Mulenga Shula

Lead Senior Surveyor (Expatriate) · Khoemacau Mine, JCHX Botswana Mining Construction Proprietary Limited

12th April 2025 – Present

• Lead and deliver complex surveying projects from planning through execution and final reporting.
• Supervise and mentor survey teams, ensuring accuracy, productivity, and adherence to standards.
• Oversee field data collection using total stations and conventional survey methods.
• Process and analyze survey data to produce precise plans, profiles, and reports.
• Perform quality control checks to ensure data integrity and compliance with project specifications.
• Coordinate closely with engineers, contractors, and project stakeholders.

Senior Sectional Surveyor · Lubambe Copper Mine Limited

1st December 2019 – 3rd April 2025 · Chililabombwe, Zambia

• Successfully introduced the use of drone for 3D scanning underground, including procurement of the drone, training and licensing of pilots.
• Ensure provision of professional mine services (Set KPIs, Develop and enforce relevant standard procedures, measure departmental performance against procedures and KPIs).
• Management of mine surveying department (plan leave for surveyors, Plan for consumable stock and non-stock items, provide leadership for the whole department, coordinate the team and plan tasks, etc.).
• Development of mine survey staff.
• Metal accounting and tonnage reconciliation.
• Liaison with the mining department.

Sectional Surveyor · Lubambe Copper Mine Limited

12th December 2013 – 1st December 2019 · Chililabombwe, Zambia

• Pre-stope and stope scans.
• Hole surveys.
• Staking out designed production drill rings, RARs, slot raises (air let rise), raise bore positions and diamond drill holes.
• Prepare survey lateral development layouts.
• Measures of Run of Mine (ROM) stockpiled material and stope reconciliation calculations.
• Make pre-stope sections from pre-stope scans of ore drives handed over to planning for stope and ring designing.

Surveyor · CMC Bomar contracted by Konkola Copper Mines plc

27th May 2013 – November 2013 · 1 Shaft, Chililabombwe, Zambia

• Tunnel advance monitoring at 2900ft level and 3150ft level.
• Take profile measurements for the various tunnels and plot to check if they conform to the design standards and for volume check.
• Elevation (grade) and directional control of tunnels, raises, remuck bays, ore and waste boxes, Tramming loops and declines.
• Preparation of daily, weekly and monthly management reports.
• Carry out topographic surveys for civil works.