Surface Expeditor

Position Summary

The Expediter (Surface Operations) provides critical logistical and operational support to drilling crews by ensuring tools, equipment, consumables, and replacement parts are delivered safely, accurately, and on time. This position serves as a key link between drilling operations, maintenance, warehouse personnel, vendors, and mine sites, helping minimize downtime and maintain productivity.

The role requires a strong commitment to safety, excellent driving and towing skills, the ability to work independently, and the physical capability to load, unload, and transport drilling equipment and materials in surface and underground mining environments.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Logistics & Material Support

• Deliver parts, tools, consumables, and equipment to underground and surface drilling crews.
• Coordinate material requests with operations, maintenance, warehouse personnel, and vendors.
• Verify orders and ensure the correct materials are delivered to the appropriate location.
• Track deliveries and communicate shipment status to operational teams.
• Respond to urgent requests and changing priorities to minimize equipment downtime.
• Assist with inventory movement and organization of drilling supplies and equipment.

Transportation & Towing

• Safely operate company vehicles on public roadways, mine-site roads, and off-road conditions.
• Transport materials using trucks, trailers, flatbeds, and gooseneck trailers.
• Perform daily pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
• Properly secure loads using approved tie-down and load securement practices.
• Comply with all Department of Transportation (DOT), mine site, and company transportation requirements.
• Back trailers and maneuver vehicles safely in confined and challenging environments.

Safety & Compliance

• Follow all MSHA, mine site, customer, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Identify and report unsafe conditions, behaviors, or hazards immediately.
• Conduct vehicle and trailer inspections, ensuring all equipment remains in safe working condition.
• Participate in safety meetings, training programs, and site-specific compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate records related to inspections, deliveries, and transportation activities.

Operational Support

• Assist drilling crews with receiving and handling equipment and supplies.
• Verify replacement parts and components before delivery or installation.
• Support equipment mobilizations, demobilizations, and special projects as needed.
• Maintain professional communication with mine personnel, supervisors, vendors, and coworkers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver's license required, REAL ID recommended.
• Ability to obtain and maintain access to customer mine sites.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Safe driving record.
• Ability to operate manual transmission vehicles preferred.
• Previous experience in mining, drilling, construction, heavy equipment, transportation, logistics, or industrial operations preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on active mining or drilling operations.
• Experience hauling trailers, gooseneck trailers, and flatbeds.
• Familiarity with drilling equipment, drilling consumables, rods, bits, pumps, and hydraulic components.
• Knowledge of load securement and trailer safety practices.
• Experience operating in underground or remote mining environments.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong commitment to workplace safety.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and changing operational demands.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to identify equipment components.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Basic computer and mobile device proficiency.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally lift or move heavier materials with assistance or mechanical equipment.
• Ability to load and unload tools, parts, and drilling supplies.
• Ability to walk on uneven terrain and work in outdoor environments during all weather conditions.
• Ability to enter active mine sites and comply with all site-specific safety requirements.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, kneel, climb, and drive for extended periods.

Work Schedule & Environment

• Work is performed at active mining and drilling operations and support facilities.
• Position may require early mornings, extended hours, weekend work, and schedule adjustments to support operational needs.
• Frequent travel between mine sites, vendor locations, warehouses, and operational facilities is required.
• Exposure to dust, noise, weather conditions, and mining-related hazards while following established safety procedures.

Key Success Factors

• Safe execution of all driving and transportation activities.
• Reliable and timely delivery of critical parts and materials.
• Strong communication with drilling crews and support departments.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities while maintaining accuracy and safety.
• Commitment to supporting production goals while maintaining a safety-first mindset.

We understand this may be disappointing, and we want to assure you that this decision is based solely on operational limitations related to payroll taxes, employment law compliance, and reciprocity agreements—not on your qualifications or experience.

Should our hiring footprint change in the future, we would welcome the opportunity to reconnect.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement  

Major Drilling America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.