Jaime Soto
Kingman
Summary
Experienced leader with over 21 years of progressive experience in open pit mining and a strong background in guiding teams, managing projects, and achieving objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes and ensuring production goals.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
General Foreman
Origin Mine
08.2021 - Current
- Assisting with planning and implementation of the mine restart
- Hiring and building safety minded teams
- Building SOP’s and training matrix
- Overseeing daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace.
- Training new employees to learn new systems, apply best practices and comply with protocols and regulations.
- Monitoring and recording daily metrics
- Identifying and implementing continuous process improvements to meet or exceed production goals
- Implementing 5S procedures
- Monitoring departmental purchases and overtime to keep operating costs within the approved budget
Contractor/Special Projects
Allied Forces
12.2020 - 08.2021
- Through Allied Forces, worked at Origin Mine while it was in care and maintenance
- Various special projects including operating heavy equipment in preparation for the mine restart
Purification Control Operator
Timet
09.2017 - 06.2020
- Responsible for the purification process in the production of titanium tetrachloride
- Tasks included operating treatment boiler, and sludge dryer systems, forklifts, cranes, and various pumps
- Monitoring an maintaining proper levels, temperatures, and pressures
- Collecting and recording all data throughout the process
- Collecting lab samples and adjusting as needed to meet quality standards and production goals
Lead Tech - S/X Leach
Origin Mining LLC
01.2015 - 09.2017
- Responsible for the planning and building of solvent extraction leach pads
- Operating various heavy equipment including overhead cranes
- Copper cathode plate harvesting, inventory and shipping
- Performed regular maintenance on electro winning plant
- Fabrication, welding, and fusing with poly and steel/stainless steel
- Involved in continuous improvement and site process evaluations to ensure safe and efficient operation
Lead Tech - S/X operator and leach crew
Mercator Mineral Park
06.2003 - 01.2015
- Regular job tasks included monitoring plant performance by collecting lab samples and adjusting parameters as needed to maximize production
- Recorded all metrics data from lab analysis and monitoring equipment
- Maintained correct temperature, levels and pressures on process systems and equipment
- Responded to and initiated proper adjustments to process alarms
- Monitored entire S/X and E/W process plants
- Assembling various size poly pipe
- Operation of overhead cranes and forklifts for copper cathode harvesting
- Assisted with building and maintaining of leach pads including heavy equipment operation of dozers, telehandler forklifts, backhoes, front end loaders, etc
- Assisted in training new operators, sharing knowledge of best practices and promoting a good safety culture
Leadman
Quail Piping
05.2000 - 05.2003
- Manufacturing polyethylene pipe
- Performed set-up, operation, monitoring and troubleshooting of all extrusion machines
- Monitored process and performed quality control to guarantee production to company standards
- Operated various overhead cranes and forklifts
- Trained and mentored new employees to enable safe and efficient job performance.
Education
High School Diploma -
Kingman High School
Kingman, AZSkills
- Leading teams
- Supervisory skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Crew management
- Coordinating tasks
- Safety compliance
- Training and mentoring
- Equipment operation
- Productivity logs
- Quality assurance
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
General Foreman
Origin Mine
08.2021 - Current
Contractor/Special Projects
Allied Forces
12.2020 - 08.2021
Purification Control Operator
Timet
09.2017 - 06.2020
Lead Tech - S/X Leach
Origin Mining LLC
01.2015 - 09.2017
Lead Tech - S/X operator and leach crew
Mercator Mineral Park
06.2003 - 01.2015
Leadman
Quail Piping
05.2000 - 05.2003
High School Diploma -
Kingman High School
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