Blasting Engineer

BAM Nuttall

Blasting Engineer

Salary Not Specified

BAM Nuttall, New Swannington, North West Leicestershire

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 11 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 1d59736b1dd64c2d9413d1b1a1d8ae84

Full Job Description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

To assist in the day-to-day blasting operations at Bardonhill
extension (Leicestershire), whilst maintaining the highest safety standards and working with the quarry regulations 1999, this will also include designing blasts, keeping accurate records, attending production meetings, production of activity plans and risk assessments, and maintaining a personal career development plan.

Your mission

You will be responsible for the following:

  • Blast design, Face profiling, initiation sequence design, charging of blasts, and post-blast specifications.

  • Keep accurate records

  • Supervision of the drilling team

  • Produce/Create

  • activity plans and risk assessments

    Who are we looking for?

    Necessary:
  • Level 5 Diploma in Shotfiring Supervision

  • Level 5 Certificate in Blast Design

  • Level 3 Diploma in Shotfiring

  • Level 2 Certificate in Face Profiling

  • Full UK Driving Licence


  • Desirable:
  • Geotechnical training

  • Quarry Regulation awareness

  • Mineral Sector Safety Passport

  • Current MPQC Blasting Cards


  • What's in it for you?

  • Competitive salary

  • A wide range of family-friendly policies

  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance

  • 8 % matched pension contributions

  • Private healthcare

  • Life assurance

  • 26 days holiday

  • 2 wellbeing days

  • 1 volunteering day

  • Personal and professional development


  • BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

    Who are we?

    The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.

    Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

    Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

    Our recruitment process

    For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Monica Curl, Recruitment Assistant, BAM Nuttall Ltd, Email: monica.curl@bam.com

    BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

  • Level 5 Diploma in Shotfiring Supervision

  • Level 5 Certificate in Blast Design

  • Level 3 Diploma in Shotfiring

  • Level 2 Certificate in Face Profiling

  • Full UK Driving Licence


  • Desirable:
  • Geotechnical training

  • Quarry Regulation awareness

  • Mineral Sector Safety Passport

  • Current MPQC Blasting Cards

    BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.


  • Who are we?

    The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.

    Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

    Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day., BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

  • Competitive salary

  • A wide range of family-friendly policies

  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance

  • 8 % matched pension contributions

  • Private healthcare

  • Life assurance

  • 26 days holiday

  • 2 wellbeing days

  • 1 volunteering day

  • Personal and professional development