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Newcrest Gold Mine, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

Installation of Flotation Plant

Newcrest Gold Mine, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

Million Ounce Upgrade Project

Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand

Hawera Branch QA/QC Supervisor: Responsible for the daily QA/QC activities to maintain ACC accreditation and ISO 9001 status.Staff Management: Management of work teams and sub-contractor resources in order to meet contract deadlines and budget requirements. Incident reporting: Responsible for recording and reporting all branch incident reports. Monthly reports: Collected and maintained documentation in order to supply detailed monthly branch reports to head office.Welder Qualifications: Maintained and arranged welder qualifications in order to achieve compliance with statutory requirements. Spherical Tank production: Liaised with the customer in order to assess requirements, processed orders and managed the production of spherical and standard tank products.Wine Barrel production: Managed wine barrel production from placement of orders through to delivery to the client.Estimating: Took on additional duties to successfully manage the overflow of estimatingHealth and Safety Supervisor: Responsible for the day to day management of all branch health and safety responsibilitiesProject Management: Managed various site projects and installation of workshop manufactured equipmentCompetenz Registered Apprentice Assessor: Responsible for the on-job assessment of all Hawera and Wanganui apprentices

Wanganui, New Zealand

Customer Liaison: Regular client visits to determine the requirements of the customer and advise on the most effective method of repair. Estimating: Responsible for the daily estimating requirements of the branch in order to meet the needs of the customer. Project Management: Managed all site and workshop projects. Invoicing: Prepared and sent detailed invoices to client.Yearly Budgets: Advised and prepared budget forecasts for the upcoming financial year. Staff Management: Managed all Wanganui staff and sub-contractors to ensure that customer targets and health and safety objectives were met.Problem Solving: Handled queries and difficult tasks from team members and customers.Client Call outs: Was first point of call for key client breakdowns and had to manage staff and resourcing around call out times.

Wanganui, New Zealand

Mechanical Fitter: Performed a variety of mechanical fitting duties in the workshop and on the customers siteCustomer liaison: Communicated directly with the customer and project supervisor to ensure all parties were well informed of progress. Machine components: Responsible for all machining duties.Callouts: Responded to client callouts and breakdowns

Wanganui, New Zealand

CNC Supervisor: Responsible for the daily production output on CNC lathes to meet delivery targets dates and financial outcomesCNC Lathe Programmer: Responsible for writing CNC lathe programs to effectively and accurately meet production deadlines

Wanganui, New Zealand

Estimating: Responsible for the daily estimating requirements of the workshop in order to meet the needs of the customer and the company. Stock control: Made sure that material and consumable stock levels were maintained in order to meet workshop production levelsEITO Registered Assessor: Responsible for all apprentice workplace assessments.Project Management: Managed various workshop projects.Coordinator: Responsible for coordinating labour units and machine hours to achieve delivery timeframes.Staff Management: Managed all Workshop staff and sub-contractors to ensure that customer requirements, production targets, and health and safety objectives were met.Workshop Integration: Successfully integrated two parent companies into one premises in order to streamline production.

Taranaki, Wanganui & Manawatu, New Zealand

Estimating: Responsible for all estimating duties for the Machine ShopStaff Management: Control and supervision of all Machine Shop Staff including the assignment of daily duties.Stock control: Ensure that all materials and consumables are in stock so staff can effectively carry out all duties.Training: Ensure that all staff was trained in the safe and efficient operation of all Machine Shop equipment.Fire Warden: Ensure compliance with Fire evacuation procedures.Workshop Procedures: Aided in the development of standard operational procedures and instructions to achieve ISO accreditation.First Aid Officer: Administer first aid if required

Taranaki, Wanganui & Manawatu, New Zealand

Staff Training: Assist in the development of staff and identify further training needs.Machinist: Produce components using a variety of Machine Shop equipment.Teamwork: Work within a team environment to ensure that other workshop departments can function in an effective and timely manner.

Taranaki, Wanganui & Manawatu, New Zealand

Training: Assisted in the training of new apprenticesHeat Treatment: Responsible for the heat treatment and hardening of machined componentsMachining: Operated a Lathe and Milling Machine to accurately produce machined components.Supervision: Acted in the position of Machine Shop Leading Hand and supervised approximately 12 staff.NZR High Rail Project: Machined prototype components and contributed with current manufacturing methods to allow the successful conversion of on road vehicles to be operated on the rail network.