Veronique Boivin
About Veronique Boivin
Veronique Boivin is a Senior Rock Mechanics and Ground Control Engineer at Glencore, where she has worked since 2014. She specializes in rock hazard management, geotechnical project design, and the supervision of drilling operations.
Work at Glencore
Veronique Boivin has been employed at Glencore since 2014, serving as a Senior Rock Mechanics and Ground Control Engineer. In this role, she is based at Mine Raglan, located in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. Her responsibilities include the design of monitoring programs and the installation of instruments for geotechnical projects, focusing on rock hazard management and the supervision of drilling operations.
Education and Expertise
Veronique Boivin holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Geological Engineering from Université de Montréal - École polytechnique de Montréal, which she completed from 1998 to 2002. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) in Civil Engineering, specializing in Rock Mechanics, from the same institution between 2003 and 2005. Her expertise encompasses designing and managing ground control programs, including ground support design and rock investigations.
Background
Before joining Glencore, Veronique Boivin gained diverse experience in the field of geotechnical engineering. She worked at GEODATA Engineering S.p.A. in Turin, Italy, as a Geological Engineer from 2005 to 2007. Subsequently, she was employed at Golder as a Project Engineer in Montreal from 2007 to 2009, and then served as a Team Leader & Geotechnical Engineer at BHP in the Ekati Diamond Mine from 2009 to 2012. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at exp Global Inc. in Quebec from 2012 to 2014.
Achievements
Throughout her career, Veronique Boivin has developed significant expertise in rock hazard management and numerical modeling related to rock mechanics and ground control. Her work has involved the design and implementation of ground control programs, which are critical for ensuring safety and operational efficiency in mining and geotechnical projects.