Mitchell Creighton fell in love with pumps and pipes at age 15, when he became a plumber.
After five years in the industry he was keen to try something different, which is how he started working in the underground mining sector.
“I started working for a company that did ground consolidation, travelling around Queensland and New South Wales,” he said. “Seeing rocks the size of buses falling was thrilling, and with me being a young fella, I made the decision to get out there and get amongst it.”
Eventually wanting to challenge himself, he went into open-cut mining, working with production drilling. He then moved in to running a sand and basalt quarry.
“While it sounds like I’ve had more starts than Phar Lap, it’s because I love to challenge myself. So, when I saw a position open up at Aquaflo Hire, I jumped at it.”
During his career working on mine sites and quarries, he used dewatering systems supplied by Truflo Pumps, Aquaflo Hire’s parent company.
People like Mitchell give Aquaflo Hire a point of difference, because our customers know that we understand and can solve their problems. That knowledge of the industry is vital for a pump hire business. When a mine or quarry has had a major rain event, the site is stuck until the water is removed.
Mitchell says there’s no room for excuses. “A quarry or mine wants to see results. It’s go, go, go from the very first call.”
In many cases, business development managers like Mitchell can use their experience to help solve problems over the phone, without having to head to the site.
