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Mining engineer, Kaipūhanga maina

Also known as

Coal mining engineer, consultant mining engineer, mine superintendent, open pit mining engineer, underground mining engineer, mining engineering technologist, mining production manager

Mining engineers design and develop mines and systems to extract minerals and metals for processing. They survey potential mining sites and supervise the construction of mines.

Your pay could be

$62K

Lower

$94K to $187K

Most common

$279K

Upper

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