Title:\u00a0Drill & Blast Engineer Vacancies (2 positions) \u2013 Sotta Mining Corporation Limited \u2013 December 2025
\nDrill & Blast Engineer (2 positions)\u00a0Reports to:\u00a0Senior Mining Engineer
\nThe Drill and Blast Engineer provides technical expertise and planning support to safely and efficiently execute all drill and blast activities at Nyanzaga. The role ensures drill and blast designs, schedules, explosives management and QA\/QC processes are aligned with the SMCL Mining Department Management Plan (MMP), production targets, legal and licence conditions and community and environmental constraints (including vibration, noise, flyrock, and dust).
\nWorking closely with Operations, Technical Services and contractors, the Drill & Blast Engineer helps deliver predictable fragmentation, diggability, and ore exposure to support consistent mill feed and cost-effective mining.
\nKey Responsibilities:<\/p>\n
Ensure all drill and blast \/ mining activities and procedures adhere to the applicable mining regulations.
\nDevelop short-, medium-, and long-term drill and blast designs, including patterns, charge plans, timing, and initiation sequences.
\nConduct fragmentation analysis and continuously improve blast performance.
\nOptimise drilling and blasting parameters to reduce dilution, improve productivity, and manage costs.
\nMonitor execution quality, including hole depths, accuracy, charging, stemming, and timing.
\nConduct blast readiness checks and post-blast inspections.
\nEnsure explosives are stored, handled, and used in compliance with legal and company requirements.
\nPerform blast risk assessments, vibration and air-blast monitoring, and implement control measures.
\nAct as the responsible engineer for the explosives magazines, ensuring that storage, handling and security of explosives comply with Tanzanian legal requirements, licence conditions and SMCL standards.
\nEnsure magazine safety standards are implemented and maintained, including housekeeping, signage, segregation, emergency equipment and access control.
\nAnalyse production drilling and blasting KPIs, including cost per metre, powder factor, and fragmentation results.<\/p>\n
Qualifications & Licences \/ Experience \/ Skills:<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree in mining engineering or equivalent.
\nTanzanian blasting certification or ability to obtain one (mandatory).
\nValid driving licence.
\n3\u20137 years\u2019 experience in open-pit drill and blast engineering, ideally in gold or hard-rock mining.
\nExperience working with modern blast design software (e.g. modern blast design software (e.g., BlastMap, SHOTPlus, Vulcan, Minesight)).<\/p>\n
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