27 McCabe St, Mosman Park, WA 6012
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Modular Gold Stripping Plants
Designed Gold Equipment, Supplied and Installed
Personnel
Richard Ladyman – Executive Chairman
Throughout his professional career, Richard has been involved with the evaluation, design, construction and operation of mining & mineral processing operations, and associated services, including power supply, water supply, underground haulage, crushing, milling, concentration, refining, tailings disposal and accommodation facilities.
There would not be a mine site in Australia that Richard has not worked on in some
capacity, and his expertise, knowledge and processing know-
Mark Fidler – Chief Mechanical Engineer
Mark has a career expanding 30 years within the mining industry having held various positions from coal face to senior management. He has extensive experience within the coal and iron ore industries having the opportunity of being the first principal mechanical engineer for Fortescue Metals and being part of the project from feasibility study through to operational state.
Mark joined Como Engineers in 2010 as Chief Mechanical Engineer bringing with him his years of operational experience as well as his experience of project development from feasibility study through to operation. He has worked throughout his career for companies such as , BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers, Rio Tinto, Bucyrus, EDI Downer, Xstrata, Anglo, FMG in his professional capacity as an engineer and project manager
Grant Blakeman – Engineering Manager
Grant joined Como Engineers in June 2007, having emigrated from South Africa. Since joining
Como Engineers, Grant has been involved in a number of scoping, feasibility and definitive feasibility studies for copper, gold, nickel and iron ore projects. In addition to these studies, Grant has also been the project manager on the design and construction of a CIL pilot plant, as well as for the refurbishment of mechanical equipment for a nickel flotation plant.
Before immigrating to Australia and joining Como Engineers, Grant had been employed with Bonfiglioli Power Transmissions in South Africa for the previous 9 years in the positions of Engineer / Technical Manager
Grant’s engineering background; coupled with the skills he developed during his MBA, enable him to make good technical evaluations, while considering the economic impact decisions have on a project. Grant has utilized these skills in developing Capex models for the scoping and feasibility studies that he has been involved in while working at Como Engineers. Grant was most recently the Project Manager for the Lakewood Upgrade Project for Silver Lake Resources.
Martin Smith – Engineering Manager
In May 2006, joined Como Engineers as a Senior Mechanical Engineer and within a year was promoted to the position of Engineering Manager.
In the 4 years Martin has been at Como Engineers, he has worked on numerous projects including the development of the infrastructure requirements for the Moly Mines Definitive Feasibility Study which totalled approximately $450 million, the supply of electrowinning cells and pumps, the design and construction of a complete stripping plant, the refurbishment of 2nd hand mining equipment as well as numerous feasibility studies for a number of process plants. He was the Project Manager for the successful $17M refurbishment of the Three Mile Hill Plant for Focus Minerals and is currently Project Manager for the Cracow Plant Upgrade and recently relocated to Queensland to better support our East Coast clients.
Martin is also registered in WA as a Responsible Person with the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Safety Division, to assess and approve dangerous goods storage and processing facilities within Western Australia.
Alisdair Finnie – Chief Metallurgist
Alisdair has been involved in the mining and construction industry for the past 15
years and has vast experience in the metallurgical industry, encompassing Nickel,
Copper, Iron ore, Tantalum, Tin, Gold, Lead-
His expertise includes plant optimisation and commissioning, plant reporting and metallurgical accounting, project specification development and evaluation and mass balancing with equipment selection and sizing.
Alisdair joined Como Engineers in 2006 as the Chief Metallurgist. His experience enables him to evaluate a client’s project and develop optimised process designs to meet these specific requirements.
Sean Galvin – Manager, Specialist Equipment
Sean has experience both in gold processing and copper SXEW extraction, with design,
construction, project management and commissioning experience for these facilities.
