Blasting Engineer

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM UK&Ireland is looking for Blasting Engineers/Trainee Blasting Engineers to join our team, supporting the Quarrying and extractive operations across all of England. This will be a hands-on role carrying out Drill and Blast duties and working alongside our blasting teams to deliver safe, efficient results. Full training program would be issued for the Trainee position. 

The engineer will support day‑to‑day blasting operations across Northern England and the Midlands, including Cumbria, Lancashire, and Leicestershire. They will also be responsible for maintaining the highest safety standards and working with the Quarry Regulations 1999. This will also include designing blasts, keeping accurate records, attending production meetings, producing activity plans and risk assessments, and maintaining a personal career development plan.

Making Possible

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

What do you bring to the role?

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


• Strong safety mindset


• Team player who can work on their own initiative and independently on site

 
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


• Pension contributions


• Life assurance


• 23 days holiday


• 2 wellbeing days


• 1 volunteering day


• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
 

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The Application Process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Monica Curl, Recruiter, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), Email: [email protected]

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.