Mining engineer : Employers and vacancy sources

The majority of core mining engineering vacancies tend to be based overseas, most commonly in Europe, South America, Australia and Africa, although there are UK-based opportunities in areas such as mining consultancy, oil and gas, quarrying, minerals and tunnelling.

Typical employers include:

• mining companies, who require mining engineers to assess the value and productivity of potential sites, develop new mine sites and to manage operations once they are functioning;
• mining finance and consultancy companies, who employ mining engineers to cost and assess the feasibility of new mining ventures and advise on new mineral extraction projects;
• environmental consultancies, who employ mining engineers to provide expertise on surface and underground developments that will affect the environment, such as the reclamation of disused industrial sites;
• quarrying and extraction companies, who require mining engineers to assess and plan quarrying operations and to manage and oversee quarry sites;
• major manufacturing and construction companies, who employ mining engineers to manage operations. 

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Jobs4Mining   
• UK Engineering Recruitment   
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)  
• InfoMine  

Specialist recruitment agencies, such as Hunter Personnel  and Thomas Mining Associates , also provide vacancies in mining, tunnelling and quarrying.

Use the Directory of Mines and Quarries , produced by the British Geological Survey (BGS), and the Directory of Quarries & Quarry Equipment as sources of contacts for speculative UK applications.

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