Experience

Pete Lien & Sons, Inc.

• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director - Mining and Mineral Processing

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

• Plant Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2021

  Rapid City, South Dakota, United States



Titan America

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cement Production Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

  Medley, FL Managed production of a cement plant with a capacity of 1.8 million tons per year. Responsibilities included maintaining lowest cost clinker and cement production, maximizing efficiency of production of kiln, raw mill and 3 finish mills, control of raw materials inventories, budgeting and management of safety program.

• Business Unit Quality Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  Florida Managed the quality department of the Florida business unit including the Ready Mix Concrete, Concrete Block, Cement and Aggregate product lines. Responsibilities included quality coordination between product lines, concrete mix optimization, raw materials optimization, new product development, investigating nonconformance issues, performance metric reporting, and standardizing product specifications and performance across all geographic areas.

• Asst. Cement Production Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2013

  Medley, FL Managed production of a cement plant with a capacity of 1.8 million tons per year.

• Aggregate Plant Manager

  • 2007 - 2012

  Inglis, FL Managed development of a new green field aggregate quarry with projected annual production of 3 million tons. Responsibilities included developing the mine plan, permitting, forecasting, managing contractors conducting field studies, and developing community relations. Public relations responsibilities included: maintaining contact with local community leaders and organizations, developing informational literature, maintaining the project’s website, and maintaining contact with the local… Show more Managed development of a new green field aggregate quarry with projected annual production of 3 million tons. Responsibilities included developing the mine plan, permitting, forecasting, managing contractors conducting field studies, and developing community relations. Public relations responsibilities included: maintaining contact with local community leaders and organizations, developing informational literature, maintaining the project’s website, and maintaining contact with the local press.

• Aggregate Production Manager

  • 2003 - 2007

  Medley, FL Managed aggregate quarry with annual production of 6 million tons. Maintained mining plan and forecasted production and costs. Managed operations of quarry and processing plant, heavy equipment and plant maintenance, and rail and truck load out.



Pasminco Zinc

• General Mine Foreman

  • 1994 - 2003

  Elmwood, TN Managed operations of an underground zinc mine with a production of 3,300 tons per day. Developed mine plan and forecasted production, development and ore grade.



Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co.

• Mining Engineer

  • 1990 - 1994

  Randontein, South Africa Supervised underground gold mining operations including wide and narrow vein room and pillar mining and backfilling operations.