Specialist High Voltage mining industry people resources

Mining sites in Australia’s Northern Territory and surrounding regions

Context and Scope

At Instalec Group we are a team of experienced operators, including licensed electricians, with substantial infield and onsite High Voltage electrical experience in the mining, oil, and gas industry in Australia.

Through this industry experience and knowledge of mining site High Voltage electrical infrastructure, our team is versatile and will approach any challenge in line with our business values of trust, integrity, flexibility, understanding and teamwork. This approach allows us to bring our High Voltage mining industry expertise into a range of roles to support our clients’ needs.

We have successfully helped clients with specialist resourcing and expertise via secondments, consulting, and people resourcing arrangements.

Project Overview

On this project, our High Voltage Electrical Engineer was seconded into an electrical superintendent role at Ranger Mine for Energy Resources of Australia. During this role they provided infrastructure knowledge and technical expertise for design and specification development for a range of projects. This leads to more efficient delivery through constructability input, accurate material take-offs and refined scope of works. Thus, ensuring projects can be completed within timeframes, minimising installation interfaces issues with other infrastructure, reducing scope changes and cost variations for our clients.

Over at South32 for Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) our electricians have delivered planned/preventative maintenance and capital works. With their comprehensive understanding of mining sites and the plants electrical infrastructure including isolations and operational site procedures, they have also been able to backfill GEMCO operational roles to help cover vacancies and leave commitments.

Likewise, our team has provided people resources for general electrical works at Newmont Tanami for shutdowns.

Safety and Technical Excellence

Our team has the expertise, assets, and site intellectual property knowledge to assist major capital project scope and development in the early stages of design – such as for Hatch and Worley (both global engineering consultants) for a range of projects across the Ranger Mine. This ensures constructability, installation and maintenance aspects are incorporated into the design and scope, which improves safety in operations, installation efficiencies and maintenance outcomes in the final product.

More recently our Operations Manager and Electrical Engineer travelled to Adelaide in South Australia, to undertake a factory test of the Osmoflo Brine Squeezer (OBS) technology. The OBS upgrade at Ranger Mine will double the size of the water treatment plant, assisting with site rehabilitation and the eventual mine closure.

The factory test refines the manufacturing of the equipment. This ensures the installation will be compliant to mining industry standards, Australian Electrical Standards, and ERA/Rio Tinto site standards.

In summary

Our team uses their expertise and experience of the mining site to inspect and test the equipment in the factory. They create a punch list for rectification and provide the manufacturer with advice that avoids unnecessary rework on site. Importantly it means the installation meets critical electrical safety standards and manages operational interfaces ensuring the plant can be commissioned and safely operated as intended.