Komatsu Surface Mining was formerly Joy Global, and formerly P&H, based at Hemmant. As a Mechanical Fitter, I specialise in electrical motor rebuilds - rewinding and servicing electrical motors for heavy equipment in the mining industry.My strength is in precision machining. I design and make jigs and tools to make jobs easier for our team members and to achieve consistent precision. For example:• I designed and made Jigs and tool kits that saved 45 minutes per upgrade, 30 upgrades minimum per week @ $130/hr saved $150K per year.• I designed a Jig to allow for a more consistent tolerance which achieved 0.000008”-0.000013”. Armateur would previously have been machined 2-4 times with a best result of 0.000040” total indicated runout. • Numerous dragline motors came back to Komatsu over 6 months for repair under warranty due to inconsistent profiles. I built a jig to enable more accurate profiling, which greatly reduced warranty issues. Equivalent saving $525K.I was peer-elected to the EBA committee and peer-elected as HSR. I have helped negotiate better pay and conditions on behalf of 30 co-workers, and have highlighted unsafe working practices through risk assessments. Improvements made include new spray booths and new fume extraction for varnish tanks.Current responsibilities include:• Machine commutators in a lathe, profile measurements, undercut grooves, hand bevel grooves after machining to ensure accuracy.• Copy OEM components, grease slingers, new shafts and numerous one-off items in manual lathes.• Press worn shafts from armatures and freeze new shafts back in.• Mig, Tig and Stick weld new components and repairs to electric motor frames.• Operate industrial ovens to help with fitting of shafts.• Use milling machine to make different components and upgrades for motors.• Re-sleeve end shields bearing bores to fine tolerances.• Perform complex calculations, work from detailed drawings and specifications.

Le Tourneau Technologies specialised in mining and quarrying equipment and supplies.I refurbished hydraulic cyclinders for minint equipment and rebuilt gearboxes and final drive units.Achievements:• Reduced time to clean cylinders by half through planning workflow and parts required prior to beginning job.• Cylinder painting - previous method (buffing) took 6 hours per cylinder. I suggested paint stripping and power washing cylinders concurrently with other jobs. The cylinder was ready in 20 minutes. Due to the huge time saving, the process was then applied to pump housing, drivers. I also built a screen for the water pump to prevent clogging with stripped paint.

Argon Engineering provided structural steel for the commercial building industry and gas pipeline construction. At the company's height, it had 22 staff and approx $5M turnover. As the Manager and Operations Manager of the Structural Steel Division, I ran the day-to-day operations of this start-up company. I built excellent stakeholder relationships and managed clients and projects.I completed estimating for quotes, budgeting and forecasting, and paid close attention to WHS matters and the management of those.Achievements:• Built Mini garage showroom and BMW carpark, Fortitude Valley.• Supplied 110 Tonnes of structural steel for Sanctuary Cove Golf Club.• Supplied 100 Tonnes of steel for St Andrews Hospital Extension, and 20-30 Tonnes for a new IGA supermarket in Fortitude Valley.• Formulated a way to measure hours spent per job to pinpoint areas to reduce costs and increase profitability.• Implemented own in-house drafting to reduce timeframe from start to finish for each job plus I enabled technical difficulties to be addressed on-site in a time-efficient way.• Ascertained WHS requirements and formulated procedures to adhere to those requirements.The company has now dissolved.

The panelling division had about 40 employees at that time doing exterior cladding for commercial buildings.I led a team of three people fitting panelling within the required timeframes. This involved project management and liaising with on-stie project managers.

Morgan & Wacker then sold Harley Davidson, Buell and BMW motorcycles, with about 40 employees, and bikes worth $25K to $40K per sale.My motorcycle racing profile brought a younger customer into the store and I sold motorcycles to the public. I built a thorough understanding of products and services to provide excellent customer service.Achievements:• Part of the Harley Owners Group (HOG) and participated in ride days and functions.• Met and exceeded sales targets. Sold 20 Harleys per month, 5-10 BMWs, 2-5 Buells per month.

Northline is a general freight transporter from all Australian capital cities into the Northern Territory. Involved warehousing of goods, and had about 120 staff nationally.I held four roles during my time with Northline. I started as a Courier Driver and progressed through to the Warehouse, to Internal Sales, and then was promoted to External Sales Representative.My key achievements in external sales included:• Acquired new customers for freight and targeted potential customers for quoting.• Cold-called in person and by phone, put together freight proposals.• Met budgets and targets each year and retained existing business.• 1st year budget - $300K of new business and retained existing business• 2nd year budget - $500K of new business and retained existing business - 66% increase in budget.• Initiated a database of clients which assisted in achieving sales.