How do they match: Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

  • Site Safety Representative
  • Safety Supervisor

  • Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.

  • Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
  • 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.
  • Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.

  • Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
  • Design industrial equipment.
  • Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
  • Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.