UCA of SME Young Member Executive Committee
Sean McDonald, SMcDonald@jaydee.us
Sean McDonald is a Senior Field Engineer employed by Jay Dee Contractors, Inc. in underground construction and tunneling. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines with an interest in explosives. He has worked on a number of tunneling projects for Jay Dee, including their projects in Charleston, South Carolina and Detroit, Michigan. He has been involved in a variety of shaft and tunnel excavation methods; including caissons, rib and lag shafts and tunnels, hand mined tunnels, road header tunnels, and segmental lined tunnels. Sean’s current focus is in optimizing the methodologies and logistics of tunneling, both in underground and surface portions of projects. Outside of work, you can catch Sean at the golf course or out fishing.