Job Title: Process Operator (Heap Leach)
Company: SSR Mining
Location: Valmy / Cripple Creek & Victor, United States (site-specific).
Type: Full-time (site-based)
Pay: Not listed on the employer posting. Market listings for similar SSR Mining process/operator roles show approximately $32–$45 per hour (estimate).
Role Summary:
Operate and monitor process equipment in the heap-leach/processing circuit to support safe, efficient, and compliant gold recovery operations. Typical duties include starting/stopping equipment, monitoring instrumentation, completing shift logs and production paperwork, performing routine inspections, assisting maintenance crews, and following safety and environmental procedures.
Highlights:
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Entry and experienced operator roles available—good pathway into mining operations and steady site work.
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Shift work is typical (rotating / 4x10 or similar schedules at many operations).
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On-site work with standard safety and training programs; opportunities to cross-train into other process or maintenance roles.
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Would You Take This Job?
This is a practical, hands-on role that leads to stable operational experience in mining. Considerations: shift schedules, on-site living/commute logistics depending on location, and heavy physical/environmental demands. Would you take this job? Why or why not?