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Objectives
o To further develop skills in new areas of management.
o To continue with the analysis of and implementation of business improvements in operations.
o To develop and implement programs and procedures dedicated to providing a safe working environment.
Management Skills
o Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. Computer literate
o Long, medium and short term planning of deployment for workforce, equipment and budgets.
o Liase with senior managers and directors, on new projects, equipment and resources.
o Specify, source and negotiate with suppliers and contractors to obtain competitive, cost effective quotes on new equipment/resources.
o Set & achieve production, construction and development targets. Prioritise workloads on a shift / daily / weekly / monthly / annual basis.
o Coach, train & set up systems to enable sites & staff to comply with all aspects of production, safety, employment and methods of work, in accordance with all local and federal statutory legislation and current codes of practice.
o Team leader and builder. Hands – on style
o Set up & manage projects from green field site to completion.
o Ensure effective control of manpower and re-sources within tight financial budgets.
o Manage financial, employee and operational aspects of project s on a day to day basis. Build cash flow projections, profit forecasts.
o Manage, prepare and hand over mine for sale, dispose of stock and inventory, liase with rail, marketing, electricity generating companies, local and national government agencies, local residents, local and national press.
o Liase with local provincial and federal government agencies and programs.
o Analyse projects & implement project performance improvements.
o Ensure compliance with company procedures and develop new methodologies.
o Manage mining projects in UK, Canada and USA up to US $42M, & payroll of 160.
o Strategic thinker & seeks opportunities.
o Proven ability to ‘turn around’ poorly performing projects & achieve positive cash flows.
Engineering Skills
o Direct and develop workloads for electrical, mechanical mining and construction engineers, ensuring the information and direction of effort is focused throughout all aspects of the production process. Conduct and direct surveys and studies, ensuring projects and production levels are achieved.
o Analyse, interpret and modify engineering drawings and communicate with manufacturers and engineers to effect necessary design modifications.
o Analyse & plan projects, development & production with regard to short medium and long-term objectives.
o Conduct breakdown/delay analysis and initiate remedial and preventative action with production supervisors.
o Develop and use purchase order and cost code systems.
o Experience in project estimation and producing bids for contract work, carry out site visits.
o Installed computer controlled multi - conveyor & bunker systems.
o Roofbolt co-ordinator, initiate, install and operate a roof bolt monitoring program. Train workforce, install & monitor strain gauge, magnetic and physical extensometers.
o Initiate, install and operate a Routine Condition Monitoring department, predicting and reducing failures. Use & analysis of vibration, oil sampling and shock pulse equipment. Electric motor health monitoring.
o Experience in ventilation measurement methods and computer planning of ventilation, methane drainage systems, methods of operation, their installation, measurement & management.
o Research, prepare and give papers for senior company officers and myself. Initiate documents for implementation of company improvements.
o Extensive use of MS Excel, Word, Access, Power Point & Project programs up to Office XP. JD Edwards database development & use. Experience in use of mainframe computers since 1978 & PC’s since 1984. Some experience in the installation & repair of computers & remote LAN systems in Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP. Use of Lotus & Outlook document management systems.
Work History
Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada Ltd. (June 1995 to January 2003)
o Project Manager at Thyssen Mining head office in Regina, Saskatchewan. Bid preparation & site visits for projects in Canada and USA.
o Project Manager & Manager of Safety at Canadian Power Limited’s Pingston Hydro Project, near Revelstoke B.C. (May to October 2002). Improve safety performances, develop and implement safety and work procedures. Inclined raise boring and rehab of bore hole, tunnel washing, 5ft diameter penstock pipe installation. Underground penstock plug installations. 50 year design life methodologies. Manage site on change over from completion of design / build contract to cost plus contract.
o Project Manager at Stillwater Mining Company’s (Platinum/Palladium)Nye Project in Montana, U.S.A. (October 1998 & September 1999 to 2002). Development of over 54,000 ft of drift. Production mining using overhand cut and fill methods, in captive slusher stopes, narrow and wide vein scoop stopes, level services and raise work. Develop stopes for long holing. Mine construction including chutes, concreted rail, underground workshop, shotcreting, grouting. Management & organisation of diamond drilling crews and man camps. Management of safety system, liaise with MSHA. Revenue of US $42M, 160 on payroll
o Project Manager at Cogema Resources’ Cluff Lake project, northern Saskatchewan. (January 1998) – Production mining of underhand cut and fill narrow vein stopes for Uranium ore. Liase with client, government & federal mine inspectorates during major changes to operating standards. Development & raise bore work. Surface raise landing & main fan installation. Develop & implement new underground radiation reduction methods. Indigenous workforce considerations. Mini Jumbo operation & use of membranes for ground support.
