Ushibantu Paul Richard
Solwezi,Zambia
Summary
A skilled, adaptable, proactive, analytical and ethically-sound mining engineer eager to apply both his academic foundation and relevant experience in a practical setting, with compliance to the safety, health and environmental requirements. Capable of working efficiently with a team or independently with little to no supervision. Profoundly working with a culturally diverse team and very open to learning and sharing ideas with team players to achieve company goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AREA SUPERVISOR - DRILLING
KANSANSHI MINE PLC
09.2023 - Current
- Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the drilling activities during the shift.
- Ensuring subordinate/contractor health and safety through compliance with all safety and mine regulations, including company policies and regulations.
- Maintain good supervision for safety of personnel and equipment.
- Ensure good compliance on all drilling blocks and good usage of drilling consumables.
- Ensure drill rig utilization target is met through good communication.
- Assist and collaborating with drill mechanics or drill consumable controllers to ensure good availability of drill rigs especially on the block to meet the target.
- Assessing general performance and giving the much needed feedback to subordinates for better team growth.
- Providing specific job instructions and effectively communicate to subordinates on any changes regarding all drilling operations/ instructions.
- Assisting and familiarizing university graduates/students with drilling operations and/or projects.
- Assisting with prioritization of tasks and monitor the progress of specific jobs such as clean-ups.
MINING ENGINEER JR. - DRILL & BLAST
KANSANSHI MINE PLC
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Design, plan, monitor and report on all Drill & Blast activities to ensure a productive and efficient mining operation.
- Produce accurate Drill & Blast designs in a timely manner, as defined by weekly and monthly plans provided by planners.
- Under the direction of the Chief Mining Engineer undertake Drill and Blast related project studies and investigations.
- Design a drilling plan, firing plan and dig plan.
- Maintain good communication with geology before, during and after designing a block for good grade management.
- Maintain good communication with geotechnical engineers when designing a block for better slope stability.
- Be able to verify, analyze, and report drill & blast performance data to assist with continuous improvements.
MINING ENGINEER JR.
KANSANSHI MINE PLC | FIRST QUAMTUM MINERALS LIMITED (FQML)
05.2021 - 05.2023
- To be well acquainted with all sections linked to mining operation such as Load & Haul, Dispatch, Drilling, Blasting, Mechanics, Mine Technical Services etc.
- Contributing to the safety process improvements of the mine.
- Collaborating with the colleagues towards business improvements initiatives and critically assess all production processes for potential improvement.
- Take keen interest in potential project and approach supervisor with proposal.
- Fleet management and Optimization.
- Data analytics using SQL & Microsoft Power BI.
- Automating reports necessary for data analysis and data presentation.
- Video/ Image capturing with a drone/camera for better physical data analysis e.g. Blast videos.
- Compiling and presenting daily, weekly and monthly reports.
- Conduct ad hoc projects through research and present to relevant stakeholders.
- Assisting and familiarizing new team members/graduates/students with pit operations and/or projects.
- Offer support to supervisory roles within production team.
- Other duties as directed by the supervisor.
SHIFT BOSS
MAAMBA COLLIERIES LIMITED (MCL)
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Ensuring subordinate/contractor health and safety through compliance with all safety and mine regulations, including company policies and regulations.
- Supervising and working with the mining contractors/subordinates in performing pit operations such as stripping, drilling, blasting, loading, hauling and any auxiliary work.
- Providing specific job instructions and effectively communicate to subordinates on any changes regarding any pit operations.
- Ensuring all grades of coal are managed accordingly either taken to the thermal plant or washing plant or rather directly to customers.
- Assisting and familiarizing university graduates/students with pit operations and/or projects.
- Assisting with prioritization of tasks and monitor the progress of specific workload for the contractor.
- Ensuring that all specific targets are achieved.
- Ensuring routine and effective communication with mine manager and other colleagues as required.
- Ensuring workplace safety and environmental standards are properly established and met, and that these standards and procedures are communicated to site personnel.
- Understanding, promoting, and operating by overall company vision and values, goals, objectives and strategies.
