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Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Wacol

- Managing technical & laboratory teams consisting of up to 14 personnel including performance reviews, professional development & succession planning.- Providing professional technical support to the business in project tenders, product development and risk mitigation.- Providing practical, timely solutions to performance & production problems including material source changes and internal and external customer requests and concerns.- Developing and implementing process improvements to increase performance, ensure quality and meet business goals.- Organising the amalgamation of the masonry technical processes into the concrete & aggregate sector.

- Managing the Queensland NATA certified concrete and aggregate testing laboratory driving the safety culture, managing resources, budget and up to 11 personnel while ensuring NATA, ISO 17025, ISO 9001 & HSE compliance- Improving quality processes for the Queensland business and laboratory to improve efficiencies and regulatory compliance.- Managing the budget for the laboratory including SAP purchase order creation and receipting, CAPEX requests and future cost projections.- Liaising with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to develop new products and improve existing products through R&D projects.- Organising the amalgamation of the masonry Staplyton laboratory with the concrete & aggregates laboratory to optimise outputs and control costs.- Performing internal audits and participating in external audits for compliance to ISO 17025 in the laboratory and ISO 9001 across the Queensland business.- Interviewing, recruiting, and training new laboratory employees.- Acting Technical Manager Qld during transition period.Achievements- Increasing HSE reporting within the technical team by 125% over 4 years.

- Overseeing the Queensland NATA certified concrete and aggregate testing laboratory including driving the safety culture, managing resources, budget and up to 13 personnel while ensuring NATA, ISO 17025, ISO 9001 & HSE compliance. - Managing technical queries, specification & contract reviews, mix maintenance and product development for the Queensland and Northern Territory businesses, assisted by three direct reports in the Technical team.- Investigating customer feedback and performance concerns, analysing all factors and potential ramifications to determine root causes and solutions.- Leveraging internal and external clients and suppliers to meet customer and business expectations.- Driving continued improvement and engagement within the technical team including managing R&D projects and implementing new technical design strategies and testing practices.- Understanding and implementing relevant Australian, Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR), and local standards including environmental Greenstar MAT4 requirements. Achievements- Working with the QLD & NT Technical Manager in the national implementation of new technical software, QESTlab and QESTmix from SpectraQEST, from 2016 to 2019.- Participation in a Corporate Diversity project investigating and implementing actions to increase diversity within the national business including presentations to senior management and the development of a program that is currently being trialled throughout the business.- Participation in a national cost optimisation project that was tasked with optimising concrete products to ensure compliant performance with favourable budget outcomes.

- Analysing laboratory results for material performance and adjusting concrete mix designs for compliance and budget requirements.- Collating documentation for mix design submissions on behalf of the client, enabling approval from the relevant regulatory body.- Assisting in quality management to ISO 9001 of Queensland business activities including internal auditing.Achievements- Successful development and testing of a high density super workable concrete mix design for a hospital radiation room. - Assisted Technical team in implementing controls and procedures that have resulted in a marked improvement in the consistent quality of concrete produced.

- Training in basic concrete and aggregate testing methods in accordance with AS1141, AS1012 and DTMR test methods. - Investigating new materials and concrete applications through performing concrete trials and analysing results.- Learning of concrete mix designs through extensive population of QESTmix databases.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Civil Engineering Student Association & Skirts in Engineering

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