Ryan Lees-Mulholland
Roxby Downs,SA
Summary
- Within underground mining I have a diverse skillset across multiple disciplines with 8 years development drilling experience. I have gained experience with multiple mining methods and various ground supports.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Jumbo Operator
Redpath Mining
Roxby Downs, SA
04.2025 - Current
Olympic Dam - Jumbo 422i
- 422i operations
- Box cut preparation for new portal twin decline
- Install ground support around boxcut
- SDA, Gewi and Splitsets
- Running all services and portal set up
- Building Workshop and laydown areas
- Assisting in underground development
Jumbo Operator
Westgold
Meekatharra, WA
07.2020 - 04.2025
Fender - Jumbo DD421
- High speed development declining
- Mid shift firing
- Level driving
- Drags and stripping
- Sumps and loading bays
- Fan hangers
- Cables bolts
- Rehab bolt mesh
- Face mesh
- Installation of split sets , MD and MDX
Fortnum - Jumbo DD421
- Rehab bolt mesh
- Declining
- Geo control ore drives
- Drags and stripping
- Inclining
- Benching
- Flat backs
- Breakthrough
- Fan hangers and truck stops
- Boring cable bolts (extension steels)
- Strong mechanical knowledge of the Jumbo
- Servicing and cylinder change outs
- Shiftboss training.
Bluebird & Paddy’s Flat - Airleg Miner
- Install Steel and timber ladder ways
- Airleg inclining, development drives, decline and rising
- Scraping and bogging drives
- Development and production charging
- All aspects of bogging
All rounder miner/ Shaft sinker
Macmahon
WA
11.2018 - 07.2020
Maxwells - Airleg Bolter / All Rounder
- Airleg bolting
- Development and production charging
- Mag keeping and stock takes
- Bogging decline and ore drive
- Sandvik Jumbo training bolting and rehab
Fosterville / Olympic dam - Shaft Sinker
- Airleg operations, vertical development
- Strip bolt mesh shaft and shaft rehab
- Prep and charging shaft bench
- Install of Ground support split sets, Gewi and cables
- Boring bench (sinker)
- Vent rises (Shrinks)
- Set up and dismantled head frame
- Rope change outs
Leinster - Project crew
- Welding and oxy works underground
- Fan Installation and removal - primary and secondary
- Brattice and blast walls and dry mix shotcrete
- Concreting pads workshop and jumbo service bays
- Vent door installs and bogger / truck stops
- Telehandler and IT operations
- Paste pipe install and rise and main
Trainee Driller
Swick
Tanami, NT
03.2018 - 11.2018
- Offsider for driller
- Setup and rig moves
- Pinning diamond drill rig
- Trainee diamond driller
- Pulling rod string
- Tramming rig
- Drilling core
Driller and leading hand
Warner Company
Newcastle, NSW
07.2014 - 03.2018
- Driller - Top hammer HLX5 rock drill mounted excavator
- Soil nails, Cable bolts, Rock bolts and horizontal drains
- Hand Shotcreting wet and dry mix
- Grouting and pressure grouting
- Excavator operations including trenching and drilling
- Fibreoptic installation and cable runs
- Culvert and Drainage.
- Substation and Railway shutdowns
Skills
- Competent Jumbo operator
- Studying to become a Shiftboss
- WA shot fire ticket
- WA dangerous goods ticket
- Electronic logging ticket
- First aid compliant
- Working at heights
- Reading and understanding Primary Development Designs and mine survey memo’s
- Working on all aspects of Development mining, Level development, Decline and Incline, Turnouts etc
- Mining to line and grade with minimum overbreak
- Ensuring all work performed and Housekeeping is kept to a high standard, and that all controls are used and adhered to
- Complying with and undertaking additional / alternative responsibilities as reasonably assigned by the Supervisor
- Leading the identification, reporting and management of potential hazards and work to eliminate risk taking behaviours or actions
- Able to work under pressure to achieve target
- Extremely high work ethic
- Ability to complex problem solve
- Safe work practices
- Equipment maintenance
References
Gary Boyle
Westgold, Senior project manager
0408 911 966
Michael Hug
Westgold, Forman
0456 180 022
Andrew Roycroft
Macmahon, Project manager
0427 925 335
Timeline
Jumbo Operator
Redpath Mining
04.2025 - Current
Jumbo Operator
Westgold
07.2020 - 04.2025
All rounder miner/ Shaft sinker
Macmahon
11.2018 - 07.2020
Trainee Driller
Swick
03.2018 - 11.2018
Driller and leading hand
Warner Company
07.2014 - 03.2018