Elvis Milimo
Mining Engineer
Solwezi
Summary
To contribute to the expansion and success of my employer through: Exceptional versatility and adaptability to changing work environments. Dedication as a hard-working individual with ability to analyse problems and formulate solutions Superlative communication and team-building skills Ability to manage multiple tasks in a pressured environment Self-motivation, ambition and drive to demand the best of self in any given situation In doing so, I aim to achieve the highest standard of work, contribute to the improvement of standards in the company and the industry.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer- Dumps and Infrastructure
First Quantum Trident Mine Company
05.2022 - Current
- In charge of all long term to short term mine projects
- Experienced and safety-focused Mining Engineer with a proven track record in managing infrastructure projects and mine planning.
- In charge Waste Rock Dump dumping sequence depending on the material type ( Acid generating and Non Acid Generating material).
- Waste Rock Dump rehabilitation with drainages following environmental requirements, capping with topsoil for vegetation plantation.
- Waste Rock Dump Drains design and excavation for contaminated and Non Contaminated Channels to separate clean and contaminated water.
- Assist in waste Dump Audits and produce reports to be shared with operations and management.
- Haul and mine road designs and supervise the execution, following that all is built to design requirement.
- Electrical infrastructure building requirement assistance ( trolleys, powerlines and substations).
- Pit Sump designs following the catchment and working with dewatering team.
- In charge bush clearing and topsoil stripping where required.
- Skilled in using advanced mining software and data analysis to
- In charge bush clearing and topsoil stripping where required.
- Skilled in using advanced mining software and data analysis to improve productivity while ensuring regulatory compliance and sustainable practices.
- Overseeing design, construction, and maintenance of surface facilities and other infrastructure.
- Developing and updating as-built maps, creating solid models, and managing resources.
- Managing engineering projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, and working with tight deadlines.
- Managing engineering projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, and working with tight deadlines.
Short term planning Engineer/Projects engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company
10.2015 - 04.2022
- Promote a culture of safety and productivity
- Continuous business improvement
- Quarterly Monthly Mine plans, Weekly to Daily Production of copper and uranium
- Monthly Drilling Plan (multi-staged pits)
- Work hand in hand with dispatch over the mine Operating System
- Planning Dump Management and Strategy Monitoring of Production limiting equipment trucks (Euclid EH4500) and shovels (Hitachi EX5500) Producing the combined Ore feed plan for multi-pits to the mill
- Mentoring graduate mining engineers in the graduate programme
- Reconciliation plan and spatial compliance
- Producing the daily production plan, Complete detailed pit weekly production plan
- Produce month-by-month face advance plans for pits, waste dumps, and other earthworks infrastructure
- Produce the weekly reconciliation and spatial compliance for the past week Weekly Planning of waste and ore volumes
- Track mining costs against plan
- Ensure day to day Ore feed requirements are being met
- Undertake detailed design and business improvement as required
- Prepare Short and Long term production plans in order to maintain economical and efficient underground operations
- Coordinate all Short Term mine planning activities in compliance with mining standards
- Generate mine plans using Deswik design software, Vulcan design software
- Run production schedules using Deswik and vulcan
- Control of costs
- Ensure all designs generated in the area of responsibility conform to the safety, health and environmental requirements obtaining in Mining.
Drill and Blast Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
09.2013 - 09.2015
- Optimisation of blasting process
- Liaising with blast suppliers and contractors
- Drill and blast pattern design
- Support Drill and Blast Optimisation Engineer
- Uphold culture of Smarter, Bolder, Driven
- Preform any other duties as assigned by the Chief Mining Engineer
- Provide mentoring and guidance to Drill and Blast Planning Engineers
- Perform accurate design duties on time for all drill and blast activities at operations
- To maintain and improve safe work practices
- Undertake 'Drill and Blast' related project studies and investigations
- Maintain and enhance contractor relationships
- Provide drill and blast engineering services including blast hole pattern design and 'tie-in'/charge design
- In consultation with planning personnel, prepare blast master for all mining areas 3 months in advance
- Liaise with the Short Term Planning Engineer and Production Superintendent to efficiently schedule the drilling and blasting requirements and minimise interruption of other mining operations
- Liaise with the Drill and Blast Superintendent to ensure drilling and blasting operations are carried out in a cost effective manner
- Liaise with the Drill and blast Superintendent to develop and implement procedures that optimise the drill and blast process
- Resolve drill and blast technical problems
- Prepare, monitor and update production data associated with drilling and blasting activities
- Review Q/A data, digging sheets and blast videos to determine areas of further improvement
- Liaise with consultant and specialist suppliers as required
- Inspect drill and blast areas periodically
- Consult and develop a close working relationship with the Geotechnical Engineer in order to optimise pit wall stability.
