BEATRICE GYAN
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MINING ENGINEER
Graduate Mining Engineer who is enthusiastic, self-starter, and eager to meet new challenges with the ability to quickly assimilate newest and latest technologies in the workplace. Highly analytical team player with aptitude for quickly scrutinizing environments to identify and prioritize risks to develop solutions. A proven relationship-builder with exceptional interpersonal, communication and presentation skills as well as an excellent team player with strong ability to build relationships with all stakeholders across various functions and different cultures. Capable of working independently with minimum supervision and committed to providing high quality service to every project, with focus on health, safety and environmental issues and consistently performs in challenging and diverse environments.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Asante Gold Corporation January 2022 – December 2023 Mine Controller/Dispatcher
Coordinate and manage shift operations of six underground mines (Paboase, Akoti, Tano, Akwaaba, Obra and Suraw) in the areas of drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, ancillary works, maintenance and projects to optimize assets.
Assist Underground leadership team (Mine Manager, Underground Manager, Mine Captain and Shift Boss) with planning and delivering the daily, weekly and monthly outlook of the mine plan. Monitor the flow of information into and out of the Mine Control System, analyze data and channel this information towards short-term, medium-term and long-term planning.
Contribute to the design and development of Dispatch processes.
Prepare daily work, run schedules and work orders.
Receive targets from Technical Services Department for tonnage, fleet performance and its lifespan to achieve defined organization profit targets.
Support the training, implementation and operation of Underground Mine by:
Coordinating the activities of mining equipment to optimize production.
Managing delay time of the equipment to increase the amount of operating time.
Implementing best practices for hot changing equipment and operators.
Training backup Dispatchers and making constant updates to locations, status of equipment and crew to ensure reliable data for the shift.
Running reports and analyzing data to make recommendations to improve productivity. Address dispatch and fleet failures as swiftly as possible.
Support fleet management software upgrades.
Manage the upkeep and maintenance of reporting systems and processes.
Optimize trucks and fleet usage
Optimize equipment utilization and usage to enable peak performance.
Implement control and mitigation actions through interventions to maintain and/or improve performance.
Identify potential system performance improvements and cost savings and communicate these to the management.
Interact positively with other groups including Engineering, Underground Operations, Geology, Mine Operations, Maintenance nce and Human Resources to verify the accuracy of stated events and durations.
Liaise with Mine Maintenance regarding the upkeep of the health and maintenance of the equipment. Liaise with Mine Planning regarding the acquisition of historical data to inform future projections. Adhere strictly to internal Kinross health and safety standards.
Verify that all Kinross health and safety principles are upheld by staff.
Provide hands-on assistance during operations activities and ensure that safe work practices are followed.
Coordinate safety emergency incidents/accidents with ERT and escalated to key mining management leadership.
Generate pick slips to enable mine operations to receive items from the mine stores. Attend monthly, weekly and daily safety and meetings.
Ensure that safety standards are adhered to.
Kinross Chirano Gold Mines Limited, Chirano, Ghana December 2021 – August 2022 Asante Gold Corporation August 2022 – December 2022
Graduate Trainee (Mine Controller/Dispatcher)
Monitored and entered correct positioning data of all mine equipment in the Mine Control database. Maximized compliance of mine operational plan by ensuring that all activities under the supervisors control were carried out optimally to meet the direction of the operation plan.
Ensured the effective utilization of the trucks / loading fleet to an agreed standard
Effectively communicated with maintenance department and Mine Management, Shift Bosses, Mine Captains etc.
Tracked maintenance and provided constant feedback on estimated time of down equipment release time.
Coordinated safety emergencies incidents/accidents with ERT and escalated to key mining management leadership.
Alerted fatigued mine truck operators by reporting to key mine supervisors to prevent costly mine accidents.
Optimised the use of trucks to assist in reducing mine cost
Broadcasted hourly safety and mining production performance
Managed and scheduled servicing / fueling of equipment in the mine area
Tracked Ore control with Geology dispatchers.
Attended production review meeting as may be requested.
Attended monthly, weekly and daily safety and meetings. Kinross Chirano Gold Mines Limited, Chirano, Ghana October 2020 – November 2021 National Service Personnel (Mine Control/Dispatcher)
Ensured efficient, accurate and timely acquisition and entry of mining data into the mine control operating database.
Ensured efficient management of the underground load and haul fleet to maximise ore delivery to the surface and waste to waste dumps and backfills.
Assisted shift supervisors with the planning and coordination of current and oncoming shifts. Demonstrated an excellent knowledge of the underground mining process to facilitate efficient allocation of resources and tasks.
Demonstrated personal commitment in regards to safety and environment practices. EDUCATION
University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana September 2016 – June 2020 Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
Fiaseman Senior High School, Tarkwa, Ghana September 2013 – May 2016 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
Member - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and JD Edwards (JDE) by Oracle
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Proficient in JD Edwards (JDE) by Oracle
Proficient in Geovia Surpac
Proficient in Mine Management Reporting System (MMRS) REFERENCE
Stephen Dwamena
Mine Manager, Underground,
Newmont Ahafo
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George Adongo
Underground Manger
Chirano Gold Mines Limited
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Sylvester Yenzanya
Lecturer
University of Mines and Technology, UMaT, Tarkwa
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