Andrew Binnersley
Cobar,NSW
Summary
A maintenance professional with extensive experience in managing maintenance teams and optimizing equipment performance. Known for high standards and results-driven approach, consistently ensuring operational excellence. Skilled in team collaboration and adapting to changing needs, with focus on reliability and efficiency.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent
Polymetals, Endeavor mine, NSW
01.2025
- Responsible for leading the mine and process plant out of care and maintenance to fully operational, including the re-registration of a mine hoisting system.
- Developed the operational readiness plans and implementation.
- Reviewed and updated the previous health and safety management systems.
- Brought the operation back to full production in a safe and cost-effective manner.
Fixed Plant and Surface Maintenance Superintendent
De Beers Gahcho Kue Mine – Diamond Mine
- Being a remote location, recruitment and retention of employees was challenging.
- My focus was communication amongst work groups to manage the scheduled maintenance. I provided Gantt Charts to both maintenance and operational teams to ensure alignment of tasks and improve transparency within the multidisciplinary teams.
- Teams were encouraged to “think outside the box”. My approach was allowing team members to have ownership of projects within the agreed upon objectives and goals, with the knowledge that I would be available for assistance and support whenever required. With this approach we saw an improvement both retention and recruitment staff as well as operational performance.
Maintenance Superintendent/Manager
Minto Mine
- Minto Mines challenge was water. The mine was struggling to manage wastewater stock levels to the point that the water license of the mine was in jeopardy.
- I project managed the installation of a temporary water treatment system while upgrading the main water treatment plant to increase both thru put and water quality to exceed the regulatory requirements.
- Along with this we procured and installed a water evaporation system that we sourced from AUS, as it was deemed the most appropriate for the challenges we faced. Downtime due to water issues was greatly reduced following their implementation.
Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent
Couer Mining – Silvertip mine
- Responsible to the mechanical maintenance activities of the mill.
- Assisted with development and implementation of the maintenance management system.
- Provided leadership and mentoring to the maintenance team including millwrights, pipefitters and welders.
- Mine closed due to downturn in lead/zinc price.
Operations manager, Senior Site Executive
Anglo American – Underground Ops
- Current
- I initially moved to Anglo American as the Longwall Business Improvements specialist with the mandate of identifying the bottle necks and weaknesses in their longwall systems across both Moranbah North and Grasstree Mines.
- Moranbah was struggling with their maintenance systems due to a young and inexperienced team. The bulk of time was spent mentoring, coaching the crews, developing maintenance strategies for the Longwall including the sequencing and scheduling of corrective works as well as strengthening the interdepartmental relationships and communications.
- Another main focus was fostering better OEM relationships to improve equipment suitability/availability.
Longwall Maintenance Superintendent
Xstrata – Oaky Creek North, Tieri QLD
- I was recruited by Xstrata due to my extensive and varied Underground/Longwall experience, from both a technical and operational perspective as the mine was severely underperforming.
- Within 6 months we improved the maintenance activities to support longwall power moves in under 12hrs compared to the previous 48hrs and managed the failing of face roof supports to ensure the integrity of the longwall face.
- The communication between the OEM overhaul facilities was poor, often receiving equipment that was not fit for duty and could not allow the face to run to its full capacity. I mentored the longwall overhaul coordinators in the protocols needed with the OEM’s thru frequent operational readiness inspections at their facilities.
- After the improvements we quickly started recording over 1MT per month for consecutive months of safe coal and just shy of 10MT per annum.
- I was then promoted to the Operations manager of Oaky north responsible for all activities underground with the Longwall, development, outbye superintendents, MEM and EEM reporting directly to myself.
- Another major focus area was to drive the implementation of the new MOS for the mine, which allowed transparent communication and clear concise messaging/reporting in individual areas to improve the efficiency and highlight bottlenecks.
Longwall Maintenance Coordinator / Longwall Rebuilds
Murray energy Corp.
- Provide leadership of the longwall maintenance and rebuild teams
- Schedule & performing underground and surface repairs and capital projects, including prioritizing tasks and planning for equipment and manpower needs. Ensure availability of repair materials and timeliness of work completed.
- Minimize downtime with preventative maintenance plans.
