Open To Work
BEKUI PETER AFENYO KWEKU
Marathon
Summary
Results-oriented Senior Mining Engineer specializing in mine planning and cost reduction. Reduced maintenance hours by 40% while improving operational efficiency and stakeholder engagement. Expertise in safety compliance and project management, delivering successful outcomes in underground mining operations. Focused on advanced mining technologies and minimizing environmental impact.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Senior Mining Engineer
Barminco Canada Services Ltd, Barrick Gold Corporation
Hemlo
01.2025 - Current
- Provided engineering guidance and support to optimize underground mining production
- Interpreting and analyzing mining physicals and site cost while ensuring mining physicals are achieved per contract
- Maintaining an intimate understanding of the contract, variations and management plans and ensuring compliance to the client’s requirements
- Implemented cost reduction strategies that enhanced revenue generation for the business
- Preparing monthly performance reports and quality assurance programs
- Supporting the project manager and mine foremen in technical mining issues
- Prepare and submit invoice for claims. Ensuring revenue protection and loss mitigation
- Conducted visible safety leadership interactions and task observations to improve safety compliance and assisted in incident investigations
Commercial Superintendent
Underground Mining Alliance
OBUASI
11.2023 - 01.2025
- Reduced costs by streamlining contract bidding and procurement processes to assure best prices for materials and services.
- Analyzed and evaluated construction bids to select most cost-effective contractors.
- Developed and implemented construction plans according to client specifications and expectations.
- Led weekly production and operations contractor meetings, facilitating stronger communication, and helping to resolve critical issues.
Shiftboss (Development, Production, Services)
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine
11.2023 - 01.2025
- Planned daily work activities to meet operational targets.
- Ensuring compliance with the business and regulatory standards.
- Maintaining safe working environment and housekeeping.
- Monitored employee behavior, ensuring compliance with company policies and enhancing workplace culture.
- Conducted task observations and critical risk verifications to identify safety improvements.
- General Underground operations, work execution and labour management.
Senior Mining Engineer – UMA Portal Cutting Project
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at Newmont
Akyem Site
05.2023 - 10.2023
- Executed mobilization and project planning for new project at Newmont Akyem Site, preparing and submitting comprehensive project engineering documentation.
- Delivered daily reporting and progress updates, concluding with a thorough project closure report, while facilitating efficient project demobilization.
Mining Engineer Business Improvement Specialist
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine
05.2022 - 04.2023
- Stakeholder alignment through an exercise to model and simulate the delivery of Obuasi mining plans dubbed 'Knowledge base modelling of the Obuasi operational plans'
- Confirmation of the Alliance Leadership Team (ALT) and Alliance Management Team (AMT) roles and managerial routines
- Introduction of defined planning routines
- Defined clarity of supervisory roles to enhance team effectiveness.
- Supervisory tool development
- Active Supervision Coaching
- Confirmed and installed personnel coaching programs to ensure compliance with safety and work standards.
- Reduction of silos across the business
- For the first time in four years since reopening of the mine in 2019, AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine achieved its target of 250koz for 2022 production year.
- Installed a new mine planning process between AngloGold Ashanti and Underground Mining Alliance leading to setting more realistic targets to the satisfaction of both parties.
- Improvement in maintenance planning saving 40% of hours used equivalent to USD 2.88million per year savings.
- Improved material movement from underground to surface by 20%.
- Setup a more improved system to manage and derive value from the operation of a Mine Control.
- Installed short interval control system across all activities in operations.
- Installed an improved method of supervision using 'the 5 tools and 8 behaviors' of active supervision.
Mining Engineer (Technical Services & Operations Engineering)
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine
06.2019 - 05.2022
- Ensuring compliance with all company policies and procedures and statutory requirements
- Achieved mining physicals according to contract and client schedules.
- Ensure clients requirements are met contractually whilst maintaining a positive and collaborative relationship with the client
- Analyzing and implementing cost reduction initiatives
- Use analysis, design and implement revenue generating initiatives
- Scheduled short-term operations for optimal efficiency.
