Kai Lumme

• Managed day-to-day business and on site construction operations through project management, leadership, and competent diligent supervision
• Professional communication and interactions with customer and employee relations
• Assess and implement methods and techniques to monitor and manage material, resources, income and expenses to improve production and profit levels.
• Performed customer consultations to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
• Developed construction and business plans, processes, and procedures to provide superior and successful projects and products to customers.
• Trained and motivated employees to perform daily required project functions.
• Fostered strong professional relationships, networks and partnerships
• Developed and nurtured lasting customer relationships by projecting professional corporate image and responding quickly to logistical and scheduling issues.

• Performed estimates and sales as well as project, material, employee, and subcontractor planning, coordination, and management
• Day to day onsite, on tools, construction, installation, renovation, maintenance and repair in commercial and residential markets
• Managed business finances by paying vendors and suppliers for products and services rendered.
• Applied knowledge and skill in framing (wood and metal), windows/doors, siding, soffit/fascia, roofing (asphalt and metal), drywall/mud/tape/paint, millwork, flooring(various), general plumbing and electrical, site prep/excavation/landscaping, decks/stairs/railings, forming and concrete work,
• Ensured and maintained clean, organized, and safe jobsites through all phases of jobs from site prep to project close.
• Acquired various plans, approvals and permits required for jobs by completing appropriate forms and returning to local bodies.
• Prepared, edited and finalized proposals, sub-contractor agreements and other business documents

(Mining Contracting employers include Redpath Mining, Cementation Mining, Technica Mining on contract basis)

• Mining development and construction leader
• Worked closely with supervision, engineering, and geology departments regarding planning, layout and design, safety, production, and expectations
• Additionally trained team members on safe equipment operation, various mining processes, health and safety practice and policy, and assigned duties.
• Identification of team strength and weaknesses and implementation of strength management and corrective actions to resolve concerns
• Evaluation and development of employee skills and knowledge training and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
• Maintained team flexibility and embraced changes to adapt within mining development and construction workplace with implementation of corrective actions to resolve challenging issues.
• Displayed expertise in underground hard rock mining development and construction.
• Duties include understanding plans, reading prints, survey heading, establish line and grade, face prepping, drilling and blasting, tram and haul , ground support(mechanized and manual), material transport, and installation of mine services (ventilation, compressed air, mine water, electrical, blasting, sump line)
• Performed daily equipment and workplace pre-and post-op inspections and general maintenance
• Worked underground and outdoors in diverse weather or environmental conditions and tolerated exposure to extreme temperatures and humidity from 8 to 12 hours days on various work schedules.
• Mastered and modeled safe mine construction, production and development mining procedures, comprehended and adhered to safety rules, policies and emergency procedures.
• Operated underground mining equipment with skill, experience, and efficiency as per design with precision in confined spaces both remote controlled and manual, electric and hydraulic
• Machinery and equipment include mine haulage truck, scoop-tram, high speed jumbo and long hole drill, anfo and explosive loader, ground support machinery, utility and support equipment, scissor and basket/boom lifts, forklifts and excavators, trains, trolleys, and personnel or material transport equipment.

• Responsibilities and duties include;
• Customer acquisition and customer service, product introduction, and presentation
• Performed operator instruction focused on safety protocols, safe operation, and awareness of environmental and mechanical hazards
• Developed visual, verbal, and audio training presentation both in class and practical in field
• Performed training, instruction and product support for lift trucks, forklifts, scissor lifts, zoom boom, mini excavators, skid steers, as well as various safety and work place hazard training courses

• Job Title Instructor/trainer, technician
• Performed operational, mechanical, skill training and safety and technical instruction on a catalog of company machinery and equipment
• Specific training on underground and surface drilling machinery include Jumbo drills, simba drills and surface drills and with ground support machinery boltec, as well as scoop trams and haulage trucks to enhance customer production and operator performance for development and mine production (manual and remote operation)
• Additional duties and responsibilities include travel and lodging planning, mine site training scheduling and co-ordination, cost management and administration, training course logging, performance documentation, and manual and written testing and grading.

• Scope of duties included operational instruction, safety, skill and technical training, and equipment specific training on underground and surface ground support and drilling machinery
• Training duties on development, production, utility and mine support equipment include bolter, scissor truck, blockholer personnel carrier, water truck, anfo truck, rock breaker, boom truck for mine development and production (manual and remote operation)
• Additional responsibilities are travel planning, course administration, performance, skill, and knowledge testing, grading, and assessment.

• 12 years experience in a multitude of roles and responsibilities at 7 different company projects and properties
• job descriptions are cage/skip tender, service crew, tram crew, underground construction, ground support reconditioning crew, shaft crew, haulage crew, support miner, development miner, jumbo driller and crew leader.
• Participate and received daily safety meetings, consistent and frequent skill and safety courses, daily workplace and equipment pre-op check lists and audits

• Received initial introduction and basic and general training into mining and industrial construction industry
• Prior to promotion in to underground position, duties included;
• Handling, order, pick up and delivery of mine tools, material, and equipment
• Preparation and coordination for underground jobsite delivery
• Organize, clean, and maintain storage and shop environments
• Participated and performed duties in underground contracting projects like Geho pump mine dewatering project which entailed;
• Rock excavation
• Ground support
• Heavy wall pipe installation,
• Constructing forms and concrete pouring
• Welding and rebar installation
• Construction of underground water dams
• Construction and installation of rock and ore chutes and crusher systems
• Refurbishing and repair in mine shaft

• Employed in construction as laborer for residential construction
• Food and service industry duties were food prep, cook, dishwasher, and server in fast food and fine dining establishments.