Experience

Tomago Aluminium
• Australia
• Mining
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Senior Mechanical Engineer

  • May 2019 - Present


Lonmin plc

• South Africa
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • May 2013 - Apr 2019

  Provide leadership and technical support to a professional multi-discipline divisional engineering team consisting of 3 x Engineering Managers. Leading a reliability engineering team of 5 x direct reports, responsible for undertaking technical investigations, inspections, studies, maintenance audits and analysing historical data, to determine health of assets.Developed and implemented an efficient Equipment Asset Management strategy and its application in the business, including SAP maintenance business processes.Implementing a structure and maintenance facilities fit-for-purpose to execute the strategy.Benchmarking and implementing industry best practice whilst adapting to take account of practical realities.Set training requirements and priorities based on strategic direction and skills requirements of the engineering team.Developing a pipeline of succession of artisans, foreman and engineers. Show less

• Senior Manager Engineering

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2013

  Provide leadership and technical support to a professional multi-discipline divisional engineering team consisting of 3 x Engineering Managers, 3 x Automation Manager as well as leading a reliability engineering team of 2 x direct reports, responsible for undertaking technical investigations, inspections, studies, maintenance audits and analysing historical data, to determine health of assets within the Smelter and Refinery plants.Driving continuous improvement increasing availability from 88% to 97% over a 4 year period whilst keeping engineering cost constant ($10 million p.a. inflationary cost saving equivalent). Show less

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2008 - Mar 2009

• Six Sigma Master Black Belt

  • Oct 2004 - Mar 2008

• Plant Engineer

  • Sep 1996 - Oct 2004

  • Legally appointed Engineer as stipulated within the Mine Health and Safety Act. • Leading a multidisciplinary maintenance team consisting of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation personnel.• Developed and implemented an efficient preventative and proactive maintenance management on 3 x Concentrators with a total capacity of 450 000 tons per month.• Responsibility was progressively increased from overseeing 1 x Concentrator processing 1.9 Mt p.a. to 3 x Concentrators processing a total of 5.4 Mt p.a.• Executed all capital and maintenance projects the biggest had a project value of AUD 26 million (year 2000 value).• Driving continuous improvement tactics to improve plant availability from 93% to above 97% over an 8 year period. Show less