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Leodor Lee Langlois

Sherwood Park,AB

Summary

Lee is a highly skilled professional with over 30 years of experience in critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making within the project delivery industry. He has a proven track record in delivering domestic and international projects, particularly in remote greenfield mining environments. His extensive career encompasses full project life cycle involvement, having held senior positions such as Managing Director, Construction Director, Project Manager, Site Manager, and Construction Manager. Throughout his career, Lee has successfully managed all phases of project activities, including Preliminary Economic Assessments (PEA), Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), and leading multifunctional project execution teams through FEED/Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Operations Readiness, and Project Close-Out. Lee’s diverse experience spans roles as Contractor, Engineer, EPC, and EPCM Project & Construction Manager, as well as Owner, working in various project delivery methods such as Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Design-Build (DB), Construction Manager at Risk (CMR), Multi-Prime, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). This breadth of experience has equipped him with a deep understanding of risk assessment and management, as well as the ability to select the most appropriate project delivery methodologies.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Construction Manager, Project Manager, Project Director, Senior Manager

Barrick
Pueblo Veijo, Dominican Republic
10.2021 - 03.2024
  • Growth Capital Projects
  • Recruited to assume leadership role (s) for the execution of Barrick's brownfield expansion of the Pueblo Viejo Mine in the Dominican Republic
  • Engineering was performed by a SA firm, Procurement and Construction was self-performed in house by Barrick
  • All processes within the plant were either newly constructed, upgraded, or twinned
  • A General Scope of Work; Area 3110 Primary Crushing Upgrade (FLS Gyratory), Area 3140 Stockpile & Reclaim tunnel & Conveyor, Area 4111 Milling Circuit 1 upgrades (Semi Autogenous-Ball Mill-Crushing), Area 4112 Pebble Crushing (2 FLS Raptor Cones), Area 4113 Milling Circuit 2, 38' SS SAG, Area 4115 FEED Thickening and Preparation, Area 4122 Iron Precipitation tank train including Lime Storage & Dosing, Area 4123 Flotation (FLS float cells), Area 4125 Flotation Tails (FT) Thickening (FLS), Area 4129 Reagents Make-Up and Dosing, Area 4131 Flotation Tails CIL, Area 4135 Cyanide Destruction, Area 4141 Slurry Heating, Area 4141 Pressure Oxidation (POX), Area 4144 Oxygen Plant and Air Services
  • 2- 2, 000 tpd oxygen plant(s), Area 4172 Flocculant Make-Up and Dosing, Area 4195 Raw Water, Area 4199 Process Water, Area 5170 SO2 Plant, Area 6183 Solution Cooling, Area 6186 Limestone Storage and Dosing (FLS OK MILL)
  • Project highlights include: Achievement of 21MMH LTI with a multinational Latin American contractors and employees
  • Recovery of 6 months schedule loss
  • Through innovative constructability mitigated a further 6-month schedule loss

Project Manager

Hatch
Mississauga, BC
02.2005 - 03.2020
  • Rio Tinto Kemano Hydro Electric Project, Kemano, led the execution team in the completion of the Feasibility Study and transitioned into the field as the Site Manager
  • Scope of Work development included an Early Contractor Involvement strategy, as well as a defined early works program to construct all ancillary infrastructure including marine works, prior to mobilization of JV Tunneling Contractors
  • 7.6 km of segmental lined bored tunnel, 8.4km of Drill and Blast Tunnel, Mechanical Gates, and new intake facility.

Project Manager

Newmont Mining Corp. Yanacocha Sulphide Treatment
, Peru
  • For Prefeasibility and Feasibility studies of an 8,000 t/d refractory sulphide treatment facility located at elevation in Peru
  • Scope includes: SAG/Ball Milling circuit, Sulphide flotation concentrator circuit, Pressure Oxidation (POX), hot cure, CCD, Carbon in Leach (CIL) and Lime Plant & High-Density Sludge (HDS Treatment) circuits and SX/EW.

Project Manager

Barrick Gold
, Peru
  • Misquichilca S.A, Lagunas Norte, Prefeasibility and Feasibility study of a 6,000 t/d refractory gold processing facility including SAG/Ball Milling circuit, Sulphide flotation concentrator circuit, Pressure Oxidation (POX), hot cure, CCD, Carbon in Leach (CIL) and Lime Plant & High-Density Sludge (HDS Treatment) circuits
  • Barrick Gold, Donlin Creek Staged Implementation Study, Alaska, United States, Project Manager for a conceptual study of a 40,000 t/d refractory gold processing facility including SAG/Ball Milling circuit, Sulphide flotation concentrator circuit, pressure oxidation, hot cure, CCD, CIL and EW circuits
  • The study scope of work considers estimation of total costs from site infrastructure, power generation, processing facilities from ROM through tailings to gold production
  • Due to the project's remote location, this included development of conceptual offsite construction program which includes modular designs, precast concrete to improve site productivity and mitigate schedule risk.

