Matthew Botting Email & Phone Number

Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia, Australia

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Kalgoorlie

• Currently at Kanowna Belle we have 2 Foreman, 4 Shift Electricians and 2 Apprentices.
• Performed and contributed to projects from initial planning through to completion with strengths in interpreting specifications/drawings and ordering materials; jobs completed within tight timeframes and within budgets.
• Collaborated closely with senior management, foremen, supervisors, contractors and operators.
• Trained apprentices, delegated tasks and monitored work to review performance and allocate relevant training.
• Essential role in preventative maintenance, breakdowns, improvements, statutory inspections and machinery scheduled services.
• Widespread fault finding; including ventilation and dewatering programming, electrical faults in starter panels and underground drill rigs.

Kalgoorlie

• While working at JT Mining Electrical Contracting I was sent to multiple sites for shift coverage and shutdowns including but not limited to; Rubicon and Granny Smith (Barrick), Athena and Cave Rocks Mine (Goldfields.
• Underground electrical maintenance. Fault finding and repairs to equipment including starter boxes, drilling machinery, remote bogging systems, communications and refuge chambers
• High Voltage installations; substation installs, 11kV cable runs, terminations and joins
• Mill maintenance, shutdowns, preventative and scheduled maintenance
• Construction and wiring of control panels including PLCs, inverters, pneumatic systems, electrical panels and substations as per client’s specification within budget and time frame.

Kambalda

• In the four years working for GBF, I was contracted out to different companies including, Goldfields St. Ives, Kambalda Electrical Contractors (K.E.C) and CT Electrical, the work I performed in this position included;
• Underground MaintenanceRepair Underground Flygt pumps and Tamrock twin and solo boom drill rigs.Install new starter panels, distribution boards and substations.Install, fault find and perform repairs to teleremote.
• Fixed Plant Electrical (Argo Paste Plant, St. Ives Mill)Install and repair flow meters, weightometers, soft starters, various speed drivesRecalibrate PLCs and change functions to control pump programsInstall equipment.
• High Voltage Installations and RepairsRun 1000, 11000 Volt cable and fibre optic cables in underground and surface environmentsPerform 1000 and 11000 volt joins and terminations Install 11000 substations, perform.
• Domestic ServicesDomestic installations including smoke alarms, lights, power points, spa baths, down lights, fluoro lights, air conditioners and split system air conditionersReplace consumer boards and run new main.

Kambalda

When I was first employed by Woolworths, I was hired on checkouts and cultivated great people skills, as I began to take on more hours and more responsibility, I was also promoted to Grocery Assistant and put in charge of my fellow employees, giving me a good sense of leadership and organisation.