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Auckland, New Zealand

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the role responsibilities are:- Providing assistance and direction to our Purchasing, Inventory and Preventive Maintenance departments through SAP administration and Business Analytics.- Managing subsequent 3PL logistics related to exports & imports.

Auckland, New Zealand

As one of New Zealand’s largest internal door manufacturers, Superior Doors manufactures and supplies doors to all major construction entities such as Carters, Housing New Zealand as well as private building contractors across the North and South Islands.Responsibilities:• Reporting to the Factory Manager, providing safe and efficient Mechanical support for manufacturing equipment, mobile plant as well as building maintenance with a focus on continuously improving reliability.• Responding to breakdown requirements as and when these arise.• Working with Management and Production Supervisors to ensure all mechanical as well as electrical issues are dealt with safely and efficiently.• Condition assessment relevant to maintenance scheduling and planning.• Performing failure analysis as well as Rout Cause Analysis resulting from catastrophic failure.• Implementation of a Preventive Maintenance program and maintaining the CMMS as administrator ensuring maximum compliance to scheduled/planned maintenance.• Inventory Management implementation with regular stock review using a Lean approach.• Contractor management and resource scheduling to achieve planned, timely and efficient completion.• Process development and improvement relevant to improved reliability.Achievements:• Improved plant reliability.• Successful implementation of the Preventive Maintenance Program with full history recording of unplanned breakdowns.• Improved EHS compliance relative to machine operation.• Successful commissioning of new 2 stage Tenoner with a value of approx. $3 million.

Auckland, New Zealand

SteelPix is start-up business focused on Mechanical & Industrial design using AutoCAD. With 8 years design experience and 17+ years of engineering experience in industries ranging from mining and manufacturing to transport engineering and fabrication as well as structural engineering, SteelPix strives to deliver practical and maintenance friendly design solutions to suit your needs.

Auckland, New Zealand

Part of the Fletcher Building Group, Pacific Coilocoaters processes and supplies pre-painted steel roofing and cladding to Dimond and other domestic as well as international customersResponsibilities:• Reporting to the Plant Manager, responsible for the management of the Maintenance & Engineering Department with a focus on Operational Excellence ensuring plant and equipment availability• Leading a Maintenance Team of 3 full time and 30 contractors covering a 2-shift roster including performance reviews, contractor resourcing and management• Managing projects from concept to commissioning including Mechanical, Electrical and Automation• As a member of the Operations Team and senior Health & Safety team, driving safe practice with direct reports through daily reviews of current hazards as well as corrective actions• Improved availability through implementation of a Planned & Preventative Maintenance program as well as regular maintenance toolbox meetings involving staff in planning as well as EH&S aspects of planned tasks• Continuous review of suppliers to ensure competitive pricing and service• Weekly maintenance and resource planning as well as planned annual shut-down planning including materials & inventory planning.• Regular review of maintenance and operational processes identifying improvement opportunities. Data generation and analysis as motivation for recommendations and implementation.• Process improvement & development as part of the Operations Team including project & process engineering relevant to equipment availability and reliability.Achievements:• Implementation of MEX to manage PM program and Inventory levels of spare parts & consumables• Working toward Level 4 certificate in Competitive Manufacturing.• Improved efficiency in cooling process resulting in cost saving, increased product quality as well as enhanced data recording.• Maintenance development implementing structured, scheduled maintenance and corrective maintenance.

Auckland, New Zealand

Manufacturing of raw billet to be processed as reinforcing steel using recycled scrap steel. Primary duties include brake down repair and maintenance on steel plant equipment and assets i.e. Electric Arc Furnace, Continuous Casting Machine, Additives System etc. Also responsible for equipment monitoring, reporting and planned maintenance.

Auckland, New Zealand

Processing raw hide through to "Blue hide". Responsible for all Maintenance, maintenance planning, preventative maintenance, asset management, design, compliance, budget and project management as well as the implementation of a newly purchased MEX CMMS system. Getting back into a fast paced leadership role, the addiction was back. Sadly the economy had other ideas.In my time with Greame Lowe, I grew alot in terms of people management. I was able to earn the respect of my team by working alongside them and coaching them to understand the "Big picture".

Auckland, New Zealand

Specialising in Water treatment and wastewater treatment. Design, construction and commissioning of water treatment plants as well as improvement projects on wastewater treatment plant equipment. Other duties included workshop fabrication of conveyor roller frames, rollers and all other relevant fabrication relative to water and wastewater treatment systems.

Auckland, New Zealand

Getting back into heavy industry I was responsible for all general and mechanical maintenance in the Holcim quarry just outside of Pukekohe. Responsible for plant greasing, ispection, failure& hazard reporting as well as planned maintenance and brake down repairs.

Auckland, New Zealand

Mainly Transport Engineering and truck body (Tipping body) fabrication. Other duties included truck customisation and COF services. Sheetmetal fabrication / Skeletal trailer fabrication / Collision Repairs.

Auckland, New Zealand

After immigrating from South Africa I went back to general engineering and fabrication to start building my NZ experience. While with Braasch, I was doing light to heavy fabrication as well as site based installation, maintenance and construction. Later I was also creating fabrication and workshop drawings.

Polokwane Area, South Africa

Acting as the primary point of contact between mining production and maintenance for planned maintenance and mobile plant servicing, other responsibilities included maintenance reporting to various equipment departments as well as dispatching maintenance personnel out to break downs for unplanned R&M. This was my first role in coordinating, working with CMMS and asset monitoring using "Modular Mining" and I became addicted to the fast pace and daily challenges supplied by the role.

Polokwane Area, South Africa

After my apprenticeship, I started my career in heavy industry plant maintenance working on the largest open cast coal mine in the southern hemisphere. Specialising in primary crushing, screening and conveyor maintenance.

N2 Plate & Metal Work, Plater/Welder

Seniour Certificate, Fitting & Turning (Technical)