Director

Anglo American
, Brazil
  • Construction, Assumed the role as Site Manager role at 25% complete
  • Restructured the organization and delivery model to lead the execution team through to start up of a 6,500/tpa Greenfield Niobium (FeNb) Concentrator Plant
  • Major scope elements were: ROM with 3 stage crushing including Primary Jaw crushing, Secondary and Tertiary cone crushing & screening
  • Stacker/Reclaimer with 98K ton stockpile
  • Primary and Secondary Ball Mills
  • Classification, Desliming, Silica & Carbonate Floatation circuit
  • Magnetic separation
  • Niobium Flotation circuit
  • Acid and Alkaline Leaching & Reagents
  • Kinross, Tasiast Project, Tasiast, Mauritania, Construction Director
  • Assumed the Site Manager role and restructured the organization and delivery model to lead the execution team from 20% complete Construction through to Startup of all early infrastructure development scope
  • 16MW HFO fired power plant including 10k/M3 diesel and 15k/M3 HFO storage tank farm and 24 kms of 33 KVA power distribution
  • 3,000-person Operations Camp & 3,000-person Construction Camps c/w Medical Facility, Wastewater Treatment Plants (2), Potable Water Treatment plants (2), Aerodrome,90 m3/hour Concrete Batch Plant, Aggregate Production Facility, Tailings Management Facility, Solid Waste Management Facility, Mine Fleet Shop c/w Warehouses and offices
  • Interim Raw Water Supply including wellfield, pump stations, twin pipelines, and storage
  • Site wide roads and laydown areas
  • Kinross, Tasiast Project, Mauritania, Construction Director
  • Assembled, mentored, and led a team of subject matter experts in the development of a Prefeasibility & Feasibility study for a new 60K/tpd CIL Gold plant
  • Major elements include Primary crushing, Pebble circuit, Grinding, Concentration, Thickening, CIL circuit, Carbon stripping, & Cyanide destruction
  • Notable achievement was the implementation of a full 4D BIM model based on smart tag, CWP and FIWP, as well as a full Modularization effort that ranged from Precast Concrete (China) to European assembled “Plug and Play” modules, preassembly and subassembly, and a nascent approach to major API 360 tanks in CIL, and other area of the process, which resulted in substantial time and cost savings as well as greatly improved quality which is extending the life of the tanks
  • Teck Coal, Allison Project, Neptune Terminal & Port Facility North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Construction Director
  • Participated in the FEL3 Study for the expansion of the brownfield coal terminal to 18.5MTpA throughput capacity
  • Major elements of the project scope included: New Stacker Reclaimer, New Rotary Car Dumper, New Car Indexer, remove & replace the existing Berth 1 West Radial ship loading system, Port Yard conveyors and installing new Rail Track alignment “Track 0”
  • Baffinland, Mary River, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, Construction Director
  • As Project Director led the execution team through the FEL3 & FEL4 Study for an 18MTA iron ore mine, which is in Canada’s high eastern Arctic
  • The project scope included: Mine (Area 1000) Pit #1development, Waste Dumps Pit #1, Mine Services Pit #1, Explosive’s facilities, Mine equipment fleet, Primary Crushing, Secondary Crushing, Stockpiling facilities- Overland Transport (Area 2000) 150km of rail including Two (2) rail terminals, Six (6) mainline sidings, Two (2) hardrock Tunnels, Thirty-six (36) Bridges
  • Ports and Shipping - (Area 3000) Ore dock, Freight dock, Tertiary Crushing, Stockpiling Facilities, Screening Plant
  • Site Infrastructure - (Area 4000) Site development, Accommodation buildings, Services buildings, Administration buildings, 2-6500' Aerodromes, Sewage treatment plant, potable and freshwater systems, Emergency boiler systems and solid waste disposal and incinerator systems, Mobile equipment fleet, Power generation and distribution, Fuel storage and distribution
  • Ore Handling and Conveying - (5000) Mine Site yard conveyors and stacker-reclaimer, Mine Site Train loading station, Port Train unloading station, Port yard conveyors and stacker-reclaimers, Radial ship loading systems.

