Mark W. Hanson
Fairbanks,USA
Summary
Dedicated and results-oriented professional with expertise in laboratory and mining operations seeking a supervisory or managerial role in a dynamic company. Proven track record of exceeding expectations and delivering exceptional results. Punctual, professional, and adaptable, with the ability to work independently or collaboratively as part of a team.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Metallurgical Lab Technician
Kinross Fort Knox
Fairbanks, AK
05.2020 - Current
- Perform pre-shift safety inspection in assigned area.
- Prepare plant shift samples to include pulp, carbon, and solution samples to be assayed while preventing contamination between samples.
- Prepare and update reports using Excel to email to the pertinent individuals.
- Diagnose issues with reports using Excel skills.
- Communicating with Mill Operations to ensure analytical methods are being performed to standards.
- Keeping a clean working environment throughout the shift.
- Work in a group setting or alone to complete tasks assigned to me by my supervisors quickly, efficiently, and safely.
- Complete walk-around and pre-operating checklist before using any mobile support equipment I am task trained for and assigned.
- Operate, maintain, and clean laboratory instruments and equipment such as EDXRF, ICP-MS 7800, LECO CS844, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer PinAAcle 400/500/900, WAD CN Analyzer, Online TAC-1000 CN Analyzer, Spectrophotometer, benchtop, and handheld pH meters. Diagnose issues with the equipment and order critical spares.
- Create templates and reports on Excel to simplify the result reporting process.
- Use JD Edwards to order warehouse items, create requisitions for non-stock items or services, and create work orders for equipment issues that need to be addressed by maintenance or electricians.
- Use PI Datalink to analyze trends in the plants, diagnose issues, or make recommendations to Mill Operations.
- Use AssayNet LIMS to create, edit, and track laboratory jobs/results, and create templates for LIMS jobs.
- Prepare solutions with chemical reagents for calibrating various instruments and to maintain stock.
- In charge of sampling spent/fine carbon supersacks, scheduling carbon shipments, and operating forklift to load carbon shipments.
- Design and perform monthly metallurgical tests, as well as spot checks, to maintain and increase gold recovery in the Mill and Heap Leach plants.
- Provide thorough orientation, training, and follow-up to new lab employees, while ensuring skills are maintained and upgraded as needed for all assay/metallurgical lab employees.
- Creating standard operating procedures for various routine tasks, mixing chemical solutions, and operating instruments.
- Acting as relief Lab Supervisor/lead and providing direction and training for Assay Lab crews.
- Working in the Refinery or Assay Lab when needed to meet production goals.
- In charge of tracking and issuing chemical reagent inventories.
- Sample all areas of the plants to obtain representative samples.
- Leader of employee safety program to perform safety observations and audits on all miners, as well as train personnel in safe practices and standard operating procedures.
- Member of Emergency Response Team receiving training in confined space rescue, high angle rope rescue, vehicle extrication, advanced exterior industrial firefighting, and EMT/other medical training. Responding to emergencies/incidents when they occur.
- Sole member of the Emergency Response Team at Fort Knox, selected to represent our site at Mines Rescue training in South Africa.
- Maintained a flawless attendance record.
Senior Fire Assay Lab Technician
Kinross Fort Knox
Fairbanks, AK
04.2017 - 05.2020
- Perform pre-shift safety inspection in assigned area.
- Prepare blasthole and plant shift samples for testing gold grade by crushing/pulverizing samples to be fire assayed.
- Following proper standard operating procedures to the letter, ensuring that no sample is contaminated by the previous samples, and working with safety as the utmost priority.
- Fire assaying and analyzing a variety of samples using scales, mixers, flux, and acid reagents, fusion furnaces, cupel ovens, hot plates, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, and microbalance.
- Prepare solutions for calibrating various instruments and maintaining stock.
- Training personnel in all tasks, mobile support equipment, and areas.
- Work in a group setting or alone to complete tasks
- Complete walk-around and pre-operating checklist safely and efficiently before using any equipment I am task trained for and assigned.
- Organize, maintain, and clean laboratory instruments and equipment, keeping dust to a minimum throughout the shift.
- Diagnose issues with Atomic Absorption Spectrometer and WAD CN Analyzer.
- Complete tasks assigned to me by my supervisors quickly, efficiently, and safely.
- Use JD Edwards to order warehouse items and create work orders for equipment issues that need to be addressed.
- Use LIMS to create, edit, and track laboratory jobs and create templates for LIMS jobs.
- Acting as relief Lab Supervisor/lead and providing direction and training for Assay Lab crews
- Working in the refinery to meet production goals.
- Leader of employee safety program to perform safety observations and audits on all miners, as well as train personnel in safe practices and standard operating procedures.
- Member of Emergency Response Team receiving training in confined space rescue, high angle rope rescue, vehicle extrication, advanced exterior industrial firefighting, and EMT/other medical training. Responding to emergencies/incidents when they occur.
- Maintained a flawless attendance record.
Mill Operator, Leach/Detoxification/Grinding Circuits
Kinross Fort Knox
Fairbanks, AK
07.2016 - 05.2017
- Perform walk around with relief pre-shift to ensure all pieces of equipment are operating safely and efficiently.
- Ensuring there are no major clean-up or equipment issues at the beginning of the shift and addressing said issues as quickly as possible.
- Perform safety checks to ensure all guards and safety devices are in place and in good working order.
- Proper and efficient communication over two-way radio to all personnel in the mill and pit area.
