Shannon Backherms

Experience

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  Newmont Mining Corporation

  Jul 1995 - Jun 2007

  Identify potential Health & Safety hazards in the work place and focus on preventing and or controlling them.•Maintain & Enforce the Regulations and Standards deemed appropriate by MSHA and Newmont for a safe, cohesive working environment. •Educate the New hires with the Newmont Health, Safety & Loss Prevention procedures.•Track, create & participate in the performance levels of regular Safety Meetings, Inspections, Task Observations, Corrective Actions, Compliance Audits, Accident & Incident Investigations & Contractor Compliances. •An essential part of a team put together to implement new procedures, audit internal quality of performance and/or proficiency. •Educate New Emergency Medical Technicians for Industry or Private sector.•Administer & Evaluate Drug and Alcohol Tests.•Maintain MSHA Compliance by Administering Annual Refresher Training & Evaluating the Annual and New Hire Hearing Conservation Tests. Show less Electrical maintenance and relief supervision at South Area Leach, Mill 2/5, and Mill 6 West End & R.O.T.P. •Trouble-shoot 13800 V to 480 V switch gear, work on 13800V to 24 V and 4 – 20 ma circuits. •Trouble-shoot various electrical/instrumentation problems (panels, lighting, solenoids, valves, multirangers, starters).•Maintain electrical components on all conveyors, cone crushers, feeders, motors, starters, drives, cranes, mills etc. •Fabricate, weld all electrical and instrumentation equipment supports.•Operate heavy equipment as needed (track hoe, backhoe, manitex, forklift) •Use computer program ladder logic from MODICON & CONCEPT PLC software to aid in trouble-shooting•Certified in the use of the National Electric Code (NEC).•Instrumental in creating and implementing Newmont Electrical Preventive Maintenance Procedures in Ellipse.•Schedule and supervised the day to day and long term activities of various electrical/instrumentation crew.•Researched and purchased the needed electrical parts for instillation and completion of electrical jobs.•Maintained electrical/instrumentation budget, pull/send weekly, monthly & yearly reports. Show less

  • Health and Safety Representative

    Jun 2006 - Jun 2007

  • Electrician Tech 6 - Relief Supervisor - Planner

    Jul 1995 - Jun 2006
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  Atlas Copco

  Jun 2007 - Jul 2008

  Planning & Logistics Coordinator

  Play a crucial part in the implementation of the Planned Job/Preventive Maintenance procedures, in conjunction with Gold Strike. •Create and Maintain Preventive Maintenance and Job plans for underground bolting equipment. •Create and Maintain Weekly, Monthly and Yearly work schedules for underground bolting equipment.•Comply with the Life Cycle Costs and or budgeted amount for preventive maintenance of equipment. •Work closely with underground planners, mechanics and operators to improve machine performance and availability of equipment. •Comply with all mandated, contractor safety regulations and Atlas Copco mandated Health, Safety & Environmental regulations. •Participate with the Value Steam Mapping (job flow) of the Service, Warehousing and Accounts Payable Departments. Show less

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  Barrick Goldstrike Mines INC

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2017

  Provide Supervision of Project and Construction installations for the Goldstrike Underground.•Oversee Projects E & I, Construction & Environmental Compliances: Senior supervisor, 3 crew supervisors, Planner, Construction Engineer, Process Control Engineer, Electrical Engineer & Zone 90 crew’s, health, welfare, safety, and check to ensure they all comply with Barrick’s standards. •Create new Performance Commitments & Goals for employees to achieve each year. •Oversee the research of current infrastructure integrity and availability, manage the implementation of a working schedule to install new/upgrade or repair current structures underground. •Create, Management of Change, collect data, filter data, create solution, and implement budgeting for needed items.•Work closely with the Fixed Maintenance, Operations & Mobile management in order to give Zone 90 supervision the ability to install new infrastructures needed for improving safety & availability of the work areas with little or no loss of production. •Budget for, write, research, purchase needed equipment & labor for Application for Expenditures on new projects. •Forecast monthly budget costs, maintain & close A.F.E’s (Capital Expenditures). Work with team to Create and track Projects according to the PMIA, utilizing Micro soft Projects. •Direct the Senior Supervisor & Planner to work with supervisors to create weekly, work schedules for Underground Zone 90 crews, in order to achieve their set Key Performance Indicator Goals. •Write Sole Source or Business cases needed and supervise bidding of contract work. •Comply with all Barrick mandated, safety regulations and all Health, Safety & Environmental regulations for employees & contractors. •Actively participate in or teach Supervisor for Success, Courageous Leadership, Continuous Improvement, Working Together, the 4P’s, TOPS & Check 6. Show less •Work closely with the Electrical & Instrumentation crews forming new SOP’s to streamline current tasks. •Research current power availability, implement working schedule to install new and upgrade current substations underground. •Create and Maintain Application for Expenditures for new E & I projects. •Aid with the maintaining-closing of the Electrical/Instrumentation A.F.E’s (Capital Expenditures).•Create and track Projects according to the PMIA. •Assist the Planner with the Weekly, work schedules for Underground Instrumentation. •Ordering larger component parts and coordinate with personnel for the logistics or delivery of parts. •Supervise the Bidding of Electrical contract work to be performed, and installation/completion of Electrical contract work. •Work with the underground planners, mechanics and operators to improve performance and availability. Show less Fundamental in the development and maintenance of the Underground Electrical and Instrumentation departmental budgets. •Work closely with the Electrical & Instrumentation crews forming new plans to streamline current tasks. •Research current power availability, devise working schedule to install new and upgrade current substations underground. •Create and Maintain Electrical/Instrumentation Asset numbers.•Create and Maintain Activities for Preventive Maintenance, with SOP’s. •Aid with the maintaining-closing of the Electrical/Instrumentation A.F.E’s (Capital Expenditures).•Put together the Weekly, work schedules for Underground Electrical/Instrumentation. •Assist with the Supervision of the Electrical and Instrumentation crews, for absent Supervisors. •Supervise the ordering of parts and coordinating with personnel for the logistics or delivery of parts. •Supervise the Bidding of Electrical contract work to be performed, and installation/completion of Electrical contract work. •Work with the other underground planners, mechanics and operators to improve performance and availability. Show less

  • General Supervisor for Projects & Construction in the Underground Division

    Feb 2012 - Jul 2017

  • Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor

    Jan 2010 - Feb 2012

  • Planner for Electrical & Instrumentation

    Jul 2008 - Jan 2010
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  MDH

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Consultant

  Detail plumbing take offs, bids, drawings. Refining parts purchasing for accurate bid vs actual costs. Working on Real Estate Broker/Sales License.

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  Keller Williams Group One, Inc.

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2021

  Realtor

  Handle both selling and buying of residential, commercial properties in Elko County.

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  Backherms Group

  Sept 2018 - now

  Planning Manager

  As a planning consultant I assist businesses with creating organizational timelines and processes for establishing and approving major changes or large/medium scale projects from the ground level up.

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  EXp Realty, LLC

  Oct 2019 - now

  Team Leader for Backherms Group at eXp Realty LLC
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  Sandvik

  Sept 2023 - now

  Parts & Service Sales Representative

  • Assist clients in finding appropriate parts and provided quality service. Work closely with Technician and Managers to ensure top-notch maintenance.• Liaised between clients and suppliers, providing effective costs for forecasted maintenance needs.• Provided timely quotes with accurate information and estimates to meet client needs.