Australia

Paterson & Cooke opened its Australian Office in 2012.

Its focus was to offer its global slurry engineering expertise to the local Australian and Southeast Asian markets. Since then, it has built an extensive portfolio of projects that showcases Paterson & Cooke’s expertise in the analysis and design of slurry pipeline and mine backfill systems. The Australian office offers a full range of engineering services from concept studies through to detailed design, construction support and commissioning.

The adjacent slurry testing facility features large-scale slurry pump and pipeline test loops (of up to 150 mm in diameter), a wear loop, viscometers, thickening and filtration testing equipment, and an advanced backfill and slurry materials characterisation laboratory.

Capabilities also include the optimisation of our clients’ existing operations through on-site process audits, plant upgrades and retrofits, and on-site construction management and commissioning services.

 

Management Team

Perth, Australia
Jack Emerton

Managing Director
BEng (Civil)

Jack was appointed Managing Director of Paterson & Cooke Australia in November 2021. He first joined the company in 2019, bringing with him extensive experience in Civil & Structural engineering as well as having operated his own practice in Mozambique for several years. Since joining Paterson & Cooke, Jack has managed a multitude of challenging and successful slurry pipeline projects in Australasia and has grown the civil and structural division to better support our core test work, slurry systems, backfill and paste service capabilities.

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Alan Rosewall

Engineering Manager
BSc (Eng) (Electro Mech)

Alan is an experienced Mechanical/Piping Engineer with a strong hydraulics background. He started in the Cape Town office in 2007 before moving to Australia in 2014. Since then, Alan has managed several slurry pipeline, and mine backfill and paste projects across the globe, leading a team of specialised local engineers and draftspersons and amassing a wealth of experience in the field. In November 2021 he was promoted to Engineering Manager.

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Pedro Fandinho

Office Manager
BComm (BLaw & Fin)

Pedro is an experienced business manager with a strong commercial background. Prior to joining Paterson & Cooke in 2021, he worked for a prominent legal consulting firm in Perth, WA, where he oversaw the operations of three of its Australian-based offices and a portfolio of over 300 business clients. At Paterson & Cooke, Pedro coordinates part of the business' strategic planning, resource and asset management, overseeing financial budgeting, control, commercial analysis and contract negotiations, as well as human resources and office admin.

Andres Ortiz