- Perform LOTOTO on equipment that must be worked on.
- Addressing issues with grit screens, interstage screens, and carbon safety screens to prevent oversized grit from entering the leach circuit, carbon migrating to other tanks within the CIP circuit, and carbon lost to the tails pond.
- Taking scheduled process samples to ensure the cyanide and pH levels are within parameters.
- Perform safety pre-operational check on forklift and front-end loader, used forklift to move supersacks containing a variety of materials, and used loader to empty hoppers or clear snow.
- Using overhead cranes in all areas safely to move equipment, supersacks containing chemicals or carbon, receiving steel ball deliveries and charging the ball mills or SAG mill with steel balls all while communicating with miners of the overhead hazard
- Used light-duty vehicle to drop off trash in the pit or pick up warehouse items.
- Working overtime on down days in the mill, helping maintenance or operations safely and efficiently complete tasks on a schedule.
- Acting as a spotter for various crane activities.
- Using chemical reagents to ensure plant slurry discharge is within EPA permit guidelines.
- Mixing copper sulfate and receiving sodium bisulfate delivery trucks using proper PPE.
- Maintained a flawless attendance record.
Screen Deck Operator and Laborer
Alaska Aggregate Products for Kinross Fort Knox
Fairbanks, AK
06.2016 - 07.2016
- Perform pre-operational and routine walk-around inspections of all equipment, including generator, screen deck, grizzly, and conveyor belts.
- During operation, safely ensure that all pieces of equipment are operating smoothly, ensuring there are no plug-ups on the conveyor belt, rocks under the belt that could get into the pulleys creating frays, cracks, or holes on the belts.
- Shoveling material that has accumulated under the belt, so it does not interfere with belt operation.
- Efficiently replacing screen deck panels that are worn and performing preventative maintenance on screen deck and grizzly.
- Routinely greasing all conveyor belts, screen deck, and grizzly.
- Helping to lay down heap leach liner and piping.
- Shoveling and compacting material on the bottom layer of the heap leach liner.
- Spotting for A-40 dump trucks and bulldozers, so they lay down material where needed.
- Safely operating crew van to transport crew to and from work site.
- Maintained a flawless attendance record.
Assay Lab Technician
TDL Staffing for Kinross Fort Knox
Fairbanks, AK
04.2016 - 06.2016
- Receive, rack, and scan blasthole samples using proper PPE.
- Prepare blasthole and plant shift samples for testing gold grade by crushing/pulverizing samples to be fire assayed.
- Following proper standard operating procedures to the letter, ensuring that no sample is contaminated by the previous samples, and working with safety as the utmost priority.
- Work in a group setting or alone to complete tasks.
- Complete walk-around and pre-operating checklist safely and efficiently before using any equipment I am task trained for and assigned.
- Organize, maintain, and clean laboratory instruments and equipment, keeping dust to a minimum throughout the shift.
- Helping with the fire assay process in duties that require less technical skill.
- Complete tasks assigned to me by my supervisors quickly, efficiently, and safely.
- Ordered supplies for the laboratory as needed.
- Maintained a flawless attendance record.
Education
High School Diploma -
Eagle's Wings Homeschool
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - Certified Nurse Practitioner
University Of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - Emergency Medical Technician
Fort Knox Emergency Response Team
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - Advanced Exterior Industrial Firefighter
Lynden Training Center
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - High Angle Rope Rescue Tecnician
Lynden Training Center
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - Confined Space Entry Rescue Technician
Lynden Training Center
Fairbanks, AKCertificate - Mine Rescue
Mines Rescue Services
South AfricaSkills
- Laboratory Safety
- Chemical Analysis
- Device Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Time Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Proficient in Computer Skills to Include Excel, Word, Inventory Management Software, and Laboratory Tracking Software
- Employee Training and Development
- Problem-Solving Mindset
- Emergency Response Services
Additional Information
Over 15 years of experience in mining labor relations, operating, and maintaining heavy equipment in a safe and efficient manner., Over 4 years of experience in cooking food, following recipes, cleaning kitchen areas, washing dishes, delivering food and supervising cooks in a safe efficient manner., Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint., Inventory management systems such as JD Edwards., Laboratory tracking software such as LIMS.
References
- Peter Nafpliotis, 907-712-7585
- Festus Agyapong, 907-378-9272
- Bailey Fletcher, 417-942-9424
Timeline
Senior Metallurgical Lab Technician
Kinross Fort Knox
05.2020 - Current
Senior Fire Assay Lab Technician
Kinross Fort Knox
04.2017 - 05.2020
Mill Operator, Leach/Detoxification/Grinding Circuits
Kinross Fort Knox
07.2016 - 05.2017
Screen Deck Operator and Laborer
Alaska Aggregate Products for Kinross Fort Knox
06.2016 - 07.2016
Assay Lab Technician
TDL Staffing for Kinross Fort Knox
04.2016 - 06.2016
High School Diploma -
Eagle's Wings Homeschool
Certificate - Certified Nurse Practitioner
University Of Alaska Fairbanks
Certificate - Emergency Medical Technician
Fort Knox Emergency Response Team
Certificate - Advanced Exterior Industrial Firefighter
Lynden Training Center
Certificate - High Angle Rope Rescue Tecnician
Lynden Training Center
Certificate - Confined Space Entry Rescue Technician
Lynden Training Center
Certificate - Mine Rescue
Mines Rescue Services
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