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Australia

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Employed under contract to Appin Mine Operations to assist with multiple Conveyor and Bulk materials handling projects from a Concept level through specific project Tollgate windows prior to handover to the site project execution team.Project – Main Slope and Surface Elevator Conveyor Upgrade Project - Business Case and Prefeasibility Study – Type A2 (Completed)Project Summary:Major Upgrade to the oldest and most critical conveyors at the mine. Works consisted of a complete replacement of the Elevated gantry Surface Elevator and also a Major Improvement to the drive and transfer arrangement of the Main Slope (Drift) conveyor.Project - Appin Coal Clearance Project (ACCP) – PFS Phase – Type B (Completed)Project Summary:Prefeasibility study for the complete Appin Coal Clearance System to optimise the system based on meeting the requirements of the mine plan and associated production targets, minimising the project cost, and reducing the impact to the mine during implementation.Project – Main Slope Type A1 Project – PFS Phase – Type A1 (completed)Project Summary:Identify and complete “Immediate Priority” PFS/FS/EXE package for the Appin Mainslope Conveyor Type A1 project – Replacement of EOL conveyor structure, firewater pipeline, Heading geotechnical works and restoration of safety systems in place on the conveyor.Project - Appin Coal Clearance Project (ACCP) – Concept Phase – Type B (Completed)Project Summary:Concept study for Appin mine to determine a future arrangement for the Coal Clearance system. Investigation not only focused on the existing system but also the potential replacement options of new drifts, overland conveyors, new haul roads and new conveyor arrangements in existing headings to ensure the mine is able to meet the future Mine plans. Project ensured potential options could achieve the constraints of the future mine plan, whilst minimising the project cost and reducing the impact to the mine during implementation.

Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Ensure underground mining maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety management plans.Provide engineering and maintenance support for the mechanical and electrical tradesmen.Coordinate maintenance activities in the day to day running of the mine.Execute underground mine maintenance plans in consultation with the shift undermanager.Complete the engineering review process to assist the process engineers in understanding equipment unplanned delays as well as course of action and any repairs ongoing including suggested modifications.Provide leadership and direction to maintenance tradesmen, including competency and authorisations, to meet operational requirements.

Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Plan, Schedule and Coordinate mechanical maintenance activities and projects for the Narrabri Conveyor System.Analyse Conveyor performance with the intent to predict and preventing unscheduled downtime.Ensure execution activities are conducted safely and cost effectively to the relevant standards and operating procedures.Ensure compliance and lead improvement of operating, maintaining and engineering standards.Provide technical/mechanical support for all Conveyor operations and associated activities.Overseeing Coal Clearance mechanical components, equipment and personnel performance to ensure productivity requirements are met.Ensure Daily and Weekly plans are executed and complete any rescheduling required to make sure desired deliverables are met. Review of past performance within the Conveyor field to allow feedback for the Daily Review meeting and identify any reasons for variance whilst determining actions to deliver the next 24 hours and subsequently, the Weekly Plan.Achievements- Optimising conveyor performance of the Narrabri Coal clearance system to perform at a consistent 97% availability

Narrabri Nsw

Rotational role through each department of the mine to to gain associated skills and experience within each one. Tasks specific to each area included:• Diesels – This role required undertaking of Diesel fleet servicing and maintenance including routine maintenance and breakdown events. Experience and competencies achieved in this area with explosion protected DES. Experience in operating Driftrunners, LHD and Brumby was also gained.• Outbye - Provide assistance to complete routine inspections of conveyors, conveyor related equipment, equipment associated with the pumping system within Narrabri and DATs. Other duties involved assisting with planned maintenance, breakdown events, minor projects and installations, and operational assistance with secondary support. Experience and competencies achieved allowing operation of the Driftrunner, Brumby and handheld roof and rib bolting machines. Experience was also gained offsiding and operating Airtracks.• Longwall - Provide assistance to complete the Longwall move from 107 to 108 panels, along with day to day maintenance and production duties prior to/post LW move. The role required completion of routine inspections of the equipment within this area as well as large proportion of time involved in fault finding, repairing and replacing components on the roof supports. Experience and competencies achieved to allow operation of powered roof supports for maintenance and fault-finding purposes as well as the RFB style bolting machine. • Development – Duties involved Maintenance and operations within various panels including planned maintenance, mechanical breakdown events, operation of equipment to assist production and completion of routine inspections of the equipment within this area. Equipment included; 12CM12 and 12CM30 Continuous Miners, 10SC32 Shuttle cars, LHD's, Fans and Pumping systems. Experience and competencies achieved to operate ED7/ED10 LHD's as well as various HFX style bolting machines.

