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Dhaval Patel

Dhaval Patel

Springfield,Australia

Summary

Dynamic professional with a proven track record in tackling complex projects, leveraging expertise to drive organizational growth and personal development. Skilled mining engineer professional offering several years of experience leading a technical service team and operations to complete projects. Expert coordinator between teams, contractors, and design professionals. Efficient problem-solver to keep projects on time and on budget.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Services Superintendent

Yancoal Australia Ltd
Yarrabee Mine, Blackwater, QLD
09.2024 - Current
  • Develop, implement, and manage an effective Mine Planning System spanning across mine design, geotechnical, short- to long-term planning, scheduling, and production reporting.
  • Managing and overseeing the D&B, and short-term planning team.
    Take a leading and proactive role in the continuous improvement of mining methods and systems that promote cost efficiencies and optimization of productivity. Highlight all the risks and plan for mitigation.
  • Oversee the generation of short- to long-term plans and schedules; ensure that short- and medium-term plans follow the direction of life-of-mine plans, and ensure that budgets meet annual requirements and comply with the medium-term plans.
  • Review and check all data relating to the mine planning section (designs, reports, forecasts, schedules, etc.).
  • Populate and check end-of-month figure adjustments as per the survey and complete the reconciliation process in SAP.
  • Ensure all mining activities have plans that meet mining requirements, review, and sign off on all plans produced by the mine planning team, with checks to ensure compliance with the site environmental permits, clearance, and any other relevant requirements.
  • Manage the Mine Planning section's manning, training, and disciplinary processes.
  • Communicate short- to long-term plans to the management team as required.
  • Develop strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure budgetary targets are met.
  • Provide day-to-day leadership on issues relating to mine planning, including coaching, organisation of job tasks, development of team members, and discipline of personnel under management.
  • Drive the implementation of company policies and ensure compliance across the Mine Planning section.
    Personally develop competence in planning, financial evaluation, leading, and organizational control, and seek out learning opportunities in relation to the same.
  • Participate in the development and review of SOPs, SWPs, JSAs, and Risk Assessments.
    Identify and control hazards. Report the same to the site Operations Manager.

Specialist Mining Engineer – Contract & Execution

Golding Contractor Pty Ltd
Blackwater, Australia
03.2024 - 08.2024
  • Provision of technical advice and training to direct reports.
  • Managing & Oversee surveyors and Production Engineer team.
  • Provide Short term technical advice and plan to achieve the targets.
  • Highlight all the risk and plan for mitigation.
  • Attend the client meetings for Planning.
  • Prepare all the contractual documents for claims.
  • Oversight on all mine plans and schedules.
  • Review of all reconciliations, including final reconciliation using surveyed volumes.
  • Review of Weekly Report and generation of Monthly Report.
  • Compilation and review of mine planning inputs to Client.
  • Input and review of Monthly Progress Claim.
  • Completion of monthly contractual performance report.
  • Compilation of periodical performance reviews (quarter/half/full).

Mining Engineer

Golding Contractor Pty Ltd
Blackwater, Australia
11.2021 - 02.2024
  • To do Short-term mine scheduling up to 8 weeks and 2 weekly plans for the site.
  • Make sure the plan in line with production.
  • To do dig & dump design short term – long term strategies and good knowledge of Recognised Standard 19.
  • Review the monthly plan - identify and provide solution for all the issues.
  • Development, implementation and reconciliation of dig design and weekly plan.
  • Weekly compliance to the monthly plan - explain the variance to the plan and find a solution to achieve the targets.
  • Identify the improvement opportunity for production in planning space.
  • Communicate the plan to supervisor and superintendent and resolve all the issues highlighted by production.
  • Representation in the client compliance, planning and scheduling meetings.
  • Good understanding of the contracts management and claims management.

Mining Engineer

Mackellar Group
Belyando, Australia
07.2021 - 11.2021
  • To do Short-term mine scheduling and 2 weekly plans for the site.
  • Technical support for mining projects across the organisation as required and good knowledge of Recognised Standard 19.
  • Development, implementation and reconciliation of dig design and weekly plan.
  • Contractor management in line with Mackellar Safety practices.
  • Work with Drill and Blast contractors to achieve our targets.
  • Filling in for D&B supervisor to look after Drill bench prep requirement.
  • Drill and blast Design, Planning, and Scheduling.
  • Weekly plan review & creation, with adherence to the medium-term plan.
  • Identify and resolve issues and hazards for upcoming schedule areas.

Graduate Mining Engineer

Coronado Global Resources
Blackwater, Australia
01.2020 - 06.2021
  • Have work in short term Planning and Drill & Blast department.
  • To do Short-term mine scheduling in Spry.
  • Technical support for mining projects across the organisation as required and good knowledge of Recognised Standard 19.
  • Development, implementation and reconciliation of Rehab design, Dump design, projection design and dozer design.
  • Contractor management in line with Curragh Safety practices.
  • Work with contractors to achieve our targets.
  • Drill and blast Design, Planning, and Scheduling.
  • Weekly plan review & creation, with adherence to the medium-term plan.
  • Identify and resolve issues and hazards for upcoming schedule areas.
  • Good knowledge of Pre-split drilling and through seam blasting.

Graduate Mining Engineer

TerraCom Resources
Clermont, Australia
07.2019 - 01.2020
  • Short-term mine planning and optimisation of Blair Athol Mine.
  • Technical support for mining projects across the organisation as the need arises and time permits.
  • Contractor management in line with TerraCom Safety practices.
  • Work with mining contractors to achieve our targets.
  • Drilling and blasting design, review, analysis, and optimisation.
  • Dragline and excavator compliance, performance, and reconciliation.
  • Weekly plan review & creation, with adherence to the medium-term plan.
  • Pit monitoring and optimisation.
  • Pilot UAV to gather footage and photographs of the mine site.
  • To make sure production or excavation is carried as per mine design and check compliance of work carried out.
  • To ready daily production report and analysis with weekly and monthly plan.
  • To design drill pattern in deswic open cut drill and blast software.
  • To assist in mine design or mine planning for truck and shovel.
  • To do analysis of mining machinery studies in aspect of feasibility and optimization.
  • To be part of daily and weekly production meetings.
  • To learn about dragline and dozer operation.
  • Have familiar with deswick.CAD and deswick drill and blast software.

Education

Master of Professional Engineering - Mining

University of Wollongong
Australia

Bachelor of Engineering - Mining

Gujarat Technological University
India

Skills

  • Decision-making
  • Continuous improvement
  • Performance monitoring
  • Drill and blast design
  • Blast logic
  • Truck and shovel design
  • Problem solving
  • Teamwork skills
  • Effective communication
  • Short to medium-term design, scheduling, and planning
  • Risk assessment
  • Mine planning
  • Data reconciliation
  • Contract management
  • Technical training
  • Team leadership
  • Project coordination
  • Design review

References

Available on request.

Timeline

Technical Services Superintendent

Yancoal Australia Ltd
09.2024 - Current

Specialist Mining Engineer – Contract & Execution

Golding Contractor Pty Ltd
03.2024 - 08.2024

Mining Engineer

Golding Contractor Pty Ltd
11.2021 - 02.2024

Mining Engineer

Mackellar Group
07.2021 - 11.2021

Graduate Mining Engineer

Coronado Global Resources
01.2020 - 06.2021

Graduate Mining Engineer

TerraCom Resources
07.2019 - 01.2020

Master of Professional Engineering - Mining

University of Wollongong

Bachelor of Engineering - Mining

Gujarat Technological University

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