Job description

So at work this week we realized my position lacks a job description. Most of my readers could probably also benefit from a quick run down of what I do. I am a drill and blast engineer at my mine. That means I design all of the blasts that happen(about 4-5 times a week) and help oversee the entire drill and blast process.

Some blast are very routine and take all of 20 min to design. Others, like the one I was looking at today, get much more complicated. A blast that is 50 m from a buried diesel line and even closer to power poles, not to mention will leave two permanent walls is a bit of a head job. I also take on projects like fragmentation studies and trialing new products and techniques. We also do vibration studies since there is a lot of infrastructure right around the pit edge that we have to protect.

One aspect of my job I'm not crazy about it how much time I spend in the office. In Wyo I was in the pits daily, and would sometimes spend all day outside. At Telfer I unfortunately spend 80-90% of my time in the office.

All in all I like my job well enough. And hey it certainly pays well enough for now.