Mining & Resources

Custom software for mining, energy and resource services: turn equipment telemetry, inspections and HSE records into early warnings and clean compliance, instead of surprises that hide between the field and head office.

Mining, energy and resource services run on field data, heavy equipment and compliance that never sleeps. From the Surat and Bowen Basins to sites worldwide, the work generates more data than most systems were built to hold, and the costly surprises hide in the gap between the field and head office.

Mining software for the gap between the field and head office

On a working site the data that matters is generated where the signal is worst: a pre-start filled in at the machine, a breakdown logged by the operator who found it, an environmental reading taken at the bund. When that paper gets reconstructed days later, the failure history nobody could see becomes a stoppage nobody planned for. Generic CMMS and inspection apps assume connectivity and a tidy asset register, and on a remote site that assumption breaks first.

Custom software wins here because the workflow is specific to your site, your fleet and your compliance obligations. We build mobile capture for pre-starts, inspections, SWMS sign-off and HSE reporting that works offline and syncs on return to coverage, so the record exists the moment the work happens. Our mobile app development and software development cover exactly this kind of field-first build, and the custom mobile app costs guide for 2026 sets out what a build like this typically involves.

  • Pre-start and inspection capture with the checklist logic your site actually uses, not a generic template.
  • HSE and SWMS records, incident logging and site and shift reporting tied to the same data set.
  • Contractor and supplier management with prequalification status visible before someone is mobilised, not after.

The web and reporting side matters just as much. Supervisors and head office need site and shift summaries that are current, not a pack assembled at the end of the week, so we build the web application layer that turns field capture into live status. Where it makes sense we start small with an idea to prototype build to prove the field workflow on one crew before rolling it across the site.

Equipment telemetry, predictive maintenance and ERP integration

The second job is turning equipment and sensor telemetry into early warning. We pull vehicle, pump, generator and fixed-plant telemetry, plus SCADA and sensor feeds, into one place and watch for the failure patterns that take a site down. Our sensor and AI work converts those streams into predictive and preventive maintenance triggers, so a bearing or a pump gets attention on a planned window instead of mid-shift. Where it fits, applied AI models the patterns in breakdown history that a person scanning logs would miss.

None of that helps if it sits in a silo, so the telemetry, maintenance history and field capture connect back to your ERP and CMMS. Whether that is a Pronto or SAP-style system, we build the API integration so site data, asset history and compliance records agree end to end instead of being re-keyed into a monthly pack. We almost always recommend integrating before ripping anything out, and have written about ERP integration before replacement and API integration for growing businesses for exactly this reason.

We are based in Toowoomba and know the Surat and Bowen Basins, but the build travels: mining, energy and resource-services operations across Australia and on sites worldwide run the same field capture, telemetry and compliance software. The equipment and the standards are global, and so is the work.

Working across the Queensland resources corridors

Toowoomba sits at the gateway to the Surat Basin, so the gas country around Roma, Chinchilla and Miles is close enough that the field workflows are familiar to us. North of that, the Bowen Basin coal towns of Moranbah, Dysart, Blackwater and Emerald run the fleets and shift patterns that decide whether a pre-start ever makes it off the windscreen and into a system. The Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday region has built itself into a serious METS hub, where mining equipment, technology and services firms supply sites across the state, and Gladstone handles the processing and export end. Out in the North West Minerals Province around Mount Isa, remoteness makes the offline-first capture and telemetry we build less of a nicety and more of a baseline.

A services contractor moving crews between the Surat and the Bowen, or a METS supplier shipping kit out of Mackay, faces the same reconciliation problem in a different setting: site data, maintenance history and compliance records that refuse to agree. We solve that with sensor and AI on the equipment side and clean integration back to the ERP, so a planned window replaces a mid-shift breakdown.

Knowing these basins is a starting advantage, not a limit. We deliver for resources operators across Queensland, Australia and on sites worldwide, on the same standards the trade runs everywhere.

Common challenges

Safety and compliance set the pace. Queensland’s Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Act 2024 took effect from 1 September 2024, widening duty-holder definitions to include labour hire and tightening incident reporting, while High Potential Incidents stay reportable to the regulator. Machinery and sensor data still sits in silos, maintenance stays reactive because failure history is scattered, and HSE and environmental records live on paper or in spreadsheets until an audit forces them together, all while the sector competes for an estimated 56,000 more workers it is projected to need by 2033.

How Rangefront helps

We turn equipment, vehicle and sensor telemetry into early warnings, integrate field and ERP data, and build mobile capture for pre-starts, inspections and HSE so compliance is a by-product of the work, not a scramble.

Common questions

Yes. We build mobile capture for pre-starts, inspections and HSE that works without signal and syncs when coverage returns. Compliance becomes a by-product of the work in the field rather than paperwork someone reconstructs later.

Yes. We integrate vehicle, equipment and sensor telemetry and turn it into alerts on the failure patterns that cost you. That moves maintenance from reactive to planned, before a breakdown takes a site down.

Yes. We connect field capture, telemetry and ERP so site data, maintenance history and compliance records line up instead of living in separate silos. The reporting agrees end to end rather than being re-keyed.

No. We are based in Toowoomba and know the Surat and Bowen Basins, but we deliver for mining, energy and resource-services businesses Australia-wide and on sites worldwide. Built in Toowoomba, useful anywhere.