Job Description
•Main Objective:
Mining engineers plan, design, organize and supervise the development of mines, mine facilities, systems and equipment; and prepare and supervise the extraction of metallic materials from underground or surface mines
•Main duties
-Conduct preliminary surveys and studies of mineral deposits to assess the economic and environmental feasibility of potential mining operations
-Determine the appropriate means of safely and efficiently mining deposits
-Determine and advise on appropriate drilling and blasting methods for mining, construction or demolition
-Design shafts, ventilation systems, mine services, haulage systems and supporting structures
-Design, develop and implement computer applications such as for mine design, mine modelling, mapping or for monitoring mine conditions
-Plan and design or select mining equipment and machinery and mineral treatment machinery and equipment in collaboration with other engineering specialists
-Plan, organize and supervise the development of mines and mine structures and the operation and maintenance of mines
-Prepare operations and project estimates, schedules and reports
-Implement and co-ordinate mine safety programs
-Supervise and co-ordinate the work of technicians, technologists, survey personnel, and other engineers and scientists