Greater Tom Price - Tom Price, Western Turner Syncline And Brockman 1 Mines

Supervisor of a team of tradesman with the responsibility of maintaining existing assets related to mine site services over 3 mine sites.Varying levels of project work to maintain or improve existing assets within the site services field.

Tom Price, Western Australia

I was employed with Rio Tinto as an Intermediate Mechanical Engineer. Here, I used my experience and technical ability to complete engineering analysis and design of mining, mineral processing and structural equipment for new and existing equipment. With exceptional communication skills I was able to work across the entire team from Management to the shop floor and assist throughout. I also managed a highly successful team delivering projects from concept to design and fabrication and finally installed in service.Achievements- 100% improvement in life performance of the secondary sizer teeth with numerous improvements to the OEM design of the teeth and arrangement. This increased life from 900kT through to a reliable 1.8MT. Improvements of the procedures in wear management and replacement of wear package to acheve significant cost savings, time reduction in overhaul and efficiency of tooth removal and disposal. Annual cost savings of over $3M. - Site project leader for the reclaimer slew bearing replacement including maintaining the state of operations for the failing bearing, organisation of parts, required labour, tooling, engineering expertise and execution of the replacement of the slew bearing on time and on budget.- Lead mechanical engineer on the upgrade of our reclaimer to reduce train loading times by over 30 minutes per train. Oversaw design, structural checks, completed installation scoping and execution. Equated to a time saving of over 312 hours per year. Successfully improved the dig rate of the reclaimer from 5000Tph to 7000Tph.- Improved the screen panel wear life for wet product screens by 25%, successfully extending the life to 7 weeks which was achieved via improvements in feed presentation to the screen via chute redesign and extending chute life by 24 months (300% improvement)

The role was in the consultant and design fields but operating exclusively for Bluescope steel and the various departments at the Port Kembla Steelworks.This was a great role because it allowed me to develop my complex problem solving skills as I frequently needed to develop multiple solutions and use a process of elimination to decide on the most suitable and cost effective option.Here I used Autocad, Autodesk Inventor, Steelbeam and Spacegass to create detailed drawings and models for design and analysis (as well as fabrication) to produce solutions for problems and projects within the steelworks environment. These designs also required detailed engineering calculations relevant to Australian Standards as well as Bluescope Steel design codes to ensure compliance.Another part of the role was to complete the auditing and subsequent 25 year life cycle reports for maturing electric overhead cranes within the business, to allow them to continue operating past their original design life.It was a great business to work for as it was highly safety focused but also very professional and heavily engineering based.

Role Responsibility: Rotate annually through various departments within the Steelworks environment and complete duties to those specific areas to gain hands on experience whilst also attending University on a part time basis to obtain my degree.2010 Major Duties: Crane Design DepartmentDesigned, drafted and managed projects specific to Crane Engineering and Lifting Equipment.2009 Major Duties: Ore Preparation DepartmentDesign, drafting and project management for structural maintenance and repair of existing equipment in particular belt conveyors, screening equipment, stacker-reclaimers and building structures.2008 Major Duties: Pack and Paint Line at Springhill WorksDesign, drafting and project management for Pack Line and minor engineering design for the No 3 Paint Line.2007 Major Duties: Slab Caster Maintenance Department as a mechanical fitter technician.Carried out day to day inspections and mechanical maintenance of equipment which also involved some very minor design work.2006 Major Duties: Plate Mill Maintenance DepartmentCarried out mechanical maintenance as an apprentice mechanical fitter and managed small projects on Plate Rolling and Finishing equipment as well as Overhead Cranes.2005 Major Duties: Energy Services DepartmentWorked as an apprentice mechanical fitter in the maintenance crew on the mechanical equipment associated with power generation to the plant.2004 Major Duties: Tin Mill DepartmentWorked in maintenance crews as apprentice mechanical fitter on the mechanical equipment associated with the steel preparation and tinplating production lines.Steelhaven Trades Training Centre.Work comprised of learning fitting, turning and fabrication as part of BSL apprenticeship program.Also designed and completed engineering exhibit, for the Wollongong Science Centre.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng) Honours, Mechanical Engineering, Honours

Bachelor Mechanical Engineering Honours

Certificate 4 - Leadership And Management

Certificate 4 - Project Management