Richard Guile

Quality Lead @BHP

Roxby Downs, AU

Quality Lead for the Tailings Portfolio at Olympic Dam mine in South Australia provides many opportunities to implement lessons learnt and continuous improvement across four projects involving multiple Contractors.• Tailings Storage Facility 6 Project ~$250 million• Evaporation Pond 6 Project ~$142 million• Dam Break Risk Mitigation Project ~$40 million• Airport Terminal and Runway Project ~$95 millionOverseeing a team of 5 Quality Specialists covering Civil & Earthworks, Structural Mechanical Piping and Electrical & Instrumentation disciplines.Key Responsibilities:• Undertake surveillance and auditing to ensure Contractor Quality requirements are maintained• Develop a Quality Engagement Plan to agree time allocated for external input on each project• Establish a Criticality Rating Assessment to determine the level of surveillance for procurement• Review Vendor quality deliverables and Inspection Release Certificates for procurement items• Witness Factory Acceptance Testing and manage corrective actions• Ensure Contractor Lot alignment with Completions Commissioning Management Systemisation• Initiate weekly Contractor Quality Meetings to maintain focus on action items• Liaise with Engineering Team to address any Technical Non-conformances• Organise Walkdowns and develop Punchlist’s to assist with turnover to CommissioningKey Achievements: • Undertaking Factory Acceptance Test via virtual inspection due to COVID19 travel restrictions• Zero Corrective Actions raised for Quality during a Line 2 Assurance Review (L2AR) which is a process utilised to verify performance against the Minerals Australia Projects Internal Standard

Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT)

HND