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Australia

Steered transformative change at Vedanta Limited (mining, oil and gas, steel, aluminium) in Indian and South African subsidiaries; led bowtie analysis of major unwanted events, developing critical control performance standards, conducting baseline verifications and Operational Risk Management Training.➤ Decreased fatalities by >60% over the long-term average, recording the lowest number in 8 years, in the first year of project implementation.➤ Working collaboratively with the client, led workshops to identify operational controls for major unwanted events using Bowtie Analysis and conducted gap analysis to pinpoint areas of weakness.➤ Identified critical controls, developed performance standards, and designed critical control verifications.➤ Led baselining activities at Site, coached and mentored client’s personnel to assess critical control health

TTV consulting identifies, designs, and implements effective solutions to produce a lasting impact for clients and performance improvement in operations risk management, process safety management and operations management. I specialise in;- the development and implementation of process safety management systems to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Centre for Chemical Process Safety guidelines- process safety incidents and their definition in line with API 754- bowtie analysis and identification of critical controls- operations management- risk assessment- incident investigation

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Invited to design and drive implementation of process safety strategy for Newcrest Mining, largest listed gold producer on ASX, completing third and final pillar of company’s safety transformation strategy.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Developed Newcrest’s’ first Process Safety Management System, in line with Centre for Chemical Process Safety guidelines, and rolled out to high hazard areas from mining to ore processing.➤ Revealed operating risk exposure to the Executive and Board through incident analysis, designing and implementing the recording and definition of process safety incidents, with reference to API 754, driving root cause analysis and mitigating exposure to potentially catastrophic scenarios.➤ Resolved systemic issues with Management of Change, overhauling the process and providing real-time performance tracking, delivering a 200% improvement in compliance in 6 months.➤ Established Bowties as the standard approach, in line with (CCPS) guidelines, for major hazards including rockfall and hydrogen disulphide. Introduced the concept of Safety Critical Elements and modified existing systems to ensure their management and integrity.

Melbourne, Australia

Led transformative change in operations and technical services across the Pacific including; PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and the Cook Islands. Provided strategic direction and support to all subsidiaries in; operations, engineering (capital expenditure approval and technical support), HSE, maintenance methodology, business development, documentation and control, process safety, regulatory compliance, governance and risk.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤Mitigated risk exposure across the Pacific by redirecting the focus of culturally diverse workforces on operating discipline, HSE culture, capital expenditure, management of change, governance, and reporting requirements➤ Identified opportunity to enter competitive PNG industrial gases market worth estimated $80M. Built capacity and local capability to deliver 10% market share in two years.➤ Investigated incident root causes across Pacific subsidiaries utilising ICAM, building incident investigation capability by training and developing skills and competencies through coaching and mentoring➤ Implemented standardised LPG terminal operating practice across the Pacific to ensure mitigation of major risk and minimum standards.➤ Implemented standardised LPG terminal operating practice across the Pacific to ensure mitigation of major risk and minimum standards.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

During a period of restructure within the organisation I managed the engineering area to ensure it was fit for future requirements.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Led the engineering department during a period of restructure ensuring company requirements were satisfied with structures in place and key capability retained.➤ Moved the design approach from bespoke to modular.

Melbourne

KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ High-level advisory and consultative role on air separation plant owned and operated by Supagas.➤ Operations management role at the Plumbing Industry Commission charged with integrating various disparate functions of the Commission into a cohesive, effective customer focussed team.

Melbourne, Australia

At invitation of CEO joined Yarra Trams to overhaul Health, Safety, Environment and Risk Management functions. Proactively managed internal and external stakeholders including relevant Union and Government bodies, to resolve Yarra Trams issues and ensure retention as an accredited Rail Operator.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Consolidated existing processes, legislative requirements (Rail Safety Act) and standards (ISO 9001) into a new integrated management system underpinned by key operational, safety and reliability objectives to drive operational excellence.➤ Secured retention of operating licence by transforming a dysfunctional and confrontational legacy relationship with the Government Regulator into a collaborative business partnership based on mutual trust, respect and win-win outcomes. ➤ Forged a proactive EHS culture by implementing, monitoring, and reporting leading safety indicators to the Executive.

Melbourne, Australia

Steered change in Australian, New Caledonian and Tahitian subsidiaries through the implementation, development and facilitation of Process Safety Management Systems ensuring robust operating discipline and asset integrity. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Reported to Corporate Headquarters in Paris.➤ Advised and provided governance activity to subsidiaries in SE Asia, China and South Africa on the intent, requirements and implementation of corporate process safety requirements.➤ Steered implementation across a variety of plants including air separation plants, compressed gas filling, electronic gas filling, carbon monoxide plants and healthcare.➤ Led the design and implementation of process safety management system across the Australian, Tahiti and New Caledonian subsidiaries.➤ Ensured accreditation of the Australian process safety management system was accredited as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001. ➤ Member executive committee.

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for the Queensland compressed gas market and associated operations at Brisbane, Rockhampton and Cairns.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Full profit and loss (P&L) accountability; sales and marketing, operations and maintenance management, HR and administration, finance, logistics and capital expenditure.➤ Led a 66% increase in profit for a 38% increase in revenue.➤ Successfully spearheaded negotiations with a metals refiner for a contract to build, own and operate an oxygen plant to supply their requirements, a first in Queensland for the company.➤ Drove a marketing strategy balancing margins and contract length.➤ Member executive committee.

Melbourne, Australia

Accountable and responsible for the safe and continuous operation of ‘primary production’ facilities; air separation plants at Altona, a carbon dioxide facility in South Australia and an oxygen PSA (Pressure Swing Absorption) supplying Nystar requirements at Port Pirie. This included: budget and P&L, process safety and occupational safety, engineering, contract management, maintenance, vendor management, purchasing and operations management. KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Full profit and loss (P&L) accountability; operations and maintenance management, safety, engineering and capital expenditure.➤ Responsible for air separation plants at Altona producing oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.➤ The majority was supplied by pipeline to Smorgon Steel and the Altona Petrochemical complex on a continuous basis, with the remainder distributed to customers as liquid or compressed gas.➤ Turned around the problematic performance of a new ASU to 100% online time.➤ Responsible for an oxygen PSA dedicated to Nystar at Port Pirie in South Australia. Achieved benchmark reliability for the PSA of 99.5%.➤ Responsible for a carbon dioxide (CO2) plant at Mount Gambier.➤ Member executive committee.

Richemont, Grand Est, France

Operations management at the Air Liquide site in the east of France producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon for distribution by pipeline to steel manufacturers in France and Luxembourg, bulk liquid and medical oxygen.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Moving from projects, my exposure to operations was at one of the significant operating sites in the east of France.➤ Daily metering reconciliation and ensuring the plant was operating at its optimum.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Paris France

Based in Australia and subsequently transferred to the Engineering Centre in Paris France I was responsible for various industrial gas capital projects locally and overseas. Whilst in Australia I led the design and brought in external providers and expertise as required, in France I was able to call on significant in-house resources for the design and execution of projects.KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPACT➤ Project Manager for Australian projects including: high purity nitrogen plant, hydrogen pressure reduction and supply station, oxygen compression and distribution pipeline, hydrogen purification and compression.➤ For Australian projects, led the design, purchasing, construction tendering and commissioning, working across disciplines including civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation.➤ Based out of Paris, I was the Project Manager for an air separation plant, the largest at its time, for a third-party customer in Malaysia.

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