Assistant Manager- Enterprise Risk
EY
01.2025 - Current
Hi, I’m
Mohammed A. Almuhaydib
Melbourne
Summary
Snr.Mining Engineer with strong expertise in drill & blast, rehabilitation, and mine operations. Currently supporting enterprise risk and ICFR implementation for a leading mining company, bridging technical operations with governance and compliance.
Work History
EY
Assistant Manager- Enterprise Risk
01.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Supporting ICFR implementation for a leading mining company, coordinating with key stakeholders and contributing to 125+ finance procedures across mining operations and corporate functions.
- Delivering compliance advisory on 315 high-risk obligations, including training champions, updating control validations, and reviewing documentation.
- Assisting in testing and reporting for 1700+ controls across business units, focusing on operational and regulatory risks.
Murray Zircon
Acting Mine Manager, Senior Mining Engineer
12.2022 - 10.2024
Job overview
- Management of mining team and mining contractors (+80 people) which also include vetting of EOM reconciliation, equipment mobilization to site and reviewing/ approving contractor's claims
- Development and leading of complex soil stripping and rehabilitation activities, including capping of tailings dams and placing soil back to follow natural surface contours
- Created solutions and direct conversions with mining contractors for different life of mine scenarios, and proposed life of mine scenarios to achieve best outcomes to minimizes cost and maximise profit ~$ 4m
- Establish short to medium-term schedules, designs, and plans to be presented to contractors and relevant stakeholders and monitor contractors' performance
- Mine layout design to maximize production in line with mine development objectives.
Superior Gold
Open Pit Mining Engineer
12.2021 - 12.2022
Job overview
- Engineered transformative optimizations in open pit designs, balancing increased profitability with a reduction in operational costs, contributing to the financial success of the mining operations with +$500k profit
- Executed all drill & blast tasks, including scheduling, designing, and timing, and implemented +30 drill & blast patterns, incorporating the identification and modeling of underground voids
- Assisted in the development and management of procedures for working around underground voids
- Led the designs and scheduling of short to medium-term for load and haul, instrumental in achieving project targets
- Developed and facilitated weekly & monthly plans for the mining team and management team
- Managed all mining staff (+30 people) to ensure targets were achieved safely.
Thiess
Drill & Blast, Short Term Planning Engineer
02.2020 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Designed and executed different types of blast pattern types which include terrace mining; through seam blasting (16 coal seams), variety of techniques for wall control and cast blast
- Developed timing designs that ensured lowest noise &vibration as a town was close by
- Worked closely with Geotech engineer to outline any geotech concerns and make suitable changes to drill pattern designs
- Addressed solution on water management and proposed a de watering schedule
- Produced weekly and monthly production reconciliation report to management
- Short to medium term excavator (including shovel) & dump designs
Education
RMIT UniversityMelbourne, VIC
Master Degree of Finance
07.2025
University of WollongongWollongong
Bachelor's Degree of Engineering from Mining Engineering With Honours
12.2019
University of WollongongWollongong
Diploma of Engineering
12.2016
Skills
- Deswik
- Surpac
- Blastlogic
- Vulcan,
- Advance MS
- ShotPlus
- Cost Estimation
- Production Scheduling
- Drilling & Blasting Operations
- Mine Closure Planning
Affiliations
- Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Saudi Council of Engineers
Languages
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Accomplishments
- Initiated and proposed a plan to address water issues, including filling up tailings dams and over water usage, resulting in the implementation of a recycled water system from tailings dams, saving an average of +30ML on a weekly basis
- Achieved substantial cost savings through transformative optimizations in open pit designs at Superior Gold and implemented cost-cutting initiatives at Murray Zircon, leading to significant improvements in profitability, and subsequently, promotion to Senior Mining Engineer.
- Developed innovative plans for soil rehabilitation at Murray Zircon, fostering regenerative practices conducive to farming and agricultural sustainability.
- During university tenure, accolades were attained, including the Elizabeth Tague Prize, Gary A Gibson Mining Thesis Prize, Best Performance 2nd Year Mining Engineer Award, and multiple Saudi Cultural Mission rewards spanning 2016 to 2019.
Certification
- Shot Firer ticket: 52 shifts of working with blast crew, blast guard, controller and shot firer in Australia.
- Supervisor Training Program Certificate obtained in March 2024 through Australian online courses.
- White card holder (Work Health and Safety), Australia.
- Coop training at Aeris Resources: Operating underground trucks, working with construction crew and blasting crew.
Additional Information
MAWU Social Services Club
Vice President of The Club - June 2017 To January 2018
- Successfully led a team of 15-20 members in organizing a club event that attracted 1000 attendees.
- Collaborated and engaged with various clubs and community organizations to support fundraising efforts for a community event.
Timeline
Acting Mine Manager, Senior Mining Engineer
Murray Zircon
12.2022 - 10.2024
Open Pit Mining Engineer
Superior Gold
12.2021 - 12.2022
Drill & Blast, Short Term Planning Engineer
Thiess
02.2020 - 09.2021
RMIT University
Master Degree of Finance
University of Wollongong
Bachelor's Degree of Engineering from Mining Engineering With Honours
University of Wollongong
Diploma of Engineering
Overview
5
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
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