Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Determine the location and plan the extraction of coal, metallic ores, nonmetallic minerals, and building materials, such as stone and gravel. Work involves conducting preliminary surveys of deposits or undeveloped mines and planning their development; examining deposits or mines to determine whether they can be worked at a profit; making geological and topographical surveys; evolving methods of mining best suited to character, type, and size of deposits; and supervising mining operations.

Job Task

• Monitor mine production rates in order to assess operational effectiveness.
• Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
• Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
• Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
• Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically.
• Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.
• Conduct or direct mining experiments in order to test or prove research findings.
• Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.
• Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping; or for monitoring mine conditions.
• Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.
• Evaluate data in order to develop new mining products, equipment, or processes.
• Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.
• Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
• Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists and other mine personnel.
• Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, and equipment.
• Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, and/or mines in order to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
• Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.

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