exposure monitoring, area surveys, contamination control, postings, training, and instrument use/calibration coordination.
Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, projects, laboratory personnel, and contractors to identify hazards and implement practical risk reduction measures using the hierarchy of controls.
Review new equipment, process changes, construction projects, and operating procedures to ensure health and safety requirements are incorporated into design, startup, and routine operations.
Lead or support job hazard analyses, risk assessments, pre-startup safety reviews, critical control verification, and safe work practice development.
Manage incident, injury/illness, occupational exposure, and near-miss investigations, including causal analysis, corrective actions, lessons learned, and closure tracking.
Oversee field safety observations, workplace examinations, inspections, audits, and verification of corrective actions.
Lead site emergency preparedness for health and safety-related events, including medical response, chemical releases, rescue interfaces, evacuation planning, and coordination with internal teams and external responders.
Support respiratory protection, hearing conservation, hazard communication, confined space, lockout/tagout, fall protection, contractor safety, and other core health and safety programs.
Schedule, coordinate, and provide guidance for monthly Safety Committee meetings and other employee engagement efforts.
Develop and deliver, or ensure delivery of, required training in health and safety, industrial hygiene, radiation safety, emergency response, and related topics.
Maintain health and safety metrics and dashboards, analyze trends, and communicate performance, risks, and priorities to site leadership.
Ensure compliance with company audit standards and collaborate with internal and external auditors or inspectors to resolve findings in a timely and professional manner.
Serve as a health and safety technical resource to leadership and frontline teams.
Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

BS or higher in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, health physics, engineering, environmental health, chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
CSP, CIH, CHP, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
8+ years of progressively responsible health and safety experience in mining, metals, chemical processing, heavy industrial, or manufacturing environments; 10+ years preferred.
Strong working knowledge of MSHA, Cal/OSHA, occupational health standards, and health and safety management systems.
Experience developing and implementing occupational health and safety programs for operating facilities and/or new processes and equipment.
Experience conducting or managing industrial hygiene monitoring programs, exposure assessments, and interpretation of results.
Experience with radiation health and safety, radiological controls, or health physics programs in an industrial environment preferred.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, engineering, projects, laboratories, and contractors.
Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis, corrective action management, and auditing skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, managers, executives, regulators, and contractors.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent projects and field activities.
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite and standard EHS data or reporting systems.

Desired Qualities:

Experience in metals, mining, rare earth, mineral processing, or chemical manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
Demonstrated expertise with combustible dust hazards, chemical exposure controls, and critical risk management in industrial settings.
Working knowledge of behavior-based safety, human performance, and inherently safer design principles.
Practical, field-oriented approach to hazard recognition and risk reduction.
Strong leadership presence with the ability to coach, influence, and hold teams accountable.
Natural teacher comfortable developing, documenting, and managing required and voluntary health and safety training programs.
Ability to identify problems, develop solutions, and drive implementation from concept to closure.
Experience supporting emergency response teams, medical response readiness, hazardous materials response, or similar programs preferred.

MP Materials is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Underrepresented groups/Women/Disabled/Veterans are encouraged to apply. Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet the position’s requirements will still be considered qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

Your Right to Work – In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment verification document form upon hire.

For Assistance with Application - Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact Human Resources Department at 702-844-6111; dial 7 when prompted for HR;1700 South Pavilion Center Dr. 8th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89135 to discuss reasonable accommodation.

Safety Provision - Employees are responsible for following all company, industry and regulatory procedures and laws to ensure a safe work environment for themselves and the company. Employees must have a willingness to promote safety among the workforce, participate in Process Hazard Analysis procedures and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.

(PPE) Personal Protective Equipment is required when performing work in a mine, manufacturing, outdoor, or plant environment. Required PPE may include, but is not limited to, hard hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves, and any other protective equipment as required.

Working Conditions - Our facility sits at an elevation of 4,700 feet. Employees may be subject to extreme weather conditions when working in an outdoor setting (heat and cold, wind). Work is at an open pit mine or manufacturing/chemical plant setting, which may include exposure to moving mechanical parts, toxic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, fumes, or airborne particles.

Physical Demands - Manual dexterity; sense of touch; sense of smell; speaking clearly; hearing-speech range; hearing – all ranges; seeing, reading and comprehensions; seeing – distant/near; depth perception; color vision. While performing the job responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to stand and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate laboratory equipment. The employee is occasionally required to walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Employees must pass a full-face respiratory fit test. Employees must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must be able to work in PPE level C. These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive, of the knowledge, skill, and ability