Mark Thomas
Perth,WA
Summary
With over 28 years of experience in the Western Australian mining sector, spanning both Brownfields and Greenfields projects, I bring a robust and diverse skill set in optimizing design upgrades for small to medium-sized operations. My expertise covers all key areas of the mining industry, including fabrication, construction, maintenance, and design, with a particular focus on iron ore projects, from pre-feasibility through to turnkey solutions.
I possess advanced proficiency in 3D mechanical modelling using Bentley OpenBuildings, OpenPlant, and SmartPlant piping modelling, and am certified in Intergraph Smart® 3D, Bentley MicroStation XM, and Quality Management, among others.
I am adept at interpreting survey files in real-time, integrating engineering files, and managing design constraints through to successful installation. My extensive management experience includes achieving KPIs and deadlines, motivating teams, and ensuring adherence to ethical procedures. Additionally, I possess strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
I am enthusiastic about leveraging my broad expertise, including problem-solving, strategic planning, and adaptability, to drive innovation and contribute meaningfully to future projects. I thrive in dynamic environments and am committed to tackling new challenges to deliver optimal outcomes.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead 3D Designer
EMtek Engineering
01.2024 - Current
Northern Star
- Core Facility, Lead 3D Designer
- Green Fields Mechanical Equipment and Piping Design
Rio Tinto
- Brockman 4, Lead 3D Designer
- Numerous Mechanical Equipment and Piping Design
Designer Coordinator
Aspect Engineering Solutions
01.2023 - 01.2024
Element 25
- Concept Designer & Design Coordination
- Butcherbird Manganese Project
Liontown
- Kathleen Valley - Design Coordination
- MSA (Design Coordinator)
- Process Plant Critical Spare Parts Identification & Cataloguing (Project Engineer)
Pilbara Minerals
- Ashburton Port - Bid Concept Design
- Ashburton Port Stock Yard and Barge Loading Project
- Mine Site Design Coordinator
- Small Brownfields Projects
- Early MSA Design Review
Northern Star
- Yandal Production Centre - Design Coordination
- Small Brownfields Projects
- Kalgoorlie Production Centre - Design Coordination
- Small Brownfields Projects
Lead Mechanical Designer
CADD’s Group
01.2015 - 01.2023
Southern Ports
- Bunbury Port – Lead Mechanical Designer
- Shed 8 Out Loading Conveyor Upgrade/Realignment Project
- Ship Loader Luffing Sheave Correction Design
- Esperance Port – Lead Mechanical Designer
- Esperance Port Unloading Transfer Chutes Redesign (Blocking)
- Esperance Port In-Loading Transfer Chute Spillage Investigation
FMG
- Cloudbreak – Lead Mechanical Designer
- Dry Plant Knife Gate Spillage Chutes
- Apprentice Workshop Conversion
Port – Lead Mechanical Designer
- Loading Surge Bin Load Out Deflector Review
- Stockyard Conveyor Head Chutes
- Weatherproofing Stackers Electrical Equipment
Rio Tinto
- EII - Lead Designer
- Main Water Supply Tank Refurb Design
- Screen House Fire Structural Review
- Wharf Transfer Chute Rotable Upgrade Design
- Screen House Oversize Conveyor Loading Chute Upgrade Design
Hope Downs 1 - Lead Designer
- Stockyard Out Loading Conveyors Spillage and Carry Back Concept
- Secondary Crusher Maintenance Optimization
- Debottlenecking Study
- Screen Change Out Optimization
- Raw Water Supply and Reticulation Upgrade
- Conveyor Belts Change Out Optimization
- Various Small Projects
Hope Downs 4 - Lead Designer
- Scrubber Maintenance Crane
- Various Small Projects
Paraburdoo - Lead Designer
- Tailing Pump Failure Review Report
- Wet Screen House Piping Replacement/Upgrade
