Sheila Kluck, P.Eng., P.G., 3P.E. Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, Wa, Us

Bellingham, Wa, Us

Geotechnical work in consulting, mining, and civil geotechnical for clients mainly in the Pacific Northwest.Recruiters, please do not contact me, thanks.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

Leading a pit slope stability team for Teck Coal, Greenhills. Filled in for 15-month parental leave.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Conduct open pit slope stability assessments, design, and monitoring to support optimal mine planning and operation.

Vaughan, Ontario, Ca

Provided geotechnical and slope stability support to KGHM International mining operations and projects as a corporate technical advisor. - Provided feedback on SOQ's, RFP's, and proposals to optimize proposed studies. Provided recommendations on completed studies to optimize implementation of designs.- Consulted with mine operations, engineering, and geology departments to improve highwall design and foundations of facilities for feasibility, permitting, construction, and operation.- Advised mine sites on geotechnical procedures. Provided training in oriented core logging, sample collection and testing, slope monitoring, and geotechnical analyses. - Performed analyses and designs for sites, provided recommendations, and advised on improvements.- Reviewed mine geotechnical procedures for optimizing geotechnical responsibilities. Utilized Geotechnical Standards towards establishing best practices to help site geotechnical functions meet the needs of the mining operation. - Involved in corporate risk analyses for all sites.

Geological engineering services for the mining and construction industries.Mining is engineering based on geology for the best business economics.Services include slope stability, ore evaluation, economic impact, foundations, groundwater, and permitting.

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering for mining, tailings dam and heap leach design. Field services, drilling, lab testing, slope analyses, engineering analyses, and recommendations. - Performed field and design work for stability and foundation designs of mining facilities including tailings storage facilities (TSF, tailings dams), waste dumps, leach pads, buildings, infrastructure, and bedrock cut slopes. Included pipelines and power lines. - Performed slope analyses with GeoStudio software Slope/W, Sigma/W, and Seep/W.- Assessed mine blast vibration attenuation. - Assessed dozer rippability by rock mechanics properties and geophysical surveys.

Project management and geotechnical engineering. Conducted and executed proposal preparation, budget optimization, site geotechnical investigations and field work, lab analyses, designs, reports, and invoicing. Handled client and shareholder communications. - Supervised up to six geotechnical projects simultaneously and directed activities of project staff and sub-consultants on individual projects. - Managed vibration damage monitoring programs for large UDOT highway construction projects including seismograph vibration monitoring, geotechnical building inspections, and building settlement surveying. Provided for assessing and resolving damage and preventing legal conflict. - Conducted quarry hydrogeology studies for U.S. Forest Service permits.

London, Greater London, Gb

Provided guidance to operations and engineering in order to limit and manage highwall failures for maximum economic benefit. Monitored and evaluated slope stability. - Worked strategically with other departments for best integrated results in mining procedures and designs. - Performed field work, monitoring data analyses, and slope performance audits to assess stability and to design pit highwalls and waste dumps. - Designed and guided remediation of highwall movement with buttressing, step-ins, unweighting, and improved blasting techniques. - Modeled stability including failure back-analyses utilizing geologic and geotechnical models.- Administered robotics prism monitoring system and managed database.- Trained core loggers in geotechnical logging and geotech lab sample collection.- Proposed $1.5 million historic dump water diversion approved by Kennecott Investment Committee and constructed for environmental and geotechnical benefit.

Performed research, geotechnical investigations, drilling projects, field and laboratory tests, permits, and construction inspections. Provided recommendations for shallow foundations, bearing capacity, slope stability, fault offsets, and site drainage. Wrote proposals and geotechnical reports. Projects included residential construction, developments, ski resorts, roads / Nevada DOT.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Monitored and evaluated highwall slope stability. Worked with engineering and operations to limit risk and manage highwall failures for maximum economic benefit. Performed stability analyses and slope design work with Xstabl, Slide (by Rocscience), and FLAC using geology, mine designs, and side geotechnical information. - Designed and guided remediation of highwall movement with buttressing, step-ins, and unweighting. - Performed monitoring, modeling, and coordination which resulted in safely mining final four benches of an actively moving area for a profit of $4 million.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Ms, Geological Engineering

Bachelors, Geology, Russian Minor