BILL SUTHERLAND, P.E.
Project Manager

Bill Sutherland
EDUCATION

  • B.S., Mining Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1968.


    • Continuing Education:

  • Respirable Dust - Quartz Campaign, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Norton, Virginia, July
      1997.

  • Ground Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Norton, Virginia, April 1997.

  • Basic Cost Engineering, West Virginia University, May 1996.

  • ISO 9000 Seminar, Kingsport, Tennessee, April 1996.

  • Introduction toTotal Quality Management, Lexington, Kentucky, June 1995.

  • Institute of Coal Mine Health and Safety, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978.

  • Effective Supervision, Exxon Corporation, March 1971.

  • Mine Foreman Short Course, Pennsylvania State University, August 1969.


    • REGISTRATION

    Registered Professional Engineer:
  • Virginia 19154

  • West Virginia 8637

  • Kentucky 12066


    • Certified Mine Foreman (8075), Electrician and Sampler of Respirable Dust and Noise.

    AFFILIATIONS

  • Society of Mining Engineers

  • Wise Kiwanis Club


EXPERIENCE

Mr. Sutherland joined Maxim Engineering in November 1997. He brings to the company a broad background in engineering,
safety, and production management. His experience is as follows.

1988-1997 Glamorgan Coal Corporation, Wise, Virginia. Safety and Operations Engineer for the last three years.
Responsible for safety, training, and operational analysis. Chief Engineer for first six years. Duties were mine
development & layout, surveying, mapping, exploration, and permitting.

1984-1988 Sandy Fork Mining Company, Beverly, Kentucky. Safety Director at this company, which operated four
mines and a preparation plant. Project Engineer for the first year, evaluating a newly acquired property.

1980-1984 Held operating management positions for a several small companies in northern West Virginia and western
Pennsylvania. Also did management consulting. This was all done while living in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

1977-1979 Kentucky Carbon Corporation, Phelps, Kentucky. Division Manager of a mining complex consisting of five
continuous miner units, two longwall units, a preparation plant and warehouse.

1976-1977 Braztah Corporation, Helper, Utah. Mining Engineering Supervisor and Assistant Mine Superintendent.

1970-1976 Monterey Coal Company, Carlinville, Illinois. Joined this company in its infancy. Progressed from Project
Engineer, Operations Planning Coordinator, Section Foreman, and Head of Mining Engineering.

1965-1969 Consolidation Coal Company, Pocahontas, Virginia. Held production jobs on both continuous miner and
conventional sections.