Hi, I’m
Roger Pollitt
Lakelands,WA
Overview
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Rio Tinto, WA
Fixed Plant Projects Supervisor
03.2010 - 03.2015
Job overview
- Planned maintenance
- Breakdown work as required
- Critical equipment and spares
- Monitoring and improving crew KPIs
- Leading and coaching my team through the use of KPI's
- Identifying areas for improvement and further development
- Development and implementation of improvement ideas
- Brockman 4 Operations - WA
- Part of a successful team in commissioning and ramp up of a Greenfield site
- Reliability and continual improvements to all essential equipment
- Introduced champions within the team and created specialists in specific areas
- Reduced Downtime through thorough attention to detail during critical planning stages
- Upgraded specific tooling to reduce downtime
- Trained in LEAN maintenance techniques
BHP Billiton, WA
Process Maintenance Technician (Shift Fitter)
04.2009 - 03.2010
Job overview
- Planned maintenance
- Breakdown work as required
- SAP maintenance system key user
- Working with the 'permit to work' system
- Critical equipment and spares
- Equipment included the repair and overhaul of plant equipment such as Stackers, Reclaimers, Conveyors, Ball and SAG mills, Blowers, Crushers, Apron Feeders Warman centrifugal and Sump Pumps, Nash Vacuum Pumps, Bredel peristaltic hose pumps, PD Pumps, CCD Circuit, Thickener tanks and Agitators
- Mt. Keith Operations
BHP Billiton, WA
Leach Maintenance Supervisor
03.2007 - 04.2009
Job overview
- Planned maintenance
- Breakdown work as required
- Critical equipment and spares; rotables on hand
- Pressure acid leaching (pal) and atmospheric leaching (al) circuit
- The equipment in these areas included Autoclaves, Pressure Vessels, Geho, Warman, Sulzer Pumps, Scrubbers, Thickener Tanks and Agitators
- I had 10 x Fitters; 2 x Planners; 2 x Electricians and 10 x Contractors
- Responsible for the 25 - 50 additional personnel on our regular Autoclave shutdowns
- Daily use of SAP maintenance system and training new staff on the system
- Working with the 'permit to work' system
- Ravensthorpe Nickel Operations WA
- Commissioning and ramp up to 100% at a Greenfield Site
- Achieved over safety improvements within my team and companywide
- Continual improvements including reliability to all essential equipment
- Developed and refined safe working procedures, adhering to OH&S at all times
- Purchase specific tooling to reduce down time
- Conducted SAP training with new staff
- Trained in LEAN maintenance techniques
Rio Tinto, Queensland
Reliability Technician (Mechanical), Bauxite Area
10.2003 - 03.2007
Job overview
- Mechanical area champion for digestion area feed pumps (Wirth PD Pumps)
- Planned maintenance and scheduled work
- Breakdown work as required
- Maintenance to Digestion Units, flash vessels and associated valving & pipe work
- The equipment maintained included Wirth PD pumps, Warman centrifugal and sump pumps, Goulds centrifugal pumps, KSB Ajax multistage and Nash vacuum pumps. Furthermore, they included Lightnin agitators, Brevini planetary drives, FFE ball mills, Andrecco Hurll blowers, Flender gear drives and gearboxes, Jaques feeders, Burgmann and Interseal mechanical seals as well as Fisher & Keystone valves
- Alumina Yarwun, Queensland
- Commissioning and Ramp up to 100% at a Greenfield Site
- Continual improvements including reliability to all essential equipment
- Became Champion of Wirth PD Pumps
- Reduced Downtime, through continuous improvements
- Developed and refined safe working procedures, adhering to OH&S at all times
- Upgraded specific tooling to reduce downtime
- Lead SAP training for new or inexperienced staff
- Trained in LEAN maintenance techniques
NewmontYalgoo, WA
Fixed Plant Fitter
07.1998 - 10.2003
Job overview
- Maintenance and repairs to Concentrator
- Shutdown preparation and supervision
- Conveyor maintenance
- Jaw and Omnicone crusher maintenance
- Repair and overhaul of plant equipment such as Warman centrifugal and Sump Pumps, Nash Vacuum Pumps, Bredel peristaltic hose pumps, Ball and SAG mills, Blowers, Crushers, Apron Feeders and Conveyors
- Golden Grove Mine
- As part of the Concentrator maintenance team, I was involved in the completion of work orders and the Development of BOM's using SAP system software
- Successfully supervised and motivated shutdown teams of up to 10 Tradesmen
Timeline
Fixed Plant Projects Supervisor
Rio Tinto
03.2010 - 03.2015
Process Maintenance Technician (Shift Fitter)
BHP Billiton
04.2009 - 03.2010
Leach Maintenance Supervisor
BHP Billiton
03.2007 - 04.2009
Reliability Technician (Mechanical), Bauxite Area
Rio Tinto
10.2003 - 03.2007
Fixed Plant Fitter
Newmont
07.1998 - 10.2003