MINE ENGINEER INTERN
KONKOLA COPPER MINE | NCHANGA OPEN PIT (CHINGOLA)
06.2017 - 12.2017
- Familiarization program with all mining departments which include; Mine Planning, Dispatch, S.H.E (Safety, Health and Environment), Geology, Surveying, Geotechnical, Drilling & Blasting, Loading & Hauling, Roads & Dumps and Dewatering.
- Investigating the variations of shear strength parameters and their influence on slope stability at Nchanga Open Pit (NOP).
- Improve the geotechnical database for use in various sections of the mine especially during the geotechnical planning process of slopes.
- Provide recommendations for proper slope management to avoid failures.
DATA CLERK
KANSANSHI COPPER MINE | BUILDCON INVESTMENTS LIMITED (SOLWEZI)
08.2012 - 10.2013
- Experienced the manual labor (during shut-downs) for 6 months in construction within the mine before the Data Clerk promotion, and would often supervise the site, in the supervisor's absentia.
- Carrying out site supervision and on-site data management.
- Ensuring proper use of materials and equipment.
- Ensuring that all projects are time-bound through proper communication to superiors.
- Ensuring a good communication with colleagues, senior management, external partners and key stakeholders and contributing to team effort.
Education
BACHELOR'S DEGREE - MINING ENGINEERING
THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
GRADE 12 CERTIFICATE -
ST. CLEMENT'S SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRADE 9 CERTIFICATE -
ST. CHARLES LWANGA MINOR SEMINARY SCHOOL
GRADE 7 CERTIFICATE -
CODRINTON TRUST SCHOOL
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- SQL
- Microsoft Power BI
- C Programming
- Surpac
- Wenco Fleet Management Systems
- Shotplus
- Orica BlastIQ
- Datamine-QBI
Certification
- Blasting License (All Mine Operations-AMO)
- Valid Drivers' License
- Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ) Certificate
- Fire Fighting certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Drilling & Blasting Master-Class Certificate of attendance
- Business Improvements (BI) Certificate of completion
References
- Wesley Hamachila, Drills Superintendent, +260968530213, Kansanshi Mine PLC
- Josphat Musonda, Senior Drill & Blast Engineer, +260966012707, Kansanshi Mine PLC
- Maambo Maambo, Optimization Superintendent, +260965622626, Kansanshi Mine PLC
- Dr. Bunda Besa, Dean, +260979351754, The University of Zambia | School of Mines
- Fred Hamena, Mine Manager, +260967771069, Maamba Collieries Limited
- Shoma Syamusana, Geotechnical Engineer, +260955285749, Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) | Nchanga Open Pit (NOP)
- Benard Sinyangwe, Human Resource Officer, +260966401503, Buildcon Investments Ltd
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading Novels
- Playing Basketball
- Learning new things
- Drawing (Art)
- Working Out
- Adventure
- Current Affairs
- Personal Growth
Publications
The investigation of variation of shear strength parameters and their influence on slope stability at Nchanga Open Pit (NOP-COP F&D).
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 08/23/95
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Timeline
AREA SUPERVISOR - DRILLING
KANSANSHI MINE PLC
09.2023 - Current
MINING ENGINEER JR. - DRILL & BLAST
KANSANSHI MINE PLC
05.2023 - 08.2023
MINING ENGINEER JR.
KANSANSHI MINE PLC | FIRST QUAMTUM MINERALS LIMITED (FQML)
05.2021 - 05.2023
SHIFT BOSS
MAAMBA COLLIERIES LIMITED (MCL)
08.2020 - 05.2021
MINE ENGINEER INTERN
KONKOLA COPPER MINE | NCHANGA OPEN PIT (CHINGOLA)
06.2017 - 12.2017
DATA CLERK
KANSANSHI COPPER MINE | BUILDCON INVESTMENTS LIMITED (SOLWEZI)
08.2012 - 10.2013
BACHELOR'S DEGREE - MINING ENGINEERING
THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
GRADE 12 CERTIFICATE -
ST. CLEMENT'S SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRADE 9 CERTIFICATE -
ST. CHARLES LWANGA MINOR SEMINARY SCHOOL
GRADE 7 CERTIFICATE -
CODRINTON TRUST SCHOOL