Simon Vos

-Led commissioning of the Cosmos Nickel Operation, including dry and wet plant operations including crushing, screening, milling, flotation, reagent operation, filtration and dewatering, TSF management and mass water balance optimisation.
- Developed and maintained a diverse workplace culture by fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment.
- Implemented improvement initiatives resulting in increased operational efficiency and reduced costs.
- Ensured strict adherence to safety protocols and compliance measures, driving a culture of operational safety excellence.
- Successfully collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve operational challenges.

- Spearheaded the optimization of metallurgical processes, consistently achieving and maintaining recovery and product quality targets.

Responsible of maximizing nickel and copper concentrate production, by ensuring the safe and efficient operation of the Nova Concentrator and associated infrastructure through supervision and guidance of processing technicians

- Assure compliance with Company objectives, policies, procedures, safe work practices, relevant Acts and Regulations - Organise work in a manner that will minimize risk and maintain safe working environment for all - Demonstrate commitment to safety within the team - Establish and maintain effectiveness of communication within the organization - Succession planning – Ensure rotation of crew members through different roles - Set clear goals and expectations, provide feedback and address employee performance issues - Positively influence the safe and productive improvement of processes and practices - Manage documents and record keeping to relevant government legislation

• Operating mobile plant in accordance with site standards, training and mentoring work groups new to industry, overseeing the beneficiation process and upgrading process bottlenecks to ensure efficient process flow, operation and maintenance of various equipment

• Providing leadership, training and development to the processing department, ensuring safe and efficient operation of the processing plant, optimizing process plant performance, commissioning and operation of various plant facilities

• Operation and maintenance of various equipment, rigging and dogging for overhead gantry cranes, erection and dismantling of scaffolding, conducting mechanical isolations and maintenance, relief supervisor when required

• Operation of fixed plant and mobile plant, clean up duties for processing plant, following safety procedures, operation and maintenance of dewatering filters and conveyors, trades assistant to various roles

• Installing and removing scaffolding, loading and unloading offshore supply vessels, rigging and dogging for mobile slewing crane, assisting with loading and unloading helicopters, trades assistant to various roles

• Rigging and dogging for mobile and crawler cranes, setting up and packing down cranes, pinning steel in EWP, installing static lines and mesh, trades assistant to various roles

• Rigging up and loading ships, operating a slewing crane and other equipment, conducting ship maintenance, security duty and control room operations