Hoist Technician at The Doe Run Company in ELLINGTON, Missouri

Job Description:

We take pride in supplying the essential minerals that keep our country safe, strong, and moving forward. 

$27.08/hour.

5% targeted monthly bonus.

Insurance benefits start day 1.

80 hours vacation after 90 days.

On-the-job training.

Career growth opportunities.

The Doe Run Company is seeking a Hoist Technician to safely, efficiently, and consistently operate mine hoists to transport personnel, supplies, and ore to and from the underground mine. This position is located at Sweetwater Surface in Ellington, MO

Education & Experience:

• Three months of work in an underground mine.


• High School Diploma or GED, preferred.


• 5S/Lean manufacturing certification preferred.


• Environmental safety and health rules and regulations training.


• Completed training approved by experienced hoist operators.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Basic literacy skills.


• Ability to mentally process, prioritize, and store information from several sources simultaneously.


• Ability to give full concentration to the task at hand, such as operating a hoist while considering environment and conditions.


• Ability to perform light physical exertion to operate hoist controls, lubricate equipment, clean hoist room, paint, etc.


• Ability to pass annual physical and substance screening; incumbent subject to random substance abuse screening under company policy.

Responsibilities:

• Operate manual and auto hoists, bringing ore from underground to surface.


• Transport employees and supplies from surface to underground and back in a safe manner.


• Conduct daily and weekly hoist inspections.


• Communicate by phone, intercom, 2-way radio, camera, and hoist signals.


• Maintain a clean, orderly work environment; cleanup hoist drum pit, console and room, including painting, organizing, and labeling as needed.


• Repair mine lights and fire extinguishers.


• Monitor potable water chlorine.


• Prepare hoist reports and fill out a hoist log on a daily basis.


• Initiate mine evacuation process and facilitate emergency response, when necessary.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Environment, Physical & Lifting:

• Regularly works underground near moving, mechanical parts; frequently works at heights of four feet or more, with fall protection. Frequently exposed to wet, humid conditions, occasionally exposed to vibration and required to wear personal protective equipment, including but not limited to, a respirator, hearing protection, and eyewear. Exposed to moderate noise levels.


• Regularly requires hearing, feeling attributes of objects, grasping, pushing, standing, walking, driving, and reaching with hands/arms. Frequently requires talking and repetitive movement; occasionally requires sitting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and climbing or balancing. Requires clarity of vision.


• Regularly required to lift up to 25 pounds.

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and a global provider of lead, copper, and zinc concentrates. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates the Resource Recycling facility, one of the world’s largest, single-site lead recycling centers, located in Boss, Missouri. The company also owns six operating mines in one of the world’s largest lead mining districts, also in Missouri: Brushy Creek, Buick, Casteel, Fletcher/West Fork, Mine 29/Viburnum and Sweetwater. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services necessary to provide power, protection, and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington, and Arizona. For more information, visit www.doerun.com.

Doe Run is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

Experience

• Completed training approved by experienced hoist operators.


• Three months of work in an underground mine.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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