Intern - Mining Engineer

About the role

An Aggregate Mine Engineering Intern will be given the opportunity to work with a vertically integrated company and experience multiple aspects of our aggregate mining business as well as other lines of business.

Responsibilities

• Work with company staff to determine solutions to common issues.
• Work with Operations Manager/accounting on monthly projections.
• Learn the administrative requirements of the business through hands-on experience.
• Work with multiple departments on special projects as needed.
• Assist Plant Foreperson with establishment of field calculations and cost yields communication and accountabilities.
• Assist with tracking and recording fuel usage, hour meter readings, and mileage reporting for equipment.
• Shadow operations personnel to learn operational planning and aggregate objectives.
• Learn standards and procedures of aggregate budgeting, production planning, staffing, and inventory levels.
• Learn objectives of aggregate sales by learning about various materials available in quarries and pits.
• Learn basic operations and logistics.
• Survey and Engineering duties:
  • Complete exploration in mine planning and design
  • Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Other Requirements

• Display a professional and courteous attitude to co-workers, supervisors, and the general public at all times.
• Must be willing to travel and work away from home when required.
• Must be willing to work nights and weekends when necessary.
• Report to the assigned job site ready to begin work at the designated start time.
• Strict adherence to safety requirements and procedures as outlined in the Manual of Safety Practices and Procedures.
• Strict adherence to Company policies and procedures as outlined in the Company Book of Policies.
• Willingness to work in a team environment and assist co-workers or supervisors with other duties as required.
• Timely and regular attendance is an expectation of performance for all Company employees. Employees will be held accountable for adhering to their workplace schedule.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Working towards a mine engineering degree from a college or technical school.
• Technical Skills: Must be proficient with Windows, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Language Skills:
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively to customers or employees of organization.
• Mathematical Skills:
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability:
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move more than 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and is regularly exposed to wet, humid conditions, airborne particles, and extreme heat or cold. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and may require protective equipment.