NO.** ST MICHAELS RD PARKLANDS Tel:263-*********
BULAWAYO
ZIMBABWE 263-*********
JONATHAN MAPISAUNGA
1. Profile
With a diverse involvement in mining environments; a combination of technical skills and academic studies; I have become well established in the Mining and Processing Engineering. Always aiming to broaden my horizon by acquiring more industry related skills and being a team player has allowed me to be a catalyst in this industry. For me, the challenges and opportunities associated with working in the Mining sector makes it an exciting career to pursue. I have a strong technical background due to my upbringing in asset management which has been further supplemented by professional experiences in operations management. With this background, I still aim to broaden my horizons and impart my knowledge within any operational environment.
2. Experience
2.1 October 2022 to Date: General Manager-Murowa Diamonds
- Adhere to company standards for excellence and quality.
- Overseeing daily business operations and technical analysis.
- Defining long-term strategic goals and developing clear plans to implement them.
- Developing and implementing growth strategies and optimized productivity.
- Training low-level managers and staff.
- Creating and managing budgets.
- Improving revenue.
- Hiring employees.
- Evaluating performance and productivity (Includes Defect Elimination).
- Analyzing accounting and financial data.
- Maintain project timelines to ensure tasks are accomplished effectively.
- Stakeholder engagement and building partnerships.
- Resolve internal staff conflicts efficiently and to the mutual benefit of all involved. Behavioral Competencies
- Achievement Orientation
- Business Acumen
- Managing performance and holding people accountable
- Change Leadership
- Impact and Influence
- Strategic Orientation
- Concern for Safety, Health and the Environment
- Integrity
- Building Organizational capability
2.2 July 2017 to September 2022: Resident Engineer/Eng Manager – Murowa Diamonds
– Business Lean Champion
– ISO 9001:2015 Champion
Managing Fixed and Mobile plants (Assets & Engineering Services)
– Lead for zero harm.
– Implement the HSE system for the whole mine.
– Availability of CSP, DMS and Recovery plant above 85%.
– Availability of heavy mobile equipment above 83%.
– Availability of light diesel – pool vehicles and buses.
– Reliability of the mobile and fixed plants
– Availability of all critical spares for mobile and fixed plants.
– Availability of water for the process plant and services.
– Process plant structural integrity and improvements.
– Adequate resourcing of teams to deliver on their targets.
– Developing employees until satisfied of their output.
– Power supply – ensure the plant’s power requirements are met.
– Spares availability in liaison with Stores, Buying and Accounts
– Contractor Management
– Maintenance Standards and Procedures comply with Legal and other requirements
– Preparation and monitoring of budget of your section
– Genets maintenance 65KVA up to 2MVA
– On-site power reticulation and the main substation
– Raw water lines, pumps & Tailings line
– Scoping of departmental projects, design and handover of projects to projects team
– Receiving completed projects and optimising the same.
– Input into legal reports (Annual mining reports, accident notification etc) 2.3 June 2016 – June 2017: Heavy Mobile Equipment Superintendent
– Managing CAT 3 X 390F Excavators,6 x 374F Excavators,374D Rockbreaker,5 x 773D Dump Trucks,6 X 730C ADT’s,14 X 740B ADT’s,D9R Dozer,D7R Dozer,2 x 140K Graders,30t Crane,986H Loader,3 x 966H loaders,950Loader,3 x DI550 Rigs,2 x LF90 Rigs.
– Designing and maintaining a maintenance management system.
– Developing maintenance strategies and monitoring adherence to equipment commissioning guidelines.
– Identifying manpower,tools,training and safety requirements for the workshop team
– Provide guidance and recommendations on critical spares requirements
– Budget formulation, implementation and reviewing
– Managing workshop budget and cost
– Dealing with emergencies,unplanned problems and repairs
– Ensure compliance and conformance to health, safety and environmental guidelines and company standards.
– Training personnel on health, safety and environmental requirements.
– Develop, recommend and implement strategies for improving equipment reliability and processes
– Lean implementation to the whole business.
– Conducting reliability studies and reliability block modeling and identifying areas of improvement (Defect elimination)
2.4 November 2015 – May 2016: Project Engineer
Project Management Specific Competencies
1. Project Concept development
2. Initiation
3. Project Planning
- Business Charter Development
- Scope Development
- Project Integration plan
- Project Cost Estimation
- Project Risk Management
- Project Resource Management planning
- Project Human Resource Plan
4. Project Implementation
5. Project Monitoring
6. Project Closure/Snag sign off.
2.5 April 2014 – October 2015: Reliability & Services Engineer
– Monthly reports on asset health.
– Designing and maintaining a maintenance management system for the assets department.
– Developing maintenance strategies and monitoring adherence to equipment commissioning guidelines.
– Identifying manpower,tools,training and safety requirements for the services team
– Budget formulation, implementation and reviewing.
