U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. is a global performance materials company and last-mile logistics provider and is a member of the Russell 2000 Index. The Company is a leading producer of commercial silica used in a wide range of industrial applications and in the oil and gas industry. Over its 120-year history, U.S. Silica has developed core competencies in mining, processing, logistics and materials science that enable it to produce and cost-effectively deliver over 400 diversified product types to customers across its multiple end markets. U.S. Silica’s wholly owned subsidiaries include EP Minerals and SandBox Logistics™. EP Minerals is an industry leader in the production of products derived from diatomaceous earth, perlite, engineered clays, and non-activated clays. SandBox Logistics™ is a state-of-the-art leader in proppant storage, handling and well-site delivery, dedicated to making proppant logistics cleaner, safer and more efficient. The Company currently operates 23 mines and production facilities. The Company is headquartered in Katy, Texas and has offices in Reno, Nevada, and Chicago, Illinois.

The Mine Operator role will be located at our Montpelier plant location.

ROLE:

The Mine Operator is responsible for operations, maintenance, and quality in the mine section.

Essential Job Functions:

• Inspect and document work area for safety/environmental
• Assist with other Mine Operators and Utility workers to ensure seamless transition of workflow processes
• Work with the Grinding Process Operator to maintain sufficient quantities of raw ore in the stockpiles to meet crushing/grinding process
• Work with others designated by management to ensure equipment is lubricated and maintained in safe working
• Work with supervision and lab personnel, taking samples and segregating or blending mined product to maintain sufficient
• Keep the mine area clean and free of; used maintenance items, spillage, trash etc.
• Start up and shut down equipment/mine as needed
• Identify all pieces of equipment in the
• Ensure proper berms and road conditions in pit
• Move the stacker conveyor vertically and horizontally.
• Start and stop the mine dewatering
• Obtain and enter the correct information into the mine-ops spreadsheet
• Adjust the pan feeder rate.
• Remove oversize rocks from the pan feeder grate/jaw crusher
• Obtain and record all necessary values for equipment, i.e. mobile equipment hours, scale readings, fuel consumptions,
• Rock Sorting
• Shift work and overtime required as needed.

Operating Maintenance:

• Grease all equipment in the section
• Assist Maintenance on stationary equipment

Quality:

• Properly identify and separate good material from waste
• Create a good mix of soft and hard material for excellent product

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent

EXPERIENCE:

• Mobile Equipment Experience required
• Mobile Equipment maintenance preferred
• Mining experience prefer