Francisco Almeida

Project Director / Consultant / Mining & Metals Specialist

Tucson, AZ Email:adtqe6@r.postjobfree.com 520-***-****

Professional Summary

20+ Years’ experience Project Director Underground, Surface Mining, Mining Development, Process, Maintenance, Mechanical Design Equipment, Mine Development, Erection, Reclamation, Administration, Commissioning of Bulk Material Handling and Finance.

Project t execution, project readiness, and identify scope, strong influencing and develop relationships with clients, sales, funding, marketing, opening of business in Europe, manpower hiring, project planning, forecast and recruitment work project schedules in coordination with Federal Acquisition Regulation Contract law, cost estimating, margin analysis, budget, liaison subcontracting, design evaluations, engineering management, contract law regulation, human resources, and all disciplines to accomplish the ultimate project results and profits from start to completion following a strategic direction and operating system.

Project Manager and coordinated projects from cad drafting design, drawing office management, project documentation, procurement, in compliance with process group, industrial manufacturing workshops to complete installation.

Project Management, materials handling (conveyors), under ground mining and surface process mining equipment, pneumatic conveying systems, mechanical equipment studies, material transfer tower and chute layout, detailed design, feeders, crushers, screening equipment selection, tendering, project and construction management for, industrial projects, Food & beverage, pharmaceutical, mining diamond, gold, cement, aggregate plants, mobile stacking system, crushing plant, and conveyor stockpile, pumping stations, stacking and reclaiming, overland, platinum, coal, ferro-chrome, copper nickel chrome, manganese, sxw-copper, potash, sponge iron, phosphate, copper mines, tin, zinc plants and iron ore mineral mines, power stations, under ground and above ground process, identify and resolve problems worldwide projects.

Owned (CEO) Area Project Manager, Project Budgets, Site Supervisor of contractors on the projects, design structural and engineering company for 15 years from conceptual layout to handover projects from detail design and engineering supervision to erection structural, mechanical, and architectural projects, EPC & EPCM sized from $1MM to $4.5Billion in different locations wordwide.

I am willing to travel locally and internationally when required European, Canadian Citizen and resident in USA.

Professional Experience

Aurora, Syncrude: Tailing’s recovery dam at an operating system oil sands project.

Quintette: Material handling process feed and overland conveyors for the restart of an open-pit coal project.

Fort Hills, Petro-Canada: Managed Feasibility-level design of refineries, oil & gas plants.

Muskeg River Expansion, Shell: Managed Feasibility-level design of refineries, oil & gas, pipelines.

Definitive feasibility study of a $4.5B, $36M TPY iron-ore project including mine, plant, 250km overland pipeline.

Study for Olympic City to sit 60000 spectators, stadium, pools, fields, field and track, parking for 15000 cars

Roberts Bank, West shore Terminals: Managed and Engineered Stacker and Reclaimer, design, and site supervision at a coal export facility.

Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Mongolia: Managed Detailed engineering and supervisor of overland and plant conveyors, (QA & QC)quality assurance & quality control for large copper-gold mine and concentrator,

Joslyn, Deer Creek Energy/Total: Engineered Feasibility-level Refineries.

Aurora, Syncrude: Managed Feasibility-level, 300m conveyor with crushing station, e-house, process and loading hopper for oil sands project.

Firebag, Suncor Energy, Designed Overland Sour & Sweet Gas Pipeline, Petroleum Refineries, AB, Canada

Athabasca Oil Sands Project, Shell: Petrochemical, thermal power plant. Polyethylene plant,

Lebec, National Cement: doubled capacity introducing a new stream from stockpile to bulk truck loading. This included conveyors, stacking, and reclaiming, screening, crushing, feeders and pneumatic conveying system.

Hunterstown, GenOn Energy: Design lead specialist for the feasibility study of a gas-fired power stations

Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Feasibility-level Nuclear Waste Plant Safety.

Batu Hijau, Newmont, Indonesia: Copper-Gold Mine.

Antamina, Minera Antamina, Perú: 70,000 tpd Copper-Zinc Mine.

Escondida, BHP, Chile: Feasibility-level Copper SX-EW Mine

Las Cristinas, Placer Dome, Venezuela: 40,000 tpd Gold-Copper Mine.

