Mining Engineer Planning
Resume:
OWUSU-SEKYERE BOATENG
+233-***-****** admxmw@r.postjobfree.com Accra, Ghana LinkedIn Profile Link
Summary
Enthusiastic and committed Mining Engineer with close to ten years of mining experience as a Mine Planning Engineer seeking the opportunity to utilize his technical, professional, and people skills acquired so far in the mining industry. Part of a team of technical services engineers that directed and achieved average production targets of 500 kilo ounces of Gold for five consecutive years. Currently working as a Mining Consultant with Africa Exploration and Minerals Group Ltd - Ghana.
Technical Skills
Geovia Surpac – Runge Xpac – Talpac – Microsoft Office Professional Experience
Mining Consultant July 2020 – Date
Africa Exploration and Minerals Group Ltd, Ghana
• Providing leadership and technical expertise to determine and optimize all mining aspects of existing and new projects
• Ensuring and driving quality standards and technical excellence for mining aspects of all projects
• Assisting in the preparation of budgets and schedules for the mining aspects of greenfield projects
• Overseeing test work programs and leading discreet studies for all projects. Mining Engineer Co-op May – July 2019
New Gold, Rainy River Mine - Canada
• Continued previous work with the drill and blast QA/QC program
• Gathered data for QA/QC program
Mine Planning Engineer (Short-term) 2016 – 2018
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine
• Developed weekly and monthly production plans for the mining operation team in alignment with the yearly budget
• Inspected the pit on daily basis to ensure operation team complied to plan
• Ensured pit and dump designs were implemented and met all technical and safety requirements
• Monitored production tonnages and grade as against budget and forecast targets on daily basis to ensure conformance to plan
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Drill and Blast Planning Engineer 2015 – 2016
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine
• Generated weekly blast master plans to be used by the drill and blast team
• Consulted with the senior short-term planner in prioritizing the areas to be drilled and blasted for the week and month
• Oversaw the generation of designed drilling blocks and ensured they were pegged out in the pit as per plan
• Coordinated with the mine survey and geotechnical team to ensure that all necessary wall controls and limits were established before drilling
• Ensured that all Quality control and Quality assurance parameters were achieved Mining Engineer 2013 – 2015
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine
• Produced weekly and monthly reconciliation reports on block model and surveyed tonnes
• Ensured haulage operations were optimized using Talpac software
• Generated off-plan reports
• Ensured pit and dump construction and rehabilitation are conducted to meet design criteria.
Intern 2010
AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine
Assigned on rotational basis to the mining sections below:
• Development
• Ventilation
• Raise Boring
• Production
• Technical Services
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng) – Mining Engineering 2018 – 2020 Queen’s University, Kingston ON - Canada
Bachelor of Science (BSc) – Mining Engineering 2007 – 2011 University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa – Ghana
• GPA – 3.73 out of 4.00 (WES CANADA EVALUATED)
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Training and Certification
• Blasting Certificate (Surface Operation)
• Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), certified by Queen's University
- Department of Environmental Health and Safety
• First Aid, certified by St John Ambulance Ghana
• Certificate of Participation, Supervisory Skill Training (Gold Fields Ghana Limited)
• Member – Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
• Valid Ghanaian Drivers Licenses
Project Works
COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS between Araguaia Nickel Project Federative Republic of Brazil and Asanko Gold Mine Ghana.
A STUDY OF THE UNDERGROUND MINE DEVELOPMENT AT ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI, OBUASI MINE. submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering.
References:
Samuel Erskine Burndam
Unit Manager Mine Production
Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine
Stephen Kpabitey
Senior Drill and Blast Engineer
New Gold, Rainy River Mine – Canada
Augustine Nyantakyi
Deputy Manager - Monitoring and Evaluation
Minerals Commission, Ghana
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