Engineer Manager
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae JOSÉ KLAUS, GIL JEROSCH
Education
M.Sc. Mining
Engineering. ETSI
Minas, Madrid, Spain
2009
Certifications
MSc Safety and Health.
CCOO Madrid. License
Number 3513, 2010
Project Management
Professional course
(PMP) Gomez Pardo
Foundation Madrid.
(Pending completion of
test), 2015
Emergency First aid for
Industry,
OFA Level 1 equivalent,
BC & Yukon Council
2019
Mine Supervisor
Certification,
BC mine certification
program, Ministry of
Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources,
2019
Languages
English – Fluent
Portuguese – Fluent
Spanish – Fluent
Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Mining Engineer – Geotechnical Engineer – Project Manager Mr. Klaus Gil is a MSc mining engineer with over 12 years of experience, working as a geotechnical/tailings engineer and project manager specializing in mine waste and construction projects. Klaus has managed several mining projects, gathering strong experience in the management of detailed mine engineering projects as well as construction quality assurance (CQA). He has been involved in construction projects in Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Klaus managed detailed designs and issued for construction (IFC) sets for the upstream expansion of a tailing’s facility for a metal mine in and for an in-pit tailings facility at a gold mine, in Spain. Recently works involved Dam Safety Review and geotechnical field investigation in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Employment History
Golder Associates Ltd. – Kelowna, BC, Canada
Senior Geotechnical Consultant (March 2019 to April 2020) Project manager for mine waste projects. Managing designs, reviews and detailed engineering of mining facilities. Overseeing construction - investigations projects. Golder Associates Global Iberica S.L.U. – Madrid, Spain Project Manager (May 2010 to March 2019)
Project manager for mining, industrial, and environmental projects. Managed tailings projects as well as soil and environmental engineering. Led multidisciplinary teams. Developed designs and detailed engineering for mine waste projects. Granite Services Int. (GE) – Madrid, Spain
EHS Technician (2010)
Performed environmental, health and safety (EHS) annual shutdown at power plant “Los Barrios,” Cádiz, regarding turbine performance optimization works. General Electric (GE) – Madrid, Spain
EHS Coordinator (2009 to 2010)
EHS coordinator at Aero Field Services Department, southern Europe, aeroderivative turbines.
Emgrisa – Madrid, Spain
Project Engineer (2007 to 2009)
Project engineer in contaminated soils department at environmental and industrial waste management company. Performed Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) in Phases I, II, and III.
LOEMCO – Madrid, Spain
Engineer Interns (2007)
Performed construction materials quality lab. tests for the ceramic department. 2
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KEY DISCIPLINES - SKILLS SUMMARY
Environmental,
Health and Safety
EHS culture internalized in all professional and personal aspects. Continuous engagement defines Klaus professional profile in this way. Klaus Gil has led, developed and applied several EHS plans during his professional carrier. Project
Management
As a successful project manager, Klaus are comfortable leading and managing budgets, multidisciplinary teams, project schedules, deliverables, invoicing process, risks, EHS issues and the entire aspects of project management. Construction
Experience
Years of field work has given a strong background managing construction teams, technical specifications, drawings, materials and other technical issues. Klaus is strongly experienced in Quality Control/Quality Assurance and related topics. Technical
Management
Experience gathered by several projects, makes Klaus be familiar and comfortable managing specific technical studies or tasks, like stability and liquefaction, water management, material and field investigations, operation maintenance and surveillance manuals (OMS), Emergency and preparedness responses plans, mine waste facility designs.
Business, Client
relationship and Proposal
developer
Klaus is an experienced business developer with an excellent communication skill, paying attention client feedback during ongoing projects, actively looking and channelling new opportunities according client needs, developing consistent and effective proposals.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE - MINING
Tailings projects
Golder Peru
BC, Canada 2020
Project manager and team member. Project engineer, part of the geotechnical team assessing TMF drawings and technical documents from projects in Peru, managed by Golder Peru. Also managed billing process between Canada and Peru.
Beaverdell Mine
Teck
BC, Canada 2020
Project manager and team member for a site investigation campaign. Planning campaign performed as tendering and budgets requests with subcontractors. Scope of works included drilling, large penetration test, vibrating wire piezometers installation, remote reading systems, samplings and laboratory program. Canadian Natural site
CNRL
Alberta, Canada 2019
Project manager and team member in a dam safety review (DSR) for an Oil Sands client. Conducted site visit and staff client interviews. Performed geotechnical review of tailings facility with capacity of more than 400 million m3. Assessed EHS and geotechnical compliance. Prepared report and liaised with client. El Dorado mine
Gold Corp
BC, Canada 2019
Project engineer and part of team responsible for assessing compliance of a Greek mining project, according with European Union and best international practice legislation, Canadian Dam Association (CDA) and Mining Association of Canada
(MAC). Performed geotechnical and environmental assessment. Frontier 55
Teck
Alberta, Canada 2019
Project engineer and part of the team responsible for the management of the tailings distribution system in an Oil Sands operation. The tasks included tailings management, designs, calculations, transportation, disposal techniques, spreading and compaction.