- Track in-progress maintenance on mining computer system.
- Monitor daily budget costs and projections.
Maintenance Foreman/Planner
General Chemical, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Supervise Chemical Plant maintenance personnel including machine repair, pipe fitter, welder, and machine shop.
- Assigning and coordinating tasks
- Communicating maintenance and operational goals
- Ensuring agreed maintenance targets are achieved.
- Liaising with processing personnel to ensure optimum plant effectiveness and appropriate usage of planned plant downtime.
- Planning, scheduling and recording of maintenance activities
- Equipment and supply ordering
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor
Quinsam Coal Corp.
- Communicating maintenance and operational goals Ensuring agreed maintenance targets are achieved
- Ensuring agreed maintenance targets are achieved.
- Preventative maintenance
- Ensured that all maintenance procedures conducted were done in a safe and efficient manner.
- Responsible for budgeting and ordering of equipment.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment.
- Supervise plant maintenance personnel including Mechanics, Welders & Electricians.
- Directing contactors and ensuring that all policies and procedures are met
- Supervising all mechanical infrastructure within safety, environmental, quality, quantity, time and cost restraints
Surface Mine Maintenance Supervisor
Smokey River Coal, Grande Cache, Alberta
01.1989 - 01.1995
- Supervised all maintenance staff on surface.
- Heavy Duty Mechanic
- Responsible for the maintenance of all surface mining equipment, Diesel/Electrical haul trucks, Cat Loaders, Dozers and Graders, Komatsu loaders and graders
- Underground Mechanic
- Responsible for the maintenance of all underground mining equipment including Joy continuous miners and shuttle cars, Fletcher roof bolters, Eimco and Wagner scoop trams, pumps and various conveyor and hydraulic systems
Mechanical Apprentice and Mechanic/Fitter
British Coal, UK
01.1979 - 01.1989
- Completed Four Year Apprenticeship
- Worked on all mechanical equipment at the mine including longwall mining equipment, roadway development equipment, various conveyor systems and scoop trams
Longwall Maintenance Forman/Master Mechanic
- Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment.
- Planning, scheduling and recording of maintenance activities.
- Root Cause Analysis
Education
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Whitwood Technical College
England Skills
- Scheduling coordination
- Mechanical systems
- Facility inspections
- Risk assessment
- Preventive Maintenance
- Equipment maintenance
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Leadership skills
Certification
- Honors Certificate at the Institute of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers
- National Certificate in Coal Mechanical Engineer Certificate # 5518Mining
- City & Guilds - Colliery Mechanics Craft Certificate
- Certificate in Advanced Hydraulics and Pneumatics
- Journeyman Millwright Certificate
- Heavy Duty Mechanics Certificate
- Mechanical Class 1 certificate
- Mechanical Class 2 Certificate
- Underground Mine Mechanical Superintendent Certificate
- Surface Mine Mechanical Superintendent Certificate
- USA (equivalent) Mine Mechanical Engineering certification
- Australian
- Site Senior Executive qualification
- RIIRIS301A Apply risk management processes
- RIIRIS601A Establish and maintain the risk management system.
- RIOHCS301A Conduct safety and health investigations
- RIICOM301A communicate information
Timeline
Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent
Polymetals, Endeavor mine, NSW
01.2025
Maintenance Foreman/Planner
General Chemical, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
01.1999 - 01.2001
Surface Mine Maintenance Supervisor
Smokey River Coal, Grande Cache, Alberta
01.1989 - 01.1995
Mechanical Apprentice and Mechanic/Fitter
British Coal, UK
01.1979 - 01.1989
Longwall Maintenance Superintendent
Xstrata – Oaky Creek North, Tieri QLD
Longwall Maintenance Coordinator / Longwall Rebuilds
Murray energy Corp.
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor
Quinsam Coal Corp.
Longwall Maintenance Forman/Master Mechanic
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Whitwood Technical College
Fixed Plant and Surface Maintenance Superintendent
De Beers Gahcho Kue Mine – Diamond Mine
Maintenance Superintendent/Manager
Minto Mine
Fixed Plant Maintenance Superintendent
Couer Mining – Silvertip mine
Operations manager, Senior Site Executive
Anglo American – Underground Ops
- Current
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