Senior Long Term Planning Engineer
Newmont
Total years of experience :8 years, 11 Months
Long Term Planning Mining Engineer, Tanami Operations
• Resource Reserve preparation
• Life of mine design and schedule
• Assist Technical Service Department with yearly business plan
Senior Mining Engineer, Jundee Operations
• Resources/Reserves design;
• Life of mine (LOM) design and schedule;
• Responsible for the design of LOM infrastructure, namely, power, pumping and ventilation.
Different positions: Planning Engineer, Project Engineer for Levack Mine and
Technical Services and Project Evaluation Team
• Coordinate Mine Planning System (MPS) Project (engineering part of the project)
o Draft Project Charter, Schedule and AFE
o Coordinate CAE Mining consultants and QuadraFNX MPS engineering team
o Design Mine2-4D pilot project for MD3
• Assist the Engineering Manager with Reserves/Resources statements, LOM, 18 Month, 3 Month production plans - Sudbury Operations.
Levack Mine - June 2007 - Dec. 2010
Planning Engineer, Scheduling Engineer, Ventilation Engineer, Manage Contractors
• Project Management 2008, 2009 and 2010
o Coordinate 1800 Level Development, contractor Cementation Inc.
o FNX coordinator of contact Ni raise; contractor JS Redpath
o Coordinate all raises excavation in Morrison Deposit, contractor DMC Mining
o In charge of all ventilation projects - contractor MetalAir
o I have prepared scope of work, AFE’S and PPS for various jobs
• Mine planning 2007, 2008 and 2010
o Design Haulage Ramps, Cut and Fill Stopes, narrow vein longhole stopes, vent raises, manway and vent walls.
o Implemented i-Ring software at Levack Mine and designed the first longhole stope (narrow vein - 4 to 8 feet wide) in the Morrison Deposit.
o I have used MineCAD, Mine 2-4D and EPS on daily basis.
• Ventilation 2009 and 2010
o Designed and managed the ventilation at Levack Mine in 2009 and 2010.
o Implemented new ventilation software (VentSIM) as a tool to assist the engineer in medium and long term ventilation planning.
o Created Levack’s Mine ventilation (VentSIM) model.
• Production and Development Scheduling - 2008 and 2009
o I was in charge of production / development scheduling for short, medium and long term. (2008 we achieved over 250, 000 tons of ore, 14, 000 + feet of development and over 1, 000 feet of raising
o Daily reports, weekly reports, weekly forecasts, monthly forecasts, signed off prints, 3 Month Forecasts and prints.