MINING ENGINEER, STUDENT IN GEOTECHICS
Goal: to obtain career in related field in a growing company that values employee development as well as company sustainability.
Key Skills
— Microsoft Office
— Adobe Photoshop
— Adobe Illustrator — Gemcom Surpac: Quarry Ed.
— Gemcom Surpac: MineSched
— AutoCAD — Field Information Systems (FIS)
— WipFrag
— Budgeting & Cost Controls
Employer Summary
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (Sacramento, CA) — Plant Engineer, 07/2010 to Present
Provided technical support to plant operations while making economic decisions for the operations. Work with Plant Superintendent and other engineers to maintain production schedules and supporting environmental tasks. Retained Mine Planner tasks for the Valley Region.
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC (Sacramento, CA) — Mine Planner, 01/2009 to 06/2010
Created short- and long-term mine plans for quarries and sand-and-gravel sites. Evaluated economic feasibility of materials/mining sites. Provided blasting support through fragmentation analysis and base knowledge.
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (Fresno, CA) — Plant Engineer Intern, 06/2008 to 08/2008
Completed Material Cost Analysis, Crushed vs. Washed, at Coalinga Plant. Organized Public Relations Open House at Coalinga Plant. Shadowed employees in Quality Control, Engineering, Plant Control Tower, Environmental, Safety, Maintenance, and Sales.
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC (Sacramento, CA) — Plant Engineer Co-op, 06/2007 to 12/2007
Worked with equipment management and capital expenditure purchases. Completed analysis for drill sizing and purchase, report on clarifier systems throughout the company, and operations manual for one Hot Mix Asphalt plant. Assisted in Inventory Measurement.
ASARCO LLC (Tucson, AZ) — Mine Engineer Intern, 06/2006 to 08/2006
Took on responsibilities from Ore Control Engineer to assist in mine plan completion. Shadowed surveyor, geologist, ore control engineer, and safety coordinator to learn mine operations.
Project Highlights
Production Planning
Communicated with operations, management, and peer engineers to create a working model of aggregate plant production by product and production mode to create a balanced, cost-effective schedule. The schedule can be easily updated based on mode changes and empirical production values found from tons-per-hour readings. Basic geologic modeling, mine planning, and coordination with the Construction Department also played key roles in this project. Economic support through incorporation labor and equipment rates based on operating hours and plant balance.
Short-Term Mine Planning
Incorporated borehole data, projected geologic surfaces, GPS surveys, and permitted mine plan (phasing) to create short-term mine plan and quantity estimates for multiple sites in the Valley Region of Granite. Incorporated observed plant idi...
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