Experience

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  Newmont corporation

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Mining engineer intern

  1. Drill and Blast Engineering and Operations Intern- Updating blast inventory report to help the team in monitoring performances and for the benefit other sections that matter.- Preparing daily and monthly drill reports- Visiting field on frequent basis to ensure that plans and designs are correctly implemented- Producing weekly blast maps and reconciling against actual at end-of-week.- Carrying-out fragmentation analysis on blasted muck and producing reports detailing improvements and areas that need improvement.- Producing drill pattern designs and corresponding drilling and charging plans and ensuring operations crew adhere to them on the field.- Updating the blasthole status on daily basis to know how far work on blasts has gone.- Environmental reporting regarding blasting activities- Explosive report and reconciliation- Drill consumables tracking and cost reconciliations with contractor- Explosive usage tracking and cost reconciliation with contractor Show less

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  Newmont corporation

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2014

  Mining engineer

  1. Short Term Planning-Preparation of Daily Dig Maps for all pits and presentation of Daily production plans-Preparation of Ore look-up plans for blending at the crusher-Daily Blasted Muck Inventory for all pits-Weekly Mining Plans and Presentations-Pit and Dump Monitoring-Monitoring of Jigsaw System (Loading of grade blocks into Jigsaw)2. Drill and Blast Engineering and Operations- Updating blast inventory report to help the team in monitoring performances- Preparing daily and monthly drill reports- Visiting the Pit to ensure that plans and designs are correctly implemented- Producing weekly blast maps and reconciling against actual at end-of-week- Carrying-out fragmentation analysis on blasted muck- Producing drill pattern designs and corresponding drilling and charging plans- Updating the blasthole status on daily basis to know how far work on blasts has gone- Environmental reporting regarding blasting activities- Explosive report and reconciliation- Drill consumables tracking and cost reconciliations - Explosive usage tracking and cost reconciliations3. Dispatch Engineering and Operations- Report dispatch issues and manage technical relationship with Radio maintenance Team.- Prepare comprehensive daily production Reports.- Maintain the From – To Report for end of month reports.- Analyse data, transforming it into information useful for performance management and monitoring- Manage the flow of information (in and out) for the FMS.- Upload Grade blocks and Drill Patterns from Geology and Drill and Blast into Jigsaw- Maintain the mine Model in Jigsaw by editing and creating roads, call-points and dumps- Prepare Lineup for incoming Shift/Crew- Coordinate and verify problems related to the FMS hardware or WLAN with Senior Dispatch Engineer- Participate in mine planning meetings to be of aware mine physical changes and coverage needs.- Train and Ensure Drill Operators use Drill NAV System- Update and Maintain Fleet Usage Report for MOS Show less

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  Montana tech of the university of montana

  Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Drill and Blast Optimization at Montana Resources LLC. Surveying Lab T.A.

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2017 - May 2018

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
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  Barrick gold corporation

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Mining engineer (heap leach) intern

  Process Operations Group-Heap leach- Troubleshooting of the Cyanide Control System at Area 34 Heap Leach Process facility- Developed flow sheet diagrams for both Area 30 and Area 34 Process Facility- Installed tubes and pumps for carbon column tests- Successfully installed a new cyanide control system at the Area 30 Process facility- Performed titrations in the laboratory to measure the concentration of cyanide in barren solution samples.

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  Kinross gold corporation

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Graduate mine engineer intern - drill & blast, short range planning

  - Designing of Drill Patterns.- Waste Dump & Heap Leach Pads Designs.

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  Ledcor

  Aug 2018 - Nov 2018

  Project engineer (mining)
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  Kghm international

  Jan 2019 - May 2022

  - Project Manager to Blasting Contractor (SW Energy) on site for blasting projects, budgeting, cost monitoring, scheduling, defending RFE's and JDE Requisitions.- Implemented the BlastIQ program from Orica to streamline blasting activities on site.- Generates blast pattern configuration, blasthole loading designs, timing sequence and blast radius for mine equipment's and personnel.- Monitor blast using seismographs and interpretation of data to ensure proper wall control and fragmentation, adjusting timing schemes as necessary.- Supervision of all drill and blast operations to make sure they are done according to plan and budget. Show less - Lead line-out Meetings.- Generation of daily/weekly/monthly mining plans.- Generation of monthly dumping plans.- Daily monitoring and ensuring mining and dumping are carried out as per design and planned.- Short-range pit design modification to take advantage of un-modeled ore, mitigate geotechnical instability, improve pit access.- Generate short-range (2-months) mining forecast and budget sheet for production scheduling.- Waste dump, stockpile and road designs.- Daily production tracking and monitoring.- End of month production and stockpile inventory accounting.- Pit slope monitoring.- Forecast/Ore Control Cuts Sequencing.- Production of Daily Dig maps.- Supervision of all survey activities in the pit.- Drill pattern design and exporting them into Minestar for Drill rigs.- Supervise and make sure all drill and blast operations are done to plan.- Blast pattern design.- Blast monitoring and environmental record updates. Show less

  • Open Pit Mine Engineer II - Drill & Blast

    Jan 2021 - May 2022

  • Open Pit Mine Engineer - Short Range & Mid-Range Planning

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
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  Newmont corporation

  May 2022 - May 2023

  Mine planning engineer iii
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  Caterpillar inc.

  Jun 2023 - now

  Design engineer - earthmoving division
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  Pmi-central illinois chapter

  Mar 2024 - Dec 2024

  Finance reporting manager

  Volunteer Position