Chris Blakeney

Experienced project supervisor / manager in both remote mining and construction across defence , retail and refurbishment projects

Balcatta, Western Australia, Australia

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Experience

  • Borefield Supervisor at SO4
    Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Managing day to day activities of an extensive borefield nearly 40kms long over 75 bores pumping in excess of 40,000m3/ day of brine to supply a series of crystallisers . Supervising a team of technicians and contractors coordinating across different departments for preventative and reactive maintenance , submersible pump and motor replacement , generator , pipeline maintenance , replacement and upgrades . Managing the execution of a borefield expansion and expansion programs taking utilisation from 50% to over 90%

  • Production Supervisor at Element 25 Limited
    Aug 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Production supervisor on a manganese mine managing both mobile and fixed plant including scalpers , crushers ,sorters and a wet process plant for processing the ore

  • Trades supervisor at Ngaanyatjarra Council - Aboriginal Corporation
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos

    In this role I coordinated remedial and maintenance work for properties in remote Western Australian indigenous communities. My responsibilities included coordination of ten team members including carpenters, plumbers and electricians, site safety management, journey planning and management, job review, assessment and quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, estimation costing and material procurement

  • Project Supervisor at Mesh Contracting
    Feb 2022 - Jun 2022 · 5 mos

    In this role I worked FIFO at Nifty Copper Mine assisting with the preparation of worker accommodation in readiness for the mine re-starting. I was responsible for coordination of a range of trades, programming and planning of works, material costing and procurement, project costing and budgeting, project reporting and stakeholder engagement. This was an $11 million program of works and required the direct supervision of 15 team members. I was directly responsible for moving the program from a productivity and budget utilisation score of 2.2% to 26% five months later.

  • Project Supervisor at Arcadia
    Jul 2021 - Feb 2022 · 8 mos