Underground Coal Mining Experts: 6 Contract Roles

Job Description
Workplace: Remote, United States, with occasional site visits. Employment type: Contract, part-time, through 2035. About AerialZeus\n AerialZeus, LLC is an engineering and geospatial consulting firm based in Sacramento, California, founded in 2013. AerialZeus is on the U.
S. Department of Energy (DOE) Standing List of Engineering Consultants, which provides independent engineering reviews of projects that apply for federal loans and loan guarantees. The engagement\n We are forming a team to act as Independent Engineer on a federal loan guarantee for a large underground metallurgical coal project in the southeastern United States. The project expands an operating longwall mine and develops a new room-and-pillar mine with retreat mining, including new coal preparation plants, conveyors, electrical infrastructure, and dewatering of flooded historic mine workings. \n The work starts with a desktop due diligence review and an Independent Engineer's Report for the lender, followed by support through loan closing, then periodic construction and operations monitoring through December 31, 2035. Most work is remote and part-time, with occasional site visits. \n Experience must be in underground metallurgical (coking) coal or a closely related underground mining field. Key Personnel (senior roles)\n Each Key Personnel candidate must meet every requirement listed for the role. \n 1. Senior Technologist (Independent Engineering Advisor)\n Pay: $175 to $250 per hour, based on experience \n
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, engineering mechanics, or a related field. A Professional Engineer (PE) license and an advanced degree are preferred. \n
- 10 or more years of experience and recognized industry leadership in longwall mining, continuous-miner room-and-pillar mining with retreat extraction, and metallurgical coal preparation. \n
- A strong record of technical reviews of underground coal mines for banks, lenders, or other financial institutions. \n
- Experience evaluating the reliability and performance of longwall and continuous-miner mining, coal preparation, ventilation, conveyor haulage, and mine dewatering, using failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and other probability-based risk methods. \n 2. Project Manager\n Pay: $150 to $210 per hour, based on experience \n
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, or business or public administration related to technical or construction management. A master's or doctoral degree is preferred. \n
- 5 or more years of executive experience leading teams that evaluate and oversee underground metallurgical coal mine development or expansion. \n
- Experience with project finance, supply chain management, construction, startup, and early operation of longwall and continuous-miner mines, coal preparation plants, and mine infrastructure. \n
- Experience evaluating the reliability and performance of mining, coal preparation, material handling, ventilation, and mine dewatering systems, using FMEA and fault tree analysis. \n
- Able to present findings to senior federal officials and to set up a conflict-of-interest screening process for team members. \n 3. Construction Manager\n Pay: $140 to $190 per hour, based on experience \n
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, or business or public administration related to technical, manufacturing, or construction management. A master's degree is preferred. \n
- 5 or more years managing construction of underground metallurgical coal mines, coal preparation plants, and mine infrastructure. \n
- Experience overseeing engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors and subcontractors, construction planning and scheduling, vendors, and supply chains. \n
- Experience with earned value management, cost and schedule control, change control, configuration management, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and health and safety compliance (Mine Safety and Health Administration and Occupational Safety and Health Administration). \n
- Knowledge of installing underground equipment such as longwall shields, continuous miners, conveyors, and preparation plant systems. \n Supporting Specialists (mostly desktop review)\n These specialists review the sponsor's studies and data and give an independent opinion on whether they are reasonable. The work is mainly review of reports and models, not new design. \n 4. Underground Ground Control and Ventilation Engineer\n Pay: $125 to $175 per hour, based on experience \n
- Experience with pillar design, roof support, longwall ground conditions, subsidence, barrier pillars, and mining near old flooded workings. \n
- Experience preparing or reviewing underground coal mine ventilation plans that meet Mine Safety and Health Administration requirements, including methane control. \n
- Bachelor's degree in mining or civil engineering. A Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred. \n 5. Coal Geologist (Reso