He also has a strong IT background, with experience in the design and installation
of mine site communications infrastructure, including telecommunications, network
backbone, kiosk IT systems, streaming satellite television and satellite radio re-
Sean was most recently the Project Manager for the Challenger Mine Upgrade Project for Dominion Gold operations, and well as the manager responsible for the design and supply of our modular Gold Stripping plants, Modular Gold Rooms and Electrowinning Cells.
Gerhardt Oosthuizen – Lead Civil Engineer
Having worked throughout South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in leading Project
Manager and Civil Engineer roles, Gerhardt specialises in developing and streamlining
business procedures.
He has significant design, drafting and management experience
in all aspects of the industry, backed by his numerous qualifications in areas including
Business, Management, Education and Engineering.
Tom Van Loon – Principal Engineer – Melbourne Based
Tom’s experience in Project Management and Engineering includes demonstrated strengths in conceptual design, engineering, estimating, quoting, tendering, contract management, project management, manufacturing, construction and commissioning for a wide range of projects both within Australia and overseas including seven years as an expatriate in Indonesia and for projects in Papua New Guinea, Singapore, India and Philippines.
Tom has held Project Management and Senior Management roles in a number of significant companies including the VDM Group, BHP Engineering, BHP Minerals, Western Mining Corporation, Alcan Engineering, Esso Australia, Stork ICM Australia, Vickers Keogh, Gold Fields of Australia and Coal Division of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
At a corporate level, Tom has strengths in strategic development, business process
re-
Grant Harding – SE Asia Project Manager -
Grant is a qualified extractive metallurgist with over 25 years experience in the
mining industry.
He has extensive operational, engineering and project management
experience in Australia and internationally in Indonesia, Myanmar, Ghana, Tanzania,
and The Philippines.
He has experience in gold, silver, base metals and mineral sands projects with over 15 years operational and project development experience in Indonesia.
Kevin Chong – Finance Manager
Kevin is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
He recently joined Como Engineers after 30 years management experience, most recently in senior finance roles in the engineering, manufacturing and construction industry. He has worked in listed and private companies in various industries including retail, wholesale, logistics, resources and public accounting.
He specialises in management reporting, system improvement, financial management and mergers and acquisitions. As a member of the senior management team he aims to provide enhanced services to colleagues and the many and varied clients at Como Engineers.
ENGINEERING
Dave Johnson
Senior Electrical Engineer
Peter Bentzen
Senior Engineer
Dave McCleary
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Ben Harrison
Project Engineer
Slobodan Slavujevic
Project Engineer
Peter Lee
Electrical Engineer
Cynthia Cassidy
Mechanical Engineer
Mark Splittgerber
Mechanical Engineer
Certified Vessel Inspector
METALLURGY
Vern Walz
Senior Metallurgist
er
Mark Haslam
Senior Metallurgist
DRAFTING
Daniel Augustine
Drafting Supervisor
Daniel Bell
Design Draftsperson
Cheryl Phillips
Design Draftsperson
Aidan Tate
Design Draftsperson
Anthony McDonald
Senior Design Draftsperson
ADMINISTRATION
Marnie Wotzko
Project Secretary
Kimberly Miller
Receptionist
Administration Assistant
SECURITY
Bonnie
Head of Security
Barry Cloutt -
With 30 years of experience in the mineral processing industry, Barry offers professional expertise in project and commissioning management of mineral processing facilities. His predominant experience in gold and base metals enables him to thoroughly represent operations for project development, particularly in these areas.
Barry specialises in management and coordination of multi-
Michael Crawford -
Michael recently joined Como Engineers with 19 years of engineering design drafting experience, mostly in senior lead and drafting management roles in the Mining, Commercial and Building and Construction Industries.
He specialises in the Management of drafting and comes with over 13 years of Solidworks experience, training and implementation.
Doriana D’Amato
Accounts Officer
Eujanie
Novatsis
Office Coordinator
Diesel Mlinar
Production Manager
Engineer
Niall Somerville
Design Draftsperson
Sonja Riordan
Project Secretary
Christina Huen
Project Administrator