o Implementation, Design & Roll-out Team - AS400/J.D. Edwards at Thyssen Corporate Head Office (January 1997 & March 1999) - Design & rollout of Purchasing, and Job Cost modules. Developed Inventory module. Initiation of Lotus Notes document database.
o Project Manager at Lytton Minerals’ Jericho project in Northwest Territories. (January 1996) – Project & site manager of Kimberlite bulk sample project from volcanic pipe located 45km below Artic Circle, 15,000 tonnes ore extracted. Mining through perma-frost conditions. NWT indigenous & local workforce considerations. Experience in environmental constraints for work on tundra, fly in / out projects & winter ice roads.
o Project Manager at Cameco Corporation's McArthur River project, northern Saskatchewan. (June 1995) – Shaft sinking, level development, road header & drill blast development, grout covers. Experience covers the installation of ventilation & water drainage requirements for Uranium development project. Indigenous workforce considerations.
Depot Supervisor at Grant Lyon Eagre’s (British Steel plc), London Underground Rail Replacement/Upgrade Project. UK. (January to May 1995) – Replacement of existing surface & underground track & sub-grade to high-speed standards. Shift depot management and rail / road logistics management for 24 hour, 7 day week operations. Implement equipment security system. Compiled the company’s first site safety information database.
Bank Clerk at Royal Bank of Scotland Ltd. Doncaster Branch, mortgage department. (August 1995). Compilation of documentation, liaison with finance companies, training and use of computer database approval systems.
Deputy General Manager at Monktonhall Colliery, Monktonhall Mineworkers Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland (March 1994) - Experience in Deep workings, management of longwall face operation and drift development. Operation of small coal mine with very tight financial restrictions in poor sales climate.
British Coal Corporation - (1977 to 1994)
o Acting Deputy Manager, Undermanager & Acting Undermanager (Engineering / Production manager) (1986 – 1994).
o Deep (900m +) and shallow (50m) coal workings experience.
o Responsible for up to 500 men per day.
o Involvement in management of operation of multi million ton per year (saleable product) mines.
o Poor ground rehabilitation and recoveries for longwall and development.
o Utilization of multidisciplinary teams in planning and implementation in production environments.
o Use of specialized support departments, for financial, planning and operational requirements.
o Planning, installation, marketing, management & operation of development and production units, hoists (ground & tower mounted), shafts, conveyor lines.
o Installation & management of record-breaking road header drifts.
o Experience in large underground excavations, remedial and large fall of ground recoveries, and extensive use of cementiceous foams, methane control, and seismic work. Pumping schemes, water inflow recoveries. Intrinsically Safe equipment.
o Long term planning and marketing for coal production
o Installation operating and management of rope haulage systems, diesel & battery locomotives & track. Trackless diesel & battery FSV’s. Installation and planning of capital projects.
o Salvage & re-use projects
o Winner of coal group and coal area safety awards, (1987 & 1988)
o Management of contractors on large & small sites.
o Routine Condition Monitoring coordinator, Park Mill Colliery, (1985).
o Shift production, development supervision & special projects, (1981- 1986).
o British Coal Student scholarship, management trainee & underground production experience, (1977 – 1981).
Education/ Qualifications
RETC Conference, (San Diego), 2001.
DNV Practical Accident Investigation Course (2001).
Paper given CIM conference, “The Y2K Contractor” (2000).
Published in Thyssen Corporate Annual Reports, (1999 & 2001)
Published, Mining in the Artic (Balkema Press, 2000).
Paper given in Yellowknife, Mining in the Artic Conference, (1998).
Supervisor Training, Substance Abuse Prevention (1998).
Member of CIM, since 1998.
Mine Rescue Certificate NWT (1996).
Supervisor Training Due Diligence (1996).
Canadian OHS training level 1 & 2, (1995).
Shaft Sinking Training Module (1995).
STOP program & Train the Trainer, Dupont/British Coal, (1993).
I. Eng. (A.M.I.M.E.), (1992).
Eimco-Tamrock Scholarship, Finland (1991).
Roof bolt coordinators course, Bretby U.K. (1991).
Analytical Trouble Shooting Course, Kepner Tregoe, UK (1990).
Middle Management courses, Bretby UK, (1985 to 1986).
RCM coordinators course, Bretby UK, (1985).
1st Class Certificate of Competency, Mine Managers Certificate, (1982).
H.N.D. Mining Engineering, Doncaster, (1981).
St Johns Ambulance First Aider, (1980).
IME Student Prize – Paper on Ventilation Planning using the Genysys Computer subsystem, published in IME magazine, (1978).
Member of IME since 1977.
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