Researcher

• Mar 2023 - Present

Intern

• Feb 2023 - Present

Site Engineer

• Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

• Managed operations planning of drill and blast projects, ensuring safety and quality are prioritized. • Supervised drilling, charging, and blasting operations, maintaining high standards of safety and quality. • Conducted stock management of explosives and drilling accessories, including forecasts and re-order levels. • Optimized drilling and blasting costs to ensure a profitable operation. • Managed operations planning of drill and blast projects, ensuring safety and quality are prioritized. • Supervised drilling, charging, and blasting operations, maintaining high standards of safety and quality. • Conducted stock management of explosives and drilling accessories, including forecasts and re-order levels. • Optimized drilling and blasting costs to ensure a profitable operation.

Junior Drill and Blast Engineer

• Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

• Carrying out all departmental functions for the Drill and Blast Management of an open pit operation including preparation of reports. • Ensuring a safe working environment at all times for compliance, use, disposal, transport and safety of explosives. • Developing and initiating continuous improvement projects. • Ensuring that blast holes are drilled to the correct survey level, correct pattern, depth and inclination to achieve the desired blast results. • Contribute to the mine schedule and liaise with the Mine Planning Engineer to identify production constrains and opportunities to do with drill and blast operations. • Good understanding of the effects of fragmentation on downstream processes and understanding the impacts of pattern/shot design on total drill and blasting costs. • Analyzing burden/spacing relationships and their applications in which to optimize total pattern design, explosives and fragmentation with respect to varying ground conditions. • Experience bulk emulsions. • Experience with non-electric blasting systems. • Carrying out supervisory roles for surface drilling. • Tracking KPIs for drill rigs such as availability, utilization and consumables per drilled metres. Show less

Mining Engineering Trainee

• Jan 2020 - Apr 2021

• Implementation of mining regulations in mining procedures (SI 109 OF 1990 and SI 72 of 19 • Implementation of SHEQ polices • Development and production drilling • Conducting charging, blasting and re-entry operations • Participating in materials loading , hauling and primary processing • Implementation of mining regulations in mining procedures (SI 109 OF 1990 and SI 72 of 19 • Implementation of SHEQ polices • Development and production drilling • Conducting charging, blasting and re-entry operations • Participating in materials loading , hauling and primary processing