Christian Gaete
Mining Civil Engineer
La Serena
Summary
Mining Engineer with 4 years of experience in mining operations, serving as Contract Administrator, Operations Manager, Field Supervisor, and Quality Control Supervisor. Diploma in Mining Operations Management. Training in Vulcan and JK Simblast, as well as Primavera for project planning and control. Certified in English language proficiency by EF in the United States. Seeking employment opportunities in mining operations and mine planning.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Contract Administrator
Renta Maq
1 2024 - Current
- Develop proposals for work models to support organizational objectives.
- Analyze and interpret cost estimates associated with contracts and determine their reasonableness.
- Negotiate and approve contract terms, ensuring projects remain as initially established.
- Ensure monthly payment statements are based on performance achieved during month.
- Provide necessary resources for proper execution of described tasks and ensure compliance with all outlined requirements.
- Monitor contract lifecycle performance to ensure all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are met.
- Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with established mining standards and norms.
- Uphold work safety by adhering to company-specific safety plans.
- Prepared and issued reports on contract performance and compliance
Operations Manager
Renta Maq
06.2023 - 12.2023
- Plan, organize, direct, and control company operations, specifically regarding the functions performed by subordinates (department heads, technical support staff) and equipment operations, as well as their maintenance.
- Control and evaluate department heads and supervisors under their responsibility, auditing documentation and field operations.
- Control and evaluate technical personnel under their responsibility, auditing documentation and objective evidence generated by them.
- Manage equipment and services with rental machinery contracting companies.
- Define guidelines, work methods, and goals for their staff.
- Ensure that their staff is properly trained, certified, and maintain objective evidence of training activities, actively participating in coordinating training activities.
- Participate in preparation of reports and indicators as required by superiors and Occupational Health and Safety Department.
- Ensure that equipment is certified.
Quality Control Engineer
Cooptrans
04.2021 - 11.2022
- Coordination of operations with client company Minera Teck in Andacollo at Tailings Deposit.
- Supervision of execution of work programs for contracts involving construction of Tailings Wall with transition material, Cutting and Removal of Wall in Tailings Deposits, Drilling, Blasting, and removal of Trench Marina in Tailings Deposit.
- Ensure timely availability of resources for projects.
- Identification of improvement opportunities for production and safety plans.
- Management of Safe Work Permit with Tailings Shift Supervisor.
- Supervision of available equipment and resource allocation.
- Topographical control of progress using software and on-site equipment.
- Conducting weekly progress meetings with corresponding operation scopes.
- Preparation of weekly reports for Minera Teck CDA.
Project Engineer
Cooptrans
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Planning and organizing current contracts within company.
- Project planning for service projects in mining.
- Evaluation of operational results.
- Preparation of payment statements and overall balance of associated costs for contracting company.
- Development of continuous improvement projects within company.
- Responsible for economic projections according to company's needs.
- Development and management of new bidding projects for company.
Quality Control Technician
Cooptrans
07.2020 - 10.2020
- Field supervision of Topography area for tasks carried out by work team regarding Cutting and removal of material from Southern Dump in Carmen de Andacollo Teck Tailings Reservoir.
- Control and management of project progress.
- Development of quality protocols to be subsequently approved by supervising company (Wood).
- Weekly progress report delivery on-site for Cutting and Removal Service at Southern Dump.
- Design of plans and support for topography using AutoCAD Civil 3D software.
- Control and supervision of metric tons extracted by trucks due to Cutting and Removal service.
Planning Engineer in Training
Minera Los Pelambres
01.2015 - 03.2015
- Production Planning at Minera Los Pelambres.
- Optimization of short and long-term production processes.
- Development of short-term planning reports.
- Development of Mining Cycle reports according to established budgets.
- Support in planning tasks related to Vulcan software.
- Support in SQL programming tasks.
- Optimization of data reading from a database to Microsoft Excel.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
Universidad De La Serena
La Serena, Chile 05.2007 - 05.2014
Diploma in Leadership And Supervision in Mining Op -
Universidad De Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile 07.2023 - 11.2023
Skills
Vulcan
JK Simblast
Primavera P6
Microsoft Project
Leadership
Problem-solving
Decision-Making
Strategic Planning
Certification
Primavera P6, Power BI, and Risk Analysis Course focused on project planning and control for engineering projects across various levels of complexity in sectors such as mining, construction, and roadworks.
Timeline
Diploma in Leadership And Supervision in Mining Op -
Universidad De Antofagasta
07.2023 - 11.2023
Operations Manager
Renta Maq
06.2023 - 12.2023
Primavera P6, Power BI, and Risk Analysis Course focused on project planning and control for engineering projects across various levels of complexity in sectors such as mining, construction, and roadworks.
05-2023
Blast Simulation with JK Simblast Training aimed at handling drilling and blasting tools from preliminary design to blasting and analysis of blast parameters. Includes data export compatibility with other software such as Vulcan, AutoCAD 3D, and MineSight.
04-2023
Drill Pattern Design with Maptek Vulcan Application course for designing drill patterns for surface mining. Covers topography import, area creation for drilling, final data presentation in CSV format in Excel, surface ties, and isotempo curves. Includes interpretation of Grade Control data.
03-2023
Excel Applied to Surface Mining Course focused on Excel functions from basic to advanced levels, including pivot tables, solver, macros, and Visual Basic, with a focus on applications in mining.
03-2023
Design of Surface Mine with Maptek Vulcan Course primarily focused on surface mining design, including mining phases, road and dump design, and resource optimization for the final pit. Topics include block model import, reserve calculation, differentiation of geotechnical zones, economic pit shell determination, and optimization tools like Pit Optimizer, Automatic Pit Designer, and Dynamic Model Visualization.
02-2023
Quality Control Engineer
Cooptrans
04.2021 - 11.2022
Project Engineer
Cooptrans
10.2020 - 12.2020
Quality Control Technician
Cooptrans
07.2020 - 10.2020
Planning Engineer in Training
Minera Los Pelambres
01.2015 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Engineering -
Universidad De La Serena
05.2007 - 05.2014
Contract Administrator
Renta Maq
1 2024 - Current
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