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CHRISTOPHER MARKLAND

Lawnton

Summary

Highly motivated mining engineer with 10 years experience in the open cut coal mining industry. I strive to achieve, innovate and optimise where ever possible. Coming from a contractor background I understand the importance of mining efficiently to keep costs to a minimum and maintaining a safe mining environment so that the operation remains sustainable.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Mining Engineer

Thiess
11.2022 - Current
  • Training, mentoring and developing mining engineers and the graduates
  • Presenting the weekly plan to the client ensuring the mining sequence aligns with the production targets across coal and waste mining
  • Cutting solids in Deswik, editing of attributes for volume, area and blasting in preparation for Spry import.
  • Schedule the Thiess weekly plan in Spry and ensuring the Thiess targets are aligned with the client's
  • Trouble shooting scheduling issues in Spry
  • Regular interaction with Mining Managers to ensure scheduling is practical and achievable
  • Reviewing, critiquing and developing engineer's plans before they are published and executed
  • Attending regular meetings with the client and other relevant stake holders to ensure challenges are overcome.
  • Design compliance and action plan to correct if a dig area has non conformance
  • Investigate ways to improve haulage weekly to optimise the rates the project is achieving.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with client and engineers to allow collaboration and team work
  • Assist the engineers with design workload when required.
  • Looking to improve the revenue made with Thiess fleet by using daily cost reports and the considering dig sequences, dumping sequences to maximise load and haul efficiencies.

Mining Engineer

Thiess
03.2022 - 11.2022
  • Short - Mid term Dig and Dump plans
  • Challenging client authorised dumps and digs if the designs will impact Thiess productivity
  • Communicating mining plans to production supervisors, superintendents on a daily basis around dig areas, plans, designs and long term requirements
  • Updating masterfiles to align with the weekly plan so every dig area has a gps file to ensure optimal execution
  • Presentation of weekly plans to production crews, talking through any issues that might arise and how to prevent them
  • Training and developing graduate engineers
  • Managing desired production outcomes with regular meetings with mining management.
  • Create solids based on mid term projections to create a step by step sequence to execute the dig areas. This work would feed into schedules.
  • Defusing robust conversations with Client in times where targets have not matched the actual mining outcomes ensuring positive relationships are retained and maintained.


Mining Engineer (Production)

Peabody
03.2020 - 03.2022
  • Short to medium term mine design and scheduling
  • Supervised engineers and trained in proper use of Vulcan Maptek mine planning software
  • Updated GPS Leica mine plans daily including the dig and dump locations
  • Present the weekly production mine plan to supervisors, superintendents and assist in the execution on a daily basis with pit tours
  • Developing rapport with the production teams so technical services and production can operate as a united and successful team to achieve the mine plan
  • Use Gantt Scheduler (Precision software) to develop the 4-8 weekly plan
  • Co-ordinate with Drill and Blast engineers to ensure blasting priorities are executed and delivered
  • Seek operational improvements to save money and to optimise the mine plan when resources are lean
  • Solve operational and mine sequence problems when unforeseen obstacles threaten the mine plan
  • Consulting with Geotechnical Engineers, Geologists to ensure the dig areas and dump plans are signed off as safe
  • Intersection Audits to ensure best practice safe mine traffic interactions
  • Involved in risk assessments and JSA's for mine areas that need controls in place to ensure safety is achieved.

Mining Engineer (Production)

Thiess
08.2018 - 03.2020
  • Short - Mid term Dig and Dump plans
  • Communicating mining plans to production supervisors on a daily basis around dig areas, plans, designs and long term requirements
  • Daily reporting of production data
  • Creation of Argus files suitable for shovel excavation
  • Presentation of weekly plans for shift change over highlighting problematic areas and challenges that may arise
  • Weekly haulage reports allowing Thiess to lodge revenue claims for the current haulage routes
  • Client meetings and discussions with contract managers regarding potential project 'road blocks' and ways to mitigate
  • Managing desired production outcomes with regular meetings with mining management.

