Jan has led, coordinated and coached high-performing, multi-discipline teams across a range of construction, commissioning, maintenance and project works in line with specifications, schedules and budgets. As a consultant, Jan is responsible for working alongside senior consultants, and bringing hands-on experience to client projects. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for optimising business processes and maintenance procedures, Jan is able to drive reliability and availability of plant and equipment with minimal disruption to operations.

Areas of specialist expertise

• Assuring maintenance quality
• Improving shutdown/turnaround performance
• Improving maintenance planning and scheduling
• Analysing root causes and eliminating defects
• Optimising preventive maintenance programs (RCM and PMO)

Industry specialisations

• Mining and mineral processing
• Oil and gas
• Water utilities

Key successes

• Lowered SAG mill reline times from 36 hours to 14 hours.
• Improved plant availability from 35% to 86%.
• Eliminated re-works and ensured maintenance work was carried out properly.
• Instigated a procedure for testing hydrocarbon pumps in the workshop, before being re-installed in situ, to eliminate risk of leakage.

Professional experience

• Assetivity (2021 – current)

  Consultant

• Mopani Copper Mine, Zambia (2019 – 2020)

  Project Engineer

• Lumwana Copper Mine, Zambia (2018 – 2019)

  SME

• Lihir Gold Mine (2017 – 2018)

  Reliability Engineer

• Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia (2017)

  SME

• Bonikro, Cote D’Ivoire (2015 – 2017)

  Mechanical Supervisor / Shutdown Manager

• QCLNG, Curtis Island – Bechtel (2013 – 2015)

  Maintenance Superintendent