Godwin Manteaw
Nkawkaw
Summary
Seek to continually work where I can bring experience, skills, and knowledge to bear on its quality management procedures and help sustain the company's growth while achieving personal career progression.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Plant Shift Supervisor.
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
02.2017 - Current
- Complied with Health Safety Loss and Prevention, environment, and social responsibility requirements and accepted personal responsibility for health and safety of every employee under or assigned to supervision.
- In charge of all process areas, i.e., crushing, grinding, carbon in leach, elution, reagent, counter current decant, water storage facility, and tailings storage facility.
- Enforced company policies and regulations with employees.
- Ensured adherence to operating parameters, made decisions on operating conditions and parameters, and took necessary corrective action to minimize operating variations.
- Worked with metallurgical team, laboratory, maintenance team and mining to ensure optimum metallurgical performance of process plant and achieved efficient plant equipment performance and availability.
- Managed 30 employees and over 10 contractors per shift.
- Assisted operators with troubleshooting equipment defects and malfunctions.
- Actively participated in continuous improvement programs that assisted in enhancing performance.
- Trained new employees, delegated daily tasks, and established effective employee schedules to take advantage of individual abilities and meet expected demands.
- Resolved employees' complaints and issues and offered thoughtful solutions to maintain satisfaction and good teamwork.
Senior Operator/Lead Hand/2ic
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
02.2015 - 02.2017
- Operated plant equipments,loader,bobcat,telehandler,forklift and excavator for production.
- Maintained timekeeping and employee records.
- Completed shift reports, log sheets, registers, and forms as required and updated them from time to time.
- Organized workflow and ensured that employees understood their duties or delegated tasks.
- Maintained operator's integrity of process plant area and all its ancillary plants and equipment in order to achieve safe environment, quality, cost‑effective production, and teamwork.
- Strict adherence to established SOPs, STPs, work policies, and security procedures.
- Set goals for performance and deadlines in ways that complied with company's vision and communicated them to direct reports.
- Managed 29 employees and over 10 contractors per shift.
Control Room Operator
Newmont Golden Ridge limited
05.2013 - 02.2015
- Commissioning of process plant
- Monitored and operated Citect control system to achieve production targets and standards.
- Report abnormal conditions and events immediately.
- Adhered to plant operating guidelines and parameters set,and corrected any deviations that were required.
- Completed shift reports, log sheets, registries, and forms as required.
- Exhibited sense of urgency toward achieving production targets.
- Assisted in achieving KPIs that pertain to process plant.
Apprentice Trainee(Operator/control Room Operator)
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
05.2011 - 05.2013
- Maintained operational integrity of all circuits, including crushing, grinding, CIL, elution, reagent, CCD, TSF, and water storage ponds and their ancillary plants and equipment, in order to achieve safety, environmental quality, and cost-effective production.
- Monitored and operated Citect control systems plant and performed daily inspections to achieve production targets and standards.
- Adhered to plant operating guidelines and parameters set out by management and corrected any deviations that were required.
- Maintained clear and concise communication with maintenance personnel, field operators and supervisors.
- Displayed sense of urgency towards achieving production targets and assisted in achieving KPIs that pertain to process plant.
- Performed housekeeping duties to maintain clean healthy, and safe workplace.
- Operated plant equipment's, loader, bobcat, forklift, and telehandler for effective production.
Control Room Operator
Ghana Oil Palm Development Limited
11.2008 - 05.2011
- Monitored and operated citect control system to achieve production targets.
- Ensured smooth operation of automated refinery and fractionation machinery with respect to operational procedures.
- Keep relevant operational records on timely basis.
Plant Operator
Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited
09.2006 - 11.2008
- Ensured smooth operation of refinery, fractionation machinery, hydraulic press, crane, feeders, thresher, elevators, digesters, cake breakers, and conveyors in accordance with operational procedures.
- Performed maintenance work on machines.
- Performed good housekeeping in all areas of operation.
- Established relevant operational records on timely basis.
National Service Person
West African Examination Council
10.2005 - 09.2006
- Distribution and Collection of stationary and scripts.
- Data Analysis
- Data entry
Education
Master of Science - Mineral Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
Tarkaw01.2025
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Koforidua Technical University
Koforidua, Ghana03.2022
Certificate of Proficiency - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
Tarkwa, Ghana01.2021
Certificate 111 (Processing) - MNM 30303 Certificate 111 in Metalliferous Mining
City And Guilds
Ghana01.2017
Technician Certificate 111 - Mechanical Engineering
Accra Polytechnic
Accra, Ghana01.2005
Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Willingness to learn
- Time management
- Microsoft Office
- Good Communication
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Ms Project
Certification
- Process Plant Operation Training, Newmont Ghana - May 2011- May 2013
- Leading For Results Training, Newmont Ghana - 2017
- Courageous Leadership,Newmont Ghana/ Zybra (PTY)LTD - 2015
- Field Level Risk Assessment, Newmont Ghana/Zybra (PTY)LTD - 2014
- Frontline Supervision, Newmont Ghana - 2021
- Lockout/Tagout workplace Safety, Newmont Ghana/SmartSign - 2015
- Confined Space Workplace Safety, Newmont Ghana/Smartsign -2015
- Back Safety Workplace Safety,Newmont Ghana/SmartSign-2015
- Senior Process Officer , Inspectorate Division of Minerals Commision - 2022
Football and Reading
I like playing and watching football at my rest time. Reading all kind of books is something i enjoy doing at my free time.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Additional Information
Reference
Edward Kofi Atsu
Process Plant General Foreman
0544342676
edward.atsu@newmont.com
Isaac Akwasi Nimako
Process Plant General Foreman
0544314446
Isaac.nimako@newmont.com
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Process Plant Shift Supervisor.
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
02.2017 - Current
Senior Operator/Lead Hand/2ic
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
02.2015 - 02.2017
Control Room Operator
Newmont Golden Ridge limited
05.2013 - 02.2015
Apprentice Trainee(Operator/control Room Operator)
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited
05.2011 - 05.2013
Control Room Operator
Ghana Oil Palm Development Limited
11.2008 - 05.2011
Plant Operator
Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited
09.2006 - 11.2008
National Service Person
West African Examination Council
10.2005 - 09.2006
Master of Science - Mineral Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Koforidua Technical University
Certificate of Proficiency - Metallurgical Engineering
University of Mines And Technology
Certificate 111 (Processing) - MNM 30303 Certificate 111 in Metalliferous Mining
City And Guilds
Technician Certificate 111 - Mechanical Engineering
Accra Polytechnic
- Process Plant Operation Training, Newmont Ghana - May 2011- May 2013
- Leading For Results Training, Newmont Ghana - 2017
- Courageous Leadership,Newmont Ghana/ Zybra (PTY)LTD - 2015
- Field Level Risk Assessment, Newmont Ghana/Zybra (PTY)LTD - 2014
- Frontline Supervision, Newmont Ghana - 2021
- Lockout/Tagout workplace Safety, Newmont Ghana/SmartSign - 2015
- Confined Space Workplace Safety, Newmont Ghana/Smartsign -2015
- Back Safety Workplace Safety,Newmont Ghana/SmartSign-2015
- Senior Process Officer , Inspectorate Division of Minerals Commision - 2022
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