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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Managing Maintenance for the state of Queensland

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fleet: Primary objective is facilitating the safe and effective management of over 1,000 buses ensuring innovative Build Specifications to meet or exceed the current legislation requirements from the Department of Transport and other Governing bodies.Budgeting and Implementing a Fleet replacement program to adhere to the current requirements including zero emission projects such as Hybrid, Electric and Hydrogen Platforms, encompassing innovative solutions from enhanced driver safety to Maintenance transitioning training from Diesel to Electric/Hydrogen.Maintenance: Primary Objective is managing 11 Internal Workshops with over 130 Maintenance staff ensuring we meet and exceed best practice in both safety and maintenance proficiencies.Reporting - Fleet and Maintenance KPI's to both Department of Transport and Transport Safety Victoria as well as internal reporting on Budgeted R&M.Achievements• Successful implementation of changes to Government AMP reporting systems.• Successful Procurement and Implementation of integrated Vehicle Tablets to 650 Buses• Procure and Implement First Government contracted Zero Emission EV Bus in Vic.• Procurement, Design and Implementation of 27 EV Buses including depot charging infrastructure for the first fully EV bus depot in Victoria.• Procure and Implement ADAS (Advanced Driver Assist Systems) into Route Buses• Reducing Department of Transport- Asset Maintenance Performance -Fleet- MKBF from 65,000kms per breakdown to 172,000kms per breakdown in 16 months.

Truganina-Resigned March 2021

Managing Fleet Maintenance for 18 Internal Maintenance Workshop Facilities around Australia including over 300 internal Maintenance staff, encompassing Line Haul, Heavy Haulage, Waste, Logistics, Dangerous Goods - Fuels, Chemicals and LNG Managing over 6,000 Asset comprising of Light-Med-Heavy Vehicles through to Road Trains and Material Handlers. Ensuring NHVAS and DG Governance & Maintenance Benchmark Audits are met, inspections are surpassed.Having a “Safety First” Policy throughout all workshops and managing incidents for positive outcomes.Managing the National Safety and Asset Maintenance Reports for the MD/Board.Managing budgets and Workshop spend Nationally.Help manage the Asset Procurement Team on a National Level Comcare Incident ManagementResigned March 2021

Melbourne, Australia

Managing 10 Maintenance and Fabrication Workshops at Various locations around Victoria.Covering a fleet of over 200 heavy vehicles and 40 light vehicles plus various earthmoving machinerySetting Maintenance Budgets and KPI’sCapex Budgets for Equipment Replacement Responsible for 35 Permanent maintenance staff and 15 Sub-contractors as well as an Admin team.Reporting on weekly costing for each workshopEnsuring Q.A.Standards are met and maintained.Raise Capital Expenditure Justifications on all Vehicles/Equipment throughout VictoriaVic Roads & Maintenance Benchmark Audit (work safe) inspections are passedHaving a “Safety First” Policy throughout all workshopsEquipment Appraisals Experience for Acquisitions

Sydney, Australia

My role was to streamline the Asset Equipment side of the business within all states including NZ and unite as oneImplementing Equipment Tender Procedures through Procurement Asset design and build SpecificationsTo bring uniformity within the fleet of 1400 Mobile Assets and 3000 Fixed Assets to a National Veolia Standard Reducing the 13 different truck manufactures within the National Fleet down to 2 Manufactures to improve value add to the overall Business. Member of the Veolia EMSUT (Equipment Manager Super user Team) reporting to the Director of Operations for sourcing customer solutions and InnovationsDesigning National Maintenance procedures (NHVIM) for the National SAP Plant Maintenance Program.

Victoria, Australia

Managing the 6 Maintenance Workshops at Various locations around Victoria, in maintaining the Victorian Waste Heavy Equipment Fleet and Fabrication Workshops.

Victoria, Australia

Managing the day to day workshop duties of the Melbourne Heavy Vehicle Fleet and other various Equipment

Victoria, Australia

Managing the Maintenance of the Melbourne Waste Equipment Fleet on the Afternoon Shift

Victoria, Australia

Completed Apprenticeship in 1986.Diesel Mechanic maintaining various Mining and Construction Machinery such as Dresser, Demag, Furukawa Rock drills and breakers, Bitelli Road Maintenance Machinery, Haulpak dump trucks, Caterpillar Machinery and Kobelco Excavators.Promoted to Field Service Mechanic Haulpak dump truck/Dresser supportWorking at various Gold/Coal Mines NSW, QLD, building new Equipment for commissioning, Product Training and Maintenance support.

Victoria, Australia

Commenced Diesel Mechanics ApprenticeshipCarrying out Maintenance on various Mining, Construction and Agricultural Machinery including Payloader, Dresser, Haulpak Dump Trucks and International Trucks and Tractors (Company changed hands to Morgan Mining Equipment (in 1985)

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