John specialises in bringing out the best in project teams so they meet or exceed the expectations of our clients.
John has worked across all project phases, from study work through to commissioning. He communicates across all levels of organisations, harnessing knowledge and providing direction to optimise project outcomes. With career experience from a detailed design engineer to a senior manager with P&L responsibility, John understands in detail what it takes to best utilise people, systems, time, structures and contracts to achieve good project outcomes, and development of people, systems and relationships.
John's sector and commodity experience includes:
- Minerals - coal, gold, copper
- Refineries - alumina
Other roles and experiences that have moulded John's experience, demeanour and approach include:
- General Manager, Engineering and Project Delivery (Ausenco)
- General Manager, Ausenco Rylson (Ausenco)
- Acting General Manager, Santiago office in Chile (Ausenco)
- Acting General Manager, Eastern Region Minerals and Metals (Ausenco)
- Manager Engineering and Process, Eastern Region Minerals and Metals (Ausenco)
- Principal Mechanical Engineer, Qld Operations (Ausenco)
- Facility Engineer G3 expansion of Gove Alumina Refinery (Alcan)
- Design Engineer Comalco Alumina Refinery (Hatch/Kaiser)
- Design Engineer Coal/Steel/Quarrying/Copper/Food (BHPE)
Country experience:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Philippines
- Mozambique
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- South Africa