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Overview
Mine development engineers design and coordinate work that opens and extends mine areas, including shafts, tunnels, crosscuts, in-seam drivages and overburden removal.
In job descriptions, look for mine planning, tunnelling, sinking, raising, geological conditions, safety legislation, technical drawings, construction supervision, waste rock handling and operating decisions.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work is often tied to planning new mine access or extending existing workings. The engineer coordinates layouts, drawings, geological constraints, construction steps and safety controls before heavy work starts underground or at the surface.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include mine planning, mining engineering, reading design drawings, using technical drawing software, understanding geological effects, supervising construction operations and improving methods when ground conditions change.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by mine scale, underground or surface complexity, safety responsibility, construction supervision, technical decision authority and whether the role carries staff or contractor coordination. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior mine planning, construction management, operations engineering, safety engineering, method development or technical leadership for new mine sections.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name shafts, tunnels, overburden, waste rock, planning software, safety legislation or field supervision. Those details show whether the role is mostly design coordination, site execution or both.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
17-2151.00
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Occupation group
Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals (2146)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5fd69ee2-2042-4280-85e1-8f1462886987 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2146.6 |
| ISCO group | 2146 |
| Concept type | Occupation |