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About the role
The Senior Engineer Drill and Blast will be responsible to review drill and blast designs, implement designs in conjunction with blasting sub-contractor and analyse drill and blast results. Reporting to Superintendent Mine Planning you will work collaboratively towards delivering high quality solutions and results.
In this role, you will:
- Review drill and blast designs, implement designs in conjunction with blasting sub-contractor and analyse drill and blast results, acknowledging inefficiencies and implement changes accordingly to ensure high quality, cost effective and safe blasting occurs
Ensure drill and blast design, explosive consumption and blasting activity effective and efficient as required to achieve production target
- Develop, review and implement suitable strategies to provide optimal blasting solutions and improve blasting performance to operations.
- Review and analyse drill efficiency and utilisation to ensure drill is working productively in the most cost effective and safe manner.
- Coordinate blasting activities, lead and control blasting crew to ensure agreed mine plan is being followed.
- Analyze and communicate drilling and blasting issues to short term engineer and mining operation in order to provide technical support to site based personnel.
- Monitor and control drill and blast operations and activities to ensure high standards of safety are always upheld.
- Initiate, monitor and control drill and blast activities as well as maintain continuous improvement initiatives in drill and blast areas in order to increase efficiency in drill and blast area
- Prepare and review subcontractor reports, prepare quantities for invoices and analyze drill and blast cost to ensure they meet the budget
- Additional duties; implement designs in conjunction with blasting sub-contractor and analyse drill and blast results; identify and implement drill & blast improvement across all TCI operations
About you
- Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering with minimum of 8 years’ experience in drill and blast, management and supervisory
- Proficient in drill and Blast design concepts & operations;
- An awareness of mine operations regulatory requirements;
- An awareness of Occupational Health Safety & Environment procedures
- Good communication skill in English (verbal and written)
About us
We partner with our clients to deliver excellence in open cut and underground mining in Australia, Asia, Africa and the Americas. For more than 80 years, we’ve operated in diverse commodities, geologies, environments and cultures. Our team uses that insight to optimise solutions for each project and create lasting value for our clients and the communities we live and work in.
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How to apply
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