Lumka Mgoduka
Mine Planning Consultant
Johannesburg,GP
Summary
Mine Planning Consultant with 11years experience in coal mining Underground & Opencast environments. I also have 4years experience in metal mining; having worked in a Block Cave copper mine, Open pit zinc mine and Open Pit terrace manganese mine. A decisive and focused leader offering excellent ability to develop and execute strategies for achieving operational objectives. Professional with track record of success in delivering executable operational plans safely. Overseeing projects from inception to completion; identifying and mitigating risks involved with ability to nurture relationships with stakeholders and clients throughout projects.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Mine Planning Consultant
Consulting Evolution Mining
04.2024 - Current
Mine Planning Superintendent
Mamatwan Mine
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Lead, support and manage the Mine Planning section people, processes and systems.
- Ensure integration of life of mine plan with short term plan and manage budgetary requirements.
- Conduct risk assessments and mitigation strategies to the mine plan.
- Manage stakeholder liaison to ensure plans and schedules consider all relevant inputs.
- Ensure safe and executable plan development.
- Manage compliance to plan.
- Conduct forecasts versus budget and advise management, together with marketing team on a monthly and quarterly basis.
- Analyse data and reports to guide teams with technical insights to ensure the right production execution decisions are made and sustained.
Mine Planning Engineer
Vedanta Zinc
12.2022 - 08.2023
- Develop monthly, quarterly and annual mine plans.
- Prepare schedules and reports for production execution and costing.
- Monitor compliance to mine plan.
- Analyse and reconcile mine production actuals to assess operational productivity and implement improvement plans.
- Design, implement, and monitor the development of the pits to ensure optimization of resources.
Mining Specialist
Seriti
10.2020 - 11.2022
- Evaluate and improve mining, mine planning processes and systems to optimize production.
- Prepare and support operations team for business strategy sessions.
- Develop systems that support change initiatives to be managed and maintain simplicity and standardisation.
- Supporting and facilitating liaison between multi departmental objectives.
- Help facilitate alignment to best practice across the mine.
- Facilitate investigations of product quality and throughput.
- Productivity improvement projects.
Production Superintendent
South32 Energy Coal
12.2019 - 09.2020
- Leading and developing a diverse team.
- Oversee safe and productive execution of coal exposure and pit dewatering.
- Oversee safe and productive coal loading, hauling and crushing.
- Oversee safe and productive discard dump management, road construction and road maintenance.
- Supervise and allocate resources for the execution of production activities.
- Manage supporting contractors.
- Liaise with planning team on production activities; also provide feedback on process capability and performance.
- Build cross-functional relationships with the operational sub-functions to support the delivery of production.
- Identify and implement production improvement initiatives.
- Monitor competency of individual operators and identify training requirements.
- Enforce discipline and adherence to health and safety protocols in area of responsibility.
- Deliver on HSE, financial and operational targets by application of well-designed work and processes.
Medium Term Mine Planning Specialist
South32 Energy Coal
01.2017 - 11.2019
- Develop 5yr Budgets from the Business Strategy.
- Design new and operational pits.
- Reserve coal resources and schedule mine-wide operational activities.
- Reserve Reconciliation.
- Run quarterly forecasts.
- Develop Mine Rehabilitation and Closure plans tied to the Mining Plan.
- Develop Mine Design Standards.
- Provide technical support to operations’ planning and execution teams on software configurations and upgrades.
Short Term Mine Planning Specialist
South32 Energy Coal
11.2010 - 12.2016
- Modelling of 2yr detailed budget plan with designs and operational activities scheduling.
- Analyse geology information for dragline and shovel digging plans and methods.
- Interpret and map survey data for pit dimensioning and planning.
- Pit visits for physical considerations and safety audits.
- Liaise with mining team and management on proposed plans.
- Simulate and analyse mining scenarios to generate dig plans and production targets.
- Schedule quarterly Coal Exposure & Concurrent Rehab and Extraction plans.
- Run monthly forecasts.
- Reconcile plan to actual and feed back to the budget model.
- Generate remedial actions and controls to non-compliance.
- Develop mine planning procedures for draglines and shovels.
Mining Engineer Block Cave Management
Rio Tinto Palabora Mining Company
11.2008 - 09.2010
- Analyse convergence, geological, seismic, and drawpoint status data as inputs to production planning.
- Tonnage splits and drawpoint allocations to maintain copper grade.
- Develop Short Term and Long-Term production schedules.
- Record product grade and do tonnage reconciliations.
- Analyse cave availability and machine performance.
- Underground visits to evaluate practicability of schedules and conduct safety audits.
- Control compliance to loading schedules.
Production Foreman Draglines and Shovels
BHP Billiton Energy Coal MMS Colliery
04.2008 - 11.2008
- Leading and supervising a 28-member team.
- Shift planning and organising.
- Coordinate shift operations to achieve targets safely and productively.
- Ensure safe and productive execution of production plans.
- Track and manage labour and machine availability.
Learner Official
BHP Billiton Energy Coal MMS Colliery
01.2003 - 03.2008
- Employed as a Learner Official.
- Trained in different sections of the opencast mine to gain exposure and alternating between work and university.
- Completed underground training at Khutala Mine, Doorsfontein Mine (low seam coal mine) and at the Colliery Training College to obtain Underground Colliery Blasting Certificate.
- Trained at Middelburg Mines towards obtaining the Opencast colliery blasting certificate.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Wits Business School
12.2023
BTech. - Mining Engineering
University of Johannesburg
01.2007
Advanced Project Management - undefined
University of Johannesburg
01.2006
Matric - undefined
Zingisa High School
01.1999
Skills
Mine Design
Planning and Scheduling
Production Planning
Coordinating and Control
Mine Closure Planning
Cost Estimations
Business Planning
Operational Budget Development
Business Analysis
Business Improvement
Operational Planning
Analytical thinking
Systematic thinking
Meticulous
Attention to detail
Problem solving
Decision-making
Self-starter
Self-motivated
Adaptable to change
Team Player
Experience in coal mining
Experience in zinc mining
Experience in manganese mining
Experience in copper mining
Excellent communication skills
Personal Information
- ID Number: 8210060674089
- ID Number: 8210060674089
- Date of Birth: 1982-10-06
- Gender: Female
Training
- Opencast Colliery Blasting Certificate, DMR, 2004-01-01
- Underground Colliery Blasting Certificate, DMR, 2003-01-01
- Certificate Ecological Rehab and Mine Closure, University of North West, 2018-01-01
- Managing Finances of an Operation, Wits Digital, 2022-01-01
Timeline
Mine Planning Consultant
Consulting Evolution Mining
04.2024 - Current
Mine Planning Superintendent
Mamatwan Mine
09.2023 - 03.2024
Mine Planning Engineer
Vedanta Zinc
12.2022 - 08.2023
Mining Specialist
Seriti
10.2020 - 11.2022
Production Superintendent
South32 Energy Coal
12.2019 - 09.2020
Medium Term Mine Planning Specialist
South32 Energy Coal
01.2017 - 11.2019
Short Term Mine Planning Specialist
South32 Energy Coal
11.2010 - 12.2016
Mining Engineer Block Cave Management
Rio Tinto Palabora Mining Company
11.2008 - 09.2010
Production Foreman Draglines and Shovels
BHP Billiton Energy Coal MMS Colliery
04.2008 - 11.2008
Learner Official
BHP Billiton Energy Coal MMS Colliery
01.2003 - 03.2008
BTech. - Mining Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Advanced Project Management - undefined
University of Johannesburg
Matric - undefined
Zingisa High School
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Wits Business School