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

  • 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.
  • Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
  • Monitor mine production rates 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.

  • Determine operational methods.
  • Estimate operational costs.
  • Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
  • Prepare operational reports.
  • Resolve operational performance problems.
  • Schedule operational activities.
  • Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects.
  • Train personnel on proper operational procedures.