Hamish Sinclair-Ross

Experience

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  Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd

  Jan 2004 - Jun 2006

  Graduate Mining Engineer

  - Undertaking 9 months of underground development and production experience- Facilitation of the process to standardise the development process at the Spring Creek coal mine- Mine planning for the Spring Creek and Terrace coal mines

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  Maptek

  Mar 2006 - Nov 2009

  Mining Engineer - Tech Services

  - Training staff at numerous mine sites and corporate offices across the world.- Assisting with software support enquiries.- Testing new software functions for usability.- Undertaking geological and mine design consulting work.- Assisting companies to establish Vulcan across their various mine sites.- Mine optimisation work at the Penrice Quarry in South Australia, the Escondida Copper mine in Chile and the Stockton mine in New Zealand.

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  Vale

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2012

  Senior Mining Engineer

  - Preparation of annual budget tonnages and a 3 year forecast for the mine.- Providing revised production forecasts each month and aligning to the annual budget tonnages.- Management of all mine plan changes.- Management of the Permit to Mine process.- Weekly reporting of mine production to the Corporate Office.- Mentoring of Technical Services staff in the use of Vulcan to undertake their tasks.- Management of the monthly and weekly planning processes.- Development of Continuous Miner and Longwall flight plans through faults and all other non standard development.- Monitoring of underground gas drainage holes.- Ensuring that the drilling program for gas content matched the latest development schedule. Show less

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  Rio Tinto

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2014

  Achievements:- Managed the contract for the underground drilling program on a tight schedule, with no safety incidents and under budget.- Maintained a highly accurate ventilation model through improved monthly ventilation survey planning and a more robust statutory reportResponsibilities:- Project management of ventilation related surface to seam drilling.- Project management of the underground de-watering and gas drainage drilling program- Undertaking monthly ventilation surveys and the preparation of the statutory monthly ventilation reports.- Preparation of National Gas Emission Reporting (NGER) each month.- Maintenance of the Ventsim Visual ventilation model.- Contract management.- Facilitation and participation in risk assessments.- Development of Safe Work Procedures.- Maintenance and calibration of the site Tube Bundle gas analysis system.- Fill in as the statutory Ventilation Officer as required. Show less

  • Gas Drainage Engineer

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Senior Mine Planning Engineer

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2013
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  Anglo American

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Mining Engineer

  Mine planning role in the Technical Services team

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  Dassault Systèmes

  Jan 2016 - now

  Technical specialist for the role of Tactical and Operational planning - Provide technical leadership to the R&D team from a mining professional's perspective- Translate market requirements into software solutions

  • Senior Portfolio Technical Specialist

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Solutions Experience Manager

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2020