Wilber Blas, Training and Development Supervisor

Wilber Blas

Training and Development Supervisor

Barrick Gold Corporation

Location
Dominican Republic
Education
Doctorate, Automation And Control Engineering
Experience
16 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months

Training and Development Supervisor at Barrick Gold Corporation
  • Dominican Republic
  • My current job since October 2012

Responsible of Electrical Training Department. Internal consultant for Safety, Operations, and Maintenance for mining process plant. Process plant simulator designer.

Interim Maintenance General Sup.,Electrical and Instrumenation Supervisor, Process Control Engineer at Minera Yanacocha, Newmont
  • Peru
  • June 2007 to September 2012

Interim Maintenance General Supervisor for Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Process Control and Fire Systems area. Design of budget, employee development. Continuous improvement in all areas under control. Design and management of maintenance KPI. Excellent experience in troubleshooting. Philosophy safety first and work in team. Participation in project saving US$ 50 million in Gold Mill plant, 2009. Design and startup of project to measure temperature using wireless instruments to get high reability in gearless mill drive equipment; it was presented in a world exposition in US.

Education

Doctorate, Automation And Control Engineering
  • at Autonomous University Of Barcelona
  • October 2022

In progress

Master's degree, Control and Automation Master Degree
  • at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
  • July 2006

Thesis based and applied on control systems of a current gold process plant.

Specialties & Skills

Troubleshooting
Training Plans
Capital Projects
Control System Design
Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement
Safe work
Design process simulators
Troubleshooting of electrical, instrumentation and control system
Teaching technicians
Managing areas

Languages

Spanish
Expert
English
Intermediate

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Active membership
  • March 2006

Training and Certifications

Approved-NFPA 850/851 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2014
Valid Until:
October 2017
Approved-NFPA 70 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Valid Until:
August 2015

Hobbies

  • Painting
    Pictures for my house, public expositions.