- Overland Conveyor Unloading Transfer Chute Spillage Investigation
- Various Small Projects
Mesa J - Lead Designer
- Site Guarding Audit, Remedial Design, and Install Support
- PP2 Scrubber Dewater Upgrade
- PP1 Screen Underflow Piping Upgrade
- Various Small Projects
Mesa A - Lead Designer
- Train Loadout Stockpile Dust Suppression and Water Supply Upgrade
- Various Small Projects
Yandi - Lead Designer
- Dry Screens Change Out Optimization (Retraction Drives)
- Inbuild Thickener Lauder Replacement/Upgrade (High Five Nominated Project)
- Belt Filter Desilting Project
- Wet Screens Change Out Upgrade
- Various Small Projects
- Belt Filter Recover Upgrade
Tom Price - Lead Designer
- 10M High Grade Screen House Underflow Circuit Upgrade, Including Structure, Chutes, Take-Up, and Alignment Correction
- 10M Conveyor Commissioning
- HD Drum Support Frame Upgrade
- Various Medium to Small Projects
Cape A - Lead Designer
- Specialty Low Head Lift Solutions for Feed Chutes
- Stockyard In-Loading Transfer Station Chute Upgrades
- Various Conveyor Upgrades
- Stockyard Unloading Stacker Tailing Cable Drum Upgrade to Modern Components
- Various Small Projects
Cape B - Lead Designer
- Power Station Gas Turbine Maintenance Optimization
Parker Point - Lead Designer
- Train Unloader End Seal Upgrade
- Various Small Projects
Power Station Karratha - Lead Designer
- Turbine Change Out Optimization
Senior Mechanical Designer
Amec Foster Wheeler (Now Wood)
01.2013 - 01.2015
- New Crest Lihir Island: Autoclave Upgrade, OpenPlant Piping Design, and Autoclave Pump, Weir, Dip Tubes, and Agitator Redesign
- Pt Hedland Port Authority (PHPA): CV01/3 Chute
- PHPA Ship Loader CV07: Upgrade from 4000 TBH to 7000 TBH
- Rex Minerals: Hillside Copper Project
- Boddington Gold Mine: Various Projects
- Roy Hill Packages 3 and 4 (Port): 3D Layout and Modelling of Electrical, Piping, and Structural Components
- FMG Christmas Creek OPF1: Scrubber Oversize Chute Upgrade
- Roy Hill Wharf: Construction Review and Support
- BHPBIO: Area B Primary Crusher and Debottlenecking Study
- FMG Christmas Creek OPF1: Scrubber Undersize Chute Upgrade
- BHPBIO: Yandi Mine Ratable Chutes Study
- FMG Christmas Creek: Desands Secondary Cyclones
Lead Designer
Mintrex
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Xstrata – McArthur River Mining: Upgrade Phase 2
- Rutila Resources: Balla
- Atlas Iron/PHPA: Stockyard 2 Study Lead, Plant Layout of Stockyard, Overland In-Loading Conveyor Modelling, and Drawing Production
- Regis Resources: Duketon Gold Project
Lead Designer
Jacobs
01.2011 - 12.2011
- BHP NSD1 Study
- BHP Olympic Dam Expansion Primary Circuit and Raceway Heap Leach Design
Senior Mechanical Designer
GHD Jimblebar Mining Infrastructure
01.2009 - 01.2011
- RPG6 Project: Jimblebar Mining Infrastructure (RPG6) Expansion for BHP Billiton Iron Ore
Design Coordinator
Bechtel
01.2009 - 12.2009
- Worsley Alumina Expansion (4.6 Mt/a): Role Out Basic Project Control Protocols and Manage 2 Offshore Piping Design Teams, 2 Local Design Teams, Mine Site Design Team (Ore Handling), P&ID Drawing Team, and 2D Drafting Team
Office Manager
TWP Australia Design
01.2007 - 01.2009
- BHP Billiton NiW LNO Operations: Managed the Perseverance Deeps II Project, Overseeing the Design of a New Shaft from the Surface to the Fourteen Level, Including a Completely New Ore Handling System
- Kimberly Diamonds: Primary Process Circuit Upgrade
Design Lead
RSV Australia
01.2004 - 01.2007
- Argyle Diamonds: Layout Design of the 2 Underground Crushing Stations, Design Correction of All Underground Conveyors and Dewatering Sections of the Project
- Oversaw the creation of engaging multimedia content for social media campaigns, driving increased engagement from target audiences.
