EDDIE WOJTOWICZ
Perth,Australia
Summary
Experienced technical manager and maintenance specialist with a proven track record in construction and mining industries. Demonstrated expertise in project planning, technical support, and maintenance supervision across diverse environments. Skilled in resolving technical challenges, optimizing resource allocation, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Proficient in mentoring staff, liaising with stakeholders, and managing project budgets. A results-oriented professional committed to delivering high-quality outcomes and fostering a culture of safety and excellence.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Manager
YEM Technology
08.2023 - Current
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to project teams to resolve technical challenges and issues
- Troubleshoot construction-related problems and propose effective solutions
- Serve as a point of contact for addressing technical inquiries and resolving conflicts among projects stakeholders
- Collaborate with engineers, and other stakeholders to develop project plans and designs
- Ensure that designs meet client requirements, regulatory standards, and industry best practices
- Review and analyze technical drawings, blueprints, and specifications
- Coordinate with procurement teams to acquire materials, equipment, and services necessary for construction projects
- Optimize resource allocation to ensure cost-effectiveness and timely project completion
- Supervise the deployment of human resources, including construction workers, technicians, and subcontractors
- Identify potential risks and hazards associated with construction projects and develop mitigation strategies
- Monitor and evaluate project risks throughout the construction lifecycle
- Implement safety protocols and procedures to minimize accidents and injuries on construction sites
- Maintain accurate records of project documentation, including contracts, permits, progress reports
- Prepare comprehensive reports on project status, performance metrics, and key milestones
- Communicate project updates and technical information to stakeholders, including clients, management, and regulatory agencies.
EPCM, SMS/SME (Superintendent)
Worley Parsons
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Mentor national employees to ensure safety and industry best practices are met
- Provide hands on mechanical training to national workforces
- Work with Expat and National work force to ensure safe effective installation of underground and surface equipment
- Key role to provide technical support to National and Expat staff
- Build strong relationships with contract management leadership and work groups
- Identify potential risks and hazards associated with construction projects and develop mitigation strategies
- Identify improvement in installation methodologies
- Attending client review meetings
- Assist with development of work packs for contractor groups
- Technical support to contract
- Liaise with client to ensure all parties' requirements are being met
- Oversee Project work completion to client requirements
- Develop commissioning final inspection certificates (FIC) documents
- Carry out pre-commissioning workplace inspections
- Carry out commissioning of new underground fixed plant equipment and infrastructure.
Contract Maintenance Site Manager
Self-employed
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Prepare work packs for shutdown labor
- Review shutdown works and develop manning schedule
- Procure tooling and consumables for project and shutdown tasks
- Quote project works
- Oversee Project work completion to client requirements
- Chair safety and pre-start meetings with contractors and crew
- Provide technical support to contract labor
- Liaise with client to ensure requirements are being met
- Complete all tasks allocated to company in a safe and timely manner ensuring no delays in works as per schedules
- Review and adjust manning levels to ensure tasks completed as per requirements.
Contract Maintenance Supervisor / HE Parts
Self Employed
01.2019 - 01.2019
- Role included maintaining all aspects of the mobile jaw crushing plant equipment and ancillary equipment
- Attend Pre-start meetings with client
- Prioritize work for the coming shift
- Prepare tooling and parts
- Carry out pre-start meeting with crew, assign tasks, review JHA's and work packs
- Carry out pre-start inspections of mobile equipment
- Carry out conveyor inspections
- Attend any crusher breakdowns
- Carry out maintenance on crushing circuit
- Carry out bucket repairs to excavator as required
- Assist other work groups with breakdown maintenance within the Boral plant as required
- Report writing.
Business Owner, Maintenance/ Project Manager
EMF Sino Project
11.2015 - 01.2019
- Role included maintaining all aspects of iron ore processing plant equipment with a focus on grinding and magnetic separation circuits
- Project management
- Management of day labor
- A/QC Sag and Ball installation
- Project management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Carry out pre-start safety meetings
- Produce reports for clients
- Liaise with Client Management in relation to safety and work requirements
- Develop work pack
- Develop shutdown plans
- Coordinate shutdown activities
- Manage projects from quotation, planning, scheduling and through to completion
- Manage task budgets
- Carry out workplace inspections
- Carry out all work safely and in accordance with all site procedures
- Manage tasks assigned to me to ensure completion in a timely manner
- Respond to breakdown maintenance as required
- Identify training and development needs.
