ELS Mechanical Case Studies
Westgold
Supporting the growth of the business
Westgold is a top-10 Australian gold producer, with an annual production of 250,000 to 300,000oz per annum in the Central Murchison region. Operating both open pit and underground they rely heavily on a large fleet of mobile plant, road transport and light vehicles. They chose ELS Mechanical to provide a maintenance team clock.
Problem
As a top-10 Australian gold producer, and operating in the Central Murchison region of Western Australia – Westgold maintains ownership of three prominent satellite-pit gold mines, in a 20 million oz gold province.
The Westgold operations are split into three operational centres which operate mine and cart operations to centralised processing hubs. The safety and reliability of their fleet and mobile plant is critical.
An industry-wide skills shortage had placed significant pressure on both maintenance and operational outputs. Attracting, recruiting and retaining an experienced team with the ownership and drive required to match their maintenance outputs with operational teams was proving challenging.
In 2019 the management team at Westgold to sought out a partner who could deliver a reliable maintenance service across their operations.
Westgold chose ELS Mechanical due to their previous track record good of good performance and a no-fuss can-do attitude.
Services
Light Vehicle Maintenance
Mobile Plant
Road Transport Maintenance
Outcome
The ELS/Westgold partnership has proven to be highly successful for both parties – and for multiple reasons.
At ELS we are real people, providing real face-to-face solutions for our clients. With a core group of staff committed to the Westgold projects, our team is solid, and underpins our performance and capability to adjust and meet critical demands.
We encourage our team members to be safe, while thinking outside of the box; going the extra mile for our partners, to deliver on the ELS difference. The on-site relationship between Westgold and the ELS leadership team has developed around a sense of trust, mixed with capability and competency through experience.
While the landscape and terrain can be rough, Westgold’s conditions are eased by our ability to think on our feet, improvising to get the job done, while ensuring the paramount safety of our team members and site personnel.
As Westgold continues to expand – exploring isolated satellite-pit mining operations in WA: ELS will be there to keep the machinery running with our solutions focussed attitude, unrivaled team culture, and underlying commitment to safety.
What our clients say
“A known commodity to us and a previous track record of good performance and a no-fuss get the job done attitude. “
