Mining Heavy Equipment Operator

Surface mines succeed when the right material moves safely on grade and on time. This seat turns the daily dig plan into tonsexcavating loading hauling and placing rock so production cost and reclamation stay on target. You will be trusted with high-value equipment and the people working around it. Success is a safe shift reliable cycle times and material exactly where the plan requires it.

• Run excavators loaders haul trucks and dozers to meet daily production targets while holding bench grade and haul-road standards.
• Complete pre-shift inspections and report defects before they become downtime keeping assigned equipment available for scheduled hours.
• Load and haul within payload and cycle-time limits so stockpiles dumps and processing stay fed without bottlenecks.
• Hold pit traffic rules spotting protocols and safe working distances with zero preventable incidents on your shift.
• Place overburden ore and aggregate to spec and flag delays immediately so drill blast and processing handoffs stay coordinated.
• Build and maintain ramps roads and dump areas to supervisor standards cutting rework and keeping trucks moving.
• Close each shift with accurate production fuel and delay notes so the next crew starts informed.

You report to the site superintendent or shift supervisor on a contract surface-mining crew working alongside mine planning maintenance and blasting. The fleet includes late-model excavators rigid and articulated haul trucks wheel loaders and dozers backed by an on-site shop and standard inspection routines. Work follows mine productionoften rotating shifts in active pits and quarries outdoors in all weather.

• Proven seat time on heavy equipment in surface mining quarry or heavy civil earthmoving.
• Credentials required by the site and jurisdiction for the machines you will operate.
• Ability to read mine maps grade stakes and daily dig plans and execute them without constant direction.
• A consistent safety record and the judgment to stop work when conditions are unsafe.
• Clear radio communication and reliable shift documentation.
• Ability to climb in and out of equipment safely and work full shifts in pit conditions.

• Operators help shape how the pit runs not just follow a load ticket.
• Full-cycle surface work: mass excavation loading hauling processing support and reclamation.
• A maintained fleet and shop support so shifts are spent producing not nursing breakdowns.
• A path into lead operator trainer or site supervision as projects scale.
• Work you can see: safer pits cleaner benches and production that holds.

If you want your next shift judged by safe tons and clean work apply now. Bring your seat timewe will match you to the iron and the site where you can do your best work.