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Mina Orotex
Costa Rica 2018
Project engineer for a gold mine dry stack project. Conducted site visit and project review. Performed waste facility designs as well as technical specifications. This project was managed by Golder United Kingdom (UK). Torogips S.L.
Spain 2018
Project manager developing a gap analysis regarding mining gypsum for the pharmaceutical and food industry in northern Spain. Prepared a prefeasibility report. Site visits and meetings with client. Conducted communications and client relationships as well as developed the proposal as a proposal manager. Orovalle Minerals Corp
(ORVANA)
Spain 2018
Project director for CQA construction supervision for an expansion of the in-pit tailings facility, responsible for client relationship, invoicing, construction reports and as- built final report. Developed construction works, liner installation, led subcontractor meetings, performed client technical support. Conducted monthly site visits as well as developed the proposal as a proposal manager. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2018 – 2019
Project director for CQA for dam construction based on an upstream raise at a tailings management facility (TMF). Performed client relationship, invoicing, weekly site visits, weekly reports and lead client/subcontractors weekly meeting. Scope of work included construction of the following elements: dyke, road, liner installation, earth movement, geotechnical assessment, instrumentation installation and EHS compliance.
Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2017
Project director. Developed detailed engineering for an upstream dam construction including water balance (Goldsim), pumping assessment, risk analysis, quality requirements, EHS compliance and IFC drawings. Responsible for client relationship and multidisciplinary team management. Developed the proposal as a proposal manager.
Orovalle Minerals Corp
(ORVANA)
Spain 2017
Project manager for pre-feasibility study of alternatives for expansion of the “El Valle” TMF in-pit facility. Expansion alternatives assessed from the original project offering a total re-engineering. Managed multidisciplinary team. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2017
Project manager. Provided technical support to client requiring compliance with the highest Spanish geotechnical regulations for complex projects, CEDEX
(Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas). Managed meetings and coordination between client and regulators.
Orovalle Minerals Corp
(ORVANA)
Spain 2016
Project manager for pre-feasibility study of alternatives for expansion of the “El Valle” TMF in-pit facility. Expansion alternatives assessed from the original project offering a total re-engineering. Managed multidisciplinary team. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2016
Project manager for pond sensitivity analysis. Performed EHS assessment of several tailings pond scenarios. Responsible for proposal development, client relationship, and subcontractor communications. Managed a multidisciplinary team.
Mina Muga
Geoalcali
Higfield Resuorces
Spain 2016
Project manager for detailed design of a brine pond for a potash mine. Proposal leader, developed client relationship including meetings with the client, project development schedule and detail engineering report. Managed a multidisciplinary team.
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Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2016
Project manager for geotechnical campaign over paste in a TMF. Developed paste and construction materials characterization. Led borehole campaign planning and execution, sampling plan, in situ and lab tests schedule. Responsible for communications with client and subcontractors.
Iron Ore Concentration
Plant (PCMH)
Duro Felguera
Venezuela 2015
Project manager. Performed a site visit inspection in November 2015 developing a detailed facility status report. The site was dormant from January 2014 and the client intended to restart operations. Provided client support at client offices in Venezuela as an advisor in tender interviews prior to starting the construction works.
Vueltas del Rio Gold
Mine
Honduras 2015
Project manager, responsible for developing procedures for reading and processing data from instrumentation installed in the landfills at the Vueltas del Rio gold mine at San Pedro Sula.
Aznalcóllar Mine
Grupo Mexico
Spain 2015
Project engineer and team member responsible for developing geotechnical review of the tailings facility and audit of environmental liabilities of the mine, mine waste issues, and supporting the resumption of mining activities. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2015
Project manager for detailed engineering raise for Phase IV of the optimized project, which included detailed studies (geological, geotechnical, hydrological, designs, health and safety, permitting, environmental). Responsible for communications and client relationships. Managed a multidisciplinary team. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2015
Project manager, responsible for drawing up the plan for a borrow quarry for a tailings facility in southern Spain. Developed a construction plan, bill of quantities, sequence schedule, characterization tests, invoicing process and responsible for client relationship.
Vueltas del Rio Gold
Mine
Honduras 2015
Project manager. Reviewed and assessed instrumentation records installed in the waste rock dumps at Vuelta del Rio gold mine, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Responsible for communications with client and subcontractors. Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Trafigura & Mubadala
Spain 2015
Project manager, responsible for the engineering of a second TMF, with more than 60 million m3 of capacity. Developed detailed engineering which includes detailed studies (geological, geotechnical, hydrological, designs, health and safety, permitting, environmental). Responsible for communications and client relationships.
Aguablanca Mine
Lundin Mining
Spain 2014
Project engineer. Part of the team responsible for operation of a closure and reclamation plan, supporting the end of mining activities. Provided support for budget reports, quantities, materials, subcontractors. Iron Ore Concentration
Plant (PCMH)
Duro Felguera
Venezuela 2014
Project manager. Performed a site visit inspection in October 2014 developing a detailed facility status report. Updated status of each construction element of a tailings management facility in Venezuela.