Maintenance Specialist Fixed Plant
Newcrest Mining Lihir Gold PNG
05.2015 - 10.2015
- Role included maintaining all aspects of gold processing plant equipment with a focus on crushing and conveying circuits
- Carry out all work safely and in accordance with all site procedures
- Manage tasks assigned to me to ensure completion in a timely manner
- Assist with preparation and planning of scheduled and breakdown work
- Develop maintenance procedures
- Review maintenance practices
- Mentor and coach national Mechanical workforce
- Identify training and development needs.
Contract SMP Superintendent
Self Employed
10.2014 - 05.2015
- Role included managing and directing the Installation of Siemens Gearless drives to Sag Mills, along with assisting the Sino Maintenance department with specialized maintenance activities
- Carry out pre-start meetings
- Identify and control risk to construction schedules
- Managed interface and schedule issues with other site project workgroup's to ensure project milestones were achieved
- Weekly planning of construction activities in my area of control
- Liaise with other Kerman Management ensuring project schedule was met
- Plan works to ensure schedule was achieved
- Report writing of project completion
- Manage, mentor and discipline Supervision, Leading Hands and Mechanical workforce
- Identify training and development needs.
Contract Site Manager
Self Employed
01.2014 - 10.2014
- Role included replacement of the Line 2 Sag Mill Gearless drive stator on the Sino Project, along with assisting the Sino Maintenance department with specialized maintenance activities
- Ensure all activities were carried out in a safe manner following all client and statutory requirements
- Liaise with client and OEM
- Chair pre-start and weekly meetings
- Prepare reports
- Prepare construction schedule and manage execution
- Carry out performance review and discipline where required
- Manage project cost and procurements.
Fixed Plant Mechanical Specialist
Ok Tedi Mining PNG
09.2013 - 01.2014
- Role included specialized technical support to the Mill Maintenance department
- Carried out routine and breakdown maintenance within the grinding area of the OkTedi operation specifically on the Sag and Ball Mills and associated ancillary equipment
- Coach and develop national employees
- Assist with identifying cost and operational time improvements.
Contract Specialist
Self Employed
07.2007 - 09.2013
- Role included specialized technical support to Barrick Gold and Burgess Laser Alignment
- Carry out all aspects of fixed plant planned and breakdown maintenance
- Supervise mechanical works in accordance with OEM requirements
- Installation of Ball Mills, Sag Mills, and the associated drives on the Sino Iron Project
- Supply project supervision to Barrick Gold
- Project Management of ground up rebuild on SKF 50 Blast drill rigs for Barrick gold
- Shutdown Supervision for Barrick Gold.
Maintenance Supervisor
Barrick Gold Lake Cowal
08.2005 - 07.2007
- Role included Supervision of all fixed plant activities on the Barrick Lake Cowal Site
- Commission and startup of a new plant
- Develop maintenance procedure for international cyanide Code compliance
- Develop and maintain maintenance task-based budget
- Assist with Weekly and Shutdown Planning
- Recruitment of Maintenance Technicians
- Develop maintenance standards
- Develop site preventative maintenance tasks
- Identify plant spares and consumables
- Develop and maintain training programs for Maintenance technicians
- Manage work roster
- Review and adapt Barrick maintenance manual for Cowal site
- Shutdown planning and Management
- Identify cost savings by work methods, suppliers and time management.
Maintenance Supervisor
Newcrest Mining Telfer Site
06.2004 - 08.2005
- Role included Supervision of all fixed plant activities on the Newcrest Mining Telfer Site
- Ensured all works were carried out in a safe efficient manner
- Commission and startup of a new plant
- Maintained existing bore fields and open pit and underground dewatering
- Develop and maintain preventative Maintenance Program using Reliability Centered Maintenance Systems
- Produce reports on plant failure
- Produce variance reports
- Assist with Weekly and Shutdown Planning
- Recruitment of Maintenance Technicians
- Develop site preventative maintenance tasks
- Identify plant spares and consumables
- Identify training requirements for Maintenance technicians
- Manage work roster
- Assist with Shutdown planning and Management
- Identify cost savings by work methods, suppliers, and time management.
