Senior Maintenance Manager

• May 2023 - Present

Drill and maintenance specialist

• Apr 2022 - Feb 2023

35 years of heavy equipment maintenance within Coal, Cement, Hard rock surface and Underground, oil and gas, civil construction and tunneling across Australia and internationally with a strong focus on maintenance safety, reliability and performance through diligence and systems based fault finding, diagnosis and effective repairs or improvement and the mentoring and sharing of skills knowledge and technical resources within my work groups. 35 years of heavy equipment maintenance within Coal, Cement, Hard rock surface and Underground, oil and gas, civil construction and tunneling across Australia and internationally with a strong focus on maintenance safety, reliability and performance through diligence and systems based fault finding, diagnosis and effective repairs or improvement and the mentoring and sharing of skills knowledge and technical resources within my work groups.

Technical Trainer

• Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

Technical training of maintainers and Operators of all surface and underground drilling and mining equipment made and supplied by Epiroc Technical training of maintainers and Operators of all surface and underground drilling and mining equipment made and supplied by Epiroc

Maintenance Specialist/ Drill trainer assessor

• Aug 2017 - Dec 2019

Supplying Maintenance and Engineering consultation and training and assessing to the ompany's employee's. Fleet consisted of Drilltech D40K, D25K,D75K, SKT, SKF and SKF Infinity drill rigs. This was across NSW and QLD with frequent travel between sites. Supplying Maintenance and Engineering consultation and training and assessing to the ompany's employee's. Fleet consisted of Drilltech D40K, D25K,D75K, SKT, SKF and SKF Infinity drill rigs. This was across NSW and QLD with frequent travel between sites.

Maintenance Consultant, Drills and Excavators. Workshop Trainer Assessor.

• Sep 2015 - Jul 2017

Consulting on Maintenance, service and reliability on Fleet of Cat MD series drills, Hitachi 3600 and 8000 series Excavators and Hitachi and Cat truck fleet. Working with Training Department for training and assessment on workshop personel for test and move on all mining mobile equipment. Also authorised as only maintenance person to train and operate on blast hole drills. Consulting on Maintenance, service and reliability on Fleet of Cat MD series drills, Hitachi 3600 and 8000 series Excavators and Hitachi and Cat truck fleet. Working with Training Department for training and assessment on workshop personel for test and move on all mining mobile equipment. Also authorised as only maintenance person to train and operate on blast hole drills.

Underground Diamond Drill Maintenance Supervisor

• Feb 2013 - Jun 2013

Responsible for the set up and implementation of maintenance program and procedures for a fleet of Diamec underground diamond drills and Atlas Copco Jumbo's. Condition monitoring and failure analysis of components. Sourcing replacement parts and reduction of mechanical component costs on site. Planning of maintenance. Mining Company closed down after going into receiver ship. April 2013 Responsible for the set up and implementation of maintenance program and procedures for a fleet of Diamec underground diamond drills and Atlas Copco Jumbo's. Condition monitoring and failure analysis of components. Sourcing replacement parts and reduction of mechanical component costs on site. Planning of maintenance. Mining Company closed down after going into receiver ship. April 2013

Senior Blast Hole and Exploration Drill Maintenance Supervisor / Trainer.

• Apr 2012 - Feb 2013

Reviewing OEM supplied training and operators manuals, re writing them to enable safer operator training and reduced machine and consumable damage. Rolling out of updated Manuals. Retraining and assessing existing operators and trainers whilst mentoring and advancing them to a high proficiency level. Auditing of Machines mechanical standard to enable MARC contract to be implemented efficiently and lift machine safety and mechanical availability to meet Key Performance Indicator's. Advising of safety concerns and rectifications for these issue's. Training and assessment of Exploration and Blast hole drillers on DK45KS and Pantera 1500 drills. Safety Audits and assessment of Exploration drill units onsite during resource drill out. Training of Sub contractor RC Grade control drilling using Sandvik DK 45 modified for Grade control. Show less

Drilling and Drill Maintenance Specialist

• Feb 2010 - Oct 2010

Maintenance Manager

• Dec 2008 - Jan 2010

Maintenance manager for Stracon Mining at Oceana Gold in New Zealand. Fleet was Cat 777F trucks, O&K RH diggers, Cat 16M grader, D10 dozers, and Atlas Copco L8 drills doing RC grade control and conventional open hole hammer for blast holes. Cat wheel dozer and various other equipment. Preparation of monthly KPI'S and reports for stake holders. Auditing of invoicing and costs associated with the maintenance budget. Interviewing and recruiting quality trades people. Management of sub contractors and suppliers on MARC contracts. Run and coordinate, shift meetings, morning production meetings and safety tool box meetings. Conduct safe work observations and safety walks weekly. Show less