Director, Director & Site Manager

Mosaic
, Saskatchewan
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Program Construction
  • K1, K2, Brownfield upgrade and expansion
  • K3, Greenfield Shaft Sinking and concrete slip-form Head frame
  • Colonsay
  • Brownfield upgrade and expansion.
  • Bell Plaine, Brownfield upgrade and expansion
  • Mosaic, K3, Esterhazy
  • Assumed the Site Manager role and led the field execution team for the construction of the staged expansion program with an ultimate of 21MTpy potash production capacity
  • Area 0100 – 375’ Concrete Slipform Service Shaft and Hoisting Plant: Includes the freezing, sinking, and lining of the shaft, sub-collar, headframe, hoisting gear and loading pocket
  • Area 0200 – Production Shaft and Hoisting Plant: Includes the freezing, sinking, and lining of the shaft and sub-collar
  • Stage Area 0300 – Mine: Service Shaft potash level station, shaft bottom sumps and main dewatering station
  • Area 0400 – Power: Includes the main intake substation, 15 kV electrical building, 15 kV surface distribution and the diesel generator
  • Area 0500 – Surface Infrastructure: Includes all surface infrastructure required to support the construction and operation of the K3 mine site
  • Goldcorp, El Morro, Santiago, Chile
  • As Project Director led the team in Prefeasibility, Feasibility and as Site Manager Execution of earliest works for an 80,000 tpd copper/gold mine, concentrator, and ancillary facilities at 4200 meters elevation in Chile
  • Facilities included tailings disposal, desalination plant and pipeline, power supply, port facility, access road, concentrate pipeline and concentrate filter plant and transport facilities
  • Vale, Onça Puma Nickel Project, Ourlandia do Norte, Brazil, As Construction Director, led the development of detailed engineering, execution planning including procurement assistance, the relocated to the field to lead the construction, and management services through construction, commissioning, and start-up of the Onça Puma greenfield nickel project in Para State, Brazil, in the lower Amazon River basin
  • The project includes truck and rail infrastructure for the transport of operating consumables and product through to the port of Itaqui at São Luís, and power transmission lines between Carajas, the processing plant, two mines and the smelter.

EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company
Potash, Ore
  • VolgaKali, Processing Facility, Kotelnikovo/St
  • Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • The project focused on the development of the Gremyachinskoye potash ore deposit with the objective of production of 2.3 million tonnes per year of potash
  • As Construction Director led the development in Brazil of the basic engineering and transitioned the core of the team to St
  • Petersburg for the detail engineering and implementation planning for the Greenfield shaft sinking and Process plant
  • Provided Construction consulting services throughout the project development.

Director

BHP Billiton
Montelibano, Colombia
  • Led the team in the development of the Prefeasibility, Feasibility Studies for numerous brownfield expansion projects.

Site Manager

Sky
  • Resources/HudBay Mining, Fenix, El Estor, Guatemala
  • As Site Manager, led the team in the development of the FEL4 study and lead the project team in field execution for the refurbishment, conversion and upgrading the mothballed Exmibal nickel-laterite mine and smelter
  • Corefco, MoaNickel, Site Manager
  • Moa Cuba
  • Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Site Manager
  • Development and Implementation of Construction Execution Plan, policies, and programs
  • Early works, design and development of all infrastructure required for multinational direct and indirect labour force
  • Expansion and upgrading of the following process circuits, Ore Thickening, Counter Current Decantation, Neutralization, Ore Leaching, SPP Slurry preparation plant, Sulphide Precipitation, Hydrogen Plant, Hydrogen Sulphide Process, Water treatment Plants, Sewage treatment Plant, Tailings Management.

Education

MBA - International Business

Berkley College
03.2005

BSc - Civil Engineering

University of Alberta
01.1991

BSc: Civil - Engineering, Construction Management

University of British Columbia
01.1991

I, II, III -

Douglas College Project Management Douglas College

Incident Command System: ICS-100, ICS-200 Level I and II Surface and Underground NWT/Nunavut Supervisors certificate Hatch Leadership in Action o Construction Safety Leadership Program o Lean in Construction o Team Building & Leadership o Interpersonal Skills Management Training o Managing Vital Performance o Due Diligence o Critical Risk Management o Ethics in the Workplace o Loss Control & Incident Investigation o Lean Greenbelt Certification -

