Vincent Kahanji
Kalumbila
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Drill & Blast Superintendent (Acting)
FQM Trident Project
12.2024 - Current
- Managing and controlling all drilling and blasting activities including contractors
- Understanding drill and blast cost targets in conjunction with the daily, weekly, and monthly mining plans that correspond with the yearly production target
- Reporting on drill and blast performance and coordinate all drilling/blasting schedules
- Ensuring compliance with relevant Legislation and Statutory obligations as under Mine Safety Regulations
- Ensuring coordinators and supervisors are adequately advised and supported with information to enable the immediate work area to be managed appropriately in accordance with the governing statutory requirements
- Managing drill and blast area budgets to achieve business outcomes
- Coordinate plans and utilize available equipment and resources to achieve drill and blast schedule
- Providing input/informed commentary, improvement opportunities and areas of risk to management
- Liaising closely with key stakeholders to establish mine plans and Drill and Blast requirements and ensure allocation and availability of appropriate resources to achieve plans
- Ensure teams have an understanding of the Asset Management Strategy and that all equipment is operated and maintained to achieve whole-of-life plans
Lead Projects Engineer, Drilling
FQM Trident Project
11.2023 - 12.2024
- Supervise and coordinate all drilling operations
- Ensure adherence to safety protocols and regulatory compliance
- Monitor drilling performance and implement improvements
- Formulate drilling budget and ensure that drilling costs are optimized
- Ensuring productivities and utilization for drilling equipment is maximized
- Lead and mentor drilling crews, promoting teamwork and efficiency
- Collaborate with engineers and other stakeholders to meet project specifications
- Maintain accurate records and prepare reports on drilling activities
- Drilling contractors management
- Accomplishing an upward trend in blasted stocks through implementing measures to enforce increased utilization of the drills and spearheaded initiatives which focused on productivity enhancement
Drill & Blast Mining Engineer
FQM Trident Project
09.2020 - 08.2023
- Developing blast masters according to material zones
- Ensuring that drill and blast designs are done in a timely manner, taking into consideration the material and rock mass type
- Designing initiation designs that's favorable for every individual blast
- Ensure that collection and interpretation of drill and blast data is done
- Ensuring that aspects of Safety, Environment and Geotechnical are included in all designs and works
- Optimizing drill fleet schedule and work programs
- Developing, managing and ensuring that the drill and blast management database is always updated
- Monitoring costs in relation to drill and blast practices
- Monitoring Explosive usage, ensuring that fragmentation of blasts is optimal for downstream operations, that is shovel and digger productivity as well as mill throughput (mine to mill optimization)
- Ensuring that quality control and quality assurance (QAQC) is done on drill patterns through field visits across all the pits at FQM Trident
- Introduced the use of post blast aerial images for blasted blocks when designing subsequent patterns to avoid face holes being positioned on false crests after dozing off open edges (done by geo referencing the pattern on an aerial image in QGIS) which has greatly assisted in reducing interface toes and boulders
Lead Drill & Blast Engineer, Talent Exchange
FQM Cobre Panama
Drill and Blast QAQC Engineer
FQM Trident Project
06.2019 - 09.2020
- Ensuring that quality control and quality assurance (QAQC) is done on drill patterns through field visits across all the pits at sentinel
- Set drills up for the max production by ensuring that patterns are properly cleaned to prevent damage on machine under carriage system
- Monitoring all the patterns to ensure they are drilled to design (Position, depth and direction), no under/over drilling
- Ensuring proper drilling sequence on the patterns is followed
- Ensuring that all drilled holes are secured by use of collar keepers
- Ensure that all drilled holes are dipped by dipping crew before handing over to blasting section
- Ensuring that all holes are sleeved before charging to avoid reactivate of emulsion
- Monitoring and ensuring that blasting section (BME) charge all drilled holes according to planned tonnages per hole
- Monitoring and ensuring that the right in-hole density of emulsion is achieved as planned
- Ensuring that all charged holes including re-drills are stemmed to avoid energy lose
- Pre and post blast movement monitoring through the use of Blast Monitoring Technology (BMT)
- Producing pre and post-analysis blast reports
- Setting up of Power BI QAQC database which generates reports that compares design and actual data for all blasts at Sentinel Mine for any selected time frame
- Successful sinking of IPC4 (in pit crusher 4) as the drill & blast QAQC Lead engineer
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) Production Foreman
FQM Trident Project
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Preparing daily production reports
- Monitoring and Preparing MMU truck utilization reports
- Ensuring that MMU truck calibration is followed
- Monitoring and ensuring that the right and correct quality of explosives is delivered to the client
- Delegating of duties to BME blasters
- Ensuring that periodical maintenance for MMU trucks schedule is followed according to the engine hours
- Preparing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports
- Ensuring that all safety working devices on the MMU trucks are working properly and are often checked
- Ensuring that MMU truck operators and assistants adhere to all safety procedures when charging and loading the produce
- Allocating MMU trucks to specific blasting blocks depending on client demand
- Assessing/checking all the blasting blocks prior to charging to ensure all blocks are in compliance to the drill and blast plan
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) AXXIS Supervisor
FQM Trident Project
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Planning execution of duties on a day to day basis
- Blasting using AXXIS technology
- Carrying out planned task observations (PTOs) on AXXIS blasters
- Ensuring that all blasters adhere to laid down procedures and duties executed accordingly
- Preparing blast reports for all the blasts conducted at Kalumbila Mine
- Delegating duties to AXXIS blasters on a daily basis
- Preparing monthly summary and comprehensive blast reports
- Velocity of detonation monitoring using MicroTrap and Handtrap
- Vibration monitoring through the use of Seismograph
- Auditing all blocks (shots) going off to ensure quality blast
- Advising/Designing suitable initiation designs to be used for blocs to be blasted using BME BlastMap software
- Assigning delays to electronic detonators
- Success in starting and setting up BME AXXIS initiation system at Kalumbila Sentinel mine as the first supervisor in charge
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) Graduate Trainee
Kansanshi Mine
10.2016 - 05.2017
- Successfully completing the Graduate Trainee Program i.e
- Manufacturing of BME emulsion, how to carrying out all pit production works, use of AXXIS technology and BME various report writing
Timeline
Drill & Blast Superintendent (Acting)
FQM Trident Project
12.2024 - Current
Lead Projects Engineer, Drilling
FQM Trident Project
11.2023 - 12.2024
Drill & Blast Mining Engineer
FQM Trident Project
09.2020 - 08.2023
Drill and Blast QAQC Engineer
FQM Trident Project
06.2019 - 09.2020
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) Production Foreman
FQM Trident Project
06.2018 - 06.2019
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) AXXIS Supervisor
FQM Trident Project
05.2017 - 06.2018
Bulk Mining Explosive (BME) Graduate Trainee
Kansanshi Mine
10.2016 - 05.2017
Lead Drill & Blast Engineer, Talent Exchange
FQM Cobre Panama
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