Maintenance Manager

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2008

Contract Exploration Drill Maintenance Specialist

• Jun 2006 - Oct 2007

Commenced maintenance on Roxby Downs project with over 15 drill rigs on Boart Longyear's behalf. Set up workshop and field service to improve availability and breakdown reductions. Performing major component change outs in the field. Stock taking, ordering and organization of spares and required components. Rebuilding of drills in the field. Commissioning of changed out components. Servicing and fault finding of problems. Improving the up time and reliability of drilling rigs. Commenced maintenance on Roxby Downs project with over 15 drill rigs on Boart Longyear's behalf. Set up workshop and field service to improve availability and breakdown reductions. Performing major component change outs in the field. Stock taking, ordering and organization of spares and required components. Rebuilding of drills in the field. Commissioning of changed out components. Servicing and fault finding of problems. Improving the up time and reliability of drilling rigs.

SKF and SKS Drill Product support specialist

• Nov 2001 - Jun 2004

Building and commissioning of Reedrill Blast hole drills. SKF, SKS, SKSS GD 5000. Training of Client fitters and operators in the safe and correct methods of maintenance and drilling on these machines. Site representative at Drayton Coal, BHP Mt Arthur Coal, Newcrest Cadia Valley, and Various Coal and Allied/ Rio Tinto mine sites. Planning and Managing major component change outs and repairs. Co coordinating teams of specialist trades people and NDT sub contractors , for machine mid-life's and major warranty repairs or planned shutdowns both in the field and workshop locations. Diagnosing and repair of the PLC computer systems, electrical and laser control for drilling. Writing of Procedures, Job safety analysis's and SOP'S. Show less

Maintenance Supervisor, Sadiola Mali

• Dec 2000 - Aug 2001

Supervision and Training of 27 Malian and African National trades people in the safe maintenance of Exploration drilling rigs, Trucks, Light vehicles and all associated equipment. Supervision and mentoring 5 Ex Pat trades people. Management of parts store on a remote drilling project in a French speaking country without modern telephone or fax facilities. All correspondence was through the use of Satellite Internet. Managing customs and police inspections of equipment going into and out of the country. Set up new workshops. Budget forecasts and long and short term maintenance planning. Conducting safety and tool box meetings. Show less

Operations Manager

• Oct 1997 - Nov 2000

Started my own Drill and Mining equipment repair business. Performed work for the following companies. Newcrest Mining. Set up and implement safe work procedures for the Cadia Valley Gold Mine. Repairs and Maintenance to Cadia Valley Demag shovels and Ingersoll Drills for Komatsu Australia Nordberg, and Fuller crusher overhauls. labour hire and supply of Shift and Shutdown supervision and trades people to Metso minerals, Newcrest and several earthmoving contractors throughout the central west. Supply of Labour, Hydraulic, Drill repair and mechanical services to, PT Pontil Indonesia, Anderson Drilling, Major drilling, Boart Longyear, BHP Billiton, Atlas Copco Australia, Nordberg International, Redback Mining Mauritania, Tasiast Gold Mine Mauritania,Metso Minerals, ACR, Boral quarries, John Holland Mining, Felix Resources Minerva, Felix Resources, Ashton. Coldwell Drilling, Golding Contractors and many others. Show less

Leading Hand Tunnelling Fitter.

• Jan 1997 - Oct 1997

Underground on shift Fitter. Underground on shift Fitter.

Leading Hand Fitter

• Dec 1995 - Jan 1997

Leading Hand fitter in charge of crew of 8 fitters working underground on Atlas Copco Jumbo drills, Wagner trucks Wagner Boggers, Toro boggers, Rammer rock breaker, Tamrock Jumbo's Bud drills designed by Brandrill drilling long hole in 89mm diameters. Crew set world record for most metres drilled per shift. Leading Hand fitter in charge of crew of 8 fitters working underground on Atlas Copco Jumbo drills, Wagner trucks Wagner Boggers, Toro boggers, Rammer rock breaker, Tamrock Jumbo's Bud drills designed by Brandrill drilling long hole in 89mm diameters. Crew set world record for most metres drilled per shift.

Drill Fitter

• Nov 1992 - Nov 1995

Drill Rig maintenance and repairs, Rebuilds and Drill and associated equipment manufacturing, modification and commissioning. Machining, fitting and hydraulic and diesel repairs and servicing. This took place both in the workshop and field service. Company reputation for standard of drilling equipment was amongst the countries leading drilling contractors. We were specialists in performing difficult drilling contracts and building drill equipment specific to do those contracts. These include worlds first dead straight vertical Navi drilled hole, Track mounted Warman / UDR 100 drill, High clearance drills and support equipment for drilling on Lake Cowal, Gas explosion investigation holes at Moura mine site. Hydraulic driven UDR1000 mounted on Leopard Tank. Cut down UDR1000 for underground Open hole hammer drilling. Show less