Mine Projects Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
09.2012 - 08.2013
- Manage the planning and project controls in the mine
- All design works for all mine projects
- Surface road designs for the mine
- Drainage design
- Culvert installation design
- Go line design for the trucks change shift
- Pit roads designs
- Mine car park designs with drainages and traffic management plan
- Pit ramp designs
- Pit and dump designs
- Dump silt traps and toe drains designs
- Haul maintenance schedule
- Monthly traffic management plan
- Dam embankment designs with spillages
- Pit and expit silt trap and sump location designs with drainage to main water dam
- Wet weather management plan for the year
- Follow up on all projects and report making
- Reducing costs on projects and advising
- Making schedule for all projects from start to finish
- Design of shovel pads for maintenance works
- Reporting periodically to senior management on program schedule
- Undertake detailed design and business improvement as required.
Mine Operations Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium minerals)
07.2010 - 08.2012
- The implementation & maintenance of procedures, processes and databases for all production engineering functions (scheduling, drill and blast, cost and reporting)
- Create and review drill pattern designs, charging plans and tie-in designs to ensure safe and qualitative execution can be carried out in the field
- Developing best practice systems, tools and techniques to improve drill and blast functionality and managing drill and blast data integrity, explosive inventory and consumables management
- Compilation of the weekly plan and reconciliation of the previous plan figures for presenting to management
- Monitoring effectiveness of operations and identifying areas for improvement Supporting the development and implementation of best practices for optimal production
- -Design of drill and blast plans
- Drill and blast Monthly plan and reporting
- Drill and blast weekly mine plan
- Weekly spatial compliance and reconciliation report preparation for drill and blast
- -Monitoring of contractor drilling quality control analysis
- Drilling and blasting accessory cost tracking
- Management of (African explosive limited) AEL contract with Lumwana mine.
Mining Engineer
Equinox Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
08.2009 - 06.2010
- Open pit mining operations (Open pit familiarisation programme)
- Worked under mine planning department, geology, survey, load and haul and drill and blast.
Underground Operations Engineer/ Mine Captain/ Acting Senior Mine captain
Glenco Mopani Copper Mine Company (Copper producing company)
04.2007 - 06.2009
- Worked as an underground mine operation engineer in charge of all mining operations on different levels
- Face development
- Supervises coordinates activities of workers engaged in underground, surface, or pit mining in specified section of mine
- Coordinates activities, like timbering, roof bolting, track-laying, undercutting, drilling, blasting, loading and conveying of coal, ore, or rock
- Examines malfunctioning equipment orders transfer of faulty unit to surface shop or orders repair at work site
- Inspects section for hazards, like gas, falling rock, squeezes, and poor ventilation, using devices, like safety lamps, anemometer, and crowbar
- Maintains records of production, area mined, and location of personnel equipment
- Orders distributes supplies, like bits, wire, machine parts, bulbs, and chalk
- May evaluate ore in precious-metal mine and be designated Specimen Boss mine quarry
- May be designated according to specific equipment used as Auger Supervisor mine quarry
- Performs other duties as described under Supervisor any industry Master Title
- Coordinating the completion of weekly planned activities and resource assignments with the production, development and logistics supervisors
- Proactive management of shift priorities based on real-time operating conditions
- Daily monitoring of mine logistics, including but not limited to mine haulage, utilizing underground tracking and information systems
- Assisting the short-term planner set appropriate weekly mine targets
- Review previous shift performance versus targets and problem solving operational challenges to maximize safe production with the available resources
- Coordinate the timely completion of production/development between engineering and operations
- Input and validate mining metrics in the appropriate databases on a shift by shift basis
- Conduct routine underground inspections and audits
- Manage drill and blast contracts for safety, quality, cost and productivity
- Face preparation for drilling (marking the face)
- Drilling using secomas and jack hammers
- Charging
- Blasting
- Load and haul using loaders
- Ventilation system
- Supporting the face from ground falls
- Extending water pipes to the end face and air pipes
- Ensuring the floor is in good and workable condition
- Checking face advance after the blast
- All stoping activities -charging and blasting, -load and haul
- Developing the mining and waste drive/tunnel together crosscuts
- Supporting the mining drive (grouting, cable bolts, steel rods, steel sets,)
- Load and haul
- Taking safety measures for the workers
- As a mine captain making reports for mining operations
- Face advance report
- Coordinating with shift bosses on the daily to monthly development production activities
- Explosives consumption
- Rehearse with different contracting companies
- How much ore goes to the crushes
- Meeting targets and according to budget and ensuring discipline on all workers
- Fleet management before, during and after works hours
- Safety for the workers before, during and after work hours
- Ensuring all shifts bosses and section bosses sign in the mine log book before and after work
- Reporting all incidents and ensuring works are safety cautious always
- Making roll call reports
- Ensure effective allocation of mine equipment and labour
- Mine targets for material mined and face advance
- Reporting on locomotives operations from the chute box to the waste and ore pass
- Supervise and ensure all face development is in accordance to plan
- Train and develop subordinates for succession planning
- Shaft management plan
- Holding safety meeting.
