K r istine M u rphy

**** ********* ***** 605-***-****

South Jordan, UT 84095

K acejyn@r.postjobfree.com

P rofessional Experience

Nov 2013 – P resent Operations Supervisor, Rio T into – Kennecott Utah Copper Concentrator Salt

L ake City

Directly supervised 8 operators in charge of operating and maintaining the f lotation area on a rotating shift.

• Bulk Flotation Supervisor

o Responsible for creating strategies to meet key performance indicators, operator development

p lans

o Held operators accountable to their work schedules, work performance, safety programs,

housekeeping calendars and strategy management.

o Rated employee performance and reviewed quarterly

Oct 2010 – Nov 2013 Metallu rgical Engineer, Rio T into – Kennecott U tah Copper Concent rator Salt

L ake City

Supported operations by translating past performance into optimized plant strategies aimed at maximizing value

safely. Supervised 3 direct reports and 3 indirect reports, including interns, a work-study student, and graduate

engineers.

• Team member of Operational Support group in Technical Services

o Responsible for daily and monthly metals reconciliation and training in Algosys Bilmat

o Facilitated root cause analysis, 5 whys, r isk assessments, formal training, and strategy building

sessions

o Developed and implemented 3 moly plant t raining videos on f lotation basics, reagent basics, and

sample prep

• Led MAP (Moly Autoclave Process) Transition Recovery Opportunity Project valued at $13.4M to provide

new MAP plant with dry startup feed during commissioning from the existing moly plant

o Facilitated r isk assessment of plant t r ials to support feasibility analysis

o Resourced and organized full plant sampling campaign to test feasibility of project

o Communicated results and project purpose for project engagement throughout value stream

o Wrote Capital Expenditure Application for funding for MAP startup feed a permanence in the

moly plant

o Implemented new strategies and control and response plans for providing MAP startup feed

• Led 4 projects contributing to the Cu Recovery Mandate Project valued at $33.5M/2 years, which was

focused on improving plant recovery 5% over the predicted recovery, and personally managed mandate

p roject communications

o Led testwork and audit implementation to drive consistency by crew for pulling rates, the most

significant driver for recovery in the plant, valued at $3.1M/year

o Led testwork for new copper and moly collector in the plant, aimed at improving recovery for both

copper and moly while replacing the moly collector in the plant valued at $3 M/year

o Led testwork to validate the theoretical grade recovery curves in the plant and implement a grade

recovery SOP to strategize when to aim for grade or recovery based on customer needs

o Led Kaizen team on froth f loat replacement and sparger rebuild valued at $170K/year

• Led moly plant testing of a new iron depressant reagent to depress Fe in the moly plant valued at

$2.5M/year

• Let Kaizen team on the moly plant dryers to avoid $3M/year of rehandling high moisture moly product

Feb 2009 – Oct 2010 Graduate Metallurgical Engineer, Rio T into – Technology and I nnovation, Salt

L ake City

Participated in IPT methodology rollout to KUC concentrator and feasibility and testing of Rhenium pilot plant

a t smelter

• Execute and implement IPT methodology to focus on baseline capability of concentrator, update key

performance indicators, establish a plant RACI, and develop tools to understand t rade-offs

• Operate, monitor, sample and analyze rhenium pilot plant in Hydrometallurgical Plant

Education

BS Chemical Engineering SDSM&T

2008

BS Environmental Engineering SDSM&T 2008

Minor Occupational Safety SDSM&T 2008

Certificate TapRooT Li te Rio Tinto 2011

Certification Six Sigma Black Belt KUC 2012

Certificate Engineering and Management System for Plant Grinding Operations Metcom

2013

Certificate Emerging Supervisors Programme Rio Tinto 2013

Certificate Incident Management Training Smokin’ Fire

P roductions 2014

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