Northcutt Mining Consultants (a division of Northcutt Services Pty Ltd ABN 57 137 245 606) is a locally owned business, based in the coal mining town of Blackwater, Queensland. Our locale, right in the heart of the Bowen basin, makes us the closest Mine Planning Consultants to most coal mines in Central Queensland. This greatly reduces transport and accommodation costs for our clients, and gives us speed and agility when responding to clients' requests. The Principal Consultant is a qualified Mining Engineer with more than 25 years of experience in coal open cut mining, ranging from strip mining to terrace mining. The engineer is highly experienced in widely used mine scheduling and mine design software, namely, XPAC, TALPAC, XACT, Vulcan, 3DDig and Surpac. At Northcutt Mining Consultants we firmly believe that you and your team members deserve to take a break and rejuvenate while we fill in the gap and keep your business running as efficiently, if not better, than usual. One needs to sharpen the axe at one point. Our Mine Planning Consultants are available for short and long term contracts to take care of your mine design, scheduling and pit optimisation needs while your personnel are on leave or in between hiring. We can also bridge the gap during role rotations, so that you do not feel the pain or postpone your team's well deserved development. We also offer production operations optimisation to the mine production departments seeking to improve their productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. Main areas of expertise include Truck & Shovel, Draglines, Drill & Blast, and Coal Quality. So, go ahead. Take a break.