Expertise

Jim is a Director and Principal Consultant of EHS Configured
in the sustainable development of mineral-resources for:
- Acquisition, exploration to development
- Permitting through construction
- Operation to closure, or divestment
Jim has a BSc. Hons Environmental Science and a PhD in groundwater management, attended workshops, conferences and is trained in:
- Auditing ISO management systems
- Safe-work behaviour and investigation of severe accidents (TapRooT)
- Crisis and emergency preparedness, responding to stakeholder ‘Outrage’ and news media
- Contractor management
- Evaluation of capital expenditure and projects
- Mine Closure – rehabilitation, landscape function analysis (LFA)
- Storage of wastes and migration of contaminants and isotopes
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
He has worked in the resource industry since the mid-1980s on environment community, health, safety and security
His experience relates to gold, copper, mineral sands, bauxite and alumina, iron ore and water resources in:
- Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mali, Ghana, Hong Kong, Philippines, USA and Canada
Jim has worked on land, air, aquatic and marine environments, on occupational health and community relations.
He has led the development of management systems and software
Jim has been involved in management of waste storages, the control of emissions or discharges and water protection/clean-up