James is a Principal Engineering Geologist at PSM, based in Perth, Western Australia, with over 14 years’ experience in mining, tunnelling, civil, and hydrogeological projects.

James’ main area of expertise is providing design and operational geotechnical advice for open pit mines. James’ experience spans multiple commodities and projects in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Asia, Africa, and Brazil.

James has held multiple long term operational and design secondment roles which allows him to understand day-to-day mining operations and provide practical solutions to geotechnical issues. James also has experience in Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modelling of fractured rock masses to assess open pit and tunnel stability, and underground geotechnical design.