Blasting Technical Specialist & Drone Pilot

Austin Powder; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Powder is seeking a Technical Representative to manage blasting services and provide technical support across the LLC/Region. You will deliver training, on-site support, and advanced blasting expertise to customers to improve safety, reliability, and performance.

The role requires travel up to 50–70% within the region, on-site presence at customer sites on short notice, and maintaining FAA drone certification for field data collection.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or 4+ years of relevant industry experience as a certified blaster.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced technical assistance to blasting teams and customers, including mine planning, blast design, surveying, post-blast analysis, blast optimization, and other blasting service needs.
• Establish collaborative relationships with LLC/Regional blaster and technical team members with clear communication and alignment on blasting goals.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by assuring uniform implementation of regulatory agency requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Able to be present on customer sites on short notice throughout the LLC/Region, as required by our customers and the discretion of management.
• Leverage understanding of blasting process to provide blast plans customized to each blast and customer.
• Clearly communicate recommended and required processes, techniques, and tools to our blasting teams to facilitate safe execution of blast plans.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify safety and regulatory concerns and implement preventative measures to mitigate risk.
• Participate in the investigation of accidents, blasting incidents, and product complaints to determine root cause and recommend corrective actions.
• Be a licensed drone pilot (FAA UAV Part 701) and ensure required team members earn, and maintain, drone certification.
• Execute advanced technical data collection and processing to support blasting and technical services needs in the field.
• Learn and apply new technologies, processes, and techniques to support evolving technical needs of blasting teams and customers.
• Assist in training, development, and certification of LLC/Region blasting and technical team members at direction of management team.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, applications, and product development and technical advancements.
• Interface with public, landowners, and interest groups concerning blasting-related regulations, industry standards or policies.
• Perform as a Certified Blaster as temporary sprint capacity.
• Support sales teams as a subject matter expert of the application and capabilities of our products, blasting, and technical services.
• Respond to urgent incidents by being present on-site at the discretion of the management team.
• Support unique projects and assignments at the direction of management team.

Skills

Project management

Technical expertise

Mine planning

Blast modelling

Surveying & mapping

Safety regulations knowledge

Drone certification

Training delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Paradigm blast modelling

Job description

Austin Powder is seeking a Technical Representative to manage blasting services and provide technical support across the LLC/Region. You will deliver training, on-site support, and advanced blasting expertise to customers to improve safety, reliability, and performance.

The role requires travel up to 50–70% within the region, on-site presence at customer sites on short notice, and maintaining FAA drone certification for field data collection.