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THIESS
Thiess has a rich and proud history,
playing a pivotal role building vital
infrastructure, delivering for the
resources sector and providing essential
services for communities. The company
has amassed enormous depth and breadth
of experience, and capabilities, to become
Australia’s largest construction, mining
and services contractor, and delivers
projects across Australia, Indonesia,
India and New Zealand.
The name Thiess is synonymous
with world-class mining operations.
The company offers specialist expertise
across all stages of mining, including
mine planning and engineering,
operations and maintenance, and
environmental management. Thiess
showcases leadership in health and safety
performance, project management, and
community engagement.
For over 60 years, Thiess has partnered
Australian clients including OZ Minerals,
Xstrata, Wesfarmers, Peabody Energy
and the Jellinbah Group to optimise
mine performance and provide certain
delivery. In Indonesia, the company has
helped shape that nation’s resource and
infrastructure sector for the past 25 years.
Today, Thiess mines over 100 million
tonnes of coal and ore, and moves about
600
million cubic metres of overburden
annually across 15 mines in Australia,
Indonesia and India. Operations are
supported by one of the largest mining
fleets globally, with a replacement value
of $3 billion.
Built in the 1930s on the vision,
ingenuity and hard work of the Thiess
brothers on Queensland’s Darling Downs,
in 1983 Thiess became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Leighton Holdings Group.
Today Thiess has an annual turnover of
$7.5 billion and employs nearly 20,000
people. Through its ‘One Thiess’ offer,
connecting its expert construction and
mining businesses with the specialist
services team, Thiess delivers unique
and innovative value-driven solutions,
from specialist contracts to whole-of-life
projects with single point accountability.
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massive scale leadership through a single, unique offer
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Thiess worked with Liebherr to design and engineer the R9800,
the biggest hydraulic excavator in the world.
As General Manager Australian Mining – Western Region, Viv Roberts’ goal is to position Thiess as a leading
provider of mine contracting and related services in its chosen markets by providing exceptional, innovative
solutions to clients. He develops new business opportunities, drives sustainable and profitable business
growth, and provides leadership across the business.
Valuing people as the most important part of any business, Thiess’ values are aligned with Viv’s own
personal principles, so the role comes as a natural fit for him. He is no longer surprised by what people
can do, both in a good or a bad way, and he advises that when dealing with people, and also Mother Nature,
you should always expect the unexpected!
A member of the WA Mining Club since early 2013, Viv enjoys the monthly presentations as they reflect
the current trends in the resources industry.
Most admired business leader:
Richard Branson
Likes doing away from work:
Scuba Diving on World War II shipwrecks
Future goals:
Discover an unexplored shipwreck
Preferred dinner guest:
My wife, as I am never home long enough
Meet WAMC Member – Viv Roberts
Contact:
Thiess
T: 08 6218 3710
E:
vroberts@thiess.com.au
www.thiess.com.au