Operate the tertiary crushing circuit doing cavity clears, operating screens and participate in screen panel change out
Work in Wet plant dealing with classifiers, pumps belt filters, scrubbers and thickners
Operateration, monitoring and fault finding of fixed plant equipment
Monitor and Operation of SCADA control systems
Operate mobile equipment for sump clean out and Housekeeping
Exposure and use of software applications SAP and INX
Isolation of fixed plant equipment and permit acceptor duties
Fixed plant process technician
RIO TINTO IRON ORE
01.2021 - 09.2022
Company Overview: PILBARA MINE OPERATIONS - YANDI MINE
8/6 7/7 FIFO from Perth
Operate the tertiary crushing circuit doing cavity clears, operating screens and participate in screen panel change out
Work in wet plant dealing with classifiers, pumps, belt filters, screens, scrubbers, and thickners
Also change out consumables around conveyers like idlers and successfully isolate fixed plant equipment
Operation and monitoring of Citect control system
Exposure and use of software applications, FLEZ and SAP
Group isolations and permit acceptor duties
PILBARA MINE OPERATIONS - YANDI MINE
Fixed plant process technician
BHP Nickel West.
07.2019 - 01.2022
Company Overview: Leinster Nickel Operations
8/6 7/7 FIFO from Perth
Operate the crushing circuit consisting a Primary Jaw Crusher with maximum throughput 600tph Assisting maintainers on weekly basis on shutdowns gaining a sound knowledge of liner change outs and operation of lube systems.
Operate the Grinding Circuit, consisting of one ANI Ruwolt fixed speed SAG Mill (4.86m x Ø9.6m, 8000kW – two motors with steel charge and polymet liners), one Vickers Ruwolt fixed speed Ball Mill (4.75m x Ø4.56m,1650 kW), 2 Skimair SK500 Flashes, 2 clusters of 12 SAG Mill Cyclones and 2 clusters of 18 Ball Mill Cyclones.
Operate Flotation Circuit consisting from coarse and fines circuit with various hoppers, tanks, pumps and agitators sizes (65 float cells, pumps, agitators)
Operation of Dewatering Circuit that consists of 2 thickeners (Tails Thickeners and Concentrate Thickener), and 6 filters
Tails Dam Management and shift monitoring.
Operation and monitoring of Citect control system
Exposure and use of software applications, FLEX and SAP
Leinster Nickel Operations
Fixed plant process technician
Goldfields Australia.
01.2018 - 07.2019
Company Overview: Agnew Gold Mine
8/6 7/7 FIFO from Perth
Operate the three-stage crushing circuit consisting of one Minyu Jaw crusher and three Kawasaki cone crushers. Assisting maintainers on weekly basis on shutdowns gaining a sound knowledge of liner change outs and operation of lube systems.
Operate the Grinding Circuit, consisting of two Allis Chalmers ball mills, two 40 inch knelson concentrators, eight Hydro cyclones and various classification screens and slurry/Water pumps.
Operation of Inline Leach Reactor Circuit, including daily monitoring and sampling
Operation of Pachuca CIP circuit, consisting of three Leach and six Adsorption Tanks.
Operation of Elution circuit, consisting of one IPS cell, 3 tonne column and regeneration kiln.
Tails Dam Management and shift monitoring.
Operation and monitoring of Citect control system
Exposure and use of software applications, INX and SAP
Agnew Gold Mine
Fixed plant process technician
Independence Group NL.
01.2013 - 01.2018
Company Overview: Jaguar Zinc and Copper concentrator
2 weeks on, 1 week off, FIFO from Perth
Operate the crushing circuit consisting of up to 500 series loaders and 20 tonne excavators with rock breaking attachment, vibrating feeders and screens, jaw and cone crushers consisting of primary bin and secondary and tertiary stock pile management, conveyors and stackers, mag belt steel removal systems, ore finger and road train management as well as dealing with breakdowns and blockages and general area checks and housekeeping.
Operate the milling circuit consisting of variable speed sag and ball mills, multiple hydro cyclone nests, multiple slurry and hydraulic pumps, screens, feeders and conveyors, keep circuit densities at metallurgical department set points by making changes throughout circuit as well as problem shoot and log circuit data.
Operate the dewatering/filtration circuit consisting of twin chamber/membrane Larox concentrate filters, slurry thickeners, concentrate load out and storage bay management, reagent mixing and storage tank management, concentrate filter problem shooting and general maintenance (changing cloths and replacing plates) and general housekeeping.
Limited exposure to the flotation circuit consisting of primary copper/ precious metals and secondary zinc setup with vertical regrind mills, multiple hydro cyclone nests, slurry and re-agent dosing pumps and an online multi stream analyzer (MSA), constant monitoring of circuit readings and making changes to achieve maximum recovery at desired concentrate grade, log data reading from circuit and general housekeeping.
Operation of Komatsu 785 conducting ore transfers to ROM Pad