Myra Kakarere
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
Port Moresby
6
years of professional experience
A highly motivated young multi-skilled, proactive individual of sober habits with a willingness to learn & adapt, previously engaged by employers in Engineering, Technical and Admin work and other ad hoc task. I have a proven track record of utilizing and optimizing resources at hand to achieve tasks set by management with limited and supervision as well as in short periods. I am actively looking for Project Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Project management roles outside of Papua New Guinea.
Work History
SMP Project Engineer
1 Year 9 Months- Develop detailed scope of works packs for structural, mechanical, piping as well as civil works.
- Develop detailed material take off list required for construction
- Procure and track materials and equipment hire required for the project execution
- Do quality check reviews on Materials, equipment and pre fabricated items
- Raising construction service request to obtain funds
- Assist schedulers in building construction schedules
- Track project cost in SAP
- Develop High level estimates and actual cost estimates
- Resolve all technical queries and requests for information, ensuring compliance up to American and Australian Standards.
- Communicate with clients and coordinate with various teams such as design team, operations team, etc during project planning and scope out stage.
- Develop project risk assessments
- Doing daily contractor management for projects we hand over to contractors
- Verify contractor daily timesheets for equipment and labor hire hours.
- Monitor Field Discrepancy report hours.
- Develop traffic management plans
- Coordinate with various teams involved in the project, during construction, ensuring they are all aligned and compliant to Australian, American and site standards.
Mechanical Technician/ Acting Supervisor
6 Months- Assist supervisor in:
- Develop scope of works for scheduled maintenance tasks and planning jobs for week+1 schedule
- Creating maintenance requests, breakdown notifications with their respective work orders
- Sourcing out parts required and, organizing operational resources prior to/or during execution week
- Schedule clean ups in maintenance control room to accomplish target KPIs
- Raising material master data movement for direct purchase parts to be stock item at warehouse
- Liaising with suppliers and contractors and, raising purchase requisitions respectively, for the required parts and services
- Ensuring that team’s technical skill competency is upgraded and updated through trainings and inductions
- Liaising with administration for team’s flight and accommodation
- Approving team’s time confirmations
- Raising activity reports to:
- Update bill of material (BOM) for cranes and compressors
- Review maintenance plans for existing PMs
- Generate new maintenance plans/items for cranes and compressors
- Develop Critical Equipment Return to failure plans (CERT PLANS) and NORMS for overhead cranes.
- Performing root cause analysis on breakdowns
- Administering Fixed Cranes Statutory Compliance Works.
- Scope, plan and organize yearly and biennial 3rd Party Crane Inspection execution.
- Scope, Plan, organize and lead team in execution of crane statutory corrective maintenance work.
- Scope, plan and organize 10-year mechanical major assessment and 25-year Structural assessment 3rd Party Inspections.
- Administer statutory corrective works such as cranes corrosion retreatment projects, load display inspections etc.
- Managing and organizing Compressor Statutory Works (Pressure vessel & Pressure Safety Valve Statutory Inspections)
- Organizing 3rd Party STAT yearly Inspections
- Assist in Trouble shoot on cranes and compressor breakdowns.
SUPERVISOR
6 Months- Prioritize, coordinate, execute and supervise all scheduled maintenance activities in the workshop.
- Prioritize available resources for approved breakdowns & break in tasks.
- Ensure that all maintenance tasks are done to quality and safety standards, and team is also working safely by verifying critical controls in place daily.
- Develop scope of works for all scheduled maintenance tasks.
- Analytical problem solving in areas of improvement in the workshop.
- Guide and supporting each team member in achieving their yearly objectives.
- Ensure team’s technical skill competency is upgraded and updated.
Mechanical Technician
11 Months- Managing Fixed Cranes Statutory Compliance Works.
- Scope, plan and organize yearly and biennial 3rd Party Crane Inspection execution.
- Scope, Plan, organize and lead team in execution of crane statutory corrective maintenance work.
