As the Coal plant team leader, I am responsible for the execution of maintenance for the 19 conveyors (steel and fabric cored) around the station. I prioritise work using the established maintenance strategies, discussions with operations and defects in SAP to determine plant priorities then work with the planner and scheduler to schedule work to maintain high standards of plant safety and reliability. I manage the contractors that are used to supplement my team when specific expertise is required to carry out maintenance.In reviewing plant performance, I work together with the engineering team who provide technical expertise to help manage my plant areas to identify and work out strategies to understand defects and rectify underperforming areas of plant.Cost control and managing the maintenance budget for my area is an important aspect of my responsibilities. Working with the finance team to review the current financial year’s budget to ensure that the budget for the financial year is not exceeded. Where there are unplanned expenses, I engage with the relevant stakeholders to review the budget to determine where savings can be made to offset the additional cost.I am responsible for managing 3 commercial contracts for Bayswater and Liddell ensuring the contractual targets are met. Where contracts are in place to manage specific areas of plant, I provide assistance to ensure these contracts effectively support these plant areas.Other aspects of the role are participating in the development of the upcoming financial year’s budget and supply contracts. Reviewing plant performance and maintenance strategies with engineering to provide information to develop the budget forecast for upcoming financial years.

As the Unit superintendent was responsible for the maintenance of Bayswater’s turbine and boiler systems and mills. Mentoring the Team Leaders in managing and improving their team’s performance in safety and work management compliance. Coaching Team Leaders to positively engage with other stakeholders in the business facilitating cross team collaboration with the engineering teams and operations. Working with the team leaders to assist in resolving conflict in the work teams. Reviewing the team’s adherence to metrics such as scheduled compliance and maintaining an oversight of overtime and leave balances. I also ensured I was available to the teams to provide them with the opportunity to raise concerns and discuss and develop initiatives to improve safety and productivity.Reviewing plant performance with the operations team to identify areas where performance did not meet expectations. From this business plans and asset maintenance strategies were reviewed with the engineering team to identify improvement pipelines to support production in the plant and achieve performance targets. This also required maintenance structures to be reviewed to ensure resources were available to safely execute planned maintenance strategies and unscheduled work. Introducing systems to help the teams manage their workflows to improve on time delivery of assets back to production.Reviewing adherence to the department’s budget to maintain control of costs. Working with the finance team to reallocate funding as required and to identify areas where cost savings could be made. Facilitating meetings with the finance team and the Team Leaders to ensure the Team leaders had a working knowledge of their budget and so they could maintain cost control.

As the Ash, Dust water Team leader, I manage the maintenance of the infrastructure that supplies and conditions water for the station (for industrial and domestic use) and the disposal of the ash and dust to disposal areas.I focused my team’s resources to the completion of the maintenance strategies to maintain the plant and identify defects that would lead to unscheduled maintenance. Working with operations and engineering the defects entered into SAP were prioritised to maintain plant safety and reliability. I looked for opportunities to improves systems and process to improve plant performance.I managed embedded contractors responsible for maintenance in specific areas of plant. Working together with the engineering team to provide technical expertise there were improvements to plant performance through reinforcing maintenance strategies and reviewing problem areas of plant to find solutions to improve plant reliability.Cost control and managing the maintenance budget for my area is an important aspect of my responsibilities. Working with the finance team to review the current financial year’s budget to ensure that the budget for the financial year is not exceeded. Where there are unplanned expenses, I engage with the relevant stakeholders to review the budget to determine where savings can be made to offset the additional cost.

I worked as a maintenance supervisor leading a team consisting of permanent and contract labour to carry out scheduled and breakdown maintenance on a fleet of Caterpillar equiptment consisting of D10T, D11R, D11T, 16M, 24M, 854K, 994F, 777F, 789C & 793D machines.This role involves managing the execution of the maintenance plan while managing breakdown repairs to provide our production team with the machines they require. I work to develop a strong culture of safety and trust with my team and encourage team members challenge current practices and to come forward with ideas to improve the way they work.To improve my skills and knowledge in my role as a leader I have studied and completed a Bachelor of Business with Management and HR majors. I am fluent in the use of SAP, Fiori and Microsoft Office applications.

I supervise a team of 23 maintainers plus extra contractors as required to carry out planned and breakdown work for our truck and mobile fleet. I manage my team’s execution of the week’s maintenance plan and where there are deviations from the plan I implement solutions to correct them. I have a strong focus on the safety of my team and conduct workplace inspections to ensure maintainers are completing their tasks in a safe and timely manner. I am fluent in the use of SAP and ensure my team are entering the relevant data into the system.

I supervise a team of 23 maintainers plus extra contractors as required to carry out planned and breakdown work for our truck and mobile fleet. I manage my team’s execution of the week’s maintenance plan and where there are deviations from the plan I implement solutions to correct them. I have a strong focus on the safety of my team and conduct workplace inspections to ensure maintainers are completing their tasks in a safe and timely manner. I am fluent in the use of SAP and ensure my team are entering the relevant data into the system.

I coordinated the repair of breakdowns of our heavy equipment fleet (draglines, shovels, excavators, drills, and infrastructure). I manage planned work when other supervisors are absent for Shovels, Draglines, Excavators and Drills. Repairs are coordinated with an understanding of the current needs of production. I conduct workplace inspections to ensure my team completed tasks in a timely manner with a strong focus on safety. I organise parts as required to effect necessary repairs. I have filled in for my Superintendent and this provided valuable insight into the responsibilities and expectations of such a role.

I coordinated the repairs of breakdowns in the field which required me to work with production to understand their needs. I ensured my team completed repairs in a safe and timely manner. I also work closely with my supervisor to support him in executing of the planned work in the workshop ensuring I have an understanding of work being carried out and conduct safety interactions within the workshop. I organised parts from various vendors as required to effect repairs on both breakdown and emergent work from services.

I was employed as a mechanic on the 4 panel roster. I had the opportunity to work with the Reliability Engineer assisting him in identifying potential improvements in machine reliability and developing service plans. I also stepped up to assist the supervisor on crew in the running of the workshop.

Initially based at Bulga Coal as a team leader. I was responsible for maintenance of a fleet of large Caterpillar trucks and during periods when supervisors were not available I managed my team. I moved to the field service to gain more experience with a wider range of Caterpillar equipment. I moved to a role based at Mt Thorley/Warkworth monitoring the equipment’s condition and to look for opportunities to improve the fleets’ availability. This role also required to monitor coordinate warranty repairs on the Caterpillar equipment on site. I transferred to Westrac’s Tamworth Branch in Field Service later transferring back to the Hunter Valley.

I continued my career as a Heavy Vehicle Earthmoving Mechanic. I progressed to a supervisor of a team based at Bulga Coal. Responsibilities included scheduling labour to facilitate completion of scheduled work and breakdowns. Monitoring my teams work practices to ensure they completed their work safely and efficiently. I worked closely with customers to ensure machinery availability targets were achieved.