Shale Gas Permitting
San Leon Group
Spain 2014
Project manager. Supported the investigation permitting (PI) for non-conventional hydrocarbons (Shale Gas) for the regulators. Responsible for the development of the technical, permitting, and EHS reports. Responsible for communications and client relation.
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Iron Ore Concentration
Plant (PCMH)
Duro Felguera
Venezuela 2012 – 2014
Project manager - site engineer following the TMF’s construction associated with the CVG Ferrominera del Orinoco iron ore concentration plant in Bolivar State, Venezuela. Led financial management and responsible for the QA team overseeing construction works based on 5 dams, 2 roads, and a tailings and water return piping system at the 530 ha TMF.
Vueltas del Rio Gold
Lundin Mining
Honduras 2012
Project manager for execution of closure plan in Vueltas del Rio Gold Mine at San Pedro Sula. Responsible for IFC drawings. The tasks included designs and calculations for the waste rock dumps. Decommissioning of treatment ponds and related leaching pads, liner and earth movement, reporting with client relationships and contractors. Site inspections at Honduras as well as continuous technical advice from Spain.
Mina de Aguas Teñidas
MATSA
Spain 2012
Project engineer and part of the team responsible for the design of the waste rock dump No. 6. Developed technical specifications, conceptual design and instrumentation. The tasks included review of the volumes of materials from the plant and mine and optimizing occupancy of dump volumes. Rio Tinto Mine
Emerita
Spain 2012
Project engineer and part of the team responsible for the preparation of budgets for the commissioning of a backfill paste plant and basic start-up of plant engineering.
Iron Ore Concentration
Plant (PCMH)
Duro Felguera
Venezuela 2010 – 2012
Site engineer for a TMF construction project managed by Duro Felguera for Ferrominera del Orinoco at Ciudad Piar. Provided CQA and in situ technical support. Scope of work included the construction of 5 clay dykes and 2 clay roads in a 530 ha, iron ore concentration plant complex. Tasks included CQA, technical advice, control of supplies and construction materials, construction performance, liner installation, instrumentation, water and tailings pipelines. Responsible for communication with client and subcontractors.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE – HEALTH & SAFETY
Aeroderivative Dept.
General Electric GE
Energy
Spain 2009
EHS Coordinator southern Europe Department Aero Field Services, Aeroderivative turbines. Conducted field audits, documented health and safety for field and office work. Responsible for the implementation of the SSWP (Small Site Work Plan) for the Aero Field Services Madrid Department as well as its approval as a partner with BP’s refineries in Spain.
Granite International
Los Barrios, Cádiz,
Spain 2010
EHS site supervisor during shut down for maintenance and improvement of performance of the turbine rotor in the thermal power plant of the districts administered by the company “EON generation.” Granite is a GE sub-company. PROJECT EXPERIENCE – CONTAMINATED LAND REMEDIATION Gas Stations
Several Customers,
Spain 2007
Project engineer. Conducted characterization of contaminated soil and studies of remediation at several gas stations in Spain. Tasks included monitoring tests, sampling and reporting.
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Tercio de la Armada
TEAR
Spain 2007 – 2008
Project engineer. Conducted characterization of contaminated soil and remediation activities at the TEAR military area in San Fernando, Cádiz. Tasks included drilling supervision, water and soil sampling, “landfarming” activities, civil works supervision, overseeing soil treatment implementation, and reporting. Mallorca Main Airport
AENA
Spain 2008
Project engineer for in situ remediation of fuel facilities by landfarming. Solution were based on a horizontal drainage pipe which recovered hydrocarbon in the ground via difference in permeability. Tasks included supervision of drilling, earth movement, materials and subcontractor.
Son Bonet Airport
Private Client
Spain 2008
Project engineer. Tasks included soil characterization and instrumentation installation. Responsible for drilling supervision and subcontractor relationship and reporting.
Train Stations ADIF
Spain 2007
Project engineer. Tasks included soil characterization in numerous railway facilities for ADIF company in Madrid. Services provided included drilling supervision, reporting, water sampling and subcontractor relationship.
"El Goloso" Camp
Military Regulator
Spain 2008
Project engineer. Tasks included soil characterization and in situ investigation and remediation activities at the military base of El Goloso, Madrid. Conducted drilling campaign, sampling, civil work and installation of modules for remediation of high vacuum and continuous pumping. Developed CQA construction and commissioning works and reporting.
TRAINING
Project Management Fundamentals
Golder – Santiago, Chile, June 2013
Safety Training Inductions
Golder, Annual since 2010
Antibribery Inductions
Golder, Annual since 2010
SUPPLEMENTAL SKILLS
GoldTail
Program user. Tailing s deposition and mine waste facility construction modelling. AutoCAD
Auto CAD, drawing program management
Microsoft Office
Advanced user
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
COIMCE Chartered Engineer No. 4334 Mining Engineers Association of Spain EGBC Professional Engineer BC - Application in Progress PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Conference
Proceedings
Clay Compaction under Tropical Environments.
Spain Minergy Congress, June 2015. Gijón, Spain.
Gil Jerosch, José Klaus and Koldobika Sánchez Arrótegi.
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