Resume template · Updated October 2026
Mining resume template
Short answer
Catalyst suits experienced mining people because it skips the summary and opens on the current site, where fleet, availability and safety records do the talking. The fictional sample is a maintenance planner at a Nevada open-pit copper mine who spent six years as a heavy equipment mechanic, with haul truck availability, planned work, a component life tracker, two shovel shutdowns and current MSHA surface training.
Download the mining sample
Travis is a fictional maintenance planner. Replace every detail with your own before you send it.
The files are made in your browser by Resumity's own exporters, from this sample. The builder opens it as your own resume: click any line to replace it. Free plan, no watermark.
Why Catalyst suits a mining resume
Catalyst sets a large left-aligned name and goes straight into work experience with no summary, so a maintenance or mine superintendent reaches your fleet and results at once. The headline carries trade and MSHA status, and labelled skill rows after the jobs give equipment models and planning systems a clear place.
Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta adds a summary and prints education right after the jobs, a better fit for mining engineers and geologists whose degree matters early.
What goes in each section, in Catalyst's order
Catalyst prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Work Experience. With no summary on the page, the headline names your trade, the mine type and your MSHA status. Then give mining evidence: tonnes moved or milled, equipment availability, planned against reactive maintenance, cost per operating hour, days without a lost-time injury. Name the fleet (haul trucks, shovels, loaders, drills) and say surface or underground.
- Skills. Technical holds trade and planning skills (diagnostics, component life planning, shutdown scheduling); Tools holds the equipment models and the maintenance and fleet systems. People hiring for the same fleet look for the same makes and models.
- Education. A diesel technology or heavy equipment programme, an apprenticeship, or a mining engineering or geology degree, each on a single line.
- Certifications. MSHA training is a condition of working on site. Under 30 CFR 48.25 a new surface miner receives at least 24 hours of training, 8 of them before starting work, and 48.28 adds at least 8 hours of refresher training each year. Write surface or underground and the year your refresher is current to.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Travis Holloway
Maintenance Planner, Surface Mining Fleet (MSHA Part 48, Surface)
Elko, NV | travis.holloway@example.com | (775) 555-0124 | linkedin.com/in/sample-travis-holloway
Experience
Maintenance Planner, Ridgeline Minerals, Silverpine Copper Mine, Battle Mountain, NV (03/2021 to Present)
- Plan maintenance for 28 haul trucks, three electric rope shovels and six blasthole drills at an open-pit copper mine moving about 180,000 tonnes a day.
- Raised haul truck availability from 84% to 89% over two years by scheduling component changes before failure and kitting parts ahead of each job.
- Lifted planned work from 55% to 78% of maintenance hours with weekly schedules agreed with operations.
- Built a component life tracker for engines, wheel motors and final drives that now sets the annual rebuild budget.
- Planned two major shovel shutdowns that finished on schedule with no lost-time injuries.
Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Sagebrush Equipment Services, Elko, NV (05/2015 to 02/2021)
- Diagnosed and repaired engines, hydraulics and drivetrains on haul trucks, loaders and dozers at three mine sites under service contracts.
- Rebuilt about 40 hydraulic cylinders and pumps a year in the shop.
- Worked five years without a recordable injury and served on the site safety committee.
Education
Certificate, Diesel and Heavy Equipment Technology, High Desert Technical College (05/2015)
Certifications
- MSHA Part 48 Surface Miner Training, annual refresher current, Ridgeline Minerals training department (2026)
Skills
Maintenance planning and scheduling, Component life tracking, Shutdown planning, Diesel engine diagnostics, Hydraulic systems, SAP PM, Caterpillar 793 haul trucks, P&H 4100 shovels, Excel, Planning meetings with operations, Mentoring apprentices
How to make the sample yours
Flag underground experience
New underground miners need at least 40 hours of training before they are assigned work (30 CFR 48.5). If you have worked underground, say so in the headline; it widens the sites where you can start without a long induction.
Turn breakdowns into planned work
Mines track how much maintenance is planned rather than reactive, and how long components last against target life. A bullet showing either moving the right way is a planner's best evidence.
From construction, oil and gas or the military
Heavy equipment, diesel, electrical and blasting skills carry straight over. Name equipment that matches the mine's fleet, list your safety training, and show you are comfortable with remote rosters and long shifts.
Add roster and location facts
Many mines run rotations such as fly-in fly-out or four on, four off. Say which you have worked and where you will live or travel from; remote sites raise that question early.
Adapt for operators and geologists
Equipment operators lead with machines, tonnes moved and safety record. Geologists and mining engineers lead with deposit type, models, software and the mine plan decisions their work supported.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- mining
- heavy equipment maintenance
- maintenance planning
- equipment availability
- haul trucks
- preventive maintenance
- component life tracking
- shutdown planning
- diesel diagnostics
- hydraulics
- MSHA Part 48
- mine safety
- open-pit mining
- SAP PM
- reliability
Mistakes to avoid
- No mine type or commodity; a surface gold mine and an underground coal mine are very different jobs.
- Safety written as a value instead of a record of training, incidents and audits.
- Equipment named only by category ("heavy machinery") when the make and model are what a planner looks for.
- A profile paragraph you expect to appear; this layout leaves summaries out, so trade and training belong in the headline.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a mining job with no mining experience?
Show transferable trade and equipment experience from construction, agriculture, oil and gas or the military, plus safety training and a willingness to work rosters. Some mines hire trainee operators and give new miner training on site.
Should I list MSHA training on my resume?
Yes, with the type (surface or underground) and when your annual refresher was last completed. It tells a site whether you need new miner training or only site-specific training before starting.
What numbers matter on a mining maintenance resume?
Equipment availability, planned against reactive work, component life against target, cost per operating hour and safety record. Pick the ones your site actually tracked.
How do I write about rotation or fly-in fly-out work?
Put the roster in a bullet ("14 on, 14 off, fly-in fly-out") and show you managed handovers between crews. It signals you already know the lifestyle.
Can I move from mining to other heavy industries?
Yes. Maintenance planning, heavy equipment, electrical and safety skills carry into construction, quarrying, oil and gas, utilities and ports. Swap tonnes for the new industry's output measure.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Catalyst PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 4 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 30 CFR 48.25 Training of new miners (surface) (new surface miners receive at least 24 hours of training; at least 8 hours before being assigned to work duties, the rest within 60 days)
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 30 CFR 48.28 Annual refresher training (surface) (each miner receives a minimum of 8 hours of annual refresher training)
- Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 30 CFR 48.5 Training of new miners (underground) (new underground miners receive no less than 40 hours of training before being assigned to work duties)
More in resume templates by industry.