Pitamber (Pits) Mutum
About Pitamber (Pits) Mutum
Pitamber (Pits) Mutum is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with extensive experience in the mining and automotive industries. He currently works at Glencore in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, where he specializes in reliability engineering and preventive maintenance strategies.
Work at Glencore
Pitamber Mutum has been employed at Glencore as a Graduate Mechanical Engineer since 2021. His role is based in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, where he has worked for three years. In this position, he conducts Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to enhance preventive maintenance strategies. He has developed a strong understanding of effective condition monitoring techniques specifically at Glencore's Copper Concentrator. Additionally, he collaborates with maintenance and asset management teams to address reliability issues and to implement predictive and proactive maintenance strategies.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current role at Glencore, Pitamber Mutum gained diverse experience in various engineering and related positions. He worked as an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineer at Anglo American for two months in Queensland, Australia, in 2019. He also served as a Vacation Student Engineer at Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Limited for one month in Chennai, India, in 2019. His earlier roles include working as a Marketing Contractor at Redwood in 2017 and as an Engagement Officer with the UQ Student Energy Network in 2020.
Education and Expertise
Pitamber Mutum holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Business Management from The University of Queensland, which he completed in 2020. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018. His educational background provides him with a solid foundation in engineering principles and business management, which he applies in his current role as a Reliability Engineer at George Fisher Mine and MICO, focusing on mobile fleet asset management.
Background
Pitamber Mutum completed his Tertiary Education at Bishop Cotton Boy's School from 2008 to 2015. His early education laid the groundwork for his later studies in engineering and business management. He has built a varied career path that includes roles in engineering, marketing, and sales, demonstrating adaptability and a broad skill set.
Achievements in Engineering
In his engineering career, Pitamber Mutum has focused on reliability engineering, particularly in mobile fleet asset management. He has been involved in deploying predictive and proactive maintenance strategies to identify failure symptoms and root causes. His work includes liaising with maintenance and asset management teams to ensure that reliability problems are well defined and trends are acknowledged, contributing to improved operational efficiency.