South Africa
Industrial Engineer in Mining with M.Sc in Mineral Resource (Throughput) Management. Specialising in process optimisation, problem solving, systems, mass balance reconciliation, mining automation and project management.
Administration of drill fleet management system (Rockma). Administration Solarwinds (NPM and IPAM). Autonomous drilling implementation, optimization, maintenance and administration. Drill process improvements (continuous improvements) looking at mining process holistically. Assisting with mining projects. Managing drilling dispatchers.
Process and system integration and optimisation. Improvement and integration of Mineral Resource Management (MRM) and Mining processes MRM process reengineering project, process and system design and integration - project leader Implementation of Reconcilor system and integration and optimisation of mining systems Implementation and development of Rockma drill management system and integration and optimisation it to mining process. Maintenance and administration of Reconcilor system to continuously improve process design. Information flow and improvement project to minimize ore losses.
Capital reviews training (Scrubbing and Optimisation). Develop capital process for Sishen Iron Ore Mine. Scrubbing and Optimisation of capital projects. Continuous Improvement Facilitations Establish and support CI (continuous improvement) teams and BPM (business process management) teams. Discard dump optimal design. Develop and implement tracking and monitoring system for Process Office. Develop and implement cost system. Develop and create scheduling software for train operations.
Optimisation of underground sections on TOC principals. Optimisation of other activities (Diesel tractors underground, micro busses, scoop battery changes, ext.). Mine survival studies (Sensitivity analysis). Cost analysis (Plant cost, mining method cost, section cost, Hlobane versus imported coking coal cost, roof bolter cost influence with shorter distance between roof bolts, blasting of solids, new incentive bonus systems, ext.) Assist long term mine planning. Mine schedule planning and cost budget evaluation for total mine Assist with rehabilitation. Implement and run water management. Responsible for all computer activities (Information Systems) - Hardware and software. Optimisation of computers/systems per individual’s, functions and processes.