Surpac
Mutale Kalenga
Chingola
Summary
Adept at driving operational excellence and optimizing mining processes, I leveraged data modeling and analysis in Power BI to enhance decision-making at First Quantum Minerals. My leadership significantly improved safety and environmental compliance, demonstrating a strong blend of technical proficiency and people management skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Assistant Manager MIS
Gemfields Group, Kagem Mining limited
lufwanyama
12.2022 - Current
- Coordinating and facilitating daily strategic planning meetings (war room meetings), and weekly operational review meetings, while providing detailed production metrics.
- Fostering good safety practices by conducting periodic inspections around the mine site, addressing human behaviors that could lead to accidents, and reporting unsafe conditions.
- Generating an integrated management report for the Gemfields group headquarters.
- Monitoring the cost per carat for emeralds recovered, and the stripping ratio, while keeping track of revenue and cost elements of mining operations.
- Developing and monitoring the annual fuel consumption budget, alongside tracking and analyzing cost elements pertinent to mining operations.
- Conducting comprehensive daily reviews of mining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including metrics such as tonnage mined, fuel consumption, drilled meters, load and haul rates, as well as evaluating operational efficiencies to optimize processes.
- Administering mine fleet management systems, and serving as the primary custodian for these systems.
- Collaborating with the engineering department to ensure strict adherence to machine service compliance standards.
- Monitoring mean time to repair (MTTR) and mean time between failure (MTBF) on all mining equipment, and generating reports to OEMs on machine performance.
- Analyzing mining operation efficiency metrics, such as fuel consumption per ton of rock mined (liters per ton), tons per hour, drill penetration rates, and blasting powder factors.
- Involved in the annual budgeting process, and providing targets for equipment availability, utilization, and productivity.
- Reviewing drilling and blasting costs, overall mining costs, and identifying the reasons behind cost increases, and key cost drivers.
- Generating detailed equipment performance reports for the general manager and deputy general manager.
- Overseeing mine capacity planning, which drives the mine plan, and conducting thorough equipment replacement analysis modeling.
- Generating a mineral returns report on a monthly basis, which goes to the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development as per legal requirement.
- Performing fleet capacity analysis to forecast budget, ground material movement.
- Monitoring equipment performance and offering recommendations for optimizing mining practices.
- Coordinating mining projects with mine managers to ensure compliance with established timelines.
- Conducting equipment cost analysis as machinery ages, making recommendations for scrapping old equipment, and procuring new machinery within the material movement budget.
- Maintaining strict adherence to budgetary constraints, while monitoring mining compliance, and tracking resource depletion rates.
- Supervised MIS analyst team to guarantee thorough assessment and finalization of all distributed reports.
- Carrying out labor and machinery analysis to ensure efficient allocation of manpower and machines.
Mining Engineer, Optimization
First Quantum Minerals, Kansanshi Copper Mine
Solwezi
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Participated in daily morning production meetings.
- ensured that correct feed material was fed to the crusher at a maintained feed rate and correct grade to optimize copper recovery.
- ensured that there is sufficient crush feed and correct blending of material to attain the target grade.
- Monitored crusher events, such as bridging and choking events, and ensured they are minimized to increase crusher uptime.
- Generated Mine technical reports and data analysis using SQL and power Bi.
- Supervised contractors and coordinated their mining operations.
- Provided technical blast analysis reports on the charging compliance for each blast.
- Managed ore mixing and dilution using Wenco High precision mining system.
- Investigated system safety alerts for service brake usage using readyline software on haul trucks.
- Compiled mining spatial compliance data and delivered presentations to the mine production manager superintendents, coordinators, and mine planners.
- Generated weekly and monthly planning meeting reports for the production manager and superintendents.
- Generated load and haul production performance reports.
- Conducted extensive compliance checks in drilling and blasting operations.
- Conducted ex-pit ore loss and mining compliance investigations.
- Generated weekly revenue report best off material movement.
- Designed and defined the blast radius in Surpac software for each blast.
- Generated drills and truck utilization and availability for performance.
- Performed calibration of Wenco high precision systems on excavators.
- Dispatched safety, maintenance, drilling, and auxiliary services as needed.
- Monitored and reported fuel usage by contractors to ensure their adherence to contract terms, using a jigsaw system by AMSI Company.
- Highlighted inefficiencies in mine operations and proposed technical solutions to enhance performance.
- Implemented innovative technologies to monitor mine conditions, enhancing safety and productivity.
- Identified areas for improvement through thorough data analysis.
- Facilitated blast review meetings, and operations review meetings.
- Participated in meetings with stakeholders regarding mining project updates and progress reports.
