Peter Deacon Email & Phone Number

Cadia Valley Operations

From July 2014 the Cadia Valley Electrical and Mechanical Reliability group amalgamated to increase synergy and effectiveness. I lead the reliability team consisting of 2 Electrical, 5 Mechanical Engineers and a Vibration Technician and our objective is to ensure availability and reliability of surface and underground equipment. This we achieve by focusing proactively on effective maintenance strategies, preventive technologies like Vibration Analysis, Oil Analysis, Motor Condition Monitoring and Transformer oil analysis to name a few. From a reactive perspective, we perform root cause analysis investigations to understand causes of failures and implement measures to prevent or mitigate future failures. Our equipment ranges from large conveyor belts, equipped with 4 x 1.5 MW motors to 5 dual drive ball mills driven by 4.375 MW to 8 MW wound rotor motors. We also have a 20 MW Siemens wrap around motor on a large SAG mill. We use availability and MTBF as our main equipment performance drivers. My management style is open door, ownership driven and I insist on a professional, creative and enthusiastic mindset.

Cadia Valley, Orange, Nsw

During this period I was responsible for the electrical reliability to ensure availability and reliability of the electrical infrastructure on the 2 underground mines and the surface processing plant. Key drivers were electrical availability and MTBF and consisted of proactive technologies like transformer oil analysis and motor condition monitoring. Pareto analysis and RCA's ensured that reactive focus were value adding.

Newcrest Gold Mine, Cadia Valley, Orange

Identify and develop preventive maintenance routines and procedures for a large mining project. Documentation of the Operational Readiness process and analysing labour requirements for identified work.

Kandos

Master’S Degree, Reliability And Maintenance Management, Master Of Maintenance And Reliability Engineering

This course covered specialist skills to optimise the maintenance of industrial assets and to enhance the critical thinking, problem.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

B. Ing, Electronic Engineering