Case Studies

Project Engineer

Asset type: Tailings Dam upgrade
Client: Rio Tinto
Location: Weipa, Far North Queensland
Scope: Supply of Project Engineer for tailings dam upgrade
Duration: 9 Months
Date: April 2018 – December 2018

Concentis was engaged to place an experienced Engineer for a tailings dam upgrade in Far North Queensland.

Our Engineer was placed with client Rio Tinto for the upgrade of an existing tailings dam in Weipa, Far North Queensland. 

Rio Tinto is a mining and metals company operating in 36 countries around the world.

Rio Tinto’s Weipa operations in Far North Queensland include bauxite mines and associated processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals.

Concentis’ Project Engineer’s previous experience in civil and mining infrastructure saw him well placed to assist in the successful delivery of this project.

With a strong focus on managing the design and quality assurance processes, our Project Engineer was successful in ensuring technical queries and design refinements did not affect the project delivery schedule.

Our Project Engineer was involved in many aspects of the project delivery including:

• Facilitation of design and technical queries.
• Management of quality assurance documentation.
• Management of the procurement process.
• Overseeing earthworks production rates.
• Overseeing structural components such as buttressing of the dam walls.