- Evaluated mining operations and developed solutions to improve productivity.
Mining Supervisor
GRN Constructions Limited, Konkola Copper Mine
Chingola
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Conducted inspections of mine sections and implemented necessary hazard control measures.
- Maintained adherence to Mine Health and Safety Act, mine policies, regulations, and standards operating procedure.
- Organized regular meetings with team members to coordinate daily tasks and provided clear directives for efficient resource allocation.
- Worked with a Trimble GPS in picking pit elevations and ramp grade and survey volumes mined in the pit.
- Moved mineralized rehandled dump material to the crusher.
- Maintained records of production, area mined.
- Supervising and coordinating mine operations, fleet allocation and labor allocation
- Maintaining haul roads and ensuring dust suppression.
- Inspection of haul road and ramp maintenance works ensuring conformance to mine safety standards.
- Supervised stripping of new pushback.
- Prioritized tasks and delegation of workload to mine crews and monitor progress.
- Fleet management and assigning operators to various working locations.
- Communicated instructions from the mine engineer to the operators.
- Ensured mining was in accordance with the mine plan and monitored material mixing and dilution.
- Conducted regular inspections of equipment to identify any potential problems before they occur.
- Reviewed project blueprints and specifications to determine number of workers needed to complete jobs.
- Developed and implemented plans for safe production of ore including the selection of personnel, equipment, material handling and maintenance.
- Investigated accidents or incidents involving machinery or personnel in the mine site area.
- Delegated duties to employees based on skillset.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Monitored project progress to enforce adherence to deadlines and quality standards.
Mining Engineer EIT
Vedanta resources, Konkola Copper mine
Chingola
08.2018 - 12.2018
- Ensured that the loading boxes were filled with ore.
- Performed duties as an active member of the timbering personnel team.
- Enhanced the efficiency of grade controlling process.
- Participated in collaborative efforts with geotechnical engineers to implement radar technology for ground movement monitoring.
- Participated in ground water monitoring and dewatering activities.
- Involved in mine ventilation monitoring and ensuring my safety.
- Conducted regular monitoring of general workers and their working environment during involvement in shaft activities.
- Enhanced safety measures for underground mining operations.
- Implemented innovative technologies to monitor mine conditions, enhancing safety and productivity.
- Applied risk management strategies to mitigate potential hazards inherent to mining operations.
- Compiled and analysed production data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
- Prepared detailed reports on mining project progress, equipment needs, and workforce requirements.
- Efficiently identified and resolved risks on extraction sites.
- Created cost-effective strategies for extracting materials from the underground raises .
- Assessed efficiency of different mining methods to minimise cost, waste and time spent.
- Identified cost-saving measures that could be implemented in the mining process.
- Maintained accurate records related to daily production levels at the mine site.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Mining Engineering
The Copperbelt University
Kitwe, Zambia02-2018
Skills
- Data Modelling, analysis, visualization, and reporting in power BI
- People management and leadership
- Equipment replacement modelling and performance tracking
- Drill and blast optimization
- Mine Safety and environmental compliance
- Mine operation management and equipment optimization
- Fleet capacity planning and material movement budgeting
- Mine continuous improvement projects coordination and tracking
- Fleet management system administration
- Adaptive leadership
- Project Management
Affiliations
- Engineering institution of Zambia (EIZ)
- Mines safety Department
Certification
- Six Sigma Black Belt, Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam
- ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems, Alison
- ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health and Safety Management, Alison
Work Availability
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References
Faris Namonga
Training department Manager, Kagem mining limited.
cell: +260964129886
John Moono
Senior mining engineer/production manager, Konkola Copper mine
GRN construction Company limited
Cell: + 260965865338
Niza Mwasile
Coordinator, Optimization Department, Kansanshi Copper and Gold Mine First Quantum minerals Plc,
Contact: +260976607529
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkWork Location
HybridOn-SiteRemoteImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCareer advancementPersonal development programsHealthcare benefitsPaid time offPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company RetreatsSoftware
Mineshed
Business central
Auto CAD
WENCO fleet management system
Smart fleet live
Vision link
Fleetmatic
Xplolog
Timeline
Assistant Manager MIS
Gemfields Group, Kagem Mining limited
12.2022 - Current
Mining Engineer, Optimization
First Quantum Minerals, Kansanshi Copper Mine
01.2020 - 12.2022
Mining Supervisor
GRN Constructions Limited, Konkola Copper Mine
01.2019 - 12.2019
Mining Engineer EIT
Vedanta resources, Konkola Copper mine
08.2018 - 12.2018
Bachelor's Degree - Mining Engineering
The Copperbelt University
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