Job Description

Position Title : Underground Surveyor - Transit Operator

Location : Bailey Mine 

Position Summary

Responsible for providing underground surveying and mapping for mining operations. Provide technical drafting and miscellaneous engineering services for the company.

Target Responsibilities

• Must adhere to CORE Natural Resources first principles including Safety, Sustainability, and Continuous Improvement.
• Uses transit accurately and installs spads accurately in all required areas underground in gate and main entries in a timely and safe manner.
• Uses Trigonometry to calculate corrections and adjustments in the field for survey corrections.
• Performs and calculates elevation and check surveys to ensure advancement is accurate.
• Calculates and installs LW stations UG.
• Keeps accurate and legible survey notes and various strata heights in daily survey books.
• Develops maps required for daily work.
• Takes channel samples and records data and location for sulfur mapping.
• Locates underground ventilation controls, gas wells, etc. and plots on mine maps.
• Assists in setting belt drives and section booster drives when being installed.
• Works and communicates with all levels of mine management.
• Provides advance sites and turn angles for mining.
• Assists Mine Engineer with engineering tasks.
• Lines and levels belt transfers and drives units to ensure that belts travel properly.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to work overtime, weekends and holidays as schedule requires.
• Must be able to work other shifts as needed.
• Must be able to work safely and effectively as part of a team or independently
• Must be a detailed oriented person and be able to communicate clearly and effectively
• This position is defined by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles as a medium job category and must be able to lift, carry, pull/push, climb, shovel, walk, pry, work on/near moving equipment and perform any job specific activity as required by job assignment
• Must possess effective critical thinking and comprehension skills, basic computer skills and effective math skills

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED
• Associate’s degree in an Engineering related field
• Pennsylvania Miner’s Certificate or previous underground mining experience
• Experience running a transit on surface or underground
• Proficient with MicroStation or equivalent CAD software
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs

Reports to: Mine Engineer

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