Mining Corporation Consulting Engineer

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Postal Address P. O. Box 2290

Sunyani – Ghana

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CV - NATHAN KWAKU AYESU-OFFEI

PROFILE An experienced Health, Safety & Environmental practitioner with over 10 years tenure in the mining industry across both surface and underground mining operations (greenfield and brownfield) with both technical and supervisory/ managerial capacities. QUALIFICATIONS • BSc. Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Majors: Environmental Engineering, Construction Management

• Advanced Diploma in Project Management, Institute of Commercial Management UK

• NEBSOH IGC – Occupational Health & Safety

• Lead Auditor – ISO 45001:2018

• Professional Engineer – Civil Technical Division Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE)

• Senior Health, Safety and Environmental Officer Certificate of Competency Minerals Commission – Ghana

TECHNICAL

PROFICIENCIES

• ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001 management frameworks.

• IFC Performance Standards, GRI – Reporting, ICMM guidance

• Risk, health, safety & environment management and auditing

• Contract and procurement management.

• Budget development and cost management.

• Advance MS Office suite, SAP ERP Systems and Intermediate MS Visio & Project user. LANGUAGE SKILLS • English – Fluent

• French - Intermediate

CAREER HISTORY NEWMONT AHAFO MINE (Surface & Underground Operations)– GHANA; 2011 - DATE

- HSE SPECIALIST

Role

The Ahafo mine is within the portfolio of Newmont mining corporation currently the world’s largest gold mining company. It has a production rate of 35Mtpa with dozens of mobile fleet and a processing plant supported by several fixed infrastructure spread over a lease area of 330sq.km with workforce in excess of 4,000personnel. Accountable and responsible for development and implementation of varied Environmental, Health and Safety programs with an annual budget spend of average $3M and staff strength of 4 personnel directly and 140 contractor personnel. Experience with varied Environmental Management programs including biodiversity conservation, implementation of the GITSM actions and requirements, hazardous material management, chemical management, water management, waste management, Professional Civil

Engineer

NEBOSH

International General Certificate

Occupational Health & Safety

ISO 45001

Lead Auditor

Project Management

Certification

Excellent leadership style

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environmental media protection, mine closure and reclamation works, energy management. Covered development, rollout, monitoring and evaluation of varied Safety and Occupational Health and Well-being (physical and psychological) programs including fatality risk prevention and critical controls, permit to work systems, safe systems of work, emergency planning, preparedness and response, mitigation of varied occupational health risks such as ambient dust, particulate matter, noise, radon gas exposure etc. Risk profiling and management. Administrative duties including team performance appraisal, coaching, mentoring; workplan development, implementation, and tracking; budget development for annual spend circa $3M Performance

• Successfully supervised multiple contractor groups to achieve a safety performance of Zero(0) FAIs, LTIs, MTIs with an exposure in excess of 850,000 man-hours across varied engineering & construction works to labour-intensive rehabilitation works.

• Trained, coached and mentored over 13 supervisors on effective use of HSE tools like toolbox talks, timeout sessions, safety interactions, etc to improve safety culture.

• Developed and rolled out a HSE training package to cover over 200 personnel.

• Coordinated a number of emergency incidents including response and recovery on varied incidents including hazardous materials transportation/spills, industrial fire etc.

• Managed completion of over 210 hectares of concurrent reclamation works.

- Developed scope of works (earthworks and stabilization/revegetation), specifications, budget and work plans with a combined value in excess of $12M.

• Prepared a $100M+ mine closure estimates and coordinated annual updates.

• Successfully led two Continuous Improvement projects on reclamation that delivered a savings in excess of $1.5M against a target of $1M.

• Developed a bushfire management strategy for reclaimed areas to mitigate safety and environmental risks and associated cost.

• Supported acquisition of the permits for construction of a new stand-alone sister mine and expansion of mining and process plant for Ahafo. GHANA HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, MADINA TO TETTEH QUARSHIE ROAD PROJECT; 2008

- MATERIALS LABORATORY ASSISTANT

Role

This was a road project funded by the government of Ghana executed by an international construction company (Messers Sonitra) for a 4.6km three-lane dual-carriageway with two interchanges and service roads.

Member of the laboratory team responsible for ensuring quality of construction and materials. Performance

• Coordinated sampling of materials, testing and reporting for materials for a 1km stretch of the road for a material volume of 500,000cu.m.

• Supported with the QA/QC program to ensure specifications were met for the various aspects of the project as part of the consulting engineer’s team. VOLUNTEERING • United Nations Volunteer Program (Remote Work from Ghana). 2013 - Date

- Association for Community Awareness (ASCOA), Cameroon. Developed concept notes, fund raising proposals and workplans for several projects covering sustainability and environmental awareness, community development etc. REFEREES • To be provided upon request.

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