Kiernan Smithson Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

Optimised Mining provides mining consultancy services as well as both preparing and developing experienced candidates to pass statutory legislation exams through unique interactive coaching and leveraging learning techniques. ► Consulting: Mine Planning, Advisory/Studies and Statutory Relief► Development and facilitation our Optimised Site Senior Executive (SSE), Underground Mine Manager (UMM), Open Cut Examiner (OCE), Ventilation Officer (VO) and Deputy/ERZ courses.► Development and Assessing for our RIIRIS601E and RIIWHS601E Programs► Developing our WA courses with the new WHS Legislation

► M Mining operates Millennium Mine held by MetRes (JV: M Resources and Stanmore Coal)

Millennium Mine

► Key decision maker for the operation, staff, contractors and stakeholders► Completion of rehabilitation and closure works for the operation► Demobilisation and sales of assets internally and externally

Millennium Mine

► Delivering mine plans, schedules and designs with a large focus on monitoring the performance of the operation to ensure compliance against SRF.► Oversight and accountable for production of our truck and shovel fleets, rehabilitation and coal haulage. Duties included development and presenting weekly production plans to crews and coordination of production activities.► Conceptualised, designed and submitted for approval several expansion opportunities that resulted in significant revenue generation.

Millennium, Moorvale And Coppabella Mines

► Developed a transformative and highly productive team culture through integrating Peabody’s Queensland open cut surveying departments to a single team providing reduced operational costs, asset and skills sharing, standardisation of best practice systems and improved customer deliverables.

Burton Mine / Millennium Mine

► Relief Site Senior Executive (SSE) for Burton Mine. Key decision maker and focal point for the site's employees, contractors, landholders and other stakeholders.► Relief Site Senior Executive (SSE) for Millennium Mine during Highwall Mining, Rehabilitation and Truck and Shovel operations.

Millennium Mine

► Secondary role: Responsible for short term planning for Millennium Mine including Truck and Shovel design, scheduling and operational reporting.

Millennium, Moorvale And Coppabella Mines

Foxleigh Mine

Foxleigh Mine

Capcoal Operations

Operations within Capcoal Operations included: Grasstree (UG), Aquila (UG), Bundoora (UG), Lake Lindsay (OC) and Oak Park Mines (OC)

Xstrata Copper (December 2008 – February 2009)Ensham Resources (December 2009 – February 2010)Anglo American Metallurgical Coal (June 2010 – July 2010)

Mba (Exec)

Masters Of Mine Engineering (Mine Management)

Bachelor Of Engineering, Surveying And Spatial Information Systems