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QUALIFICATIONS: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
Caulfield Institute of Technology.
Victoria - AUSTRALIA. Awarded in 1979.

OTHER: Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Can speak and write Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dec'07 - Present

Volcan Compañía Minera - PERU
(Various mines U/G & Open Cut – Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold)

Position:- Resident Engineer Group Projects

Duty Summary:
- Designing and managing the construction of a new 6,000 Tonne/Day Oxide plant for silver recovery, by the Merrill-Crowe process.
- Designing and managing the construction of a new 25,000 Tonne/Day plant for the recovery of Copper, Lead & Zinc concentrates.
- Winder selection for sinking 700m shaft
- Upgrading 6 km underground rail haulage and u/g water pumping stations.

Sept'05 – Dec'07

Bogoso Gold Ltd - GHANA - AFRICA
(Old Underground Gold Mine)

Position:- Underground Maintenance Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Supervising 3 mechanical & 1 electrical foremen – supervising 70 tradesmen, pump operators, winder drivers.
- Rehabilitating all shaft steel work and services (air, water, electrics) in 2 shafts one 1500m deep the other 1000m.
- Maintaining 4 Surface & 3 Underground winders and upgrading conveyances.
- Designing, building, maintaining U/G pumping stations.
- Developing Safe Work Procedures for major plant and equipment
- Maintaining electric locos & rolling stock, rocker shovels, rockdrills, diamond drill rigs,
- Upgrading U/G and surface electrical reticulation
- Maintaining air compressors, 650Hp Ventilation Fan
- Help in commissioning new 10,000 Tonne/Day BIOX gold processing plant.

Dec'04 – Sept'05

Ergon Energy - Queensland - AUSTRALIA
(State Electrical Distribution Company)

Position: Electrical Distribution Designer

Duty Summary:
- Designing underground 11kv/415V/240V reticulation services for new housing subdivisions.
- Designing overhead 33kV/11kV/415V "around town & country" reticulation – both new and upgraded.
- Updating CAD interactive reticulating drawings - using inhouse "Smallworld" design software incorporating GIS information.
- Detailing construction schedules of works plans to give Linesmen.
- Detailing upgrade plans for town lighting

July'02 – Oct'04

PERILYA Broken Hill Ltd - NSW. - AUSTRALIA
(Underground Silver, Lead, Zinc)

Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Developing Safe Work Procedures for major plant and equipment.
- Investigating major accidents & incidents using Root Cause Analysis. Then implementing the recommendations for a safer work place.
- Completing a structural audit of the 50 year old processing plant with follow through modification designs to improve structural soundness.
- Initiating mechanical and electrical project works to streamline plant bottle necks, improve production and clean up the environment. Requiring preparation of Capex applications, Risk Assessments and time-lining.
- Preparing Capex Justifications for replacing old mobile fleet.
- Developed strategies for the maintenance planners on formalising PM & Servicing tasks for installation on the CMMS (Maximo). This also included putting together Operator pre-start and CM sheets for all fixed and mobile plant.
- Programming the Honeywell production process control system to record CM data to automatically down load on to the CMMS.
- Managing contractors on project works ensuring all safety aspects are met i.e. JSA's, HWP's, inductions, etc.

July'99 – Jan'02

Part time maintenance management consulting for various companies in Ecuador.

June'98 – July'99
VERITAS DGC LAND Inc.
(Petroleum Exploration - Bolivia)

Position: Maintenance Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Re-engineered various aspects of the company's operations. Involved: -
- Implemented a new cost coding system to give more accurate quotes for new projects to prospective clients.
- Rationalised and catalogued warehouse.
- Implemented new techniques for surveying - for better efficiency. This involved the mechanising of track cutting
- Modernised Base Camp electrics – to set up a camp (of 200 people) in one day, not 2 weeks.
- Implemented preventative maintenance procedures on fixed and mobile plant.

June'97 – June'98

WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL Inc. (Western Geophysical)
(Petroleum Exploration)

Position: Technician / Mechanic

Duty Summary:
This was a hands-on field position – working in Bolivia & Venezuela. Apart from normal breakdown repairs, duties included
- Training up operators on the use of new machinery
- Initiating preventative and long term maintenance procedures
- Instructing operators and drivers on the safe use of equipment
- Attended 2 week training course in United States on vibration electronics

Major Equipment:
- 25 Ton articulated all terrain vibration machines
- 20 Ton articulated scrub cutters
- Fleet of Toyota 4WD vehicles (diesel & gasoline)
- 130 HP electrical power generating units

Aug'93 – June'97

TEC-TOTAL Cia. Ltd. - Quito - ECUADOR
(Petroleum Services)
Company had a maintenance contract with the state owned oil company, PETROINDUSTRIAL, to maintain and operate 7 field gas and liquid capturing stations (Including gas lift) and gas refinery.
Position: Maintenance Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Supervision of 2 foremen and 70 workers - including mechanics, electricians, instrument fitters and equipment operators

Duties included:
- Training the local workforce on proper maintenance and overhauling procedures
- Refurbishing and modernising old plant and equipment
- Implementing preventative and predictive maintenance planning systems
- Maintenance scheduling and plant shutdown planning
- Condition monitoring of equipment
- Updating the computerised maintenance planning system

Major Equipment:
- 1500 HP 12 cyl reciprocating natural gas engines - running 2 stage 5000 cfm (700 psi) reciprocating compressors
- 2000 HP 16 cyl reciprocating natural gas engines - running 4 stage 5000 cfm (1400 psi) reciprocating compressors (for gas lift)
- 5000 HP gas turbine electrical generator
- 1500 HP gas turbines running 900 lb/min propane refrigerant compressors

Project work:
Preparing tenders
- For the installation of a liquids modular plant refinery for one of the stations.
- For a new liquids and gas recovery plant at another.

