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Carson Pendleton

Draper,UT

Summary

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

14+ years in the mining industry. Experienced with all types of mining mobile equipment. Experienced Supervisor with strong leadership skills. Trained in lean six sigma principles.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Advisor – Business Improvement

10.2023 - Current
  • Provide support to site’s teams in the form of strategy and tactics, system design, change facilitation, teaching, and coaching of lean tools to surpass business goals on a sustainable basis while leveraging employee engagement
  • Facilitating and supporting high reliability practices and standards
  • Mentoring and coaching through kaizens that contribute to a change in business performance
  • Working closely with a network of change agents across operations and different functions
  • Maintain Knowledge of the latest industry trends in performance improvement and change management.

Operations Supervisor – Moly Shipping/Reagents

01.2022 - 10.2023
  • Responsible for driving the efforts in safely reaching the moly plant daily, monthly, and yearly production targets
  • Drive consistency in operational practices between four operations teams
  • Optimization of the Moly plant production and cost reduction
  • Coordination with asset management team for efficient maintenance resourcing and scheduling
  • Overseeing two teams of five responsible for the bagging and shipping of all Moly produced, as well as all chemical/reagent deliveries
  • Managing the ordering and safe unloading of all our reagents and grinding media
  • Work with all vendors and supply chain companies
  • Twice weekly meetings with logistics team in Chicago on production and shipping to our customers worldwide
  • Oversee the training, safety, promotions, and development of all direct reports.

Supervisor – Operations Crew 4

09.2018 - 01.2022
  • Supervision of areas in operations such as: Grind plant, Moly plant, Pebble Crushing, Bulk Flotation, Expansion Flotation, Con Pumping
  • Oversee team members training, safety, promotions, and development
  • Coordinate daily with maintenance, electrical and technical groups
  • Oversee daily production process, with emphasis on meeting targets safely
  • Conduct safety meetings, shift turnovers, safety incident reports, incident investigations.

Operator A

04.2010 - 09.2018
  • Responsible for equipment operation and utilization in concentrator areas, with a focus on overall equipment safety, condition, and effective run time
  • Responsible for running and operating individual circuits within the plant while achieving daily recovery/grade targets, with an emphasis on safety
  • Filled in for my supervisor in his absence and ran pre shift/safety meetings performing as a team lead.

Education

Associate of Science -

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
05-2007

Some College (No Degree) -

Snow College
Ephraim, UT

Some College (No Degree) -

Dixie Applied Technology College
Saint George, UT

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Group facilitation
  • Project management proficiency
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Team Collaboration
  • Six Sigma understanding
  • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • FLUENT IN Spanish
  • Team Development
  • Performance monitoring
  • Process Improvement
  • Health and safety compliance

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Professional

Certification

  • Project Management Training - Kepner-Tregoe Methodology
  • Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Timeline

Advisor – Business Improvement

10.2023 - Current

Operations Supervisor – Moly Shipping/Reagents

01.2022 - 10.2023

Supervisor – Operations Crew 4

09.2018 - 01.2022

Operator A

04.2010 - 09.2018

Associate of Science -

Salt Lake Community College

Some College (No Degree) -

Snow College

Some College (No Degree) -

Dixie Applied Technology College
Carson Pendleton