Mining Engineer (Drill And Blast)

Glencore Open Cut
11.2017 - 08.2018
  • Collect and collate drill data
  • Drill pattern designs
  • Uploading data onto drills
  • Managing data for drills in Datavis
  • Troubleshooting Geology with touch coal data
  • Creating blasted surfaces with drill data
  • Creating coal surfaces with touch coal data
  • Orica Magazine and equipment audits
  • Reconciling explosives
  • Tie up and initiation plans
  • Fume and blast perimeter maps
  • Communicating with production about future drill prep plans and drill locations
  • Running morning drill meetings; reporting on drilling and loading performance.

Graduate Mining Engineer (Final Rotation)

Downer Group - Commodore Mine
12.2016 - 11.2017
  • Short term planning and scheduling using Maptek Vulcan and Gantt Scheduler from precision mining
  • Assessment of sub-contractor reprice and tendering documents to assess the most cost effective option
  • Dozer push optimisation using cut/fill balances and creating relevant digger wedge
  • Survey set outs using Trimble equipment out in the field when required
  • Blast crew experience loading holes and dipping post drilled holes
  • Weekly, monthly and daily reports for production
  • Weekly presentations to the client and work colleagues about operation progression
  • Coal quality engineering: ensuring power station is meeting its ash requirements and resolving problems based on geology or dig location
  • Communicating weekly plan to operators with digging/ dozer push presentations.

Graduate Mining Engineer (First Rotation)

Downer Group - Boggabri Mine, NSW
11.2015 - 12.2016
  • High precision GPS file creation
  • Short term planning and Scheduling
  • Dump design
  • Communicating with Production Superintendents for the daily tasks and future tasks for mining operations
  • Communicating with Geologists and Coal Quality engineers for coal ash content requirements and creating a schedule to fulfill these requirements
  • Traffic management plans
  • Flying drones to collect photos used in mine planning presentations
  • Assisting Surveyors carry out set outs, pegging boundaries
  • Presenting the weekly plan at shift changes
  • Running client meetings to present the fortnightly schedule.

Undergraduate Mining Engineer

Downer Mining
01.2013 - 11.2015
  • Short term mine planning, Report writing, Creating geological models
  • Haulage Optimisation, Blast designs including tie up and modeling
  • Cutting solids for scheduling, Reserve estimation, Surveying, Dump and Ramp Designs
  • Service crew, charge up crew, nipper.

Cadet Mining Engineer

TMM Group - Brisbane, Central QLD
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Burton, Peak Downs Mine Rehabilitation, Realigning reserve blocks, dealing with clients
  • Sourcing machinery, ancillary equipment, Assisting in Shadow bids
  • Assisting in tenders, procurement, short term planning
  • Fatigue management, Risk management.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mining

University Of Queensland
University Of Queensland
2015

Skills

  • Vulcan
  • Deswik
  • Spry
  • Gantt Scheduler

Affiliations

AusIMM Professional Mining Body

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Mining Engineer

Thiess
11.2022 - Current

Mining Engineer

Thiess
03.2022 - 11.2022

Mining Engineer (Production)

Peabody
03.2020 - 03.2022

Mining Engineer (Production)

Thiess
08.2018 - 03.2020

Mining Engineer (Drill And Blast)

Glencore Open Cut
11.2017 - 08.2018

Graduate Mining Engineer (Final Rotation)

Downer Group - Commodore Mine
12.2016 - 11.2017

Graduate Mining Engineer (First Rotation)

Downer Group - Boggabri Mine, NSW
11.2015 - 12.2016

Undergraduate Mining Engineer

Downer Mining
01.2013 - 11.2015

Cadet Mining Engineer

TMM Group - Brisbane, Central QLD
01.2011 - 01.2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Mining

University Of Queensland

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