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Responsible for the day-to-day operations and issues at the Froth Treatment Plant, implementing productivity training to develop human resources and improve plant efficiencies.• Recent and current projects include Nitrogen Usage Reduction by $1M/year; reducing Truck Wait Times by $30K/year; reducing Winterization Costs by $1M/year; TSRU Column Maintenance costs for a potential savings of $2M+/year.• Contribute to the long-term plan of backfilling positions, ensuring all jobs are covered in the field, managing schedules and travel itineraries for off-site staff.• Select and develop the workforce to meet staffing needs and ensure training meets all expected requirements for safety and productivity according to targeted training plans.• Complete field inspections, fitting tours into a busy schedule to monitor workflow, workplace issues, and safety concerns; follow-up on safety incidents adhering to a new incident reporting system.• Communicate clearly with teams, ensuring to address top priorities resulting in Froth being an early adopter of initiatives and task completions.• Lead weekly Hazard ID meetings and assign action items and holding teams accountable with safety as a core value.

Responsible for assisting with daily plant operations, and support the Production Team Lead (PTL) and the Production Specialist to provide leadership to Area Trainers and Permit Coordinators.• Filled 12 previously unfilled positions in four months, reducing costs on overtime hours.• Managed employees through absenteeism, vacation time and disciplinary work practices ensuring staff are working to their full potential.• Involved in Mitigation Threat Analysis (MTA) reliability programs and attended weekly meetings.• Developed pitstop schedules to ensure that operations were ready for execution to deliver projects on time and budget.• Monitored employee production procedures implementing the Ensure Safe Production (ESP) process was followed consistently, reporting accomplishments on End of Shift Report (EOSR).• Completed monthly assigned audits and health checks as part of the ESP Steering Committee.

Responsible for supervising the Rotating Equipment Specialist to ensure the unit functions safely, efficiently, and reliably to meet business goals for production while minimizing unscheduled equipment downtime.• Experienced substantial learning curve working with Engineers to understand the process, quickly becoming trusted and respected in the field.• Backfilled vacant positions in a quickly, eliminating the need for excessive departmental contractors saving costs and coming in under budget during a large-scale expansion.• Involved in employee success and development; conducted quarterly and yearly performance reviews.• Ensured that the monthly monitoring and pump inspections were completed, and the reports were sent to the required department.• Played a significant role with the Preservation Plan and fixing warehouse issues by gathering data and presenting results to management around the maintenance of spare equipment on site.• Improved reliability of the front-end of the plant by monitoring the system installed on the Surge Feed Conveyors to allow online vibration monitoring 24hrs per day.

Responsible for the daily operations of the plant and hiring operations staff to fill shift rotations. • Selected and trained committed workforce to follow safety procedures, be at work on time and work safely and productively following company goals.• Completed quarterly direct reports and yearly performance reviews as well as investigations into safety and process incidents.• Contributed to developing production requirements and equipment maintenance procedures through clear and prompt communication with the operations team.• Developed shutdown processes, build isolations, and coordinating procedures that ensured pitstops were completed on schedule and budget.

Responsible for the daily operations of the plant and performed the duties of the Shutdown Coordinator during the 2006 and 2010 $42M plant shutdowns ensuring processes followed applicable codes.• Undertook the duties in this newly defined role establishing operations and process procedures for future persons to fill this role.• Led the rollout of the GAME process for the maintenance of the ore prep area. • Required to screen daily notifications with the planners and maintenance crew establishing action plans to ensure the issues were being identified and repaired.• Ensured that Operations understood expectations for upcoming shift changes regarding production and maintenance requirements.• Developed TAR schedule and build isolations, ensuring procedures were conducted safely and effectively to remain on time and budget while adhering to government regulations.

Responsible for ensuring the team follows the production procedures and processes and complies with safety and production protocols.• Managed a team of six employees on a 4-5-5 schedule and rotating to 3 of 4 teams in the unit, completing the team's quarterly and yearly performance reviews.• Scheduled employee vacation and overtime calls and managed HR issues promptly.• Ensured that the business requirements and schedules were met on a daily bases for safety, production and maintenance.

Gold Mine

Gold Mine