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Norris September
NORRIS SEPTEMBER
RPEQ, MAusIMM(CP)
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CAREER SUMMARY
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A highly adaptable Australian registered professional engineer with global
experience in both technical and operational management and leadership
capability having led teams up to 40 in the operational environment and 8 in
the technical/design environment.
Key Strengths:
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Ability to lead both technical and operational teams to achieve desired
outcomes.
Planning, execution and maintaining activities to achieve operational
efficiencies
Ability to communicate on all levels to achieve efficiencies.
Strong Health and Safety Awareness to maintain zero lost time injury
expectations.
Proposal development and presentation.
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jacobs
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June 2014 – March 2015
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., is an international engineering, architecture, and construction
firm with offices located around the world.
Principal Process Engineer
Leading and managing a team of 8 Process engineers in the exection of
feasibility studies and detail design for mineral processing plants. The position
is made redundant due to decreased sales and general downturn in the
mining industry.
Key Achievements
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 Identify small jobs from internal company marketing of group skills and
know how.
 Ensure regulations and procedures in engineering design are met by
coaching engineers in standad company procedures
 Promoted teamwork and quality service through daily communication
with other engineering disciplines and bussiness units.
 Assist with the developed of a Market Pursuit Plan for Brisbane Process
Engineering team
 Clarified and negotiated process gaurentees with client
 Technical review on major project deliverables
 Successfully motivated, planned and exected company booth at the
2014 Australian Coal Preparation Conference on the Gold Coast
Sinclair Knight Merz
January 2011 – June 2014
Sinclair Knight Merz was a private company operating across Asia Pacific, the Americas,
Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Jacobs Engineering Group announced its acquisition of
SKM late in 2013
Chief Process, Pumping & Piping Engineer
Leading a team of 7 engineers (Process Engineers and Mechanical
Engineers) with the aim of delivering feasibility studies, detail design,
optimisation and commissioning services for Mineral Processing Plants,
Mining Services ( Water, Air, Fuels, Lubricant, Tailings) including Auditing
and rectification works for the Australian Defence fuel Installations (
Mechanical, Process, Dangerous Goods)
Key Achievements
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Develop technical training sessions to ensure engineers skills are
maintained.
 Identified skill shortcomings (FF, Network analysis) and train engineers
to complement.
 Ability to have two engineering discliplines to work together in team to
ensure client requirements.
 Nominated for Future Leadership Program.
 Successfully realising interface management on project resulted in
documented and accepted intefcae document.
 Introduced Decision Register for use on project to capture decisions
easier resulting in faster acceptance of project changes..
 Developed company capability statements for Dense Medium
Separation, Surge analysis, Fuel Systems.
 Appointed as Global Practice leader for Dewatering systems and Panel
member for Metalurgical Test Work.
 Sussessfully obtained work for process and mechanical team in Defence
related work ( Mechanical & Process).
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 Board Member for Southern Queensland section of the Australian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ( AusIMM).
 Introduction of process engineering team to key decision makers in the
company to assist them with career advancement.
 Encourage female engineers to join societies to ensure networking and
possible future prosperity.
Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM)
January 2009 – January 2011
Lead Process Engineer/Commissioning Manager
Responsible for the process engineering design of the Clermont Coal
Preparation Plant and afterwards acting as Commissioning Manager for
Clermont Coal Mine Project Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP)
Key Achievements
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Assisted Subcontractors with preparation of individual commissioing
documentation.
Successfully completed commissioning of the Clermont Coal Handling
and Preparation Plant.
Assited client with successful hot commissioning of CHPP
Established ( with the approval of the ACPS) the Australian Coal
Preparation Society Forum on LinkedIn.
ProMet Engineers ( Australia)
April 2008 –December 2008
ProMet Engineers provides project management, project development and feasibility study
work, process plant design and engineering services and metallurgical consultancy services
to minerals and metals industry clients
Senior Process Engineer
Execution of studies and metallurgical test work for hematite/magnetite
deposits in the junior mining industry
Key Achievements
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Successfully executed a multitude of client studies, therefore ensuring
a steady income stream for company.
Assist Group Metallurgist with client intefacing during peak industry
sessions.
ProMet Engineers ( Africa)
January 2008 –March 2008
Senior Process Engineer
Seconded to the ProMet offices in Cape Town, South Africa, awaiting 457
Visa Approval. Auditing of existing plant designs and plants in construction at
fabricator.
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Key Achievements
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Successfully audited plant designs that produced audit findings that
could be rectified easily prior to plant shipment to client.
Bateman Mining and Minerals
May 2004 –December 2007
Bateman Engineering was a leading equipment supplier and engineering house for the mining
industry.
