Graham Eliab
Superintendent Operations Technology & Automation
Kokopo
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Superintendent Operations Technology & Automation
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
7 2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Spearheaded sustainable production enhancements and championed the Sustainable Transition Program (STP) at Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) as the Operations Business Units OIA Superintendent
- Spearheaded sustainable production enhancements and championed the Sustainable Transition Program (STP) at Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) as the Operations Business Units OIA Superintendent
- Drove operational efficiency by identifying improvement opportunities, recommending initiatives, and establishing critical tools and standards
- Led a team of PCS specialists and engineers to execute weekly maintenance tasks, ensuring optimal control system functionality and metallurgical compliance
- Fostered collaborative efforts with offsite engineering support, MIPAC, and Cyber-Cx to advance the OT network upgrade and 800xA controls implementation, aligned with the Automation Road Map and OIA Charter
- Managed PAR projects and site-wide control upgrades, upholding high engineering standards and ensuring timely delivery with active OIA team involvement for knowledge transfer
- Orchestrated the integration of operations and reliability databases under the OIA charter, centralizing quality data acquisition in accordance with the Ok Tedi way journey
- Acted as a catalyst for technical innovation, operational efficiency, and talent development within the Operations Business Units OIA, setting a precedent for successful PAR STP delivery models across OTML
- Spearheaded sustainable production enhancements and championed the Sustainable Transition Program (STP) at Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) as the Operations Business Units OIA Superintendent
Control Systems Specialist
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
06.2020 - 06.2024
- Work hand in hand with various Technical Teams within the Processing Business Unit delivering key KPI projects and assist the Process Control and Metallurgical teams optimize the processing plant controls by automating it
- Providing support to the Maintenance & Operations team onsite
- Delivering Key Optimisation projects for Plant Automation Control
- Assisting MIPAC Control & Automation Australia Engineers in delivering and achieving the Automation Road Map of OK Tedi
Process Control Technician
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
- Responsible for site wide process control support to the Ok Tedi Mining Limited Operation sites
- Frontline PLC/DCS, Electrical & Instrumentation low voltage Troubleshooting
- Attending to plant breakdowns and callouts regarding DCS/PLC
- Involvement in plant optimization/improvement projects
- Carrying out Fibre Splicing
- PID Tuning & Loop Optimization
Instruments Technician
Ramu Agri Sugar Industries
08.2011 - 06.2020
- Providing maintenance support to the operations team in the Processing Plant and across the Operations, Maintenance and Technical teams
- Frontline troubleshooting of various field instruments within the operation sites
- Calibration of various Field Instruments such as Level, Flow, Density and Control Valves
Instruments & Electronics Technician
Ramu Agri Sugar Industries
04.2004 - 03.2008
Education
Certification in Siemens Drives and PLC maintenance and troubleshooting -
Siemens Automation
01.2019 - 12.2019
Certified in 800xA DCS Engineering and Hardware Maintenance - undefined
ABB University
01.2018 - 12.2018
Tertiary Certificate in Electrical Technology -
Port Moresby Technical College
01.2014 - 12.2014
Certificate III in Instrumentation & Controls - undefined
GIPPSLAND TAFE Victoria
Trade Certificate in Instrumentation & Electronics - undefined
National Apprentice
01.2003 - 12.2003
Skills
PLC configuration
trouble shooting
Maintenance
SAP Planning & Master Data
Coreworx Interface Management
800xA
Yokogawa Centum 3000 DCS
Engineering and troubleshooting
Citect/Vijio SCADA
Project Management
Instrumentation
Control Systems
PL server
Virtual Machines
Networks and Communication
Projects
Mass Pull Project, Implemented based on sites metallurgical survey to improve gold and copper extraction., Tabubil, Western Province, 2020 PI Architecture Upgrade, Upgraded OK Tedi's PI system and Architecture., Tabubil, Western Province, 2019 - Present Citect Upgrades, Upgraded Power Systems Controls HMI., Tabubil, Western Province, 2018
References
- Lyndah Brown, OK Tedi Mining Limited, +675 6495966, Lyndah.Brown@oktedi.com
- Fana Mopafi, OK Tedi Mining Limited, +675 6495766, Fana.Mopafi@oktedi.com
- Andrew Wewara, OK Tedi Mining Limited, +675 6495867, Andrew.Wewara@oktedi.com
Timeline
Control Systems Specialist
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
06.2020 - 06.2024
Certification in Siemens Drives and PLC maintenance and troubleshooting -
Siemens Automation
01.2019 - 12.2019
Certified in 800xA DCS Engineering and Hardware Maintenance - undefined
ABB University
01.2018 - 12.2018
Tertiary Certificate in Electrical Technology -
Port Moresby Technical College
01.2014 - 12.2014
Instruments Technician
Ramu Agri Sugar Industries
08.2011 - 06.2020
Instruments & Electronics Technician
Ramu Agri Sugar Industries
04.2004 - 03.2008
Trade Certificate in Instrumentation & Electronics - undefined
National Apprentice
01.2003 - 12.2003
Process Control Technician
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
Certificate III in Instrumentation & Controls - undefined
GIPPSLAND TAFE Victoria
Superintendent Operations Technology & Automation
Ok Tedi Mining Limited
7 2024 - Current
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