Samuel Rolfe, P.Eng.

Experience

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  Syncrude Canada Ltd.

  May 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Planned all dewatering projects for Mildred Lake Mine, directed and scheduled two shifts of three working dewatering crews, and designed dewatering structures • Maintained and executed multiple projects at one time, determined future projects, assessed the completion of planned jobs.• Led and attended professional meetings daily, contained environmental hazards, prepared areas for reclamation and mine expansion. • Operated 797 and 793 Caterpillar haul trucks, recorded daily events and surveyed operators to further understand lost operating hours.• Engaged with Syncrude Mine Planning department and the North American manager of Wenco to develop a technical report.• Developed experience with Wenco Fleet Management, PitNav, and Dynamic Dispatch.

  • Dewatering Mine Planner

    Sept 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Haul Truck Operator

    May 2017 - Sept 2017
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  Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Junior Environmental Specialist

  • Conducted environmental assessments, developed mitigation plans for environmental risks, maintained governmental regulations, attended professional meetings and interviewed clients• Developed strong technical writing skills, upheld each project’s planned schedule, researched future project location’s history and archaeological importance.

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  TMAC Resources Inc.

  Jun 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Planned underground projects.• Conducted ventilation surveys and simulated future ventilation enhancements on Ventsim to decrease blast clear times and increase air quality for miners.• Designed ventilation bulkheads, regulators, and airflow systems, provided specific and detailed recommendations on mine ventilation.• Surveyed underground and surface development with Total Station, CMS and GPS. • Created blasting and cleaning letters to direct Longhole blasters where to load, what timings to use, and what explosives to use for the blast. Loaded, blasted, and cleaned long hole and development blasts. Demonstrated Dyno electronic detonators to Longhole blasters.• Operated underground haul trucks to meet the weekly planned ore and waste hauling objectives.

  • EIT

    Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Planning Assistant

    Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
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  Atlantic Gold Corporation

  Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

  EIT / Maintenance Engineer

  • Coaching, planning, scheduling, and investigating mobile maintenance work orders to achieve high fleet availability • Establishing a dispatch system (Teletrac) to track truck stoppage time to increase fleet utilization• Implementing a CMMS into the Mobile Maintenance team to shift the operation towards planned/scheduled work based on condition monitoring• Preparing and managing road construction, stockpile ditching expansion, and sump construction to achieve the expected mine life

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  St Barbara Atlantic Operations

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  EIT/ Drill and Blast Engineer
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  St Barbara Limited

  Sept 2022 - Jun 2023

  Mine Planning Engineer
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  Genesis Minerals Limited

  Jul 2023 - Feb 2024

  Mine Planning Engineer
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  Baffinland

  May 2024 - Aug 2024

  Drill and Blast Engineer
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  The University of British Columbia

  Aug 2024 - now

  MBA Candidate