Nicholas Pryce

• Carry out services, planned work and breakdowns on road paving equipment for COLAS tomago, Roadtec Pavers, Wirtgen Rollers, Bobcats, Wirtgen Profilers,
• Carry out weld repairs and maintenance to fixed ashfelt plant. Fill out relevant paperwork through Gearbox fleet management system.
• Field Service Support for Downer Group at RAAF base Williamtown.
• Ensured smooth operations by troubleshooting and repairing mechanical issues in a timely manner.

• Field service support at Whitehaven Coal - Maules Creek
• Carry out Service planned work and defects on Caterpillar MD6290 blast hole drilling rigs Setup and testing of drills including drilling lead rod. Breakdowns and weekly inspections
• Maintained in pit equipment Hitachi EX3600's, EX8000's, Caterpillar D11T/Rs, Cat D10T/Rs Dozers.
• Breakdowns on all in pit mining equipment
• Field service support for Action Drill and Blast - BHP Mt Arthur, Boggabri Coal, and Muswellbrook Coal
• Maintained Reich Drill C-700D's/750D's and Reedrill SK50 blast hole drilling rigs for action drill and blast across 3 mine sites including breakdowns, planned work and defects, recorded repairs and defects through service sheets and planned major repairs with the customer to help maximise utilization and machine availability.
• Worked with drillers and supervisors to comprehend drilling procedures, tramming, machine setup, stabilize hole by collaring and adjusting drilling techniques rotation and feed to suit strata, Bit Types Tri Cone Roller and Claw bits.

• Heavy Duty Plant Mechanic at - Hunter Valley Operations
• Carry out service planned work and defects on Komatsu Haul Trucks 830-E- AC/ DC
• Carry out service planned work and defects on Ancillary equipment including: Caterpillar D11T/R Dozers, Cat D10T/R dozers, Cat Grader 14M,14H,16H,16M and 24M graders, Komatsu Push Cats/Loaders WA-900s, LeTourneau loaders 1350's-1850's.
• Fill out relevant paperwork, carry out defect lists, parts finding and advising planners of job lists and assist with planning labour.
• Repairs and Maintenance on various other equipment

Heavy Duty Plant Mechanic : Total Plant Maintenance

• Cleaned, lubricated and performed other routine maintenance work on equipment and vehicles.
• General clean-up of all workshop and facilities
• Fabrication and welding
• Servicing and repairs on a wide range of forklifts 0.5Tonne to 46Tonne, Crown, Toyota, Komatsu, Nissan, Clark, Hyster, Ozdemir, Xilin, and Caterpillar forklifts.
• Servicing and repairs on electric forklifts, Hyster and Crown Walkie stackers, Hyster and Crown Order pickers etc
• Service and repairs on yard trucks Hino, Mitsubishi, Isuzu etc
• Servicing and repairs on Cranes, Coles BLR, Austin Western, Terex