Mine engineer vs mine safety director

The differences between mine engineers and mine safety directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a mine engineer and a mine safety director. Additionally, a mine safety director has an average salary of $111,876, which is higher than the $83,246 average annual salary of a mine engineer.

The top three skills for a mine engineer include mine planning, ventilation and continuous improvement. The most important skills for a mine safety director are MSHA, , and .

Mine engineer vs mine safety director overview

	Mine Engineer	Mine Safety Director
Yearly salary	$83,246	$111,876
Hourly rate	$40.02	$53.79
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	3,627	18,461
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 80%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mine engineer vs mine safety director salary

Mine engineers and mine safety directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mine Engineer	Mine Safety Director
Average salary	$83,246	$111,876
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $113,000	Between $64,000 And $194,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Santa Barbara, CA
Highest paying state	California	New Mexico
Best paying company	Chevron	Amazon
Best paying industry	Energy	-

Differences between mine engineer and mine safety director education

There are a few differences between a mine engineer and a mine safety director in terms of educational background:

	Mine Engineer	Mine Safety Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 80%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Mining Engineering	Mining Engineering
Most common college	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado School of Mines

Mine engineer vs mine safety director demographics

Here are the differences between mine engineers' and mine safety directors' demographics:

	Mine Engineer	Mine Safety Director
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 90.9% Female, 9.1%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% Asian, 17.0% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% Asian, 18.3% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mine engineer and mine safety director duties and responsibilities

Mine engineer example responsibilities.

Manage exploration RC drilling program in a remote location.
Manage daily dragline operations and weekly repair schedules.
Conduct time-and-motion studies and performance of truck-and-shovel analysis and efficiently allocate trucks to shovels and attain optimum productivity.
Mine production 2 million TPY and 12 million CY excavate per year.
Coordinate construction projects with independent contractors and performing altimeter ventilation surveys.
Engineer mine plan and life-of-mine programs utilizing Carlson Civil/Hydrology/Survey and Vulcan software.

Mine safety director example responsibilities.

Project manager responsible for the implementation of several EHS programs including functional management systems approach at multiple sites.
Develop standard operating procedures in accordance with pharmaceutical companies guidelines and FDA requirements.

Mine engineer vs mine safety director skills

Common mine engineer skills

Mine Planning, 10%
Ventilation, 10%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
Project Management, 5%
Safety Standards, 5%
MSHA, 4%

Common mine safety director skills

MSHA, 100%

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