Mining Operations Technician
industrial_energy_operations › Mining Operations · P3 — P3 — Mid-Level Professional · Individual contributor
Performs core mine production tasks such as drilling, blasting, hauling, and processing ore with minimal supervision.
Median pay · United States · annual
$82,468 USD
▲ +33.3% vs P1 on this ladder
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pay@2 · 2026-07
What this role is
Performs core mine production tasks such as drilling, blasting, hauling, and processing ore with minimal supervision. At the Mid-Level Professional (P3) level, the role owns features or a sub-system end-to-end, adapts existing approaches, and drives project / team outcomes. Mentors juniors informally.
What this level does
- Plan and run day-to-day mining at an assigned section or crew, sequencing equipment and material movement to meet the shift's grade and production targets
- Evaluate diverse ground, ventilation and equipment conditions across the section and select the appropriate mining response with milestone review from the superintendent
- Coordinate crew activity across Mining and Drill & Blast tasks, resolving conflicts in equipment utilisation and face access
- Interpret operational and equipment data to identify production or safety gaps in the section and adjust the shift plan accordingly
- Coordinate with maintenance on equipment availability and downtime, keeping the section producing to schedule
- Knowledge applied
- Applies broad operational knowledge across a mining section, planning equipment sequencing and material movement to meet grade and production targets.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Evaluates identifiable factors across diverse conditions and equipment to keep the section producing; adjusts the shift plan within a reviewed framework.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Networks with superintendents, maintenance and drill-and-blast leads; coordinates crew activities and resolves equipment-access conflicts.
- Typical experience
- 5+ yrs mining operations, including lead or shift-supervisor experience on active faces.
Skills at this level
- Operations monitoring
- — Watches gauges, dials and other indicators on mining machines and conveyors to confirm equipment is running properly and to catch abnormal readings before they cause failures at the face.
- Operation and control
- — Controls the operation of continuous mining machines, power shovels, shuttle/mine cars, conveyors and hoisting engines to extract and move material safely to grade.
- Ventilation control
- — Hangs and maintains ventilation tubing and curtains to keep the advancing mining-face area properly ventilated as extraction progresses.
- Ground and face condition assessment
- — Assesses ground, roof and face conditions encountered during mining, sets hydraulic roof supports, and takes appropriate action as conditions change to keep the section safe.
- Grade and mining-plan execution
- — Follows mining plans and grade requirements while cutting and clearing material, adjusting operation to hold grade and sequence within the plan.
- Shift and crew supervision
- — Leads day-to-day mining activity for a crew, section or area — directing the workforce, sequencing equipment utilisation and combining on-site supervision with administrative duties.
- Production and safety-gap diagnosis
- — Diagnoses the root cause of production and safety-performance shortfalls across a mining area and creates actionable corrective plans with crews and maintenance.
- Cross-discipline operations integration
- — Coordinates and integrates execution across Mining, Drill & Blast, Planning and Maintenance so the operation runs safely, efficiently and to schedule.
- Commercial and data literacy
- — Interprets operational and equipment data — including Remote Operations Center outputs — to improve commercial outcomes and understand how digital and process choices affect mining margin and risk.
- Mine budget and compliance oversight
- — Manages mining operation budgets and ensures regulatory and safety compliance across the full production, cost and workforce envelope.
- Contractor and superintendent leadership
- — Leads Mining Superintendents and contractor teams, setting operating standards and holding them accountable for production, safety and cost commitments.
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