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Podcast: Engineering Fields of Dreams
Episode: Navigating Shifts
Description: In this episode Omar Smith, a seasoned senior civil engineer with over 15 years of experience in the mining industry, shares his journey to working in the mining industry. He currently leads a civil design team at WSP in Phoenix and is actively involved in the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME).
Omar candidly reveals that his career in mining was not a conscious choice but rather a path that unfolded out of necessity. Fascinated by math and technical courses during high school, he discovered his passion for civil engineering and decided to pursue it at the...