Golden Queen Mining Company, LLC (the “Company”) operates a gold and silver, open pit, heap leach operation on its Soledad Mountain property, located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County in southern California. The Project uses conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and Merrill-Crowe processes to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore.

The Company is seeking a Mining Equipment Operator for its Soledad Mountain Project (the “Project”) in Mojave. The Equipment Operator will be primarily responsible for the safe operation of various mining equipment during the pre-development stage of the project construction. This position would then be able to transition into the rotating shift mine operations group as an equipment operator. This is a safety sensitive position.

This position reports to Mine Operations Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-shift, and pre-operation, safety analysis of all the mining equipment at the site;
• Operate various mining equipment at the project site performing earth moving and road watering duties as needed;

For example: 100-ton capacity haul trucks, front end loaders (15 yard bucket), shovels (21 yard bucket), dozers, graders, excavators, etc.

• Operate all equipment in a safe manner;
• Perform minor maintenance checks on the equipment such as fluid levels and belt quality;
• At various times will be required to help with some manual labor functions to help maintain the site, i.e. shoveling dirt, fence mending, small rock movements;
• Become knowledgeable of all MSHA and Cal-OSHA regulations related to equipment and road maintenance and
• Maintain equipment maintenance and operations records.

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience operating large mining-related equipment;
• An effective communicator;
• Self-starter needing minimal oversight and direction;
• Able to read and fully understand all equipment handbooks and guidelines
• Able to analyze equipment gauges and warnings as needed
• Adhere to safety policies and standards. We must abide by manufacturers limits on our equipment including an operator seat capacity of 350 lbs. or less.
• Driver’s license required
• High school diploma or GED