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Overview
Work History
Education
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Personal Information
Continuous Improvement Projects
References
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WHITLEY NUUNYANGO

Oranjemund

Summary

Operations professional prepared to leverage extensive experience in load and haul, drill and blast and oil and gas to enhance business performance. Expertise in developing and implementing process improvements while fostering collaborative environment to meet organizational goals. Experience in drafting annual sectional budgets and measuring financial performance. Reliable team player with focus on adaptability and achieving targeted results, experienced in leading multi cultural teams and proficient in operational efficiency.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Operations Manager

Vivo Energy Namibia
04.2024 - Current


SOP reviews and development
Staff training and performance management
Risk identification, quantification and remediation.
Manage product loss is within control.
Review monthly expenditure.
Conducting facility audits.
Acting as asset custodian
Waste oil collection management
Maintain all assets on site and manage all sub-contractors

Drill and Blast Engineer (Acting as Section Lead)

QKR Namibia
10.2022 - 04.2024
  • Managing of 4 drilling contractors and 2 blasting contractors
  • Overseeing Drill and Blast Shift Supervisors
  • Oversight of legal compliances on drilling and blasting
  • Leading incident investigations
  • Explosive consumables forecasting
  • Scenario analysis on schedule planning
  • Develop and review procedures and standards
  • Identify and execute training of subordinates to achieve KPIs
  • Design and Review Drill and Blast parameters to ensure the desired floor levels, safe high-walls and fragmentation for efficient and safe loading and hauling is achieved
  • Coordination and review of Drill and Blast QA/QC
  • Compiling monthly report on drilling and blasting compliance to plan, statistics and rates
  • Ensure compliance of the application of drilling and blasting policies and procedures
  • Manage costs and KPIs
  • Oversee and lead continuous improvement projects

Technical Support - Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
07.2022 - 09.2022
  • Oversee dispatch operations
  • Perform daily production analysis and reporting
  • Fuel reconciliations and reporting
  • Continuous improvement projects - Pit illumination, Dust Suppression, Training of General Foremen
  • Draft annual budgets and monthly reviews vs plan
  • Operations hauling circuit optimization
  • Haul road designs for blasting
  • Traffic management

Drill and Blast Technician

QKR Namibia
08.2020 - 05.2022
  • Monitor Drilling Performance
  • Validate Production Data, Database management
  • Perform quality audits
  • Monitor charging operations and blasting results
  • Explosive consumables forecasting
  • Magazine audits
  • SOP compliance on drilling and blasting operations
  • Supervise Drill and Blast Shift Supervisors
  • Oversee graduate projects
  • Drafting of Fortnight Schedules

Assistant to Production Manager (Satellite Operations)

QKR Namibia
01.2020 - 07.2020
  • Administration support to General Foreman
  • Daily and monthly production reporting
  • Performance Management System administrator
  • Contractor management and administration
  • Technical Support on Drill and Blast

General Foreman- Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
10.2019 - 12.2019
  • Monitor and Control Load and Haul operations for main and satellite pits
  • Monitor and control crusher feeding to Main and pre-concentration plants
  • Supervision of operational staff
  • Equipment assignments and optimization of human resources
  • Haul road/ramp construction and maintenance


Dispatcher - Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
03.2019 - 08.2019
  • Optimize production through fleet management system
  • Correct data gathering and reporting
  • Manage Fleet productivity and status to achieve the mine schedule
  • Identifies glitches and recommend system improvement
  • Draft SOPs

Trainee - Drill and blast

QKR Namibia
08.2017 - 01.2019
  • Support SHE processes and procedures
  • Liaise with mine planning engineers to develop long, medium and short - term drill and blast schedule
  • Ensures that drilling and blasting targets are within planned efficiencies
  • Drilling and blasting pattern design
  • Wall stability/presplit assessment
  • Ensures that geotechnical constraints are met in the drill and blast process
  • Ensures that safe stable pit walls are achieved on pit limits
  • Produces daily production figures
  • Determine detailed drill and blast costs

