Aptella is pleased to announce that Andrew Jones has joined the company as the second Business Development Manager in the Monitoring Solutions Team. In his new role, Mr Jones will be responsible for the New South Wales and Southern regions.

Mr Jones has built a 20-year career as a geologist in the mining industry and comes with an extensive array of operational experience both domestically and abroad.

With a background in mines rescue and emergency services, Mr Jones is passionate about providing solutions contributing to the safe operation of projects.

Whilst in Mount Isa, Mr Jones gained experience in both underground and open cut mining processes whilst catering for challenging geotechnical conditions requiring various monitoring solutions. This included mining an open cut over a historic underground operation whilst needing to guarantee the structural integrity of nearby critical surface infrastructure.

Mr Jones has since consulted throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East to companies in a variety of commodities and extraction techniques. Mr Jones also gained exposure to the civil engineering industry whilst consulting to quarrying and cement companies.

Mr Jones holds a Bachelor degree in Applied Science and a Masters in Mineral Economics, he has a strong appreciation in both the technical and commercial aspects of operating a project safely.

Aptella centralised Monitoring Solutions Team supports customers with tailored solutions for the civil, geospatial, mining and building industries.

Aptella offers two industry-leading monitoring solutions including Senceive, an innovative wireless platform and Topcon Delta, a comprehensive optical and GNSS-based system with advanced reporting and integrated communications technology.

Mr Jones added: “I’m excited to be a part of the growing team at Aptella and look forward to providing clients with solutions from the vast range of products we supply. I’m keen to draw on my varied operational experience to assist clients with their onsite strategies.”