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QUALIFICATIONS
One of the few persons in the world with comprehensive knowledge and experience of long distance material handling systems, fixed and mobile plant and associated ancillary equipment with regards to:
Construction, operation and planned maintenance phases.
Engineering, procurement, safety and construction planning
Experience, throughout the world, of mechanical, maintenance and operational planning requirements for the mining of coal, bauxite, hard rock, aggregates and soft rock.
Planning of preventative maintenance systems, shutdown repairs and emergency repairs of large plant, both fixed and mobile
Maintenance and capitol equipment budgeting and budget control systems
Nationality. (British & Eire).
Date of Birth 5th September 1952
EDUCATION (England)
1980-1982 Mines Health and Safety. Mech. of the mine, (Legal requirements)
Masters degree Mech. Eng. (mining), Trent University (U.K.)
1976-1980 Ameme Hons. (Association Mech. Elec. Mining Engineers)
1976-1980 Health and Safety at work Act. (Legal)
Mech. Eng. City & Guilds degree (bachelor) Trent University.
1974-1976 City & Guilds Hydraulic Eng.
1968-1974 Advanced level passes in Math, English, and Tech Drawing.
'O' level passes in Math, Eng Lit, Eng Lang, Physics, Tech Drwg, Metalwork, Geog, Phys Ed.
EMPLOYMENT
2007 Technical Director, BCGI Rusal, Guyana
Bauxite mining, drying, barge transportation and shipping worldwide. Responsible for all technical aspects of operation, including fixed plant, mobile equipment, power generation and trans-shipping. Planning and budget control form an integral part of daily tasks.
Major tasks are to design and implement a complete planned maintenance system, planning of controlled shutdown repairs and servicing and modernization of all plant including:
* Extensive mobile equipment fleet (27 cat dump body trucks, 769 & 775, front end loader fleet, cat 988,980 & 966, Excavator fleet (Cat 375, 225, Hitachi EX 1200, Komatsu BC 1100, and Terex machines) light vehicles, service equipment and all ancillary equipment)
* River transportation, twin diesel engine tugs and bauxite barging system
* Fixed plant, including 2 crusher systems, 2 bauxite dryers, conveying and barge load-out systems.
* Compressors, pumps, fans, diesel and bunker C storage and distribution systems.
* Power generation and distribution network
1997-2007 Director of operations, Mining Service & Supply Co.
Company was started to offer service and construction options to customers. Work successfully completed to date includes:
Complete change out of Apron feeders and rebuild of stacker conveyor system (Kaiser, Discovery Bay Jamaica.). Including site safety, installation, commission and plant shutdown requirement planning.
Design, Supply and construction supervision of point 'B" load station, Alpart, Jamaica. Planning of logistics, site construction, safety and commission of plant.
Design, Supply and Construction of a 12,000 ft multi-flight conveyor system, Capitol Aggregates, San Antonio Texas. Project included all aspects of planning from site preparation to commissioning stages
Design, Supply conveyor system CBDC, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Reclamation of bauxite from previously rejected material for Alpart Jamaica.
In addition to the main projects as listed above Minsco have also carried out smaller projects for Alpart, Kaiser Bauxite, and other numerous clients.
I.E. 18-mile cable change (4 times) Alpart cable hauled conveyor system.
System audits, preventative maintenance planning programs and service assistance.
Hydraulic repairs and equipment overhauling (Alpart, Kaiser, Alcan etc.)
In 2000 Mining Service and Supply Co ventured into contract mining and have since refined previously rejected bauxite for Alpart using technology developed by Mining Service and Supply Co. Bauxite reclaimed 1.4 million tons.
1990-1997 Service/Construction Director, Cable Belt Conveyors Inc.
Overall command of service/construction dept. Responsible for all new and ongoing projects within the Americas and Europe, including control of supervisory staff and sub contract engineers, system budgeting, planning, ( PPM systems, construction, capitol and operational) equipment identification, inspection and client liaison, from initial contract through design, planning, construction, commission and project completion stages. Systems constructed in the U.S.A, Canada, South America and the Caribbean ranging in values from $5,000,000 to $100,000,000.
1987-1990 Regional Director, Cable Belt Conveyors Israel.
Site Manager and local company director responsible for setting up of satellite company to construct and operate a 12-mile conveyor system, complete with trainload out facility, Mobile equipment plant, (Cat 773 dump trucks, Cat 350 excavating fleet), Dredging equipment, office, power generation, warehouse and workshop facilities.
Duties included:
Hiring of all full time personnel and sub-contract tradesman for all the construction and operational requirements.
Setting up and implementation of construction, commission, production, maintenance and planned maintenance systems for all disciplines and equipment.
Setting up and implementation of warehousing system inclusive of budget controls, minimum/maximum spares levels, critical spares holding, repair and refurbish of major components programming.
All budgetary, monitory and legal aspects of plant operation.
Site safety and environmental awareness and compliance.
1980-1987 Cable Belt Conveyors U.K., Service/Construction Manager
Service and construction of large material handling facilities throughout the world.
Australia: part of construction, commission team for 2 large overland cable hauled conveyor systems (33km and 22km)
Jamaica: part of construction, commission team for a 9-mile regenerative cable hauled conveyor system complete with truck dump station and ancillary conveyors. (Alpart).
India: Construction manager for a 9-mile cable hauled conveyor system and truck dump facility.
Venezuela: Construction manager. All aspects of construction and commission of the complete plant, inclusive of power generation, mining facility, crushing station, rail and barge load out facilities
Australia: Construction, commission of a 5-mile bi-cable ropeway system complete with loading facilities.
Cuba: Construction, commission of a 4-mile bi-cable ropeway system complete with loading facilities and power generation facility.
Jamaica: install commission 8km cable hauled conveyor system complete with truck dump facilities (Alcan)
U.S.A.: 6.5 km conveyor system with trainload out and storage facilities. Construction Manager.
Canada: Commission of 5 Km drift conveyor (cable hauled). Management of additional system upgrading.
Other areas worked as either management or part of a construction crew include:
U.K/Australia. NEI Parsons: Shift manager, turbine shut down and P.P.M. work. Responsible for all aspects of turbine strip down, repair and re-assemble, including safety, man management, repair procedures, SPM installation, and reporting procedures.
Canada: 5 conveyor systems with ancillary equipment. I.E. barge load out.
U.S.A: 6 conveyor systems. Ancillary equipment to include rail car loading, barge loading, stacking and reclaiming of materials.
Jamaica: Upgrade of ropeway (Alcan)
South America: 5 conveyor or ropeway systems. Turbine (4 off) installation, commission and hand-over.
Service and planned maintenance: Numerous systems throughout the world, including Jamaica, USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, etc.
References available on request.
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