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South Australia, Australia

Brisbane, Australia

Port Hedland

Oversee the construction of FMG's AP5 iron ore berth extending existing berth by 350mtr comprising of 160 x 1200mm diameter piles. This project sets a new southern hemisphere benchmark as heavy lift vessel Happy Star lifts heaviest prefabricated module at 1466 te into position.

Barrow Island North Western Australia

Maintain a strong commitment to the legal and ethical obligations and accountabilities for the Gorgon project in all aspects of HSEQ. Help establish a workable GA of moorings, wet storage areas and transit corridors for vessels within a limited MDF allocation. Barge and vessel asset scheduling, WMS review for anchor handling, mooring installations, personnel transfers, barge movements and other marine activities supporting continual change management processes.Active involvement with LPI and TSTO reporting maintaining forward momentum in the IIF cultural shift.Ensure and maintain OVID compliancy throughout marine fleet.Plan and review barge anchor placements maintaining an effective reporting and recording process minimising environmental impacts.Coordinate through effective planning and communication the daily SIMOPS occuring both internally and externally.Pilotage of 330ft anchor barges and jack up barges along with 3000te caisson tow offs from semisubmersibles .Coordinate and direct mooring component assemblies and installation of a variety of fit for purpose mooring systems.

Barrow Island North Western Australia

Mobilise to OVID compliancy anchor crane barge for the construction of a HLF jetty at Barrow Island.Seabed preparation by way of airlifting and gravel bed laying (Duty cycle clamming ops) using subsea hydraulic driven ,hopper fed screed frame with mounted GPS pods utilising barge and crane RTK systems along with diver interface for precise barge positioning and screed levelling .Installed a mooring system for heavy lift vessel caisson placement and installed and tensioned fender system commissioning HLF on time for project milestone. Managed SIMOPS daily between dive team, barge team, topsides, dredging ops and MOF and RO RO scheduled vessels. HSEQ practices and procedures implemented and management of change updates to WMS captured as works progressed and methods refined Main jetty duty cycle crane work clamming subsea DOMGAS pipeline causeway (filter and armour rock) utilising computerised grid overlay of seabed with crane RTK system for precise rock and gravel placement and bathymetric surveying for levels. Causeway delivered safely to tight schedule avoiding pipe lay barge penalties

Port Hedland Cyclone Mooring Install, Phpa Town Jetty Upgrade

Supervised small crew of 8-10 on piling barge installing piles to be used as cyclone moorings for barges involved in RPG5 project contracted to Maconnell Dowell. Port Hedland Port Authority then contracted barge for the installation of piles for an upgrade of the Port Hedland town jetty.