Company

Mills RecruitmentSee more

addressAddressPort Hedland, WA
CategoryMining

Job description

Drill & Blast Engineer

The Drill & Blast Engineer is responsible for the planning, optimising, and monitoring of Drill and Blast (D&B) activities. This role is also responsible for the design of drill and blast patterns whilst ensuring compliance to environmental regulations and managing costs.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate the drill and blast function to ensure blasted stocks are maintained to achieve mining rates within budget.
  • Produce and review of drill and blast designs and tie-ins.
  • Monitor and reconciliation of drilling and blasting performance in areas such as drilling rates, spatial and physical compliance against daily and weekly plans, wall attainment and costs.
  • Weekly and monthly reconciliation of blast performance including the review of QA/QC data, fragmentation analysis and dilution/ore loss from blasting.
  • Develop and improve the Drill and Blast function's systems and procedures to ensure, clearly defined processes exist and are continually improved.
  • Provide inputs and planning for the annual business plan and forecasts.
  • Manage Drill and Blast related software applications and effectiveness.
  • Develop and implement continuous improvement projects and trials.
  • Assist with the daily production planning.
  • Providing highly accurate data entry, validation, and technical analysis.
Duties:
  • Reporting any suspected breach or intervening or stopping work rather than breaching a Life Saving Rule.
  • Contribute to the effective control of expenditure to ensure a cost effective, efficient mining operation.
  • Contribute, respect and be proactive in adopting procedures that minimize environmental impact by the mining operation and actively contribute to management of life of mine.
  • Familiarise and strictly comply with PLS QSE policies, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Ensure that all company information is kept private and confidential.
About you:
  • A degree in Mining / Open Pit Mining Certification
  • 3-5 years experience in a similar role ideally in hard rock mining of pegmatite deposits
  • Be an excellent communicator with leadership skills
  • WA C class driver’s licence
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Mine planning software preferably
  • Vulcan/Surpac/Deswik and Alastri
To express interest in this role, please apply now or contact Kirsty Quinn at ************@millsrecruitment.com.au
Refer code: 2429023. Mills Recruitment - The previous day - 2024-06-25 19:05

Mills Recruitment

Port Hedland, WA

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