Freelance Consultant / SME (Mine Ventilation, Fire and Emergency Response Specialist) - Metals & Mining

Location: Remote role associated with São Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; and Lima, Peru

Company

hirify.global is a global consultancy helping high-risk and asset-intensive organizations improve safety, operational performance, risk management, and sustainability.

What you will do

• Review underground mine ventilation procedures, standards, management systems, surveys, monitoring practices, and atmospheric testing requirements.
• Assess primary, secondary, and auxiliary ventilation, post-blast ventilation, re-entry procedures, ventilation failures, alarms, and abnormal atmospheric conditions.
• Review fire prevention, detection, smoke propagation, evacuation, refuge chamber, escape route, and emergency communication procedures.
• Support the development and validation of emergency preparedness, response, operational, and safety procedures.
• Identify gaps between engineering requirements and operational execution, then provide recommendations to strengthen risk controls.
• Facilitate workshops with engineering, operations, maintenance, emergency response, safety, contractor, and leadership stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in underground mining operations.
• At least 5 years of direct experience with underground mine ventilation, including system design, operation, commissioning, optimization, or management.
• Practical experience with ventilation surveys, underground atmospheric conditions, emergency preparedness, emergency response, technical reviews, audits, or risk evaluations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Fluency in English required; strong technical writing and stakeholder facilitation skills.
• Ability to translate technical calculations and ventilation designs into procedures, monitoring requirements, operating limits, emergency responses, and stop-work criteria.

Nice to have

• Specialized training or postgraduate qualification in Mine Ventilation.
• Professional registration or equivalent certification, where applicable.
• Experience with mine development, operational readiness, expansion, or ramp-up projects.
• Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-led work focused on saving lives, improving safety performance, and building operational resilience.
• Collaboration with technical and operational leaders on a high-profile underground mining expansion project.
• Multidisciplinary work with specialists across metals and mining and other high-risk industries.
• Opportunity to develop practical procedures and controls with impact beyond the project lifecycle.
• Inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and contributions.