AddressThe 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.
- 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.
- Degree in Mining Engineer / Open Pit Mining Certification.
- WA C Class Driver’s License.
- Desirable: Qualifications in Mines Rescue, Firefighting and Rope Rescue.
- Desirable: All work experience required for a WA Quarry manager’s certificate of competency.
- Desirable: Current proficiency in Providing First Aid.
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role within a Mining Engineering team.
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Mine Planning software: literate with experience preferably in Vulcan/Surpac/Deswik and Alastri mining software.
- Desirable: Experience in hard rock mining of Pegmatite deposits.
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