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Perth, WA, AU

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Western Australia, Australia

Huntly Mine; Western Australia

Huntly Mine; Western Australia

• Led team of 150+ staff and frontline employees to significantly improve the competitiveness of the maintenance department and reconfirming its position as best value for the operation. Ultimately this resulted in a.
• Drove shop floor business engagement through several business improvement programs. One of the most successful was the ‘Major Overhaul Project’ in which the maintenance team… Show more
• Drove shop floor business engagement through several business improvement programs. One of the most successful was the ‘Major Overhaul Project’ in which the maintenance team won a competitive bid to insource the 789.
• Key member of the negotiating team with Alcoa’s largest union group (Australian Workers Union 1500 members). Engaged in current negotiations to transition Alcoa to a modern and sustainable enterprise agreement.
• Implemented talent management programs across a unionized workforce, resulting in significant increases in employee engagement and professionalism across the workforce during Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.
• Responsible for all Mobile Maintenance Operations including EH&S, developing maintenance strategy and execution, budgeting and forecasting, reliability improvements and work execution. Show less

Huntly Mine Site

• Executed the largest production months on record in 2014 to lead a site recovery after navigating a significant and extended fixed plant failure. Production results proved the sites capacity to deliver export ore to.
• Acted as operations manager for numerus extended periods including during a business restructure. Additionally, demonstrated the ability to coach new operational leaders without any prior operations experience to be.
• Acted as operations manager for numerus extended periods including during a business restructure. Additionally, demonstrated the ability to coach new operational leaders without any prior operations experience to be.
• Restructured the Huntly dispatch department to effectively manage and analyse the operations productivity. This resulted in several operational changes including targeting a reduction in hopper loses and hot seat.
• Successfully developed and implemented the contracts for the Huntly LIMZ (Low Impact Mining Zone). A highly successful project the required extensive management to ensure that all stakeholders including the community.

Willowdale Mine Site

• Led team of 200+ staff and frontline employees, developing and implementing several business improvement strategies resulting with the mine being the lowest $per ton Alcoa mining operation.
• Acted as operations manager for significant periods of time and was successful in engaging both the maintenance and production operations to efficiently meet our customers’ expectations in both quantity and quality.
• Successfully managed bauxite mining operations within sensitive environmental… Show more
• Successfully managed bauxite mining operations within sensitive environmental constraints for operational noise, blast noise, dust and water management. Deployed day/night mining strategy with performance targets to.

WA Mining

• Construction company working directly for Alcoa’s Western Australian Mining Operations. They directly provide engineering and project management support to many of Alcoa’s large construction projects.
• Lead both the Samson Dam emergency repairs and Huntly Water Recovery Projects. These projects had limited planning and the potential to stop mining operations if not executed effectively and in a timely manner. Both.
• Lead both the Samson Dam emergency repairs and Huntly Water Recovery Projects. These projects had limited planning and the potential to stop mining operations if not executed effectively and in a timely manner. Both.
• Construction coordinator for the $280M Myara Crusher Relocation. Successfully able to liaise with all key stakeholders to ensure that all understood the status of the project and the impact on their operation. The.
• Highly experienced in Alcoa’s capital allocation/approvals process as well as the requirements for project approval and management. Show less

Western Australia, Australia

• Included both full time and active reservist service over an 8-year duration.
• Actively deployed to international operational environments, working with and leading multinational teams in politically sensitive environments, often with conflicting priorities.

Western Australia, Australia

• Lead large site construction teams working on significant major projects including for both Perth Bunbury Highway and RGP 5.
• Responsible for project management, EH&S, contract management and sub-contractor manager.
• Highly successful in proactively liaising with external customers/stakeholder, both governmental departments and large multi-national customers to ensure project timelines met expected deadlines and budgets.

Perth, Australia

• Developing maintenance strategy and managing maintenance contracts for Western Australia’s extensive road networks.
• Responsible for logistics and traffic management for a major construction project (Leach Highway overpass) across one of the state’s busiest intersection.
• Strategic planning for long term construction projects, including preliminary design and costings inside a state governmental framework.

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