Jeffrey Garnett Email & Phone Number

Regional Victoria

Provide effective leadership to a team of Power Systems Electricians and Protection and Control Testers. Responsible for the construction, augmentation and maintenance of distribution assets throughout Regional Victoria. • Leading and developing a team of electrical fitters and protection control testers• Driving a Health and Safety culture aligned to the no compromise values and behaviours of the organisation• Ensuring the effective utilisation of resources to meet timeline, quality, HSE, network reliability and cost targets• Manage the effective delivery of works program to customer requirements and within budget constraints• Managing complex and varied projects in challenging locations over a prolonged periods• Negotiation with various internal and external stakeholders in works and project delivery Achievements • Designed and implemented a new works management processes enabling the planning of maintenance to be more effective• Effective management of internal resources to complete eight augmentation projects including a seven million dollar augmentation project• Ensured works program was delivered to 98% for the financial year• Cultivated change in health and safety culture resulting in 100% increase in hazard reporting and no operational incidents for financial year• Provided feedback, coaching and development to the team which has developed capability and competence of team and their estimating process and project management skills• Implemented processes to increase team communication and their accountability within the team• Effectively developed and maintained relationships with key stakeholders utilising these relationships when problem solving.

Sydney

Providing leadership of a multi-disciplined team to ensure the maintenance of key equipment is forecasted and repaired on budget minimising asset downtime.• Responsible for the design, implementation and delivery of the maintenance strategy• Providing management to multi-discipline trades and contractors in a fast moving environment• Responsible for the maintenance of Semi rigid and light vehicles, power generation and communications equipment• Responsible for carrying out technical and safety investigations• Providing solutions to engineering problems in arduous and challenging environments and tight deadlines• Working within budgets for supplies and workshop improvements • Driving quality standards by providing mentoring to tradespersons and remaining current on latest engineering standards. Regularly briefs senior managers on technical issues and solutions• Training and mentoring of tradesmen in maintenance and the maintenance software system• Company focal point for Workplace Health and Safety and Hazchem

Defence College Of Electrical And Mechanical Engineering, Gosport Uk

Member of Joint Training and Development Team. This was formed primarily to assist in the Defence Training Rationalisation, the Ministry of Defence’s training project, having a budget of £15 billion. Responsibilities Providing training design and development support to the Defence Training Rationalisation through liaison with all Ministry of Defence Stakeholders and contract partners Raytheon and QinetiQ Developed relationships between key stakeholders to ensure effective communication and productive collaboration. Working to very tight deadlines at every stage of the project. I liaised with the Army, Navy and RAF to identify and develop proposals for the alignment of training whilst maximising financial savings Advising Directors and staff on all matters of course design issues and future training needs, this includes resourcing and costing Providing liaison between operations and training establishments to ensure goals were met within the quality framework  A focal point within the organisation for the procurement and development of blended learning solutions. Involving compilation of information for business cases and provision of advice on all matters of E-LearningAchievements• Created the business plan for a generic workplace health and safety course to deliver to a throughput of 600 trainees• Liaised with the e-learning development team to identify specifications and standards• Successfully Implementing the e-learning course

School Of Electronic And Aeronautical Engineering, Reading Uk

Specialising in lecturing Common Engineering Principles, Laser Principles, Laser Repair and various weapon platforms. The team was made up of Army personnel, Civil Servants and Private Sector employees. This role developed my leadership skills and management style to succeed within a team with differing priorities and working cultures. Responsibilities Ensuring technicians were correctly trained through the development and delivery of courses, ensuring course content was relevant, current and in line with technological advancement Devising training aides by analysis of student feedback and maintaining training aides through a comprehensive inspection and repair program  Providing subject matter expertise of laser systems and laser safety to equipment support specialists within the Directorate of Equipment Support  Managing of the throughput of students and incorporating remedial action to improve pass rates by one on one extracurricular study. Through this I achieved a particularly high pass rate for the courses and was used as an exemplar within the school Mentored Instructors through professional teaching qualificationsAchievements• Gained BS(c) in Electronic Systems Engineering to improve my knowledge of fundamentals and new technology• Gained Post Graduate Certificate in Education to enhance my knowledge of teaching practices and theory• Implemented training for new weapons platform system on armoured vehicle.

Osnabruck, Germany

This role required support to the Battalion Directors to enable the fulfilment of operational requirementsResponsibilities Support to the senior manager to enable the fulfilment of operational requirements. Project management of systems and equipment Providing subject matter expertise in trade training and equipment capabilities. Acting as deputy for the senior manager in his absence Maintaining and running the Headquarters communications centre whilst on operational tourAchievements• Worked in a team to deploy a multi skilled team of 110 from Germany, via the UK to Bosnia and Kosovo for a period of 6 months to support United Nations mission for peace• Successfully carried out a training needs analysis and through this I created, implemented and managed a competency matrix. This resulted in directed training and cost savings

Hereford

This was a high profile stand-alone position and my main responsibility was to manage the maintenance of surveillance and target acquisition systems used within the Special Forces environment. This was a challenging but rewarding role as the amount of equipment supported was vast, varied and at the forefront of technological advancement. The nature of the organisation required the equipment to be repaired in different conditions and to tight deadlines. This created a pressurised working environment at times and required excellent teamwork and strong communication skills with all levels of management within the organisation.Responsibilities• Managing all surveillance and target acquisition assets ensuring equipment availability was above 90%• Implementing and managing maintenance strategy• Laser safety for training areas• Maintenance support to training activitiesAchievements• Successfully implemented new maintenance strategy for all surveillance and target acquisition assets• Identified maintenance requirements for biological, chemical and radiation protection assets and turned asset availability around from almost zero to above 80% by repair and then training the operators on equipment care and basic fault finding techniques

Bs(C), Electronic Systems Engineering

Post Graduate Certificate, Education