- Production monitoring and tracking.
- Monthly performance tracking and reporting
- Quality Control Quality assurance programme management for drilling, Ground supports, blasting.
- Support in Budget preparation
- Assist in the preparation of monthly claims and interface with the client
Underground Safety Officer
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine
02.2019 - 05.2019
- Facilitated safety meetings to enhance team awareness and engagement in safety protocols.
- Conducting and Reviewing risk assessments.
- Conducting regular inspections, identifying non-compliance and implementing corrective actions
- Monitoring and maintaining compliance with statutory and company’s standard operating procedures
- Promoting hazard identification awareness campaigns and reporting of near misses, incidents
- Facilitated induction sessions for new employees and visitors to ensure understanding of safety protocols.
- Conducting routine drug and alcohol test
- Prepared incident reports to document occurrences and recommend preventive measures.
- Updated safety database to ensure accurate tracking of compliance and incidents.
- Preparation of reports daily and weekly reports
Senior HSE Supervisor – Open Pit
Shannon Mining Services at Adamus Resources Limited
11.2015 - 02.2019
- Achievement: I supervised an Open pit Load and haul, bush clearing, crusher feeding and rock breaking contract for 3years without any LTI.
- Conducted and reviewed risk assessments and job safety analyses to identify hazards and enhance safety protocols.
- Developing and implementing project specific policies and guidelines to promote safety.
- Conducting internal audits and implementing corrective actions
- Promoting good safety culture and hazard identification awareness campaigns
- Regular inspection of operational sites, workshop, equipment to ensure compliance.
- Investigated, documented, and communicated incident reports to inform safety improvements and prevent recurrence.
- Developing training manuals and conducting internal trainings for employees
- Facilitating safety meetings.
- Ensuring appropriate, adequate, quality, PPEs are procured and enforce usage
- Representing the company on all external HSE committees.
- Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly reports to monitor safety performance and compliance.
Graduate Mining Engineer (Underground time)
Byrnecut Offshore via AngloGold Ashanti
Obuasi Mine
03.2013 - 06.2014
- Charged development headings to facilitate safe and effective mining progress
- Coordinated between underground operations and technical services to ensure seamless project execution
- Executed underground service crew activities to support operational efficiency
- Installing ground supports eg. Grouting of cable bolt
- Assisted with off-siding jumbo operations to enhance workflow efficiency.
- Graduate training in mechanized underground mining system.
Underground Development Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
Obuasi Mine
11.2012 - 03.2013
- Working closely with Mine Captains responsible for underground development. Interfacing between the Mine Captain and Technical Services for development issues.
- Led improvement projects to enhance underground development processes.
- Enforcing compliance to safety standards underground
- Conducted worksite inspections, reported findings, and recommended corrective actions for non-compliance.
- Identified training needs and scheduled workers for training.
- Analyzed productivity metrics for equipment and crew performance to identify areas for improvement.
- Representing the Mine Captain in weekly planning meetings
- Scheduled weekly work for Mine Captain to meet monthly targets.
Technical Mining Assistant
Mining & Building Contractors Limited (MBC)
Obuasi Mine
08.2011 - 11.2012
- Graduate training in conventional mining system. Rotation through all departments with training in the following areas
- Theoretical and Practical Underground Training – Training school
- Introduction to Conventional mining system - Underground
- Conducted safety management practices ensuring regulatory compliance through risk assessment.
- Industrial Engineering
- Human resource management
- Contract and Cost management
- Security and asset protection
- Presented key issues to management team impacting work progress.