Intern - Drill and blast

QKR Namibia
04.2017 - 08.2017

Education

Certificate - Working At Heights

The Training Academy
Cape Town South Africa
10-2024

Certificate - EXCEL ON STEROIDS

SAGE
Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia
05-2023

Certificate - Supervisory Management

Namibia University of Science And Technology
Windhoek
03-2023

CERTIFICATE - MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS

HARVARD BUSSINESS SCHOOL
01.2020

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - MINING

NAMIBIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
01.2016

NAMIBIAN SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE -

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
01.2010

Certificate - Scoffold Inspector

The Training Academy
Cape Town South Africa
10-2024

Internal Training - Hazard And Effects Management Process

VIVO ENERGY
Windhoek Namibia
01-2025

Internal Training - Permit To Work

VIVO ENERGY NAMIBIA
Windhoek
01-2025

Skills

  • Blasting ticket
  • Proficient in Datamine Software
  • Project Management
  • Job Description Development
  • MS Office(Excel Advanced User)
  • BME BlastMap and Explolog Proficiency
  • Workflow Management
  • Proficient in Constraints Analysis
  • Drilling techniques
  • Cost estimation
  • Leading teams
  • SAP HANA user

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 07/13/92

Hometown: Swakopmund

Married with 2 children

Languages: English and Afrikaans

Continuous Improvement Projects

  • Collapse of open pit into underground workings. (Project Lead)
  • Implementation of charge sheets at Western Pushback and Anomaly 16 pits at Navachab Gold Mine (Project Operational Lead)
  • Implementation of Haul Road Management Plan at Navachab Gold Mine (Project Lead)
  • Filter Cake Dump Scheduling and Compliance to LTP (Technical Support and Project Initiator)
  • Investigation into controllable factors that influence pre-split quality at Navachab Gold Mine (Project Supervisor)
  • Queuing Theory Case Study at Navachab Gold Mine (Project Supervisor)
  • Installation of pit high masts for illumination compliance (Project Lead)
  • Reduction of fragmentation in dolomitic marbles (Project Manager)
  • Horizontal drilling of final limits on pit expansion project (Project Manager and technical lead)

References

MR AUGUSTUS MUTEKA
Navachab Gold Mine, QKR Namibia
Production Manager – Satellite Operations(Former)
Contact number: 081 122 9538


MR HENOK NEPEMBE

Navachab Gold Mine, QKR Namibia 

Production Manager 

Contact number: 081 337 8968


MR JOHNANNES LOUW

Mintaka Mining Consultants

Contact number: +27 82 920 8791




Timeline

Operations Manager

Vivo Energy Namibia
04.2024 - Current

Drill and Blast Engineer (Acting as Section Lead)

QKR Namibia
10.2022 - 04.2024

Technical Support - Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
07.2022 - 09.2022

Drill and Blast Technician

QKR Namibia
08.2020 - 05.2022

Assistant to Production Manager (Satellite Operations)

QKR Namibia
01.2020 - 07.2020

General Foreman- Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
10.2019 - 12.2019

Dispatcher - Load and Haul

QKR Namibia
03.2019 - 08.2019

Trainee - Drill and blast

QKR Namibia
08.2017 - 01.2019

Intern - Drill and blast

QKR Namibia
04.2017 - 08.2017

CERTIFICATE - MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS

HARVARD BUSSINESS SCHOOL

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - MINING

NAMIBIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NAMIBIAN SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE -

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL

Certificate - Working At Heights

The Training Academy

Certificate - EXCEL ON STEROIDS

SAGE

Certificate - Supervisory Management

Namibia University of Science And Technology

Certificate - Scoffold Inspector

The Training Academy

Internal Training - Hazard And Effects Management Process

VIVO ENERGY

Internal Training - Permit To Work

VIVO ENERGY NAMIBIA
WHITLEY NUUNYANGO