Senior Assistant Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mine Company
04.2006 - 03.2007
- Mining engineer/shift supervisor for all mining operations
- I did my graduate mining engineering program for 2 years in all Underground mining operations: Load and haul
- Development drilling
- Charging and blasting
- Stope drilling
- Blasting (timing and charging)
- Tramming (tramming ore/waste from chute box to the tip down to crusher)
- Meeting ore feed plan and reporting
- Timbering (installing vent pipes, dewatering, wall erection)
- Blasting licence lessons in all mining operations.
Graduate Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mines
12.2004 - 12.2005
- In fifth year of study at the University carried out a 12 months research study entitled 'Establish the causes of dilution in Mechanised Continuous Retreat mining method' at Mopani Copper Mines Underground Mine in Mufulira
- The main objective of the project was to look at the ways in which dilution can be reduced
- Producing the daily production plan
- Complete detailed pit weekly production plan
- Produce month-by-month face advance plans for pits, waste dumps, and other earthworks infrastructure
- Produce the weekly reconciliation and spatial compliance for the past week
- Weekly Planning of waste and ore volumes
- Track mining costs against plan
- Provide updated cost estimates for use in Reserve definition
- Ensure day to day Ore feed requirements are being met
- Track the dilution assumptions used by the open pit
- Undertake detailed design and business improvement as required.
Graduate Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mines
03.2002 - 12.2003
- Attachment with Mopani Copper Mines in Mufulira for the familiarization of Underground operations/activities: Shaft operations
- Development ends drilling
- Charging/timing and blasting (misfires and lashing with loaders)
- Stoping operations- drilling, charging/timing
- Blasting and dealing with misfires.
Education
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences in Mining Engineering -
University of Zambia
12.2005
GCE certificate -
Senior education school
12.1998
Skills
- Exceptional versatility and adaptability to changing work environments
- Dedication as a hard-working individual with the ability to analyze problems and formulate solutions
- Superlative communication and team-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks in a pressured environment
- Self-motivation, ambition, and drive to demand the best of self in any given situation
- 3D Deswik Mining Planning Software
- 3D Vulcan Mining Planning software
- Surpac Mine Planning Software
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Word
- Excel user
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Spanish
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Senior Engineer- Dumps and Infrastructure
First Quantum Trident Mine Company
05.2022 - Current
Short term planning Engineer/Projects engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company
10.2015 - 04.2022
Drill and Blast Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
09.2013 - 09.2015
Mine Projects Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
09.2012 - 08.2013
Mine Operations Engineer
Barrick Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium minerals)
07.2010 - 08.2012
Mining Engineer
Equinox Lumwana Mining Company (Copper and uranium)
08.2009 - 06.2010
Underground Operations Engineer/ Mine Captain/ Acting Senior Mine captain
Glenco Mopani Copper Mine Company (Copper producing company)
04.2007 - 06.2009
Senior Assistant Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mine Company
04.2006 - 03.2007
Graduate Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mines
12.2004 - 12.2005
Graduate Mining Engineer
Glenco Mopani Copper Mines
03.2002 - 12.2003
GCE certificate -
Senior education school
Bachelor of Mineral Sciences in Mining Engineering -
University of Zambia
Birthdate
04/16/1981
Country
Zambia
Maritalstatus
Married
City
Solwezi
Sex
Male
Personal Information
Nationality: Zambian
References
- Francis Kwesi Sampong, Long Term Mine Planning Engineer, Trident Sentinel Mine, kwesamp@yahoo.com, +260 967868322
- Dr. Bunda Besa, Dean of School of Mines, University of Zambia, bundabesa@yahoo.com, +260979351754
- Prudence Mwiimbu, Superintendent- Mine Closure, First Quantum Minerals, Trident Mine, Prudence.Siame@fqml.com, +260960256450
- Chibomba Mukonde, Chief Mining Engineer, FQM Trident Mine Company, Chibomba.Mukonde@fqml.com, +260967806188