Education
MBA -
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Kumasi, Ghana01.2026
Post Graduate Certificate - Occupational Health and Safety, and Environmental Management
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
Accra, Ghana12.2014
BSc. - Mining Engineering
University of Mines and Technology
Tarkwa, Ghana06.2011
Skills
- Project management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Risk assessment
- Data analysis
- Cost reduction strategies
- Performance reporting
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team leadership
- Production scheduling techniques and planning
- Underground mining operations
- Blasting techniques and operations
- Drilling operations management
- Health and safety compliance
- Mine operations management
Certification
• PMP certified
NEBOSH IGC Certified
Mine Captain, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/22
• Certified Shift boss, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/21
• First Aider, St Johns Ambulance, 10/01/23
• Mining Foreman, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/17
• Mines Rescue and Recovery Brigade, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/13
• Blasting certificate, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/12
• Certified Senior Health, Safety and Environment Officer, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/18
• Health and Safety Officer, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/16
NEBOSH IGC Certified
Mine Captain, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/22
• Certified Shift boss, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/21
• First Aider, St Johns Ambulance, 10/01/23
• Mining Foreman, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/17
• Mines Rescue and Recovery Brigade, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/13
• Blasting certificate, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/12
• Certified Senior Health, Safety and Environment Officer, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/18
• Health and Safety Officer, Minerals Commission of Ghana, 10/01/16
Timeline
Senior Mining Engineer
Barminco Canada Services Ltd, Barrick Gold Corporation
01.2025 - Current
Commercial Superintendent
Underground Mining Alliance
11.2023 - 01.2025
Shiftboss (Development, Production, Services)
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
11.2023 - 01.2025
Senior Mining Engineer – UMA Portal Cutting Project
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at Newmont
05.2023 - 10.2023
Mining Engineer Business Improvement Specialist
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
05.2022 - 04.2023
Mining Engineer (Technical Services & Operations Engineering)
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
06.2019 - 05.2022
Underground Safety Officer
Underground Mining Alliance (UMA – Perenti Group) at AngloGold Ashanti
02.2019 - 05.2019
Senior HSE Supervisor – Open Pit
Shannon Mining Services at Adamus Resources Limited
11.2015 - 02.2019
Graduate Mining Engineer (Underground time)
Byrnecut Offshore via AngloGold Ashanti
03.2013 - 06.2014
Underground Development Engineer
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
11.2012 - 03.2013
Technical Mining Assistant
Mining & Building Contractors Limited (MBC)
08.2011 - 11.2012
MBA -
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Post Graduate Certificate - Occupational Health and Safety, and Environmental Management
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
BSc. - Mining Engineering
University of Mines and Technology
References
- Clayton Jones, Operations Manager, Contracts Mining Growth and Emerging Markets, +16472861643, c.jones@barminco.com.au
- Francis Owusu Mensah, Senior Mining Engineer, Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), Obuasi, +233-244419606
- Dr Kenneth Bansah, kjbansah@gmail.com, 3 Saddle back Dr, Round Mountain, Nevada, 89045
- Bob Baxter, GPR Dehler Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, bbaxter@gprdehler.com
Trainings Workshops
- Active Supervision
- Root Cause Analysis and Business Improvement Techniques by GPR Dehler Consulting
- Leadership and management
- Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Control (HIRARC)
- Incident Investigation
- Defensive driving techniques and possess a valid Ghanaian Driver’s License
Purpose For Submission
SENIOR MINING ENGINEER
Key Technical And Soft Skills
- Mine planning software – Surpac, Aegis
- Microsoft project proficient
- Microsoft excel, power point, word
- Effective communication (written and verbal) skills
- Good report writing and presentation skills
- Good time management skills
- Good planning, organizing and prioritizing skills
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a wide variety of people
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
References
- Clayton Jones, Operations Manager, Contracts Mining Growth and Emerging Markets, +16472861643, c.jones@barminco.com.au
- Francis Owusu Mensah, Senior Mining Engineer, Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), Obuasi, +233-244419606
- Dr Kenneth Bansah, kjbansah@gmail.com, 3 Saddle back Dr, Round Mountain, Nevada, 89045
- Bob Baxter, GPR Dehler Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, bbaxter@gprdehler.com
Trainings Workshops
- Active Supervision
- Root Cause Analysis and Business Improvement Techniques by GPR Dehler Consulting
- Leadership and management
- Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Control (HIRARC)
- Incident Investigation
- Defensive driving techniques and possess a valid Ghanaian Driver’s License
Purpose For Submission
SENIOR MINING ENGINEER