– Managing budget and cost for the reliability and services section.
– Dealing with emergencies, unplanned problems and repairs.
– Ensure compliance and conformance to health, safety and environmental guidelines and company standards.
– Training personnel on health, safety and environmental requirements.
– Develop, recommend and implement strategies for improving equipment reliability and processes.
– Lean implementation to the workshop team.
– Conducting reliability studies and reliability block modeling and identifying areas of improvement (Defect elimination).
– Performing life cycle cost analysis on new and existing assets.
– Provide guidance and recommendations on critical spares requirements.
– Writing effective Preventive Maintenance procedures that include easy to follow sequenced instructions and safety issues.
– Develop and maintain equipment risk and criticality register.
– Monitor trend and quantify value generated by improvement projects.
– Developing and providing general reliability training to appropriate work groups to promote ownership and involvement.
– Lean board management.
– Statistical process control.
– Process water management and Tailings dam management.
– Water treatment and reticulation management
– Managing engineering environmental workbook in OPSDATA
– Hazardous waste management on Minesite.
– Mine access and village roads maintenance.
– Light diesel and pit dewatering workshop management. 2.6 June 2009 – March 2014: Planned Maintenance Officer
– Induction of personnel.
– Daily, weekly and monthly reports on equipment availability.
– Budget formulation, implementation and reviewing.
– Develop, recommend and implement strategies for improving equipment reliability and processes.
– Provide guidance and recommendations on critical spares requirements.
– Writing effective Preventive Maintenance procedures that include easy to follow sequenced instructions and safety issues
– Training of Isolation Officers.
– Demonstrating how to execute certain tasks to maintainers
– Inventory management-inbound and outbound logistics for retables.
– Lean board management and quality circles.
– Planned Maintenance for crushing plant, Dense Medium Separation plant, and Recovery plant and site services.
– Statistical process control.
– Supervising engineering clerks.
– Project and Shutdown management.
– Performing practical problem solving on problem areas in the processing plant. 2.7 April 2004 – May 2009:
– Have held various supervisory positions in the mining and processing departments. 2.8 January 2000 – March 2006: Previous experience with other companies. a. Technical Officer (Durawood Products) - 01/11/03 to 01/03/06 b. Artisan (Clay Products) - 01/11/02 to 31/10/03
c. Artisan (Dairibord) - 01/04/00 to 31/10/02
6 Achievements
– Ramped up and stabilized 500tph plant.
– Started Heavy Mobile section for Murowa Diamonds.
– Developed and implemented asset maintenance strategy.
– Implemented a job card system at Murowa Diamonds in two months.
– Implemented computerized maintenance management system in six months.
– Upgrade DMS plant front end from 40tph to 100tph in two months.
– Implemented automatic belt scrappers in the DMS plant and improved recoveries
– Implemented condition monitoring in three months. 7 Projects Worked On
– 500tph Plant and 68KM Dedicated powerline and substation.
– Owner mining HME section for mining.
– Fixed Plant upgrade 70-150tph DMS Plant – Brownfields.
– Fixed Plant upgrade 150tph – 250tph Crushing Plant – Brownfields.
– Installation of the 50tonne DMS plant.
– Installation of 200tonne per hour crushing plant.
– Recovery plant upgrade.
– Construction of Tailings storage facility.
– Replacement of water treatment FC reactor.
– Replacement of Scrubber drum and accessories.
– Replacement of process water tank for DMS.
– Installation of power factor correction unit.
8 Membership
Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE) - Member
Engineering Council of Zimbabwe - Pr Engineer
9 Summary Of Qualifications
a. Tertiary Education
– Masters in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering – Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management (Merit)
– Master’s in Business Administration(NUST)
– Bachelor of Engineering Honours Industrial & Manufacturing(NUST) –upper second division(2.1)
b. Other Certificates
– Advanced Senior Project Manager
– Reliability Cantered Maintenance(PLUS ++Software Interface)
– Frontline Leadership Development Programme
– AutoCAD 2008
– CNC Techniques
– Pneumatics and hydraulics
– Engineer’s Course Bearing Technology (Reliability Maintenance)
– Working Environmental Management
– SAQA Certificate of Evaluation
– Rio Tinto Leadership Foundation Program
c. GCE ‘O’ level: Seven Subjects passed
10 Interests
- Watching TV
11 Personal Details
Name: Jonathan Panganai
Surname: Mapisaunga
Date of Birth: 17.08.76
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Zimbabwean
I D No. 75-307097 P 50
Languages: English,Ndebele,Shona
Drivers Licence: Class 4 and Class 2
12 Referees
1. Masimba Nyamhunga (Production Executive)
Hwange Colliery
Phone +263*********
2. Tendai Kadyamusuma
Rio Zim Cam & Motor (General Manager)
3. George Chipepera (Metallurgical Manager)
ZCDC
Phone 077*******