Mechanical Design Draftsperson
Rapallo
01.2004 - 12.2004
- Completed Various Projects Related to Materials Handling Using MicroStation and AutoCAD in a Team Environment. Short Secondment to Buckland’s Engineering for Small Oil and Gas Brownfields Jobs in Piping and Platform Steelwork
Mechanical Design Draftsperson
Cloverdowns Contracting
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Perseverance Deeps: Prefeasibility Designer for the Major Expansion with the Materials Handling System Moving from 7 Level to 11 Level
- Designed Shaft Haulage/Conveyances, Skip Loading and Unloading, and Underground Dewatering Upgrade
- Maintained strong client relationships through regular communication regarding design revisions and updates.
Mechanical Technician
McMahon’s Underground
01.1998 - 01.2001
- Maintained, Inspected, Repaired, and Supervised Maintenance Activities (Mechanically and Structurally) of Operational Equipment such as Pumps, Skips, Feeders, Crushers, Belts, Winders, and Cages
- Shutdown Planning and Supervision
Skills
- 3D mechanical modelling in Bentley Open Buildings
- Drawing production from 3D models
- OpenPlant piping modelling and ISO production
- Smartplant piping modelling
- Ability to draft in other disciplines, eg civil, structural and limited electrical
- Interpreting survey files in real-time to mechanical design
- Integrating engineering files into existing mining voids models or survey files
- Liaison and negotiation with survey and engineering specialists
- Design to installation constraints and limitations
- Problem-solving
- Experience from study to operation value chain
- Meeting KPI’s and deadlines
- Managing timeline overruns
- Motivating staff and teamwork
- Maintain ethical procedures
- Formal and informal leadership and influence
- Supervisory and delegation experience
- Engage staff to undertake training and provide training
- Communication, negotiation and liaison with a wide range of people – technical staff, field personnel, staff across all levels of the business, management, external agents
- Stakeholder management and engagement
- Strong time management, planning and strategic approach to staying on track
- Resourcefulness and flexibility
Design Skills
Management
Certification
- AutoCAD® Advance Training & Certificate
- AutoCAD® Conversion Training & Certificate
- Intergraph Smart® 3D Training & Certificate
- Bently MicroStation XM Training & Certificate
- MicroStation J Conversion Training & Certificate
- Quality Management Improvement ISO/TS 9002 Training & Certificate
- Financial Service Training & Certificate
- Coachbuilding Training & Certificate
- Curtin University Postgraduate Certificate in Management
- Forklift Operator Training & Certificate
- Elevating Work Platform Training & Certificate (TLILIC0005)
- Work Safely in the Construction Industry – (MARCSTA)
- First Aid Certificate - Provide first aid, basic emergency life support & CPR
Timeline
Lead 3D Designer
EMtek Engineering
01.2024 - Current
Designer Coordinator
Aspect Engineering Solutions
01.2023 - 01.2024
Lead Mechanical Designer
CADD’s Group
01.2015 - 01.2023
Senior Mechanical Designer
Amec Foster Wheeler (Now Wood)
01.2013 - 01.2015
Lead Designer
Mintrex
01.2011 - 01.2013
Lead Designer
Jacobs
01.2011 - 12.2011
Design Coordinator
Bechtel
01.2009 - 12.2009
Senior Mechanical Designer
GHD Jimblebar Mining Infrastructure
01.2009 - 01.2011
Office Manager
TWP Australia Design
01.2007 - 01.2009
Design Lead
RSV Australia
01.2004 - 01.2007
Mechanical Design Draftsperson
Rapallo
01.2004 - 12.2004
Mechanical Design Draftsperson
Cloverdowns Contracting
01.2001 - 01.2004
Mechanical Technician
McMahon’s Underground
01.1998 - 01.2001
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