Malcolm Greenway has over 35 years’ experience working in the mining industry in South Africa and Australia and has been with Jacobs in Perth for 21 years. His current position is as a Mining Shaft Systems Consultant. In previous roles he has been successively Operations Manager, Regional Manager, and Project Director for the capital project work being undertaken by Jacobs for Rio Tinto Iron Ore Projects and Development in Western Australia. Malcolm is also an adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia.
After a B.Sc.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering Malcolm studied for a D.Phil. at Oxford University in the UK completing his thesis on vortex shedding flow induced structural vibration. Subsequently Malcolm worked on an industrial aerodynamics wind tunnel simulating the natural wind and measuring the effects on buildings. In 1979 Malcolm joined the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa in Johannesburg. Initially Malcolm was responsible for some specific R&D projects for Anglo in the field of vibration control, structural dynamics and fatigue. These projects addressed screening plant vibration control, shaft steelwork dynamic behaviour, rope guide performance and hoist rope oscillations and dynamic loads and a wide range of machinery failures. Malcolm’s technology experience thus includes test and analysis of mechanical plant and equipment with emphasis on mining equipment, machinery failure analysis and prevention, plant vibration management and equipment life extension. Malcolm progressed with Anglo into engineering management to become Consulting Mechanical Engineer responsible for the Mechanical Engineering Department of their Central Technical Office (CTO). The CTO undertook a wide variety of mine process plants and shaft system EPCM projects for Anglo’s Coal, Gold and Diamond operating divisions
