MINE OPERATIONS HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRAINER

Golden Queen Mining Company, LLC (“Golden Queen”) operates the Soledad Mountain Mine (“Soledad Mountain”), an open pit, heap leach gold and silver operation located just outside the town of Mojave, California, approximately 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Golden Queen is a single asset producer and does not carry a “home office.” All employees live in private housing in nearby towns and commute by personal automobile.

Soledad Mountain uses conventional open pit mining methods and is owner-operated, with a primarily Komatsu fleet of shovels, front end loaders, and 100-ton trucks. Crushing is three stages (jaw, cone, and HPGR). Ore is drum agglomerated with cement and conveyed to the heap leach pad by conveyor. Metal is recovered via cyanide heap leach and Merrill-Crowe processes.

The company is seeking a Mine Operations Heavy Equipment Trainer for its Soledad Mountain Project (the “Project”) in Mojave. The Mine Operations Heavy Equipment Trainer will oversee department wide health and safety issues, develop and implement safe working practices and procedures and ensure compliance with both MSHA/OSHA and other regulatory requirements. Must have direct experience in drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and the use of support equipment. This is a safety sensitive position.

The position reports to the Mine Operations General Foreman.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate and present classes in all areas of safe working activities.
• Maintains the documentation to ensure employee’s training courses are up to date
• Conducts field safety audits to ensure that all employees are working in a safe manner
• Supports the safety programs to protect employees against harm, and maintain safe working conditions
• Formulates and suggests work safety standards and enforces procedures. Risk prevention areas include hazardous materials exposure, accidents, fires, or other unsafe conditions
• Meets compliance requirements of federal or state regulations
• Advises management on problem correction
• Conduct safety walk-through inspections of workplace facilities.
• Conduct accident/injury investigations.
• Monitor and investigate “near-miss” situations.
• Maintain required safety and training documents/files.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Train and teach operators on mining skills
• Gather information for standard operating procedure development
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution
• Performs other related duties as assigned

• 5-10 Years mining experience as an equipment operator
• Computer skills Microsoft Suite (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• General knowledge and ability to enforce safety and MSHA rules
• Administrative experience in writing and implementing SOP’s.
• Self-starter with a self-motivating attitude
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals
• High School Diploma or GED
• Driver’s License required
• Certification in First Aid and CPR a plus