Mining Engineer
Also known as: Management Trainee (Mining) · Assistant Manager (Mining) · Mine Engineer
Plans and supervises extraction at coal or metal mines, safely and to production targets.
What you’d do
A mining engineer runs the day-to-day work of getting coal, ore or stone out of the ground — opencast or underground — safely and to plan. Coal and metal mining companies, mining contractors and cement companies with captive mines hire them. A day starts with shift planning and safety checks, then supervising crews and machines, and ends with production and statutory records.
- Supervise mining shifts and crews
- Plan daily production and machine use
- Enforce mine safety rules
- Keep statutory mine records
How you get in
Coal India has recruited Mining Management Trainees through GATE (Mining paper) scores in several recent years; other mining PSUs and private miners hire through their own exams or campus placement. After joining, engineers build mine experience and sit the DGMS certificate exams to qualify for higher statutory posts.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Mining methods and mine planning basics
- Mine safety law and practice
- Supervising crews and heavy machinery
- Drilling and blasting basics
- Keeping statutory records
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition4
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field4
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Most jobs are at mine sites in mineral-rich regions, away from big cities.
- Common next roles: mine manager, agent, planning or operations head.
- Since a 2019 notification, women can be deployed in underground and night-shift mine work under set conditions.
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