Mine Trainee at The Doe Run Company in Boss, Missouri

Job Description:

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

$20.16/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 Mine Trainee to learn how to perform any production job in the mine safely.       

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, preferred.


• 0-6 months of work experience


• Ability to obtain ATF clearance.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Learn how to work safely in the mine environment.


• Demonstrated ability to be productive and maintain quality standards. 


• Willingness to learn how to operate mobile and stationary equipment.


• Willingness to learn how to hand scale, mechanical scale, roof bolt.


• Learn to use hand tools. 


• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions.

Responsibilities:

• Safely and efficiently hand scale or mechanically scale mine back and roof bolt, as needed.


• Crush ore and run skip pocket as needed.


• Gain a general knowledge of the mining cycle, including drilling, blasting, and mucking.


• Perform associated support jobs such as transportation of explosives, operating a forklift, and preventative maintenance.


• Learn basic maintenance, equipment cleaning, and underground housekeeping tasks needed to perform efficiently in the mine environment.


• Conduct a pre-shift and work area inspection to ensure the work location and the equipment are safe and functioning properly.


• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Work Environment, Physical and Lifting:

• Regularly works underground and is exposed to moving, mechanical parts. Frequently exposed to wet, humid conditions, and works at heights of four feet or more, with fall protection. May work in confined spaces. Occasionally exposed to vibration and required to wear personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, a respirator, hearing protection and eyewear. Required to work rotating shifts up to 7 days per week. Exposed to loud 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, three-dimensional vision, the ability to judge distance and spatial relationships, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.


• Regularly required to lift up to 25 pounds; frequently required to lift up to 50 pounds; occasionally required to lift up to 100 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.

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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