Mine Electrician
Salary £ 38,000 -£40,000 + Bonuses
South Crofty Mine, Pool, TR15 3QT
Vacancy listed 14/02/2025
Application deadline 09/03/2025
Details
About us
Cornish Metals is an AIM listed Company working towards re-opening its 100% owned, fully permitted South Crofty underground tin mine located in Pool, Cornwall, UK.  The Company also holds other mineral rights in Cornwall with potential for discovery of tin, copper, lithium, tungsten, zinc and silver.

South Crofty has a long history of mining, with over 400 years of recorded production.  Existing mine infrastructure, including multiple shafts, can be used for future operations.  The project possesses an underground mining permit to 2071, planning permission to construct a new processing plant and all necessary site infrastructure and an environmental permit to dewater the mine.  South Crofty benefits from strong local community and regional and national government support.

In January 2025, Cornish Metals announced a fundraising of 57.4 million, anchored by the UK’s National Wealth Fund and existing shareholder Vision Blue Resources to further advance South Crofty towards tin production once again.  

Tin connects almost all electronic and electrical infrastructure, making it critical to the energy transition. It is fundamental to growth in the technology sector and is used in key fast growing technological applications including batteries, robotics, renewable power, 5G and cloud-based data storage. Tin demand is projected to grow by approximately 30% in the next decade.

Tin is a Critical Metal as designated by the UK, USA, and Canada, and there is no primary tin production in Europe or North America. Approximately two-thirds of the tin mined today is sourced from Asia, mainly from China, Myanmar and Indonesia.

The Company believes that demand for ethically / responsibly / domestically mined tin will continue to increase

Role requirements
The current operational focus of the Company is centred around the dewatering of the mine, refurbishment of the historic New Cooks Kitchen Shaft and facilitating access to the old levels of the mine in preparation for tin extraction.

Significant new infrastructure has been installed to enable access to the deep workings of the mine, including a new 11kv network, a new single drum winding engine, an emergency egress winder, and two cages. Numerous further capital projects are now underway to equip the mine for production, including the purchase of two further winding engines, construction of the ore handling and processing facilities, amongst many others. 

The active mine workings we operate contain considerable electrical infrastructure, which all requires ongoing maintenance and electrical support, which will increase considerably as we dewater more of the mine workings.

These upgrades and developments require a competent and motivated electrical team to install, manage, maintain, and repair our systems on-site in a safe and efficient manner.  The work has the potential to be extremely varied, ranging from heavy industrial to control and instrumentation.   The successful candidate will need to have a level of fitness that enables them to perform the specified activities efficiently, an aptitude for working in challenging conditions and a willingness to conform to strict health and safety procedures throughout. 

Employment will be conditional on a medical report which the Company considers satisfactory, from a doctor chosen (and paid for) by the Company.  Cornish Metals is an equal opportunities employer and are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace.  A copy of our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Policy is available on our website.

Cornish Metals is an equal opportunities employer and are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace.  A copy of our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Policy is available on request.

Principle responsibilities/role tasks
Specific duties as part of the role include, but are not limited to, the following:
 
  • Carry out electrical installation works on the mine LV network.
  • Work and maintain the mine HV & LV networks.
  • Promote a positive safety culture and follow best practise.
  • Conduct and maintain records of statutory maintenance schemes.
  • Following procedures and safety standards for all work undertaken.
  • Conducting Two-Minute Risk Assessments (2MRA’s) for all work tasks undertaken.
  • Maintaining your personal work equipment and safety gear to a suitable standard to ensure compliance.
  • Undertaking internal and external training as required by the Company to ensure suitable competency for the role. 
  • Cooperating with all operational team members to ensure work efforts are coordinated and conducted safely and efficiently. 
  • Ensure compliance at all times with Company policy, Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS)/Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and the Manager’s Rules.
  • Providing official regular reports to your line manager, detailing work carried out and maintenance/repair requirements.
 
Successful candidates will be expected to undertake any other duties reasonably required, appropriate to safety, and the skills and experience requirements of the role.
 
Cornish Metals is an equal opportunities employer and reasonable adjustments will be provided. 

Working environment
Cornish Metals Ltd will supply you with all the necessary PPE required to work safely and do all it reasonably can to protect you from risk of injury and ill health, including completion, and maintenance of, risk assessments and implementing systems of work designed to protect your health and safety. Despite this, you will hold a significant amount of personal responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues.  As part of your role you will be required to work underground.  

