Timothy Pearson
Orange,NSW
Summary
Dynamic and reliable professional with extensive experience at Newmont, excelling in underground supervision and production planning. Proven ability to enhance safety compliance and crew coordination, ensuring efficient operations. Skilled in blast coordination and risk management, fostering effective communication across teams to achieve operational excellence.
Overview
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1
Certification
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Relief Supervisor
Newmont
Orange, NSW
07.2025 - Current
- Supervising crews during shift operations and daily task assignments.
- Enforce Newmont safety procedures, hazard controls, and incident reporting standards.
- Coordinated production schedules with maintenance, processing, and mine service teams.
- Monitored equipment readiness, work permits, and job site conditions.
- Reviewed work plans, crew performance, and compliance with site requirements.
- Communicated priorities with management, operators, and contractors across site operations.
- Collaborated with other departments to coordinate workflow processes between teams.
Secondary Break Shotfirer
Newmont
Orange, NSW
06.2018 - Current
- Experienced with manual, line of sight tele-remote and complete remote from surface to underground operations with the Macleans BH3 and BH5 single boom drill rigs.
- Execute safe and effective secondary activities break according to Newmont procedures.
- Coordinate clearances and blasting with supervisors, level operators.
- Maintaining all blasting logs, shot records, and regulatory compliance documents.
- Training crew members on explosives handling, safe blasting practices and safe, effective drill operations.
- Secure blast and exclusion zones around underground work areas.
- Maintain accurate records of all blasting operations including type and amount of explosive used.
- Safe use of; Nonex and Autosteam Low explosive cartridges.
- Safe use of packaged emulsion and det cord to manufacture High explosive cartriges.
- Experience with Electric Dets, Electronic dets; both Orica Ikon, Ikon webgen and Dyno Smartshot initiating systems.
Loader Operator
Newmont
Orange, NSW
11.2016 - 08.2018
- Supported safe operation of CAT 2900XE, R3000H, EPIROC ST 14 and ST 18, Sandvik 517, 621 and 621i loaders.
- Maintained roads and a clean work area.
- Assisted with safe, efficient ore bogging from drawpoints, Orepasses, and Development faces.
- Helped prepare unavailable drawpoints for seconday break work.
- Operated McLean's water cannon safely.
- Completed general duties on and around production level.
Airlegger
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
08.2016 - 11.2016
- Safe operation of Airleg drill.
- Hanging of browbeams and fly bracing
Development charge up
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
04.2015 - 08.2016
- Safe operation of Normet Charge Vehicle.
- Manual scaling of development faces
- Filling Normet with emulsion and chemicals
- Safe handling of Explosives
- Clearing large areas for firing
- Re-entry duties
service crew
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
06.2014 - 04.2015
- Safe operation of IT
- Establish and repair ventbag
- Establish and repair poly services
- Establish and repair vatolic water line
- Install and remove jumbo cables
- Install and remove blast matting
- Jacking of cable bolts
- Install and swap electric and air pumps
- General grouting duties
Jumbo Drill Offsider
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
08.2013 - 06.2014
- Changing of drill rods and bits
- Loading rock bolts and other bolts into rig
- General organisation of bolts mesh and equipment needed for the next heading
Haul Truck Operator
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
11.2012 - 08.2013
- Operate an Atlas Copco MT 6020 dump truck underground
- Tipping into orepasses and crushers underground
- Onto waste and ore stockpiles on the surface
IT operator
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
07.2012 - 11.2012
- Bogging out of sumps
- Loading and unloading trucks
- Help Cadia East electricians for fill in, with basket and cable reel IT attachments
- General labouring
Beltman Supervisor
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
10.2010 - 07.2012
- Supervising crew members
- Upkeep of Belts- keeping them neat and tidy
- Load and unload of tramp and general waste bins from trucks
- Bogging out of tramp areas and sumps
Qualified Tradesman painter and decorator
Kents Prestige Painting and Decorating
11.2005 - 10.2010
- Supporting project progress.
- Completing assignments on schedule.
- Assisting with worker supervision.
- Delivering work at high standard.
- Prepared surfaces for painting and decorating across prestige residential properties.
- Mixed coatings and matched colours to client specifications.
- Repaired cracks, holes, and damaged surfaces before painting.
- Measured and cut materials for trim, masking, and edge detailing.
- Cleaned tools, equipment, and work areas after each project.
Education
Fully qualified Tradesman - Painter and Decorator
01-2010
Year 10 -
Orange High School
01-2005
Skills
- Honest and reliable
- Good communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Production planning
- Risk management
- Verbal and written communication
- Organizational skills
- Underground Knowledge both Ridgeway and Cadia East
- Fully qualified Painter and Decorator
- Underground supervision
- Blast coordination
- Safety compliance
- Shift scheduling
- Incident reporting
- Crew coordination
Certification
- Currently completing Cert. 4 in metalliferous mining operations
- NSW driver's licence, NSW Security Clearance, Blasting Explosives Users License, First aid, Working at heights
Timeline
Relief Supervisor
Newmont
07.2025 - Current
Secondary Break Shotfirer
Newmont
06.2018 - Current
Loader Operator
Newmont
11.2016 - 08.2018
Airlegger
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
08.2016 - 11.2016
Development charge up
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
04.2015 - 08.2016
service crew
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
06.2014 - 04.2015
Jumbo Drill Offsider
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
08.2013 - 06.2014
Haul Truck Operator
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
11.2012 - 08.2013
IT operator
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
07.2012 - 11.2012
Beltman Supervisor
PYBAR Mining and Civil Contractors- Cadia valley underground mine
10.2010 - 07.2012
Qualified Tradesman painter and decorator
Kents Prestige Painting and Decorating
11.2005 - 10.2010
Fully qualified Tradesman - Painter and Decorator
Year 10 -
Orange High School