Sene Mamadou Mbath Banda
Thies
Summary
Planning professional known for delivering successful project outcomes through precise scheduling and strategic planning. Valued for collaborative leadership and adaptability in dynamic environments. Proficient in project coordination and resource management, consistently driving team success.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Mechanical / Planning Engineer
ROXGOLD Inc
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
05.2016 - 04.2020
- Oversee Maintenance Planning & Engineering Department:
- Short to long term planning and scheduling of all Mechanical & Electrical maintenance of Fixed Plant Equipment and other company assets according to RCM principles and techniques.
- Use the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to provide accurate prediction of future, and records of historical maintenance activities and costs and provide timely reports to management using the CMMS and other tools.
- Provide mentoring and training to planners while demonstrating commitment to company values and ensuring adherence to statutory requirements as a minimum standard
Senior Project Engineer
ROXGOLD Inc
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
09.2013 - 05.2016
- Key member of small client team that drove the development of an interesting new high grade gold deposit in West Africa from a grass-roots exploration camp to operating gold plant within a short period. Plant commissioned and exceeded nameplate production by 20%.
- Role encompassed:
- Review plant design drawings as client EPC representative & advise Project / process manager for sign-off
- Design & Management of numerous site projects.
- Technical support for design & construction queries across site during construction process.
- Led development of all maintenance systems for the project including sparing & maintenance procedures.
Process Mechanical Engineer
SABODALA GOLD OPERATIONS
Sabodala, Senegal
03.2009 - 09.2013
- Provide engineering and technical support for the Sabodala Gold Project maintenance and operations team and to provide mechanical engineering expertise to investigate, develop and supervise Continuous Improvement Projects across the SMG site while ensuring health, safety, environmental, community relations and quality workmanship standards are maintained, all for the best value.
- Assist Maintenance Planning department in
- Review update and implementation of plant maintenance strategies
- Plant Criticality Assessment review and maintenance
- In conjunction with the Maintenance Planning group, employ Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques to assist with developing a maintenance strategy for each asset that is appropriate for the asset’s criticality to the operation
- Business processes definition and implementation
- Collaborate with maintenance planning for effective and efficient PMs mapping , and inspection sheets
- Contribute to the development of departmental budget, particularly in the area of project costing.
Project Engineer Construction
Mineral Deposits Limited / Sabodola Gold Projects
Sabodala, Senegal
10.2007 - 03.2009
- Being involved in the project at a green field level, was assisting the asset manager (client representative side) on the peripheral projects, as well as liaising with the EPCM on various aspects related to the project. As member of the commissioning team, my duties also was to make sure construction and installation comply to specifications
- Key areas where have been involved during the construction project at Sabodola
Operations Manager
SENBUS INDUSTRIES
Thiès, Sénégal
07.2003 - 01.2007
- As the responsible for plant maintenance and having a broad control over Senbus Industries supply chain system. Closely working with manufacturing department in the production planning and inventory control, I was also dealing with other departments like Design and development, finance quality etc… for better optimisation of production costs.
- KPI definition and monitoring.
- Information system administration.
- Third parties management. Plant Management
Industrial engineer
SENBUS INDUSTRIES
Thiès, Sénégal
07.2003 - 01.2007
- Production system Data collection. Production process validation. Production and Operation Process flow chart elaboration. Time study, KPI determination. Quality system training. Information System (ERP) implementation project supervisor.
Education
Master - Production & Industrial System Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
02.2001
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs de Tunis
07.1998
Skills
- Operating System
- Windows 7, UNIX, LINUX
- Programming language
- Turbo Pascal, L4G PROGRESS, C , C, VISUAL BASIC, VISUAL C
- CMMS / Data base Management System
- PRONTO, Classic , MFG PRO, Dbase, MS ACCESS
- CAD/ CAM system
- Pro Engineer / SolidWorks
- AutoCad
- Finite Element Method Softwares
- ANSYS 53
- Construction methods
- Site inspections
- Excellent technical skills
- Budget planning
- Project coordination
- Computer simulations
- Value engineering
- Production scheduling
- Project management
- Production leadership
- Engineering principles
- Design modifications
- Teamwork
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Reliability
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French : Excellent (Spoken & Written)
English : Excellent (Spoken & Written)
Arabic : Good (Spoken & Written)
Timeline
Senior Mechanical / Planning Engineer
ROXGOLD Inc
05.2016 - 04.2020
Senior Project Engineer
ROXGOLD Inc
09.2013 - 05.2016
Process Mechanical Engineer
SABODALA GOLD OPERATIONS
03.2009 - 09.2013
Project Engineer Construction
Mineral Deposits Limited / Sabodola Gold Projects
10.2007 - 03.2009
Operations Manager
SENBUS INDUSTRIES
07.2003 - 01.2007
Industrial engineer
SENBUS INDUSTRIES
07.2003 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs de Tunis
Master - Production & Industrial System Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Training
- PRONTO Systems Implementation Sabodola Gold Operations (2012)
- Master in Finance : Financial Management and Accounting (2011-2013)
- Industrial Risk Management Certificate MSM2: DNV UK : Jul 2011
- Simulation of Solidification of castings of non-ferrous Metal by Finite Element Analysis (Master Thesis). Feb 2001
- Jobshop scheduling Using Genetic Algorithm & Constraint Logic Programming a hybrid Approach. Sept 2000.