Kavula_Corneille

Mr. Kavula Corneille

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Tailing Dam Engineer - Anvil Mining Congo

  • Geotechnical Engineer

Construction

  • Tailings Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Retaining Walls Engineering Geology Groundwater Pumping Seepage Cone Penetration Testing (CPT)
    Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Pressuremeter Borehole Logging Instrumentation Laboratory Testing Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Structural Geology

Educational Background

  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Geotechnics and Hydrogeology - Université de Lubumbashi : 05/09/2011 - 31/07/2015

Work Experience

  • Anvil Mining Congo : ( 22/05/2018 - Present )
    • Tailing Dam Engineer

    • North Shaba Tailing Storage Facility
      · Ensure compliance with internal and external tailings standards;
      · Develop Tailings Management Plans ;
      · Develop and maintain monitoring systems, data management and other KPI’s;
      · Water and Material balance management;
      · Tailing Rate of Rise forecast;
      · Tailing dam wall and road inspections;
      · Monitor the construction works ensuring compliance to the integrity of the design;
      · Quality control Plan, QAQC control;
      · Recording & reporting of manpower numbers & equipment utilization;
      · Attend and report site Progress meetings;
      · Final Construction Report including “AS BUILT” drawings;
      · Working with Knight Piesold consultants in the audit inspection and technical review;
      · Construction supervision and working with Orion consultants in the stage 3 raising.
      Dikulushi Tailing Storage Facility
      · Annual operational budgeting and minor project capital planning and execution;
      · Investigations and area audits ;
      · Intern closure and rehabilitation planning and cost calculation.
  • Chemaf : ( 08/11/2017 - 22/05/2018 )
    • Engineering Geologist

    • · Proposal of Geotech drilling using Pit shell and Topo DTM;
      · Geotechnical drill core logging: the method used is the domaining logging system. The re­logging was done under Stereocore
      Photolog software to validate onsite logging.
      · Data validation and Processing: validation of data after assessment of its quality and Integrity, geotechnical database creation, auditing and updating. The process is made under common SGBD (excel and Access), geotechnical software (dips, Slide) and modeling software (Surpac).
      · Rock Mass classification: the raw logging data was used to calculate Q and RMR values using a programmed excel worksheet.
      · Drafting of daily, weekly and monthly report and presentation to African Mining Consultants data controller.
  • Orion Rock Consulting : ( 04/04/2017 - 30/09/2017 )
    • Engineering Geologist

    • Involved in different geotechnical and civil engineering consulting projects such as:
      · Construction of a new runway for the airport of Kolwezi: Evaluation of bearing capacity of foundation’s soils;
      · EPC3-4 POST GIS 120 KV Mwadingusha CHINT/IVANOHE: Geotechnical characterization of soil, concrete mix design and determination of class of resistance;
      · Cimenterie du Bas-Congo (NYUMBA YA AKIBA): drilling and installation of standpipe piezometer, assist in the review of the hydrogeological model and proposition of the new dewatering system for the Songololo quarry.
      · SOMIKA STAGE 2 TSF: basin breakage: Geotechnical analysis and re-construction supervision and planning.
  • Group Bravo One : ( 02/12/2016 - 29/04/2017 )
    • Geotechnical Engineer

    • “Reprofiling and Rehabilitation of earthen roads and drainage systems in new peripheral areas of LUBUMBASHI / D.R Congo Social Found – Project HIMO KATANGA”:
      · Study and elaboration of application’s files,
      • Technical management, works monitoring and quality control,
      • Quantity surveying, project cost estimation and research of well adapted technical solutions for the work achievement,
      • Work force management, training of employees, performing works according to safety, health and environment rules,
      • Works planning and scheduling according to allowed budget and priorities,
      · Supply chain management.
  • Crown Mining : ( 07/09/2015 - 31/12/2016 )
    • Junior Geologist

    • • Geological mapping of surface and production of maps for targets generation & Resource Drilling;
      • Implantation, supervision and orientation of the drill rig and quick logging;
      • Geological logging and sampling of drill cores (Lithology, weathering, mineralization, structures and front redox) & Sampling;
      • Structural logging using the Rocket launcher & the goniometer for structures measurements. Structural interpretation of the mineralization;
      • Database Management: drill holes database creation and management
  • Kamoto Copper Company : ( 06/04/2015 - 30/07/2015 )
    • Underground Mine trainee Engineering Geologist

    • • UG Geotechnical and geology Department: Underground face mapping; Measurement stop width; Identifying and interpretation of underground geotechnical structures; Updating geological data on micro station; geotechnical drill Core logging; Attend mine stability meetings; Supervise underground sampling and sample dispatch; Manager and maintain quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) reports;
      • Hydrogeology Department: Providing technical support to hydrogeology staff and data management, pumping test analysis and well log preparation; Performing field investigations related to well pumping test, ground water modelling, ground water management and protection; ground water quality monitoring. Supervise drilling, installation and hydrogeological testing of shallow monitoring wells, Supervision and conduct of hydraulic testing and characterizing detailed aquifer properties, Design and supervision of pumping test and analyses of associated data.

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Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High Medium
French High High High

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0970968136

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