Francisco

Acuña,

M.Sc.*

acr7q1@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Chemical Engineer

with 4- year experience in the natural resource industry,

where involved in technical feasibility analysis for mineral processing alternatives in major projects and R&D development. Currently a candidate to M.Sc. degree in the University of Manchester (United Kingdom),

after

completion

of

taught

courses

and

having

successfully

submitted

the

dissertation in the

prestigious Institute for

Development

Policy

and

Management.

Highly

motivated to

work in

an international,

dynamic

and

diverse

environment; looking to face

new challenges

and

gain development opportunities. Relocating this year to Baton Rouge for personal reasons and entitled

with

legal

work

permit

in

the

U.S. WORK

EXPERIENCE

BHP

Billiton

o Metallurgical

Development

Engineer July

2012

to

September

2014 Development,

Infrastructure

and

Strategic

Resources Minera

Escondida

Role

description

and

achievements:

• Development

of

new

copper

deposits

within

the

Escondida

district

to

support

the asset’s

long

run

organic

growth.

• Elaborate

mineral

processing

chapters

for

selection

phase

study

in

a

>

250

MMUSD capital

project.

• Metallurgical

testworking

budgeting,

design

and

execution

with

local

and

international specialists.

• Mineral

processing

design

and

geometallurgical

block

modeling.

• Review

and

control

the

Superintendence

budget

(approx.

3

MMUSD

p.a.).

• Successful

completion

of

the

BHP

Billiton

Graduate

Foundation

Program. Referee:

Carlos

Delgado,

Superintendent

Met.

Dev.

(acr7q1@r.postjobfree.com) o Junior

Process

Engineer

BHP

Billiton

Graduate

Program

Cpy

Project

–

Technology

January

2011

to

June

2012

Role

description

and

achievements:

• Researcher

in

novel

leaching

process

technologies

for

the

Copper

Group.

• Support

Spence

and

Escondida

assets

for

heap

leaching

process

optimization.

• Coordinate

technical

feasibility

study

for

solar

energy

powered

heap

leaching

heating system.

• Managing

30

people

during

weekend

Pilot

Plant

emergency

shutdown. Referee:

Jorge

Saenz- Diez,

Manager

Cpy

Project

(jorge.saenz- acr7q1@r.postjobfree.com) Dow

Chemical

Company

Internship

Talcahuano,

Chile

o Process

Engineer

Student

Intern December

2008

to

January

2009 Overview:

• Support

the

Projects

Team

by

delivering

a

conceptual

level

feasibility

study

for

the construction

of

a

cooling

tower

system. EDUCATION

University

of

Manchester Postgraduate

Manchester,

United

Kingdom

o M.Sc.

Industry,

Trade

and

Development Expected

Graduation

11/2015 Outline:

• To convey a variety of analytic perspectives with the

managerial skills needed in the design and implementation on contemporary trade policy, industrial development, globalized

economy

and

their

trajectories. Research

dissertation:

• Investigate on the paradigms for development opportunities within resource- rich countries. Focused in the capacity to create linkages across sector, promoting the creation of spillovers and entrepreneurship in the services sector.

The

Chilean copper mining

industry

sector

served

as

the

primary

case

study

for

the

research. University

of

Concepcion Engineering

Concepcion,

Chile

o Chemical

Engineer Graduated

05/2010

Outline

and

achievements:

• Graduated

with

Maximum

Distinction

on

May

3th

2010.

• Bachelor

degree

in

Engineering

Sciences

(Feb

2009).

• Active

member

of

Sport

Societies

and

Student

Council.

• Granted

the

scholarship

“Becas

Chile”

for

overseas

doctorate

studies

by

the

Government of

Chile

in

2010.

• Undertook

postgrad

M.Sc.

classes

including

Transport

Phenomena,

Advanced

Reactor Design,

and

Numerical

Analyses

for

Chem.

Eng.

• Lecturer

Assistant

in

several

courses.

• Research

thesis:

Feasibility

study

to

identify

technological

barriers

and

market opportunities

for

bioethylene

as

an

enabler

for

lignocellulosic- based

biorefinery development

in

Chile.

Alliance

Française

de

Concepcion School Concepcion,

Chile 1990

-

2003

• Grade

12,

Debden

High

School,

Saskatchewan,

Canada. LANGUAGES

Spanish Native

Language

English Advanced

spoken

and

written,

TOEFL

iBT

Score

105/120

(2014)

and

113/120

(2011).

French Advanced

spoken

and

written,

DALF

Diploma

2003

(B1, B2,

B3,

B4).

TRAINING

AND

OTHERS

Formal

Training

&

Courses

Melbourne

Business

School

University

Adolfo

Ibañez

: BHP

Billiton

Graduate

Foundation

Program Maptek

Vulcan : Training

course

Block

Modeling JK

Tech : Training

course

JK

SimFloat Software

skills : Vulcan, JK Simfloat, Thermo

GRAMS,

Minitab,

MS

Office, AutoCad,

Aspen

Hysis,

Matlab,

Stata. Sport

Activities : Football:

Escondida

League

C. Tennis:

University

of

Concepción

League

(first

category). Football:

Faculty

of

Engineering

League. Social

Activities: : Chemical

Engineering

Student

Council

member

‘07 Chemical

Engineering

Student

Council

Vicepresident

‘08 Chemical

Engineering’s

Student

Council

member

‘09 PERSONAL

INFORMATION

Full

Name Francisco

I.

Acuña

Palma Birth

Date March

20

1986

Place

of

Birth Concepcion,

Chile

Nationality Chilean

(L2

EAD

work

permit

filed

with

USICS) Marital

Status Married

National

ID

/

Passport

Number 16154128- 1 Current

Address 525

Lafayette

Street

Apt.

902 Baton

Rouge,

LA

70802

Contact

number +1

(225)

270- 6576

E- mail acr7q1@r.postjobfree.com

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