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DirectoR

Kurt Baumgart is a Director with Primed Global and has over 33 years’ experience in opencut mining, infrastructure and port operations. Kurt has led and grown businesses for Downer/Roche Mining and MacKellar Group delivering excellent outcomes for partners like Adani Mining Australia, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, FMG , Idemitsu, Stanwell, and Middlemount coal through the development of high performing teams to deliver projects in a safe and timely manner.

Kurt has a strong background in all facets of open cut mining having worked in gold, iron ore, copper, rare earths, lead, zinc and coal operations in both operational and plant roles, from site engineer through to general manager. He also has a strong background in infrastructure and civil enabling works, including both D&C and construct only inclusive of rock fill, mass concrete, MAW and tailings dams, all weather haul roads, conveyor tunnels and associated services, underground portals, coal ROMS and product pad stockpiles. He also has overseen the construction of “fit for purpose” temporary and permanent workshop facilities and remote airstrips for FIFO operations.

With Kurt’s extensive operational experience and ability to build high performing teams, he has been able to deliver value to stakeholders through understanding their needs and developing alternative strategies to secure work, via innovate mine plans, flexible commercial models, resource sharing, optimisation and being transparent about risk and reward.

Core skills

• General management
  

  1. Developing operational plans with clear accountabilities and responsibilities

  2. Understanding risk and opportunity

  3. Project execution
     

• Commercial strategy and contract negotiation

• Mine plan innovation

• Alliance and collaborative contracts

• Operating discipline

• Business optimisation

• Challenging the status quo

• Industrial relations and change management

Background

Apr 2024 – Present - Director – PRIMED Global

Oct 2019- Jul 2023 Chief Operating Officer - MacKellar Mining

Jun 2018-Sept 2019 General Manager (Contract)- Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT)

2011 – Mar 2018 Chief Operating Officer Open Cut East - Downer Mining

Apr 2008-2011 Executive General Manager QPAC - Downer Mining

Dec 2007 – Mar 2008 Executive General Manager Business Optimisation - Downer Mining

Jul 2006 - Nov 2007 General Manager Open Cut West – Roche Mining

Oct 2004 - Jun 2006 Operations Manager – Century Mine and Exploration Drilling - Roche Mining

Jan 2002 – Sept 2004 Project Manager Morwell River Diversion - Roche Thiess Linfox (RTL)

Aug 1998 – Dec 2001 Manager Capital Works & Strategy - City of Boroondara

Oct 1997 – Jul 1998 Project Manager, Landside Civil and Bridge Works, Melbourne Airport - Abi group Contractors.

Nov 1996 – Oct 1997 Area Manager, Elevated Road, - Baulderstone Hornibrook Melbourne CityLink.

Mar 1996 – Nov 1996 Senior Project Engineer Eastern Freeway Extension- Abigroup Contractors,

Jan1995 – Feb 1996 Project Manager, Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine- Roche Bros

Jul 1991- Dec1994 Site-Project Engineer Dungowan Dam, Pindari Dam, Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy Yang Mines and Blackwater Mine – Roche Bros