Diavik Diamond Mine, conveying, crushing, screening, reclaiming from underground to surface plus processing plant to final product, (QA & QC) quality assurance & quality control for large diamond mine – Canada

Circular stockpile stacker and reclaimer Coal for Secunda Power station

Samancor, South Africa: Valdam Wastewater Purification Plant, cooling system underground, Ferrochrome smelter furnace, Majuba coal-fired power station, Joel gold mine, South Free gold mine and Tubatse chrome mine.

St. Helena gold mine, Sappi pulp mill, the Tutuka coal-fired power station, Kriel Power Station, Matla Power Station, Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, and Iscor sponge iron plant in South Africa, and for an industrial salt project on Israel’s

Advanced Process Design: Chrome Sulphate Chemical Plant in Richards Bay, South Africa. Piping layout and design for Sasol Petroleum.

Management experience in detailed engineering project of a new -4,500 TPD gold-copper-silver, Lalor Mine, Canada.

Managed, commissioning, technical analysis, capital projects and design for De Beers diamond mines in Africa.

Venetia Diamond Mine Feasibility and business performance, mine consulting material handling, plant equipment, crushing, screen, overland, stacking, reclaiming systems and electrical circuit – Africa.

Silibi-Pikwe Copper- Mine shut-down project brand expression design, start up, technical analysis, and risk assessment– Botswana

Doubled production capacity and delivery facility for Lebec Cement Plant California.

Project Engineer / Design Specialist material handling from oil sand pit to refinery Total 1 & 2. 25-year study 50Km conveyors from pit to refineries. – Oil Sands Canada

Project Coordinated definitive feasibility studies of a $4.5B, 18MM & 36MM TPY iron-ore project – Uruguay.

Antemina Gold Mine Feasibility Study from pit to concentrates - Peru

25km Structural Belt Conveyors from pit processing plant - oil sand project- Syncrude Canada.

Ferrochrome smelter furnace, Kriel Coal Power Station, Matla Coal Power Station, Majuba coal-fired power station, Koeberg Power Station, Joel gold mine – South Africa.

Feasibility study for Petro Canada 1 &2 Material handling 30Km conveyors from pit to Refineries

Managed a team of site contractors, erectors, and steel fabricator plus 200 staffing, mining, power station and commercial industry.

Coaching all new personnel to comply with cooperate policies level, specifications, a process improvement.

Leadership ability with all disciplines, ability to supervise a technical team, create a teamwork environment, preparation of proposals, contract administration to develop budget and knowledge Epfc/cm engineering procurement fabrication and construction / construction management.

Manage a team of contractors, drawing office department, accountable for decision maker, canger management, developed department procedures and implemented cost effective program, develop relationships with clients, and cooperation business cases.

Design review and technical support, team player, involved in research, scheduling and input to proposals, track record, tenders, project closeout documentation, detail design, specifications, identify scope, and other staffing hiring and dismissal when required to maintain budgeting, profitability, and business development activities

Scheduling, spreadsheets, create budget, prepares technical reports, continuous improvement, create project goals, project planning throughout the lifecycle of all projects according to customer requirements.

Works closely with Director of Engineering, business development, project implementation plan, and relationship building.

Manage meetings, can supervise all disciplines, design review and represented the company at all levels of negotiation contract management and customer service, continuous process improvement with (contactors, fabrication, technical, and permitting, installation, detailing and site management).

Excellent people management skills including flexibility, communication, ability to adapt to majority circumstances, influence others, very mobile, and leadership across various disciplines.

Skills Supervision

Extensive experience in executing the following tasks as a design specialist, lead and supervision

Supervisory over 60+ personnel AutoCAD drafting designers and engineers in teams in mining, site, construction, industrial, shop detailing drawings, fabrication, and design, checking, from conceptual drawings to final project deliverables.

Completed employee performance reviews, create employee goals, activities, and evaluation records.

Project execution from initial conceptual stages to final installation on multi-discipline projects.

Creates and maintain procedure, operation manuals and service orientation.

Closeout documentation and provided customer services to the end of warranty.

Coach employees to follow company standards and can prioritize the project sequence on a daily operation.

Developed a health training program to suit all employees in daily operations

Presented technical reviews and lead meetings with client, contractors, and vendors.

Project management with all disciplines in a professional manner, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, design, site, construction staging, maintenance, and management to bring project cost reduction and best practice where possible.

