Independent Mining Engineer providing operational support to the mining industry specialising in tender process management, tender bid modelling, contract negotiation and mining contracts. Core experience includes due diligence and technical reviews for financial institutions and mining houses, expert witness statements and conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Clients operations reside in various jurisdictions with locations including Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand… Show more Independent Mining Engineer providing operational support to the mining industry specialising in tender process management, tender bid modelling, contract negotiation and mining contracts. Core experience includes due diligence and technical reviews for financial institutions and mining houses, expert witness statements and conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Clients operations reside in various jurisdictions with locations including Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Africa mining gold, coal and other metals. Show less

Day to day management of a group of consultants in 8 offices across 5 countriesDevelopment and implementation of short and medium term strategiesBusiness development into new marketsSpecify, develop and implement various project management systems, guidelines and standards globally.Responsibility for all commercial and resource management related to the time zone.

Day to day management of active projects and NSW consultant resource pool of +40 professionals. Accountabilities include employment, retention and training of consultants; balancing skill diversity locally and globally; global deployment and technical advice. Part of a tight management team focussing particularly on securing work, managing client relationships, capability resourcing and final deliverable.

Management of major technical and feasibility studies, strategic planning and management services, such as due diligence, reviews, technical audits, and providing expert advice. Specialised in mining contracts, tender processes and detailed equipment modelling and costing.

Involvement in a broad range of projects including pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, commercial and technical assessments, resource optimisation, ultimate and interim stage mine designs as well as mine scheduling. Preparation of mining contract documents, shadow estimates and managing tendering processes, contractor selection and contractor negotiations. Participation in due diligence studies.MineConsult Pty Ltd was bought by Runge Limited in 2007

Mine design and planning, production schedules, dump optimisation and feasibility studies for many open cut mines within Australia, South America, New Zealand and Indonesia. Several overseas site secondments in Indonesia and New Zealand.