March 15, 2024 - This spring, SME Studios is releasing six brand new episodes of Jobs of Tomorrow, a docuseries spotlighting the exciting, high-tech and increasingly green world of mining where multidisciplinary professionals come together to drive innovation in energy, infrastructure, transit and more.

“If you want a career in robotics, the mining industry has a role for you. If you want a career in traditional mining and geological engineering, or economic geology, the mining industry has a role for you,” said Misael Cabrera, Director of the University of Arizona School of Mining & Mineral Resources and Jobs of Tomorrow featured guest.

Season 2 sheds light on exciting careers and groundbreaking work in blasting and explosives engineering, reclamation and mine closure, urban tunneling, tailings management, next generation mines, and environmentally conscious mining engineering. In each episode, a fascinating array of experts speak on these topics, giving viewers an exclusive look at the many positive impacts generated by these lines of work. This includes working on the front lines of the ongoing green energy transition, which is powered by mineral-intensive technologies.

"Headlined by Jobs of Tomorrow, SME Studios is leading the effort to showcase the abundance of impactful opportunities afforded by the mining and underground construction sectors to those wanting to make a difference,” said David L. Kanagy, SME Executive Director and CEO. “We encourage you to come check out and share this important content so we can exhibit this potential to the next generation of professionals.”

Episodes and member profiles are available on SME Studios at media.smenet.org. New episodes will be released biweekly through May 2024.

“Mining requires an integration of a wide and varied range of specialties,” said Clara Balasko, Head of Planning and Technical at BHP and Jobs of Tomorrow featured expert. “We need competent and dedicated professionals who can bridge the gap between past, present and future.”

Jobs of Tomorrow Season 2 is sponsored in part by Dyno Nobel, BHP, Newmont, Freeport-McMoRan, and South32. Support for the series came from Brooks & Nelson.