Emmanuel Kabaso
Kalulushi
Summary
Self-motivated mining engineer with 14 years of progressive experience in mining operations and the explosive supply industry, offering expertise in mining, explosive technical, and sales support with aptitude in customer support. Am an energetic self-starter and team builder able to navigate high-stress situations and achieve goals on time and under budget.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Explosives/Holder
Nash Explosives Ltd
Kalulushi
08.2021 - Current
- Develop and implement effective sales strategies
- Lead sales team members to achieve sales targets
- Manage and oversee daily operations of company
- Monitor and analyze performance metrics and suggest improvements
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual sales forecasts/ actual and other relevant reports
- Scout and identify new potential customers and new market opportunities and brought 10 new customers
- Provide timely and effective solutions aligned with clients’ needs.
- Meeting set sales targets
- Develop business strategic planning more for sales
- Manage budget and controls expenses, effectively.
- Managing activities that include interacting with managers in other functional areas within organization whose roles have impact on operations.
- Managing magazines and per Mines Safety Department requirements
- Provide inspired leadership to organization.
- Ensure all legal and regulatory documents are filed and monitor compliance with laws and regulations
- Any other functions as may be prescribed by management.
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
Site Explosives Engineer-Mopani Copper Mines PLC
SASOL BASE CHEMICALS
KITWE
01.2014 - 06.2020
- Ensured Compliance with Safety, Healthy, Environment and Quality policy of Sasol as well as mining and explosives regulations of Republic of Zambia
- Deliver hands on product application training for bulk explosives, packaged explosives and accessories
- Implementing value adding initiatives (smooth blasting advance improvement)
- Customer Training
- Deliver contractual Tech Service commitments
- Implementing methodologies of continually improving blasting performance for customers
- Develop strong relationships with key mine site personnel up to D&B Engineer level, down to other key production and operations personnel as required
- Captured value delivered to customers through reports and projects
- Drilling and blasting monitoring
- Mining standards compliance monitoring and promotion
- Managed team of 10 employees and five (5) Emulsion Charging machines, training, and professional growth of employees
- Specialized blasting support using electronic detonators (daveytronics) in raises and shaft plugs done on demand
- Conducted training on use of mobile and electrical charging units for both development and stope charging(trained more than 50 operators)
- Sales Reports and Reconciliation
- Sales Invoicing
- Sales promotions/market search
- Payment follow ups
Blasting Engineer
KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Ensuring safe and efficient use of explosives
- Explosives budgeting and forecast
- Explosive reconciliation
- Drill pattern design and evaluation
- Conducting trials with new explosives products
- Running six underground Sanctioned Explosive magazines
- Drilling pattern and blast design
- Making explosive orders, issuing and monitoring usage
- Conducting basic training in explosives handling/usage
- Ensuring powder factors on development ends are not exceeding 1.5kg/t and between 0.23kg/t -0.30kg/t on Stopes
- Ensured good advance of at least 95% on development ends
- Reducing as much as possible boulders in stopes by constant evaluation drill designs (blasting patterns)
- Conducting basic training in explosives handling/usage
- Developed team communications and information for meetings
Mine Captain
KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Managing safety, quality, production, and costs effectively in terms of Mine's Values
- Managing and executing discipline in accordance with company disciplinary code
- Promoting adherence to safety, health and environment procedures, identify unsafe and hazardous situations
- Promoting and enforcing culture of statutory compliance
- Evaluating negative trends and introducing remedial solutions
- Managing, controlling and improving production and mining operations, including: contractor performance, safety, cost reduction and continuous improvement
- Meeting both production (45000tpm), development (250mpm) and tramming(500tp shift) targets
- Ensure compliance to both Mining and Explosives Regulations
- Labour and equipment allocation and planning.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity
Shift Boss
Reading, Music, KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Ensuring safety of all men and equipment in section
- Production/Development and Labour planning
- Ensuring Production and all other operations in section is done safely and cost effectively
- Ensuring production targets are met
- Carrying out all statutory inspections
- Ensuring that (mining and explosives) regulations are enforced
- Daily reporting to Mine Captain
- Handover to next Shift through log book.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems of over charging of holes.
Education
Advanced Certificate in procurement and supply operations -
CHATTERED INSTITUTE OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY
2018
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences Degree - Mining Engineering
UNIVERSITY oF ZAMBIA
Lusaka2007
Munali Secondary School
Lusaka2000
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NDEKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
1995
Skills
- Excellent managerial techniques
- Explosives Application
- Mechanized Mining
- Mining Production
- Mine development ,Primary and Secondary
- Problem Solving
Accomplishments
- Management Trainee at Konkola Copper Mines Plc 2008 - 2010
- Underwent hands on management training in major underground mining operations like; Development mining, Support of excavations, Production of ore, Tramming, lashing, drilling etc
- General timbering Course
- Section boss RB course
- Shift boss RB course
Affiliations
Engineering Institution of Zambia Member
Languages
Bemba, Nyanja, Tumbuka
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Hobbies
- Mentoring
- Playing Music Instruments
- Gardening
- Chicken Rearing
Referees
Kapela Nyangu,
Site Engineer Kansashi,
Orica Zambia
+260977505632
Kingsley Kashelen
Project Manager
NFCA, Chambishi, Copperbelt
+260966339244
kkasheleni@maxam.net
Lumbwe Charles
Project Manager
African Explosives Ltd
+260760918451
Timeline
Manager Explosives/Holder
Nash Explosives Ltd
08.2021 - Current
Site Explosives Engineer-Mopani Copper Mines PLC
SASOL BASE CHEMICALS
01.2014 - 06.2020
Blasting Engineer
KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2012 - 01.2013
Mine Captain
KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2011 - 01.2012
Shift Boss
Reading, Music, KONKOLA COPPER MINES PLC CHILILABOMBWE
01.2010 - 01.2011
Advanced Certificate in procurement and supply operations -
CHATTERED INSTITUTE OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences Degree - Mining Engineering
UNIVERSITY oF ZAMBIA
Munali Secondary School
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NDEKE PRIMARY SCHOOL