In this environment:
  • Due to ventilation (both natural and mechanical) the mine workings are often draughty. 
  • You will be walking over muddy, uneven, and loose ground, with steep gradients and climbing ladders whilst wearing protective footwear, coveralls, and harnesses.
  • It is often a very noisy environment and you will be required to wear hearing protection regularly. 
  • You may be required to operate handheld tools which may be heavy and loud and exhibit high levels of vibration.
  • Manual handling of heavy loads up to 20 kg (it being impossible to mechanise most of the physical tasks in the mine environment).
  • You will frequently work at height and/or from ropes or fall restraint equipment, you will be required to train in the use of and wear fall arrest equipment. 
  • South Crofty is a deep, underground mine. The main access shaft, New Cooks Kitchen Shaft, is approximately eight hundred meters deep. Underground workers must adhere to strict safety protocols and regulatory requirements to ensure the wellbeing of yourself and your colleagues in such a remote environment.
  • To reach the deeper levels of the mine, the primary access is via a small 8-person cage, with an emergency second means of egress provided with a 4-person ‘bullet cage’ of 800mm diameter.
  • Parts of the mine can be narrow with restricted height. You will often be expected to work in confined spaces accordingly. 

Functions that are considered intrinsic to the role are: 

  • Climbing ladders (in dark and wet conditions), especially in underground areas to access different levels of the mine and as a means of emergency/alternative exit.
  • A good base level of fitness and ability to undertake manual handling to enable the basic role requirements to be performed.
  • The ability to ride inside the shaft cages, which are of limited dimensions.
  • The ability to wear fall-arrest harnesses and associated restraints.
  • Shift work, working day shifts and weekends, on a rolling shift pattern.

You will be offered, and expected to cooperate with, a (free) health assessment at regular intervals.

 Key relationships
The role will directly report to the Electrical Foreman, with overall reporting responsibility to the Mine Manager. 

You will also need to work closely with the Mine Captain, site contractors and technical services team in this role.

Skills and experience
The successful candidate will be required to undertake the duties and responsibilities of this role in a safe and efficient manner, in compliance with the Mines Regulations 2014, Company Policy and the Manager’s Rules.

The key skills and experience expected for this role include:

Essential
  • Proven track record as an effective team worker.
  • A suitable level of fitness.
  • The ability to fully understand and observe strict health and safety guidelines at work procedures. 
  • Ability to undertake Two-Minute Risk Assessments (2MRA’s) for which specific training will be provided.
  • High degree of attention to detail.
  • Experience of working within a regulated safety system, with a pro-active approach to workplace health and safety.
  • Ability to multitask.
  • A ‘can do’ positive attitude.
  • Trained and competent with the Electricity at Work regulations.
  • Recognised electrical apprenticeship. Any additional training or qualification could be beneficial.
  • Experience of LV and HV systems, with associated permits to work would be advantageous.
  • Ability to follow an on-call rota (nominally 4 days on and 4 days off) and have some flexibility to work out of hours if required.
  • Undertaking training on equipment as required to keep skills up to date.
  • Ability to work in challenging underground conditions, ranging from working at heights to working in confined spaces.
  • Being a team player, who is willing and able to mentor junior staff and get involved with a wide variety of work tasks as and when required.

Desirable
  • An understanding of PLC/HMI/SCADA control systems, along with some exposure to MCC control panels and instrumentation.
  • 18th Edition Wiring Regulations and Use of Electricity in Mines desirable.
  • Previous experience of working in mining, quarrying, tunnelling or construction industries.
  • Mechanical ability and exposure.
  • Current driving licence, or alternative ability to efficiently undertake the duties of the role or the travel to work.

 Salary
£38,000 to £40,000 basic annual salary, depending on experience.  In addition, the role is subject to the following bonuses, bringing the potential on target earnings up to £52,000 per annum.

  • Shift allowance of 10% basic annual salary
  • Safety bonus of up to 20% of basic annual salary

Hours of work and work location
Hours of work will on a shift pattern of eight days with a working cycle of four consecutive days on, followed by four consecutive days off, each shift is 11 hours.   During the course of a year, you will average 38.5 hours a week.  

The role will require you to provide “on-call” electrician cover to support ongoing mining activities outside of your normal working hours.  The on-call rota will be agreed with you in advance.

Additional overtime may be requested depending on operational requirements.

 

Benefits

On target bonuses
Health & Dental Cashback
Life Insurance
Enhanced parental leave and sick pay
Income protection insurance
Enhanced pension contributions
Employee Assistance Programme
Personal days

Notes

How to apply:
If you would like to be part of this exciting project and join the team at South Crofty mine, please apply below attaching your CV in the documents screen.

We’d love to hear more about why you feel this particular role would be perfect for you. Please leave a note or attach a covering letter with your application.

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