Sandeep Arya Email & Phone Number

Reno, NV, US

• Mine Planning and Scheduling, Reserve Estimation, Life of Mine Planning.
• Project management (Dry-Stack tailings facility management, Dewatering, Mine Dispatch system, and Fleet Management System)
• Economic evaluation of new portal and twin decline option.
• Mine operational productivity evaluation and tracking.

• Long-term Mine Planning (Reserve Estimation, LOM Planning), and Project Management
• Mid-term and Short-term Mine Design and Planning (Area Extraction Plans, Level Extraction Plans,Mining Instructions, Weekly schedules)
• Economic estimation and working with cross-functional teams to develop viable and safe plans
• Mine reserve and resource estimation

Long Range Mine Planning and SchedulingProject management and support

Reno, Nevada, US

• Project and Construction Management of Capital projects Klondex mining underground mines.
• Management of underground, surface, &process projects e.g. Tailings dam, Filter Press construction, etc.
• Engineering support for water management in underground and surface operations.

Reno, Nevada, US

* Responsible for mining engineering support for Klondex underground mines across Nevada i.e. Midas, Fire Creek and Hollister in the field of mine ventilation and geotech.* Project management and construction management for capital projects, infrastructure development projects, and continuous improvement projects across different mines ranging from $100K.

Reno, Nevada, US

• Project management and construction management for site infrastructure construction projects ranging from $30K to $2.5M e.g. mine portal development, capital development drifting, raise bores, maintenance shop.
• Project management activities from scoping, cost estimation, funding justification, AFE development, procurement, contracts management, scheduling, cross-functional team coordination, execution management, project.
• Provide support for continuous improvement and corporate initiatives - growth projects such as mine waste water treatment, slimes management, compressed air system upgrade, and underground and surface power.
• Provide designs and operational support for mine wide ventilation system and rock mechanics.
• Provide support with life of mine designs, mine reconciliation, and monthly production reporting.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Successfully managed civil earthwork and construction project with greater than 35,000 exposure hours with ZERO HARM.
• Managed multiple contractors such as earthwork (site excavation and leach pad type construction), foundation, QA/QC, and survey contractors.
• Actively participated in securing funding of multi-million dollars for capital project with support from multiple departments and operations with diverse group of people.
• Actively participated in several rounds of investment council reviews.
• Actively participated in discussions with regulators (NDEP and BLM) and NGOs, listened and addressed their concerns, and garnered support for project.
• Managing project basic engineering and detailed engineering activities with support of engineering consultants, and cross-functional team members.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Supervised group of senior and junior engineers.
• Participated in mine rescue team
• Designed and planned life-of-mine ventilation system. Ventilation lead for Turf Vent shaft project in pre-feasibility study – provided input in determining vent shaft size and airflow requirements.
• Lead continuous improvement and business excellence projects in mine ventilation
• Conducted monthly mine wide air quality and quantity surveys and Diesel Particulate Matter studies
• Lead mine ventilation management project and collaborated with universities, research institutes and consultants to optimize mine ventilation system, realize cost savings, and develop innovative solutions.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Provided on-site geotechnical expertise to mine operation.
• Conducted ground stability and stope stability analysis.
• Conducted mine geotech inspections, audits, and generated reports to management.
• Analyzed and provided recommendations on mine and stope designs.
• Analyzed and provided recommendations on geotechnical issues.
• Managed mine-wide geotech instrumentation and quality control program.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Developed short term and long term mine designs (Cut & Fill mining and long hole stoping).
• Developed drill and blast designs for longhole stopes.
• Initiated and implemented Mine design packages. This incorporated detailed designs of mine level(s) including engineering analysis, geological analysis, economic analysis and operational inputs. This process involved.
• Initiated and implemented heading design packages. This incorporates detailed information of individual heading or stope and is signed off by engineering, geology, and operations group. This process helped in.
• Conducted monthly ore grade tonnage reconciliation and annual reserve estimation.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Designed and planned life-of-mine mine ventilation system.
• Conducted monthly mine wide air quality and quantity survey and shared results with management.
• Conducted mine wide and area Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) sampling.
• Generated development and production reports such as Daily, Weekly, and Monthly
• Hourly employee bonus calculation
• Analyzed and provided recommendations on mine ventilation issues to mine operation

Socorro, NM, US

Assisted instructors in geotechnical engineering and ventilation design courses. Research Study: Comparison of blasting performance using detonating cord, non-electric delay and electronic delay detonator systems. This study was performed at C & E Concrete Inc’s limestone quarry near Grants, NM.

Involved in consultancy assignments in the field of mine blasting, environmental impact and vibration analysis and control. Worked with a team of programmers to design, implement and test software developed for Australian clients.Involved in organizing the advanced executive development programs across India for executives from mining Industry, academics.

Development and testing of software related to modeling of atmospheric transportation of man made or accidental explosion products. Carry out field experiments to collect the post-blast dust concentration data.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Ms, Mining And Mineral Engineering

Fpgdst, Software Engineering

Bachelors Of Engineering, Mining Engineering