Sam Milgate Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

-As Second in Command I planned and managed, training, skills, human resources, and operations for up to 80 employees.-As the Logistics Operations Officer for a Unit of 600 personnel, planned and coordinated dispersed, interstate and international logistics activities in distribution, supply chain, and maintenances.-As the Logistics Manager for local Defence Aid to Civil Communities, I was responsible for scalable logistic effects across SE QLD for a task unit of 800 personnel, providing support during the 2022 QLD floods.-As an overseas deployment regional detachment commander, I lead and managed a mentoring and training team in the SW Pacific, incorporating creating the team, developing procedures, certifying individual readiness to deploy, monitoring training delivery, and end of deployment reporting of tactical and strategic outcomes

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

-Lead and managed a unit Accredited Maintenance Organisation of multi-disciplinary trades-Identify risk and apply risk management processes for Company field activities-Mentor, develop, and manage teams of up to 45 employees-Organising projects incorporating liaison with internal and external stakeholders, while managing timelines, logistics and finances for ADF exercises

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Plan technical and tactical operations and strategies

Perth, Australia

-International project work incorporating design and supervision of pumping test well installations in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Challenges faced include language barrier, lack of resources, and inexperienced drillers/pumping test personnel-Geotechnical logging in shallow sedimentary deposits-Production bore (dewatering and pumping test) and monitoring bore (environmental) installations at Tom Price, Western Turner Syncline, and Paraburdoo, incorporating a range of planning and supervisory roles.

Perth, Australia

- Production and Monitoring well installations at Mt Magnet Gold Mine targeting fractured BIF structures incorporating geophysical interpretation, target planning, rig supervision and well design.- Drill rig supervision for a borefield expansion project at Tropicana gold mine, incorporating geological logging, geophysical interpretation, well screen designs, and reporting.- Pumping test design, supervision, and interpretation.- Regulatory reporting.

- Implementation, supervision, interpretation and reporting of constant head and constant rate testing in wells and trenches at salt lake sites- Local scale and regional modelling of lake hydrostratigraphy- Drill rig supervision and well installation for a variety of wells ranging from 2” 2m depth to 10” 300m depth incorporating geological and geophysical logging, well design and sampling- Resource estimation- Earthworks and pumping test supervision- Maintaining stringent OH&S rules amongst pastoral lands including liaison with landowners

Perth, Australia

- Drilling contractor supervision and well design specification at Roy Hill Iron Ore (air hammer) and West Canning Basin (mud rotary)- Maintain stringent Health and Safety systems on site including preparation of JHA’s.- Geological logging, geophysical interpretation, and reporting

Using my Hydrogeological experience in In Situ Leach mining to manage the instiallation of new wellfields at Honeymoon Uranium Mine including:-Development of resource models-Drilling contractor management and selection criteria-Development of drilling QA/QC systems-Regional groundwater model using MODFLOW

-Develop monitor well networks to abide by government regulations while minimising costs and risk-Refinement of aquifer models based on observations during mining processes-Using aquifer properties to modify production well plans using specialised aquifer models developed specifically for In Situ Leach mining (PathCAD)

-Plan, manage and interpret results from pumping tests-Track mine production and assist in maintaining production targets-Reporting of regulatory aquifer monitoring regimes-Planned and supervised monitoring well and production well drilling programs-Management of process plant water and pressures to optimise performance-Logging drill cuttings, interpreting downhole geophysical data

Masters In Project Management

Diploma Of Leadership

Bsc Env Sc (Honours), Hydrogeology