Blasting Assistant

Description

Job Summary: Coordinate and execute instrumentation during the blasting process, ensuring data quality, safety, and reliability for the team. Key Highlights: 1. Experience in monitoring and measuring blasting using advanced technology. 2. Database management and preparation of blasting reports. 3. Quality control of blasting agents and explosive mixtures. Mission or Objective: Coordinate and execute instrumentation during the blasting process, complying with quality and safety standards, and guaranteeing the acquisition of reliable data to be processed and used as information by the team. * Record blasts, monitor vibrations, and measure fragmentation resulting from blasts in target areas using equipment such as drones, high-speed cameras, seismographs, among others, to report compliance with contractual KPIs. * Manage the database and maintain measurement records in the systems relevant to operations to ensure all information is available for analysis, audits, or reporting. * Prepare daily blasting reports, monthly reports, and other documents required by the client to ensure compliance with established contractual commitments. * Prepare quantitative reports on KPI impacts arising from blasting process incidents, identifying findings detected to escalate them to the Service Manager/Technical Representative for immediate corrective actions. * Maintain an updated inventory of equipment (seismograph, microtrap, drone, consumables, etc.) to report availability, calibration status, maintenance, and other aspects. * Perform quality control of blasting agents and explosive mixtures in the laboratory according to the product technical datasheet to ensure compliance with manufacturer specifications. * Verify that samples taken by field operators of explosive mixture densities during loading operations fall within technical datasheet parameters. * Measure and verify that the explosive’s detonation velocity (VOD) complies with technical datasheet specifications. Requirements: * Minimum 2 years of experience in mining. * At least 1 year of experience in blasting. * Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related field. * Professional registration (desirable). * Desired knowledge in rock blasting design and execution, data science, programming (Power BI), and PowerApps proficiency. * Intermediate knowledge: specialized blasting software (Blastware, Microtrap, Thor, JK Simblast, Paradigm, DAS, OpitBlast); English language. * Advanced knowledge: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). * Experience in process management and continuous improvement. * Class A1 driver’s license held for at least two years.