As part of my trade qualification I attending 3 month blocks at the above Technical College, attaining an N1, N2, N3 and N4 Electrical Trade theory diploma.
I attended a 4 day practical trade test in 1986 and qualified as an Electrical Technician.
I have since done numerous safety and mechanical courses as well an electrical hazardous areas inspection course in 2016.

Working in conjunction with my M&P counterpart, we are managing electrical, mechanical, piping and civil contractors installing various process upgrades and additions to an operating plant. This involves a number of complex plant shutdowns with very tight schedules, without any detrimental effects to production output to date.

I was on a short term contract at the Tilbury Biomass Power Station in London to commission and balance the boiler feed conveyors and material handling system. Working closely with the overall plant commissioning team, together we managed to complete the task in time, in spite of various design flaws and mechanical failures.

GR Engineering Services Limited (Indonesia) – January 2016 – August 2016

Wetar Copper Project - E&I Construction Manager - EPCM
I rejoined the GRES team on the Wetar project, which saw me responsible for multiple construction zones spread over a 10km area. My day to day tasks were to oversee the main electrical contractor’s equipment installation and cabling works, coordinating with other contractors, vendors and material deliveries. I also had to write weekly progress reports, issue NCR’s, manage scope changes, issue SI’s and liaise with my client. As the project progressed I went on to be part of the commissioning team and also co-ordinated the final hand over packages.

GR Engineering Services Limited (United Kingdom) – January 2015 – October 2015

Hemerdon Tungsten Project - E&I Construction Manager - EPCM
After completing the previous project with GRES, they invited me to join their team in the UK on the Hemerdon Tungsten mine processing project. The project involved the construction of a plant with three stage crushing and two stage grinding circuit, with magnetic separation circuits, five LV switchrooms. Motor controls were a mix of both DOL’s and VSD’s and multiple Instruments controlled by various PLC’s from a control room based SCADA. The project was completed successfully and in time in August 2015.

GR Engineering Services Limited (Mali) – January 2014 – December 2014

Syama Expansion Project - E&I Construction Manager - EPCM
I was referred to GRES by my previous Project Manager. I joined the team at Syama in Jan 2014, as one of two E&I Supervisors.
The electrical contract was split into 2 multi-faceted stages, covering Medium Voltage, Low voltage, Controls, on an Ore Crushing, Grinding, Classification and Leaching circuit, The electrical system consists of 4 motor control rooms , with a mix of DOL’s and VSD’s controlled from a central SCADA system.

Ausenco (Kenya) – October 2012 – December 2013

Kwale Mineral Sands Mine - E&I Construction Manager - EPCM
I started my contract on the Kwale Sands project in Kenya, by initially being seconded by my employer, Ausenco, to the client (Base Titanium). This was to address the project’s early need requirements in terms of temporary HV/LV and borehole supplied water reticulation. I then moved into my role as E&I Construction Supervisor in March 2013. My duties included supervising and ensuring that all E&I construction activities, were to spec, design and within the project schedule to commissioning and final client handover.

The E&I installation consisted of 300km of cabling, 2 LV switchrooms, with VSD’s and DOL motor controls, and an11KV switch-room. 5km of 11kv overheard lines, 5 bore-fields and 2 catchment dam pump stations.

Ausenco (Zambia) – February 2012 – August 2012

Lumwana Copper Mine - E&I Construction Manager - EPCM
As a member of the EPCM team on the Lumwana Mine Expansion project, I supervised the construction activities of two electrical contractors on site. This was spread across approximately 6km, and comprising of 200km of power, control and fibre optic cabling.

This included the construction of 33kV overhead lines, trenching, 5km of conveyor systems, transfer stations and a new gyratory crusher, a number of step-down transformers feeding 4 motor control rooms as well as small power and lighting.

My involvement on this project was from the site establishment of the main electrical contractor, material deliveries, construction quality, testing, commissioning and finally beneficial handover to Barrick Mining(July 2012).