Specialist
Harmony Gold/MMJV
Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months
Played a key role as a manager for mine site electrical management and equipment upgrading requirements, designs and problem solving to recognize the potential outage parameters. Mitigated the outages resulted in a saving of AUD 1.6M per outage avoided. Identified and reported on cost intensive design shortcomings on plant and proposed financially viable solutions by submitting modifications to plant and machinery to evade process lag times.
Notable Achievements:
Identified tasks arising from mining operational requirements; Designed an HV Island control system between the PNG PPL mains supplier and the 20 CAT (1250 MW each) generators of the MMJV, to save the mine on average two days per month downtime.
Evaluated and rectified shortcomings in HV safety procedures, which prevented fatalities and accompanying mine closures for investigations.
Negotiated with equipment and installation suppliers on failure modes of equipment and planned an operational readiness strategy.
Birla Nifty Copper Operations - Copper Ore Extracting, Mining Concern
Settled an adequate systems to determine failure modes of existing equipment and draw up technical specifications, which resulting in planned the maintenance schedules.
Notable Achievements:
Wrote technical various specifications, and implemented 5 specifications throughout W.A to certify the measurable contractor performance.
Proficiently conducted technical electrical equipment failure analysis and provided recommendations based on investigation outcomes to optimise the electrical feed routes in a fewer zone power outage.
Designed tender evaluation models that ensured impartial contract awarding practices.
Implemented technical electrical equipment failure analysis and provide recommendations based on investigation outcomes.
Spearheaded cross functional management of change processes to ensure safe, streamline process improvements, including technical designing, customer liaising, installation and project management, moreover provided a practical support in the development and management of the company’s project portfolio.
Notable Achievements:
Controlled an electrical projects that mainly involved the full scope of 11 kV substation design, building and installation and systems engineering for mining concerns and local authorities.
Demonstrated in Turnkey generator design, project management and installations to promote the company expertise effectively.
Steered efforts towards the tender estimating, writing scope of works and drawing up training and installation documents, which added to the value of existing tenders binging in an additional 10% of revenue existing projects.
Project work at Origin, Energy, Santos, Globalspec,