Vince Sunter   BE (Mech)   MAIPM

1999 - Now Director, Calsun (Newcastle): Main activities included:

    2006 - 2007 Idemitsu Boggabri Mine: Project mgr for a $6M design construct coal crushing and automated B-Double truck loadout system undertaken by Calsun for Lovton Coal. World class facility.

    2006 - 2007 Downer EDI Mining: Design mgr for $50M surface infrastructure in $100M Newpac Mine project.

    2003 - 2005 Brambles Industrial Services: Tender preparation for $38M of projects around Australia. Appointed project mgr for a $27M ore storage facility in Whyalla but project not won.

    2004 - 2005 Hunter Enviro-Mining: Project mgt contract to establish new Hebburn mine washery in Hunter Valley.

    2004 - 2004 Roche / QCC Resources: PWCS Carrington Coal Loader rail receival alternatives development to proposed $60M upgrade.

    2001 – 2004 United Goninan (Broadmeadow, Newcastle): Advice and implementation of engineering project management techniques to initially assist in the winning of a $150M NSW SRA passenger electric DC rail vehicle contract, set up the engineering for the project once it was secured and provided ongoing support in various engineering project mgt roles.

    2002 - 2002 Brambles Industrial Services (Port Kembla): Project Manager for $1M design construct coal blending project completed 2 weeks ahead of a tight 16 week schedule. This project, undertaken by Calsun, was a NSW finalist in the 2003 Australian Institute of Project Management Achievement Awards.

    2000 - 2001 Fox Materials Handling (Rathmines, Newcastle): Projects Division Operations Manager for all projects and associated tenders with 4 project/manager reports. Senior Project Manager for critical projects. Projects included a complex $4M 1.4km Central Qld curved conveyor, a $30M ship loader in Mexico, a $2M drift conveyor and stackout in the Hunter Valley, and a full $2.5Mpa underground mine conveyor maintenance management and reliability growth contract in the Bowen Basin.

    1999 - 2000 Capral Aluminium (Kurri Kurri, Newcastle): Project managed all potline improvement and mobile equipment capital projects, typically $5Mpa across 20-30 projects. Included all phases from feasibility to final commissioning and acceptance.

1995 - 1999 Unity Engineering & Mining Group (Newcastle): Project Manager for most major projects undertaken by Unity. This was typically $6M+ pa across many design-construct projects in materials handling & processing including reclaim and stacker systems, truck & rail loading/receival systems, conveyors & take-ups, bins & hoppers, ROM receival & crushing, washery upgrades (screens, centrifuges, cyclones, pumps, 27m thickener, sumps & building structure), co-disposal systems, highwall mining development, etc. Typically Hunter Valley projects, but travelled extensively in Qld Bowen basin for a major project at BHP Saraji and for sales / consulting activities at other mine sites.

1993 - 1995 United Goninan (Broadmeadow, Newcastle): Project Engineer responsible for all aspects of the management of a 60,000 man hour engineering design to build forty new locomotives for a $110M Queensland Rail contract. Spent 6 months in Townsville during the build phase to get the first loco delivered on time.

1992 - 1993 Insulco (Rooty Hill, Sydney): Project managed the design, manufacture and commissioning of a $M14 fiberising process plant on a greenfield site in Malaysia, under budget and four weeks early. Identified and managed many projects to improve the operational and environmental performance of the Sydney plant.

1977 - 1991 BHP Port Kembla Steelworks:  Various shift / section foreman roles and 1 year as Contracts Officer during part time engineering cadetship. Progressed through roles of Senior Investigation Engineer, Crane Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer Hot Mills Depts, and Senior Mechanical Engineer Slab Plate and Strip Depts. During this period personally managed trades work forces of up to 28, a specialist inspection team of 23 and a professional engineering team of 9. Undertook R & M projects to $12M, R & D projects to $0.5M, capital projects to $1M, and was deeply involved in BHP's $300M per annum capital project development program in the late 1980’s, travelling to the USA and Saudi Arabia also.