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Adelaide, SA, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Key Responsibilities
• Lead, coaching and mentoring a team of 11 Safety Improvement Professionals
• Develop 5 year strategy for safety improvement across Australia (Iron Ore, Coal, Copper & Nickel business units)
• Review Asset-wide HSE standards and facilitates the design and establishment of Asset-wide HSE procedures and systems.
• Monitors performance, analyses data and defines improvements to HSE systems, structures and processes against GLD and legal obligations.
• Engages with regulatory and local bodies.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Implements and improves the functional structures, processes and systems that enable the effective management of risk, HSE legal and GLD obligations. Core accountabilities:
• establishes and improves plans, programs and 1SAP work strategies;
• creates Asset-wide HSE standards and facilitates the design and establishment of Asset-wide HSE proceduresand systems;
• monitors performance, analyses data and defines improvements to HSE systems, structures and processes;
• engages with regulatory and local bodies;
• undertakes studies and completes HSE licencing and statutory permitting requirements;

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Lead a team of site representatives to challenge and redesign the way we currently manage the Olympic Dam operation.
• Develop, evaluate and propose a future state Organisational Structure.
• Develop management of change process, ensuring redesign of processes, systems and structures to support the new Management and team structures.
• Monitor and drive key initiatives identified by each business to ensure reduction in full time equivalent labour as per the transformation targets identified during the top down review.
• Coach & support line management to help clarify roles and responsibilities, setup routines and simplify processes.Key Achievements
• Successfully redesigned and implemented new operational structure achieving a $100M reduction in labour and an average of 1:10 span of control for Execution Supervisors.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Developed a business transformation strategy and project plan for the embedment of the BHP Billiton Operating Model across the Mine, Processing, Smelting, Refining and non-production Functions (4000 employees).
• Facilitated the design of process value stream diagrams with associated integrated value and cost driver trees for each production department.
• Facilitated multi-functional workshops to identify team and individual key performance metric that aligns with key value drivers.
• Facilitated “wiring workshops” to identify key handover points between internal customers and suppliers to ensure clear accountabilities for all sub-functions.
• Provided expert input into business improvement through aligning processes, systems and structures based on BHP Billiton Organisational Design intent.
• Deployed visual workplace (Lean boards) in all operational areas to provide solid platform to engage with all employees on the few things that matter most for their process.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Developed and deployed a 1SAP stabilisation and value delivery strategy. Develop and deploy an asset change management program to support the 1SAP implementation. Supported Operational Line Leaders in 1SAP readiness activities and responsible for 1SAP Release 4 commissioning.Key AchievementsDeveloped and successfully deployed site readiness strategy..

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Building and leading a Maintenance Organisation (148 people). Managing maintenance, integrity and risk for a 10.2mil ton Concentrator, Hydromet circuit, Solvent Extraction and Tailings Retention Unit. Stepped into an organisational cultural change project for the last 6 months of the role focussing on getting the Business Unit ready for 1SAP (Acceleration.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Leading a team of Reliability Engineers (11 people). Developing Reliability Processes for a Copper Smelter, Refinery, Gold and Silver produciton units. Established a Integrity Program and managed work fronts during the 3 yearly Major Outage.

Managing a group of Maintenane Planners planning day-to-day maintenace activities in a Metal Coating Plant. Managing outsourced shutdown planning and execution.

Managing Maintenance and Production teams (60 people) for a 1440t/day Chrome Pelletising and Sintering Plant.

Managing Maintenance and Production team (149 people) and activities for a Mobile Equipment Fleet (34 units) moving all raw materials and final product on-site.

After graduation I provided consulting services to the University as Research Assistant developing the first South African build Twin Screw Food Extruder. Setup a Research Department for Extrusion Technology. Joined a small Pet Food Manufacturing company as one of the Directors. Engineering Consulting on small engineering projects.

B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering

Major In Electrical