Douglas College Civil Survey Cariboo College

Skills

  • Leadership and Team Management
  • Excellent communication
  • Project Planning
  • Strategic Project Development
  • Project Oversight
  • Project Timeline Management
  • Financial Management
  • Risk identification and mitigation
  • Cultural awareness
  • Relationship building
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Labor management

Accomplishments

  • Successfully led the completion of numerous project exceeding $1B, finishing ahead of schedule and under budget, demonstrating strong project management and resource allocation
  • Research and development of the Corporate Health, Safety and Security Program to ensure a consistent approach across the global market though still allowing flexibility to tailor, detailed Safety Management Plans required to address specific industry and regional requirements
  • This program included strategic initiatives such as Visible Felt Leadership Program, Construction Safety Leadership Program, Supervisor Training Program, Health, and Safety and Security Program for Project Setup and Execution
  • These efforts culminated in a marked safety performance improvement and the consistent achievement of +10m manhours without a lost time injury on 4 projects (exceeding $2B) back-to-back
  • Research, development, and global rollout of Corporate project setup program which including Pre-Construction Management Tools such as: Constructability Program (including Development of the Modularization Program), Workface Planning (CWP) program, BIM (Building Information Modeling), Auditing tools, Materials Management system (Merian) and integration during the FEED planning stages, and LEAN in Construction Program
  • Developing and leading teams of 50+ construction professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment, resulting in increased team morale and productivity
  • Mentoring and coaching junior construction managers, developing their leadership capabilities and contributing to the growth of the team
  • Creation of a multidisciplined SME team which developed Global Project & Construction Procedure Manuals and followed through with introduction, rollout, and continuous support across all global mining project delivery offices
  • Developed a Claims Management training program which included, Prevention, Mitigation, Pursuance, Resolution, throughout Pre-tender, Contract Formation, Construction and Post Completion cycles
  • Instrumental in Company achieving and retaining ISO89001 accreditation by developing a new fully integrated Quality Management System.

Certification

Bahasa, Professional Working #HRJ#3177de14-f8ad-4331-ab59-42381f2c45cf

Languages

  • English, Native or Bilingual
  • Spanish, Professional Working

    • Additional Information

    • AWARDS , 2016 Anglo American CEO Award for Project Innovation and Excellence. Principle in the identification, development and implementation of an innovative improvement plan that resulted in a 6-month reduction in overall project execution schedule. 2014 Roy Curtis Project Excellence Award I Hatch Global Awards I Tasiast Project 2013 & 2014 Kinross Safety Award | Kinross Gold Corporation | Tasiast Expansion 2012 Health and Safety Award | Finalist Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS) | Recognition for exceptional safety leadership and health and safety management systems |10M manhours LTI Free 2012 Roy Curtis Project Excellence Award I Hatch Global Awards I Recognition of successful completion of large scale, complex projects with exceptional attention to safety, quality, management, and sustainability 20010 Health and Safety Award | Placa de Oro I Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS) | Recognition for exceptional safety leadership and health and safety management systems |10M manhours LTI Free (Brazil) 2009 Health and Safety Award | Placa de Oro I Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS) | Recognition for exceptional safety leadership and health and safety management systems |10M manhours LTI Free (Guatamala) 2006. Health and Safety Award | Placa de Oro I Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS) | Recognition for exceptional safety leadership and health and safety management systems |10M manhours LTI Free (Cuba)

    Timeline

    Construction Manager, Project Manager, Project Director, Senior Manager

    Barrick
    10.2021 - 03.2024

    Project Manager

    Hatch
    02.2005 - 03.2020

    Project Manager

    Newmont Mining Corp. Yanacocha Sulphide Treatment

    Project Manager

    Barrick Gold

    Director

    Anglo American

    Director, Director & Site Manager

    Mosaic

    EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company

    Director

    BHP Billiton

    Site Manager

    Sky

    MBA - International Business

    Berkley College

    BSc - Civil Engineering

    University of Alberta

    BSc: Civil - Engineering, Construction Management

    University of British Columbia

    I, II, III -

    Douglas College Project Management Douglas College

    Incident Command System: ICS-100, ICS-200 Level I and II Surface and Underground NWT/Nunavut Supervisors certificate Hatch Leadership in Action o Construction Safety Leadership Program o Lean in Construction o Team Building & Leadership o Interpersonal Skills Management Training o Managing Vital Performance o Due Diligence o Critical Risk Management o Ethics in the Workplace o Loss Control & Incident Investigation o Lean Greenbelt Certification -

    Douglas College Civil Survey Cariboo College

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