Senior Process Engineer/Commissioning Engineer/Commissioning
Manager
Execution of feasibility studies, detail design and Commissioning of Mineral
Processing Plants.
Key Achievements
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Successfully represented process engineering with cross cultural work
sessions with contractor/client in Lima/Peru.
Successful respresentation of Bateman in China, resulting in sale of
Andalusite plant to French mining company in western China.
Sasol Technologies
October 2002 –May 2004
Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
Senior Process Engineer
Leading a team of 2 experienced process engineers in Value Chain ( Coal
Mines to Gasification) optimisation activities including execution of minor
projects and managing of consultants.
Debswana
August 2001- October 2002
Debswana a mining company located in Botswana, and is the world's leading producer of
diamonds by value. Debswana is a joint venture between the government of Botswana and
the South African diamond company De Beers
Mineral Process Engineer ( Expatriate Position)
Reporting to the Plant Manager and responsible for identifying opportunities
for improvement and executing optimisation studies.
Key Achievement
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Process lead for the installation of the first studded High Pressure
Grinding Rolls at Jwaneng Mine.
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TransHex Mining – Baken Mine February 2001- August 2001
Trans Hex is a JSE-listed diamond mining company with 50 years' experience in producing
gem-quality diamonds for the local and international market.
Superintendent Metallurgy
Reporting to the plant manager and responsible for the day to day operation
of the plant with a complement of 30 personnel.
TransHex Mining - Baken Mine Project
February 2001
August 2000 –
Senior Metallurgist
Reporting to the Group Metallurgist, seconded to the Baken Mine Project
responsible to ensure the succesfull development of the process control
system.
TransHex Mining - Saxon’s Drift
2000
March 2000 – August
Manager Metallurgy
Reporting to the Mine Manager and responsible for the day to day operation
and maintenance of the Saxon’s Drift Plants with a complement of 20
personnel.
TransHex Mining - So Ver Mine(Pty) Ltd
March 2000
Oct 1999 -
Operational Manager
Reporting to the Group Operational Manager and responsible for the day to
day management of a dump reclamation operation with a complement of 40
personnel.
Iscor Heavy Minerals
June 1998 - Oct 1999
Exxaro (previously known as Iscor Heavy Minerals) is one of the largest South Africa-based
diversified resources groups, with interests in the coal, titanium dioxide, ferrous and energy
markets.
Process Engineer
Acting as client representative for the Mineral Separation Plant and
responsible for reviewing project documents, and operational readiness
activities.
Key Achievments
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Nominated to visit Australian Mineral Sands operations, laboratories
and key vendors to ensure proper start up of Hillendale operation.
Successfully assisted with obtaining operational permits from the South
African Nuclear authorities and water/environmental authorities.
Iscor - Glen Douglas Dolomite Mine
June 1998
June 1997 -
Plant Superintendent
Responsible for the day to day operation of the plant with a total compliment
of 52 workers which included, Foreman (production, maintenance), Operators
(plant), Analyst (Lab) + helpers, Sales Coordinator, Maintanance planner,
Electricians, Boilermakers, Fitters, Maintanace operators, Electrical
technician, General workers, FEL drivers, Maintanance helpers.
Durnacol Mine ( Iscor)
Nov 1994 – June 1997
Engineer in Training
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Stellenbosch University
B.Sc ( Physics, Mathematics), 1989
B Eng –Chemical engineering
(Mineral processing) , 1994
Master of Intellectual Propery (Current Studies)
Technology, Sydney
University of
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Paste thickening of tailings at Clermont Coal Preparation Plant, N September
& R Kirkwood, 2010, International Mineral Processing Conference, Brisbane
COMPUTER LITERACY
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, Mind map, Visio
LIMN (Process simulator), MODSIM (Minerals processing simulator)
Adobe Acrobat, Bruno 3.2 (Metso simulation software)
MathCAD (Beginner), Fluid-flow (Experienced), PHA Pro (Intermediate)
Extendsim (Beginner)
OTHER TRAINING
Business development and implementation model (Sasol)
Coal Benificiation course ( Wits University, short course), LIMN simulation
Facilitation , Negotiation, Keppner & Fourie problem solving , Advanced Coal
Processing Course –Australian Coal Preparation Society
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Bateman Engineering in house technical training courses:
Slurry pumping and piping, Vibrating screens,Crushing and milling, Dense
Medium Separation, Duties of the process engineer, Process engineering
specifications, Process gaurentees
SKM in house technical training courses:
Commercial Management, Report and Business Writing, Risk Management,
Managing People, Bid Leaders Program, Future Leaders Program
Money Mining – Whittle training course
HAZOP Study for Team Leaders and Team Members - IChemE
PROFFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member
Australian Coal Preparation Society (ACPS)
Member ( Student) Queensland law Society
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