Michael Wall Email & Phone Number

New South Wales, Australia

Rooty Hill

Safety Superintendent for Sydney Steel Mill at Rooty Hill. Steel manufacturing through Electric Arc Furnace, Continuous Caster and Rolling Mill.

NSW (based At Wetherill Park)

Similar duties to previous role but focused on the reorganisation of NSW distribution network with Wetherill Park filling the role of a mother centre.

• Report to the NSW State Manager, S&T and then S&T-Metaland
• Initial 3 months targeted at self insurance audit preparation
• Direct responsibility of/for Wetherill Park Operations from Nov 2009
• Assessment and management of senior operations staff
• Operational improvement activities including the reorganisation of manning. End result was driving DIFOT from a highly managed result of ~84% to 97%+. Considerable noise removed from the business improving staff morale.
• Operational improvement activities including the reorganisation of manning. End result was driving DIFOT from a highly managed result of ~84% to 97%+. Considerable noise removed from the business improving staff morale.

• Report to the Wire Technical Support Manager, but working closely with the General Manager
• Coach and mentor colleagues involved in systematic improvement projects. Acting as a point of reference and education for ‘Black Belts’ and ‘Green Belts’ and personnel engaged in SCRA (Symptom, Cause, Remedy and.
• Coach and mentor colleagues involved in systematic improvement projects. Acting as a point of reference and education for ‘Black Belts’ and ‘Green Belts’ and personnel engaged in SCRA (Symptom, Cause, Remedy and.
• Business plan and improvement deployment – responsible for the delivery of a standardised and effective process for the systematic and thorough deployment of business plans throughout the manufacturing operation..
• Implementation of Etvia software. This was rolled out across RBW & EAF. I performed the ‘Planning Lieutenant’ role for wire
• Other activities as required. I am quite often asked to get involved with problems. Examples of this in the past has been a complaint on Bridge Strand wire, stock management at the ropery and currently, electricity.

• Commenced project on ‘Annealed Product Characteristics’. looking at in-line heat treated processing with the goal of the project to develop an alternative wire to replace batch annealed product. We were confident we.
• Completed project on electricity load shedding within the wire business. It was completed and handed over in ~8 weeks… Show more
• Completed project on electricity load shedding within the wire business. It was completed and handed over in ~8 weeks and is expected to deliver savings in excess of $200k pa by shedding power load during times of high.
• Project aimed at understanding and improving process capability on the three Galvanising lines. We exceeded the budgeted $700k savings
• Completed project aimed at improving customer satisfaction in ‘Steel in Concrete – Wire’. A Klein Partnership survey was undertaken in October 2006. Our customers scored this segment at 56, which means there was a low.
• Completed project in SRPC department increasing productivity by 9.7% and delivering savings of $821k. Project was aimed at improving outputs on department equipment consisting of three large HC wiredrawing machines, a.

• Managed the FWG plant with approximately 90 employees and the following processes; Wiredrawing (with wire rolling installed on 3 machines), G3 galvanising line (40 wire - fine to medium diameters), and various wire.
• Operating budget of approximately $17M
• Worked closely with rural S&M personnel attending sales conferences and quite often presenting on plant initiatives, forecast… Show more
• Worked closely with rural S&M personnel attending sales conferences and quite often presenting on plant initiatives, forecast production levels, etc.
• Major activity during this time was on supervisory function and the development of front line supervisors, installing wire rolling, barb shop productivity to make 6,000TPA of HT product, interaction between maintenance.

• Managed the FPP with approximately 45 employees. This included raw material management (Y-Bar ex SSM, consumables), production scheduling and stock management. Interacted closely with Waratah customer service, sales.
• Plant was upgraded from a coal tar dipping process to Zinc Plating. Whilst the project had and continues to have its share of engineering issues, “operationally the project was managed extremely well”… Show more
• Plant was upgraded from a coal tar dipping process to Zinc Plating. Whilst the project had and continues to have its share of engineering issues, “operationally the project was managed extremely well” (comment from C..
• Sourced additional product supply from Steel and Tube NZ. This included negotiating the transfer pricing and dealing with government bodies regarding exporting from NZ.
• Managed the Plastic Extruding Line and recommissioned it after relocation from SWM. This was a temporary part-time assignment for approximately 12 months in 98/99 Show less

Commened at Sydney Wiremill in HR for 9 months. Then moved into Production Shift Superintendent role and later day work Production Superintendent role. Relocated to Newcastle Wiremill in late 96 as a Production Manager in wiredrawing, galvanising, steel rod cleaning and coating, and batch annealing.

Various roles- Started as an apprentice mechanic on heavy plant and equipment- QA and administration work in steel fabrication facility- Payroll function for up to 1200 people on various construction and fabrication sites in Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand- Last three years as a geneneralist HR practioner (recruitment, IR, workers comp, etc...)