Raouf Mashhour
Field Engineer
Vancouver BC
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Raouf Mashhour brings over a decade of expertise in mining, mineral processing, pelletizing, and tailings management and operations. His extensive background covers diverse aspects of mine engineering, including open pit mine preparation, tailing dam construction, and mineral processing operations.
Raouf has actively participated in various projects involving the concentration and operation of tailing dams, process plants, and pelletizing, working with various equipment such as crushers, mills, magnetic separators, hydro cyclones, flotation cells, dust collectors, screens, piping, pumps, balling disks, and thickeners. He is skilled in the installation, delivery, and performance guarantee testing of equipment.
Recognized for his proficiency in tailings dams and mineral processing equipment selection, Raouf consistently delivers operational efficiencies while adhering to health, safety, and environmental standards. His career spans from operational roles to strategic consulting. SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
• Executing performance guarantee tests
• Coaching and Project management
• Designing sampling protocols and collecting representative samples
• Optimizing flow sheet diagrams and mass balance
• Geotechnic and soil mechanics testing
• Planning and budgeting
• Reporting and documentation
• Sampling of pits, mineral processing circuits, and tailings dams
• Safety and environmental risk assessment
• Construction, earths work and rehabilitation
• Quality control
• Water treatment and recovery
Sangan Iron Ore Complex, Sangan
1- Field Engineer (2020 –2023)
• Executed performance guarantee tests in tailing dams and processing plants (5 million tons Iron Ore concentrate/year)
• Conducted mineral processing, and tailing dam construction and equipment erection
• Collaborated with teams to optimize process parameters and mass balance
• Planned and estimated developing budgets and tracked costs on processing and tailings
• Performed daily inspection and reporting of sedimentation, water balance, and piezometer wells
• Led routine inspections, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities
• Utilized data analysis for process optimization and quality control
• Provided technical support and training to operators
• Operated, inspected, and calibrated quality control instrumentation
• Developed standard operating procedures for safety and environmental compliance 2- Mine Engineer (2015 –2020)
• Assisted in the design, construction, installation, and commissioning of processing equipment and tailing dam areas
• Conducted performance evaluations and tests
• Compiled technical documentation for plant operations and tailing dams
• Conducted geological surveys and tailing characterization studies
• Participated in safety and environmental audits and risk assessments CAREER SUMMARY
Ridge Meadows Pharmacy, Maple Ridge
1-Part-time Pharmacy Assistant (Feb 2024 – Present)
• Maintain inventory of medications and medical supplies.
• Conducted packaging and blister packaging of medications.
• Facilitated prescription delivery.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Understanding of mineral processing principle, water treatment and tailing management
• Data analysis and process optimization.
• Optimizing circuit configurations and mass balance
• Conducting risk assessments and implementing safety and environment protocols
• Conducting performance tests and troubleshooting equipment
• sampling and quality control
• Planning and budgeting
• Proficiency Microsoft Office and Auto cad
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• CERTIFICATE:
1. Theoretical and Practical Training on mineral processing, Metallurgy of Crushing Beneficiation and Pelletizing Plants at Las Encinas Iron Mine Complex Tenova Co. Mexico 2. mine safety and environment at AMEC CO, Canada
3. Iron Ore training program by modules: Environment, safety& Hazards, tailing and Process Engineering, Australia
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Sangan Iron ore complex: project control of, supplying infrastructures, mine preparation, concentration and palettizing plants and tailing dam construction, $800 million USD.
• Espadana Copper and Gold Mine, Bardas Kan, Kashmer, Led resource modeling, optimization, and contract management for copper and gold extraction and concentration projects, $100 million USD.
• Mirtak Iron Ore Mine, Sangan, Khaf: Orchestrated optimization and planning initiatives for sedimentary iron ore extraction, $50 million USD .
• Chahshand Manganese Mine, Sabzevar: Implemented resource modeling and optimization strategies for manganese extraction and concentration projects, $100 million USD. EDUCATION
Mining Engineering, Poly technic
REFERENCES: Available upon request.