Maintenance Fitter
Newcrest Mining Cadia/Ridgeway Gold Mine
08.1998 - 06.2004
- Role included scheduled and breakdown maintenance of all surfaces and underground fixed plant
- Ensured all works were carried out in a safe efficient manner
- Assist with commissioning and startup of a new plant
- Assist with the development of and maintain preventative Maintenance Program using Reliability Centered Maintenance Systems
- Maintain open pit dewatering systems
- Assist with Ridgeway underground operations maintenance activities
- Relief shutdown Supervision of Maintenance Technicians when required
- Assist with Weekly and Shutdown Planning
- Recruitment of Maintenance Technicians
- Identify plant spares and consumables
- Assist with Shutdown planning and Supervision.
Education
No Degree - Fitting & Machining
Tafe WA
Kalgoorlie, WA05.1991
Skills
- Cert IV Frontline Management
- BHPBWAIO Supervision
- BSBLDR411 Demonstrate leadership in the workplace
- RIIBEF402D Supervise onsite operations
- RIICOM301E Communicate information
- RIIRIS301E Apply risk management processes
- Trade Qualification in Fitting and First-Class Machining
- Risk Behaviour Training Program
- Risk Management and Job Safety Analysis
- Maintenance Systems Training includes Pronto and Oracle
- Intermediate Excel intermediate Excel course
- Microsoft, Wrike, Orbit packages
- Senior First Aid
- Working at Heights
Equipment Experience
Jaw and Gyratory, Fuller/Taylor.FLS, ThyssenKrupp, Svedala, Metso, Sandvik, Kawasaki, Abon toothed roll crusher, Alstom, Metso, Fuller, Svedala, Outotec, Citic, Metso Verti Mill (tower Mill), Conveyors, Stackers, Feeders, Belt and Plate, Screens, Schenk, Metso, Sandvik, Cyclones, Warman, Krebs, Slurry Pumps, Warman, Krebs, Water Pumps, Chemical Pumps, Bredel Hose Pumps, Thickeners, Outotec, Samplers, Outotec, Regeneration Kilns, Leach Tanks and associated equipment, Dewatering systems, Bore field maintenance, Hitachi excavators, SK50 Redrill blast rigs, Atlas L8 rigs, Cat Equipment servicing, Metso mobile crushing equipment, Kleemann Screening equipment, Kleemann Crushing equipment
References
- Mick Hopper, Maintenance Superintendent, Evolution Mining Lake Cowal, 0429 793 911
- Enrico Fratini, Owner/Manager, EMF(WA)pty ltd, 0429 991 965
- Mathew McKee-Duff, Maintenance Superintendent Goldfields, Agnew Gold Mine, 08 9981 0470, 0400 717 422
- Graeme Ovens, General Manager, Australasia - St Ives Mine, 08 9088 1150, 0417 912 500
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Technical Manager
YEM Technology
08.2023 - Current
EPCM, SMS/SME (Superintendent)
Worley Parsons
06.2021 - 06.2023
Contract Maintenance Site Manager
Self-employed
01.2019 - 05.2021
Contract Maintenance Supervisor / HE Parts
Self Employed
01.2019 - 01.2019
Business Owner, Maintenance/ Project Manager
EMF Sino Project
11.2015 - 01.2019
Maintenance Specialist Fixed Plant
Newcrest Mining Lihir Gold PNG
05.2015 - 10.2015
Contract SMP Superintendent
Self Employed
10.2014 - 05.2015
Contract Site Manager
Self Employed
01.2014 - 10.2014
Fixed Plant Mechanical Specialist
Ok Tedi Mining PNG
09.2013 - 01.2014
Contract Specialist
Self Employed
07.2007 - 09.2013
Maintenance Supervisor
Barrick Gold Lake Cowal
08.2005 - 07.2007
Maintenance Supervisor
Newcrest Mining Telfer Site
06.2004 - 08.2005
Maintenance Fitter
Newcrest Mining Cadia/Ridgeway Gold Mine
08.1998 - 06.2004
No Degree - Fitting & Machining
Tafe WA
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