Nick Downs Email & Phone Number

Western Australia, Australia

New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Fixed plant ,crushers,sizers,screens,pumps,conveyors and mills

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Answerable to the operations manager. Responsible for HMS plant availability As well as heap leach. Projects ,implementing maintenance strategies, parts, training . making sure plant only stops if critical .

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Planning scheduling and execution of all major shut down jobs . ensuring compliance to work packs. Training nations, supervising and sign off of works for completion.

Papua New Guinea, Lihir Island

Newcrest Mining, Lihir Island, Png

Planning work pacs, overseeing gand signing off of works Completed by expatriate contractors, Complete plant maintenance and reliability . weekly scheduling of pm work as well as weekly down day workloads. Training of nationals. Implementing safe work procedures, ensuring work is completed and to the appropriate standard.

Responsible for 'First Copper' on time by focusing on critical paths for Construction. Comissioned 3 x Solvent Extraction trains with associated pumps agitators and pumper mixers Electro winning tank house RectofiersFilter plant 9 x Counter Current Decantation tanks with associated pumps and agitatorsAcid plant 3 x Flottweg Tricanter Centrifuges2 x ThickenersAutomatic cathode stripping machineDevelope all Preventative Maintenance Documentation for CMMSC1/C2/C3 paperwork inspections and sign offs NCR Reporting and associated documentationWhile introducing and training the new national process and Maintenance teams

Sukari Gold Mine,Egypt

Short-term Contract, RELIEF POSITION

Allied Gold, Siberi Island, Png

MAINTENANCE FOREMAN / RELIEF SUPERINTENDENT

Hidden Valley, Png

COMISSIONING, DEVELOPED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, DEVELOPED SKILLS MATRIX

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Rebuilding industrial Gearboxes / Fluid couplings to factory specs. Service calls to site, inspections and instillation of new or refurbished drives

Australasia

RESPONSIBLE for implementing annual certification to all well site pumping equipment. Thickness testing, Magnetic particle Inspection, blacklight and hydrotesting. Every flange, elbow, swing, reduced, adapter, pump serialised and logged to not only prove integrity but to track attrition rate which then could also be costed into future jobs.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Responsible for installation, commissioning and maintaing Atlas Copco Raise Bore Rigs and associated equipment

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Responsible for servicing and maintaining locamotives, also contracted out to John Holland for a 6month re-sleepering project as the fitter to maintain 'pony', 'tampa', 'clippers' and 'dog' track machines

Education record

Education record