Maintains a tight expenses expenditure, inventory and follows company policies for greater profit

Technical knowledge of mining, material management and project design, and testing throughout the mining process, under ground and above ground.

Project management and project execution schematic design, PFD’s, P&IDs, and pipe stress analysis for the project

Reporting monthly and financial reports to VP Operations and Directorship.

Supervisory budget, cost control, personnel hiring, project plan, forecast goals and recruitment work schedules in coordination with business administration, engineering management, human resources, and all disciplines to accomplish the ultimate project installation results and profits.

Engineered and coordinated projects from proposal mechanical equipment design, HVAC, drawing office management, purchasing of equipment, through steel fabrication, problem solving, manufacturing workshops to complete installation.

Project execution, and accountability for project innovation, project regulation, critical thinking, and vision skills throughout the project to provide technical and attention to detail engineering, and documentation reliable transport and CDL A driver’s license.

When required works and coordinates under pressure and always meets deadlines.

Strong technical skills with a broad multi-disciplinary base and providing excellent sound judgment in mining, underground, surface, and process plant.

Self starter, consistent, collaborative, decision making, creative, detail oriented, analytical thinking, strong communication skills, writing skills, has good judgment and mentoring young professionals

Self motivated, maintains high standards throughout the project, participate with technical information, innovative, problem-solving skills, team player, fast-paced multitask projects at the same time, willing to help the upcoming professionals, engineers, and site staff at all levels.

General Management, mining, reclamation, under ground mining, erection, processing plant, infrastructure construction and open pit mining.

Leadership

Improved drawing office production from 75% to 100%, motivating employees by creating incentives

Coaching junior drafting designers and engineers to get to speed with company procedures and policies to comply with professional services

Training

Coach, inspire new designers and engineers in compliance engineering standards and influence to further studies.

code of conduct and construction safety mining procedures.

Executed OSHA safety training and safety culture, HSE health safety equipment, workshop, and construction site (HSEC) Team Safety

Tendering Documentation

Prepared project tender documents for submittal to vendors, fabricators, engineering contractors for pricing

Defined engineering design specifications and project scope

Technology

Proficient with design software skills, AutoCAD 2D & 3D model, MicroStation, PDS and SP3D modeling and sketch.

Knowledgeable software skills with Ms Office Software, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Processing, Google and Internet Applications

Interdepartmental Coordination

Maintains excellent communication between Operations and all discipline including counterpart personnel.

Coordinated, Communicate Effectively Workflows with all department Managers, Engineer, Project engineers, leads, and designers, following business division requirement and procedures.

Reporting and interact with corporate management, directors, and company stockholders

Project Management

Managed projects from Small to Large Scale Projects ($1M - $500M) from initial stages of design-to-design detailing and assist site erection (installation)

Managed contracts in a technical capacity and business financial capacity in a collaboration with directors and managers

Communicates professionally has leadership skills, change management skills. Interpersonal skills, Analytical skills, Contract Management skills, Critical Thinking Skills, Project Management Skills, Verbal Communication Skills, Written Communication Skills, Documenting Skills, Presentation skills, concentrating on detail skills, and Organization skills.

Related Experience

Luso Designs, Tucson AZ, USA – Project Director 1/2016 - 2021

Amec (Wood) Vancouver, Canada - Principal Discipline Mining and Metals 1/2012 -12/2015

Minera Aritiri, Montevideo, Uruguay – Area Project Engineer / Design Consultant Mining & Metals 1/2010 – 12/2011

Sandvik, Vancouver, Canada – Area Project Engineer / Design Specialist Mining & Metals 2009 Worley Parsons, Calgary, Canada – Engineering Consultant Mining & Metals / Mechanical, Piping Process 1/2007 – 12/2008

Bechtel, Richland, Washington, USA – Area Manager Mining & Metals 5+years

Fluor Mining & Metals – Canada – Principal Lead Mining and Metals Mechanical /Piping / Structural Design Specialist 5+years

Penchic PTY, LTD, South Africa - Owner/CEO Project Director Mining and Metals 5+years

Education and Certificates

International Services Incorporated, Bothell, Washington, = Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering 2002

Rand Tutorial College, South Africa - High National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering

Languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese

Fluor, Bechtel, Worley Parsons, Colt Engineering: Project Manager Certificate (PMP)

Canadian Citizen European Citizen and USA resident

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