Mining Engineer - Slate Operations

We are looking for an organized, decisive person with a high capacity for work and for technical and personnel management.

- University Degree in Mining Engineering

- At least 3 years of field experience related to mining construction (quarries, warehouses, public works)

- It is important that the person is accustomed to field/construction work

- Proficiency in AutoCAD

- Proficiency in English and/or French is valued

- Joining a multinational company, the world leader in its sector

- Possibility of career development in the world leader in slate and in one of the mining companies with the most projection

- Continuous training

- Flexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, intensive working day on Fridays

- Canteen in our facilities, with a daily menu for employees

- Competitive salary

Cupa Pizarras is the undisputed world leader in roofing slate. One in every two slates in the world has come from our quarries in Valdeorras, from where we export to more than 90 countries across five continents.

We extract slate from our inland quarries and mines, and transform it in our production plants in the Valdeorras area, from where we export it to the rest of the world. One of the great challenges facing the Group at this time is automation and the application of technology and artificial intelligence to the production process. We are fully immersed in an Industry 4.0 project, the "fourth industrial revolution," which will allow us to implement smart technologies in our extraction, production, logistics, and transport processes, among others.

In this context of change and industrial revolution, we are looking for a Mining Engineer to carry out important field functions in our quarries and warehouses located in the Valdeorras area. The position requires some office work, but most of the time, you will be doing field work.

Reporting directly to the Production Management, and managing a total of 15 - 50 people, your functions and responsibilities will be:

- Technical management of the operation

- Compliance with the production budget of the centers under your responsibility

- Management and organization of the resources necessary to ensure production (personnel, machinery, consumables, etc...)

- Coordination of the auxiliary tasks necessary to ensure the main activity

- Resolution of production and personnel incidents

- Execution, control, and supervision of administrative procedures for explosives

- Reporting to the production management