Market evidence report — mine-planning-engineer

Source: 49 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 49), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	40	82 %
senior	7	14 %
junior	1	2 %
lead	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	17	35 %
2	Microsoft Office	10	20 %
3	Deswik	9	18 %
4	Carlson	8	16 %
5	Surpac	8	16 %
6	Microsoft PowerPoint	7	14 %
7	Microsoft Word	7	14 %
8	ArcGIS	6	12 %
9	Carlson/AutoCAD	6	12 %
10	Vulcan	6	12 %
11	AutoCAD Civil 3D	5	10 %
12	ESRI GIS Software	4	8 %
13	Hexagon MinePlan 3D	4	8 %
14	Microsoft Project	4	8 %
15	Mine Sight	4	8 %
16	AutoCAD	3	6 %
17	Micromine	3	6 %
18	Microsoft Outlook	3	6 %
19	MineSight	3	6 %
20	Whittle	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	mine planning	43	88 %
2	data analysis	14	29 %
3	regulatory compliance	12	24 %
4	reserve estimation	11	22 %
5	reclamation planning	8	16 %
6	geological modeling	7	14 %
7	resource estimation	7	14 %
8	mine design	5	10 %
9	surveying	5	10 %
10	drill/blast pattern design	4	8 %
11	drilling and blasting	4	8 %
12	financial evaluation	4	8 %
13	geologic mapping	4	8 %
14	land use assessment	4	8 %
15	risk assessment	4	8 %
16	statistical analysis	4	8 %
17	volume calculation	4	8 %
18	waste development	4	8 %
19	budgeting	3	6 %
20	data visualization	3	6 %
21	economic evaluation	3	6 %
22	forecasting	3	6 %
23	life-of-mine planning	3	6 %
24	mining regulations compliance	3	6 %
25	optimization	3	6 %
26	production scheduling	3	6 %
27	safety compliance	3	6 %
28	stripping plan preparation	3	6 %
29	waste dump design	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	continuous improvement	7	14 %
2	annual budgeting	4	8 %
3	change management	4	8 %
4	HSEQ standards	4	8 %
5	process methodology	4	8 %
6	quarterly forecasting	4	8 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	mine plan development	19	39 %
2	site plan maintenance	7	14 %
3	mine plan design	6	12 %
4	regulatory compliance	6	12 %
5	report preparation	6	12 %
6	pit shell design	5	10 %
7	reserve documentation	5	10 %
8	technical report preparation	5	10 %
9	data reporting	4	8 %
10	mine plan preparation	4	8 %
11	mineral quantity evaluation	4	8 %
12	mining challenge identification	4	8 %
13	performance reconciliation	4	8 %
14	permit compliance	4	8 %
15	capital investment justification	3	6 %
16	compliance assurance	3	6 %
17	cost input development	3	6 %
18	data visualization	3	6 %
19	plan execution	3	6 %
20	stakeholder communication	3	6 %
21	stripping plan development	3	6 %
22	technical support	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 49 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

49 ads.

Top hard skills:

mine planning — 88 % (43 ads)
data analysis — 29 % (14 ads)
regulatory compliance — 24 % (12 ads)
reserve estimation — 22 % (11 ads)
reclamation planning — 16 % (8 ads)
geological modeling — 14 % (7 ads)
resource estimation — 14 % (7 ads)
mine design — 10 % (5 ads)
surveying — 10 % (5 ads)
drill/blast pattern design — 8 % (4 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 35 % (17 ads)
Microsoft Office — 20 % (10 ads)
Deswik — 18 % (9 ads)
Carlson — 16 % (8 ads)
Surpac — 16 % (8 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 14 % (7 ads)
Microsoft Word — 14 % (7 ads)
ArcGIS — 12 % (6 ads)
Carlson/AutoCAD — 12 % (6 ads)
Vulcan — 12 % (6 ads)

Seniority: mid 82 % · senior 14 % · junior 2 % · lead 2 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)