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Cameron Parsons

Teneriffe

Summary

A hardworking, proactive and motivated Mining Engineer with technical experience in open cut coal. Leads a safe and inclusive work culture, while being committed to collaboratively achieve positive outcomes. Displays reliability, competency and innovation in delivering efficient, productive and safe mining plans.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Mining Engineer

BHP / Whitehaven
09.2022 - Current

- Overseeing of all Mine Scheduling deliverables: Drill & Blast, Truck/Shovel, Haulage & Scheduling

- Scheduling over multiple horizon periods ranging from Week 0 to 2YB, including haulage

- All mine dig and dump designs, strip designs and reserving

- Optimisation of mine planning product to streamline deliverables

Specialist Mine Scheduling

BHP
10.2021 - 09.2022

Specialist Mine Scheduling

BHP
08.2020 - 10.2021
  • Delivery of all drilling, loading and initiation designs for nonelectric and electronic blasting to meet stakeholder requirements, including production, cast, through-seam, and strata blasting
  • Creation of an ‘as-blasted’ surface, enabling the mine planning team to attain simple visibility into blast horizons and limits
  • EOM reconciliation and weekly to quarterly contractual forecasting
  • Implementation of drill and blast training module and facilitation into updating of site playbooks

Graduate Mining Engineer

BHP
02.2020 - 08.2020
  • Produce drill and blast designs that achieve a desired and favourable result for key stakeholders, specifically - coal protection, cast maximisation and quality fragmentation
  • Loading and initiation designs for electronic production and through-seam blasting
  • Accountable for producing the monthly blasted inventory presentation to coincide with SRF, providing visible information to stakeholders where there is potential equipment production downtime

Graduate Mining Engineer

BHP
02.2019 - 02.2020
  • Responsible for both coal and prestrip dig and dump designs for a 5 excavator and 22 truck fleet, maximising coal recovery, waste removal, and dump void space with consideration to final rehab profile
  • Strip shell designs
  • Reserving strip and dig designs to allow for accurate quantities to be reflected in the schedule
  • Ad hoc scheduling and haulage duties to deliver a week +1 mine plan
  • Improvement upon a production tracking document to enable stakeholders to understand how current performance is tracking against SRF

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Mining & Civil

University of Wollongong
11.2018

Skills

  • Open Cut mine site planning and design
  • Deswik
  • Vulcan
  • BlastLogic
  • Viewshot
  • Shotplus
  • Minestar
  • Microsoft Office
  • Spry
  • Deswik Scheduler
  • ArcGIS
  • Data management
  • Data analysis
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Technical translation
  • Risk identification
  • Risk mitigation
  • Teamwork
  • Collaborative decision making

Certification

QLD Unrestricted Driver’s License, Active

Timeline

Senior Mining Engineer

BHP / Whitehaven
09.2022 - Current

Specialist Mine Scheduling

BHP
10.2021 - 09.2022

Specialist Mine Scheduling

BHP
08.2020 - 10.2021

Graduate Mining Engineer

BHP
02.2020 - 08.2020

Graduate Mining Engineer

BHP
02.2019 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Mining & Civil

University of Wollongong
Cameron Parsons