Christopher Becker Email & Phone Number

Sydney, NSW, AU

Somersby, NSW, Australia

Managing a team of engineers and tradespeople carrying out engineering, maintenance, reliability and capital works projects.

Wyong

Manage a team of employees and contractors in safely maintaining a combination of robotic and non robotic machines. The role includes fire alarm systems, building maintenance as well as improvement/capital works project identification and implementation.

Somersby (central coast), Nsw, Australia

Weir KHD Enduron High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) crusher site support - improving tonnage, reliability and uptime - providing site maintenance, overhaul, commissioning and spares.

Olympic Dam Mine, SA

Water infrastructure reliability and capacity improvement projects including identification, selection, scoping, purchasing, construction project management and commissioning. Borefields, 800km pipework, process water system, dewatering system, desalination plant, potable water system. Wide range of pump station types, wide variety of pumping applications.

Consulting to Pall Corporation as a Project Engineer. Coordination of design, documentation and production in China of a prototype containerised desalination plant as well as 20 production units.

Seconded to BHP Billiton WA Iron Ore and worked as Facility Lead for the design of a $20 million mine dewatering system.Seconded to BHP Billiton SA Olympic Dam and worked as a Reliability Engineer involving RCA, FMEA and RCM concepts and methods.Conceptual, detail and hydraulic design of a new DN500 sewer main for a regional council.Detail design and.

Sydney, Australia

• Key Responsibilities:
• Supervise a team of seven engineering staff providing technical support to 200 ITT staff as well as clients and consultants across Australia and New Zealand.
• Design management of the hydraulic performance of large scale pump stations using CFD analysis and physical models.
• Supervise design drafting services for ITT Australia and New Zealand.
• Troubleshooting ITT’s most challenging product application problems including associated client negotiations. Where necessary, investigations have involved installation of sensors and data loggers to monitor.
• Produce and present technical training courses for internal staff, clients, consultants and end-users.

Sydney Area, Australia

• Key Responsibilities:
• Created and implemented the new National Projects Department including the business case, structure and procedures.
• Project management of all major project work for ITT Flygt Ltd across Australia including contract management, mechanical design, design integration, fabrication, installation, purchasing, subcontract management.
• Projects included aeration systems, pumping systems, mixing systems, electrical controls, instrumentation, etc.
• Key team member in tender and final contract negotiations.Key Achievements:
• Grew the department from $4 million revenue to $12 million revenue.

Sydney Area, Australia

• Key Responsibilities:
• Writing tenders including technical submittals.
• Negotiating deals commercially and technically.
• Project management of successful tenders including drawings and documentation.Key Achievements:
• Increased market share of sales of new aeration systems from 10% to 70% through a customer oriented focus.
• Devised and implemented more efficient, higher quality estimating procedures.

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering (Environmental), Withdrew Before Completion

Associate Diploma, Mechanical Engineering, Credit

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Withdrew Before Completion

Higher School Certificate - 9 Month Crash Course, 3 Unit Mathematics, 2 Unit Physics, 2 Unit Chemistry, 2 Unit Mechanical Engineering, 2 Unit English

Trade Certificate, Plant Mechanic, Pass