- Scope, plan and organize 10-year mechanical major assessment and 25-year Structural assessment 3rd Party Inspections.
- Manage subproject work such as cranes corrosion retreatment projects, load display inspections etc.
- Updating bill of material for cranes and compressors
- Develop Critical Equipment Return to failure plans (CERT PLANS) and NORMS for overhead cranes.
- Performing root cause analysis on breakdowns and raising Activity report notifications for preventive maintenance plan review
- Managing and organizing Compressor Statutory Works (Pressure vessel & Pressure Safety Valve Statutory Inspections)
- Organizing 3rd Party STAT yearly Inspections
- As the leading hand also, I;
- Delegate daily task to team members
- Assist supervisor in ensuring parts are available and necessary resources involved with crane/compressor maintenance task such Scaffold, mobile cranes, Elevated work platforms (EWPS) etc. are setup prior to commencing work.
- Assist in Trouble shoot on cranes and compressor breakdowns.
- Assist Execute daily planned maintenance tasks.
Mechanical Assistant Technician
9 Months- Execute daily planned maintenance tasks on all cranes and compressors around site.
- Assist in Troubleshoot breakdown maintenance tasks.
- Scoping and maintenance review for defect elimination
Members Services Officer
5 Months- Pre- assessment of CBA Applications
- Data Entry of CBA applications into database
- Print Member IDs and Certificates
Trainee PROJECTS / RELIABILITY Engineer
4 Months- Develop project scope of works
- Schedule using MS Projects
- Drafting and sketching using Autocad and sketchUp Pro
- Developing project cost estimation
- Condition monitoring – conducting oil inspection and analysis using Spectro, vibration analysis, thermography etc.
- Non-destructive Testing – conducting dye penetrant inspection, ultrasonic thickness test, magnetic particle inspection etc.
- Doing root cause analysis (RCA and FMEA)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Upper Secondary School Certificate
Lower Secondary Certificate
Primary School Certificate
Skills
HARD SKILLS
Intermediate level in SAP
High level Computer skills including Microsoft Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Access
and Outlook
MS Projects.
Beginner level programming skills with Liberty basic and FoxPro 9.
Beginner level designing skills using CAD software such as MATLAB
AutoCAD
SketchUp Pro
Reliability Engineering Analysis such as Vibration Survey ad Analysis using AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager
Oil Analysis using Spectro Filter
Ultrasonic Inspections
Navis Works
Non-Destructive Testings
Magnetic Particle Survey
Magnetic Plug Survey
Root Cause Analysis.
Administrative skills such as Multitasking
Bookkeeping
filing
record keeping.
MATERIAL HANDLING HARD SKILLS
Elevated Work Platform – Permitted Operator
3 -15T Forklift –Trainee Operator
Overhead crane – Permitted Operator
Dogging – Permitted Dogger
SOFT SKILLS
Leadership – able to motivate
coordinate and stimulate trust.
Personal Information
References
Luke, Tapas, Senior Project Engineer, Luke.Tapas@newmont.com, +675 79209204, Newmont Corporation, Sustaining Capital
Timeline
SMP Project Engineer
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
01.2025 - CurrentRead More
Mechanical Technician/ Acting Supervisor
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
06.2024 - 12.2024Read More
SUPERVISOR
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
12.2023 - 06.2024Read More
Mechanical Technician
NEWCREST MINING LIMITED
01.2023 - 12.2023Read More
Mechanical Assistant Technician
NES GLOBAL TALENT – NEWCREST
04.2022 - 01.2023Read More
Members Services Officer
Institute of Engineers PNG
06.2021 - 11.2021Read More
Trainee PROJECTS / RELIABILITY Engineer
Barrick Porgera Joint Venture
10.2019 - 02.2020Read More
PNG University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical Engineering
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Port Moresby National High School
Upper Secondary School Certificate
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St Charles Lwanga High School
Lower Secondary Certificate
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Waigani Primary School
Primary School Certificate
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