Jun'89 - Mar'92

POSEIDON GOLD LTD - Tennant Creek N.T. - AUSTRALIA
(Underground Gold Mine)

Position: Chief Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Responsible for maintenance activities and project works in the processing mill and underground mine.

Duties included:
- The supervision of 2 foremen, 20 tradesmen, and one young Project Engineer.
- Preparation of yearly budgets and project plans.
- Selection and purchasing of new mill and mine equipment.
- Installation of computerized maintenance planning systems.
- Upgrading of the mill to increase tonnage and gold recovery.
- Upgrading and extending of surface and underground High Voltage electric's. (33kV / 11kV / 415V)
- Upgrading the underground dewatering system.
- Upgrading the mine compressed air supply.

Dec'87 - Dec'88

KHAFS DAGRA WHEAT PROJECT - SAUDI ARABIA
(100 sq. km Wheat Farm)

Position: Farm Engineer

Duty Summary:
- To obtain better availability of plant and to instigate long-term servicing and maintenance procedures.
- This mainly involved training the local workforce on overhauling 400 HP diesel engines and bore pumps.

Major Equipment:
- 24 Pivot sprinklers - each with a 400 HP engine, bore pump, gearhead and 415V generator.
- Mobile equipment included - tractors, harvesters, fertilizer spreaders, seed drills, balers, service trucks, bulldozers.

Aug'86 - Aug'87

GOLDSWORTHY MINING LTD - Shay Gap W.A. - AUSTRALIA
(Open-cut Iron Ore)

Position: Maintenance Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Responsible for the supervision of 4 foremen and 60 tradesmen.

Duties included:
Apart from normal Admin. Duties; reports etc.
- Planning intermediate and long-term equipment servicing and major overhauls.
- Investigating maintenance problems and liasoning with outside equipment repairers.
- Rationalizing spare parts.
- Organizing in-house training courses.

Major Equipment:
- 120 ton haul trucks, Cat 992 loaders,
- Cat D9 dozers, B.E. 60R rotary drill rigs,
- P&H 1900 electric shovels, 15 MW diesel power station.
- 2 x 400 HP water chillers for centeralised town air conditioning

Aug'85 - Aug'86

SCM CHEMICALS LTD - Bunbury W.A. - AUSTRALIA
(Pigment Chemical Refinery)

Position: Maintenance Engineer

Duty Summary:
- Developed a computerized maintenance planning system for the plant.
- Developed servicing specifications for critical plant.
- Planned major plant shutdowns for maintenance work.
- Developed projects from design and construction to commissioning.

Major Equipment:
- 22,000 kg/hr coal fired boiler and associated steam equipment, rotary kilns, chemical process pumps, rotary vacuum filters, various types of mills, 25 tonne gantry process cranes

Dec'80 - Aug'85

ELECTROLYTIC ZINC Co. W.C. MINES - Rosebery Tas. - AUSTRALIA
(Underground Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold)

Position 4: Services Engineer (18 months)

Duty Summary:
- Responsible for the supervision of 5 foremen and 120 tradesmen.

Duties included:
- Preparation of yearly budgets and reports.
- Organizing major plant shutdowns.

Major Equipment:
- A large central workshop for repairing of mill equipment and fabrication of major structural projects.
- Maintaining underground pump stations, electric locomotives and ventilation fans.
- Overhauling rock drills & diamond drill rigs.
- Underground winders, ropes and shaft conveyances.
- 10 km aerial ropeway and surface rail haulage system.
- Maintaining a 5 MW diesel emergency power station,17,000 cfm compressor station, boiler plant, water supply pumps.
- Maintaining a town of 2,000 people.

Position 3: Project Engineer (12 months)

Duty Summary:
- Preparation of yearly capital budgets.
- Developing projects from design through to erection and commissioning.
- Specifying, selecting and purchasing new mining and metallurgical equipment.

Position 2: Assistant Mechanical Engineer (15 months)

Duty Summary:
- Assisted Sectional Engineers with maintenance problems and acted as a relief supervisor.
- Developed a remote controlled underground electric loader.
- Ran a hydraulics course for tradesmen.
- Rationalized equipment spare parts.

Position 1:Underground Diesel Equipment Maintenance Foreman (12 months)

Duty Summary:
- Responsible for the supervision of 12 tradesmen.

Major Equipment:
- Maintaining a fleet of underground trucks, loaders, jumbo drilling rigs, service vehicles, raise borer.

Apr'79 - Dec'80

OGDEN INDUSTRIES - Huntingdale Vic. - AUSTRALIA
(Mass production of aluminum ladders, padlocks, door fittings, wheel barrows)

Position: Production Planner

Duty Summary:
- Responsible for planning large batch production runs - each lasting approximately 3 months.

Duties included:
- Time and methods analysis.
- Estimating production and materials costs for new products.
- Determining quality control requirements.
- Product development and testing.
- Reviewing designs and production techniques.

Pre-graduation work experience (Vacation work, whilst doing full-time study)

- Trades Assistant to toolmakers - AMH TOOLING Moorabin Vic. - AUSTRALIA
- Machinist - CONSOLIDATED CASTORS Mentone Vic. - AUSTRALIA
- Purchasing Officer - INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE Springvale Vic. - AUSTRALIA

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