The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) is Australia's national resource industry employer group. AMMA is the leading provider of advice and representation in all matters relating to workplace relations in the resource sector. My role is responsible for workplace relations consulting activity from the Western Australian office to the AMMA membership.

Dampier Salt Limited is part of the Rio Tinto Group. From September 2012 Dampier Salt was part of Rio Tinto’s Diamonds and Minerals Product Group.Position Role:This role was the HR Manager for Dampier Salt including three salt mines in Western Australia, the Singapore based salt commercial operation and the Uranium Commercial Group. This role involved being a member of the Dampier Salt leadership team and responsible for designing and implementing HR systems and strategies, managing… Show more Dampier Salt Limited is part of the Rio Tinto Group. From September 2012 Dampier Salt was part of Rio Tinto’s Diamonds and Minerals Product Group.Position Role:This role was the HR Manager for Dampier Salt including three salt mines in Western Australia, the Singapore based salt commercial operation and the Uranium Commercial Group. This role involved being a member of the Dampier Salt leadership team and responsible for designing and implementing HR systems and strategies, managing training and organisational development activities through a period of difficult market conditions and significant organisational change.Achievements:• Major restructuring and centralisation of the DSL training function including reducing the third party training expenditure by $A1 million per annum without any loss of operational effectiveness, reducing the training department headcount by 60% and thus reducing labour cost by $A750K per annum, implementing electronic training records, removing redundant training programs and adopting risk based approaches to qualification validity periods;• Reviewed Dampier Salt HR Policies to restructure employee benefits to streamline the benefits offered and remove those which did not add value;• Planned and implemented several tranches of restructuring and consequential organisational redesign and as such enabling the business to move back to being profitable notwithstanding adverse exchange rates. Show less

Between 2008 and 2012 Dampier Salt was part of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Product Group. Position Role:This was a senior HR Manager role within the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Product Group working with MDs and operational GMs. It managed the team delivering human resources and organisational development services to the four Dampier Salt sites in Western Australia, as well as RTIO commercial operations in Perth, Asia, Europe and North America. This role expanded over time to include… Show more Between 2008 and 2012 Dampier Salt was part of the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Product Group. Position Role:This was a senior HR Manager role within the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Product Group working with MDs and operational GMs. It managed the team delivering human resources and organisational development services to the four Dampier Salt sites in Western Australia, as well as RTIO commercial operations in Perth, Asia, Europe and North America. This role expanded over time to include responsibility for the human resources functions at the HIsmelt iron production plant at Kwinana, Rio Tinto Marine, the Rio Tinto Australia office/Office of the MD of Rio Tinto Australia and RTIO Sales and Marketing/RTIO Asia. Both the Rio Tinto Marine and RTIO Sales and Marketing/RTIO Asia organisations had global reach and this role provided the strategic HR leadership across their global operations.This role had up to five Superintendent level direct reports with a further twelve indirect reports. Achievements:• Organisation and facilitation of a large scale (150 plus employees) retrenchment and redeployment exercise at Kwinana, with minimal media coverage and no litigation;• Participation in a strategic organisational review of the global operations of RTIO Sales and Marketing function, in order to have its organisational structure better reflect the move to spot and index pricing of seaborne traded iron ore;• Lead the negotiation for the renewal of a tug services contract leading to new contractor at lower rates and no industrial relations issues in the changeover of contractors;• Negotiated and had ratified a collective industrial agreement covering Dampier Salt production and maintenance employees to provide stable employee relations outcomes during the introduction of the Fair Work Act 2009;• The insourcing of the Dampier Salt apprenticeship program, which lead to a saving of 30% in the cost of employing apprentices, as well as better training outcomes and employee engagement. Show less

Dampier Salt Limited is part of the Rio Tinto Group. Between from September 2004 and 2008 Dampier Salt was part of the Rio Tinto Industrial Minerals Product Group.Position Role:The role of HR Manager for Dampier Salt managed the team delivering human resources, training and organisational development support to the operational salt and talc mines in Western Australia, as well as the Perth corporate office, Rio Tinto Exploration and commercial offices in Singapore and China and talc… Show more Dampier Salt Limited is part of the Rio Tinto Group. Between from September 2004 and 2008 Dampier Salt was part of the Rio Tinto Industrial Minerals Product Group.Position Role:The role of HR Manager for Dampier Salt managed the team delivering human resources, training and organisational development support to the operational salt and talc mines in Western Australia, as well as the Perth corporate office, Rio Tinto Exploration and commercial offices in Singapore and China and talc operations in Japan.Achievements:• Supported the establishment of the commercial office in Singapore and relocation of Australian based staff and the downsizing of the remaining Australian based sales and marketing team;• Involvement in due diligence exercises pertaining to potential acquisitions:• Managing the human resources aspects of a business divestment with operations in Australia, Singapore and Japan;• Developing site accommodation policies including overseeing housing allocation, maintenance and acquisition, whilst minimising both capex and ongoing maintenance costs;• Updating the standard Dampier Salt AWA in consultation with the employees and then rolling out the revised contract to our employees. Show less

CCI is the major employer organisation in Western Australia. The Construction Services Group was responsible for the provision and co-ordination of strategic industrial relations and employee relations advice across a range of resource development projects in the mining, minerals processing, oil and gas and power generation sectors. Position Role:The role of Construction Services Manager, managed the foremost industrial and employee relations consultancy group… Show more CCI is the major employer organisation in Western Australia. The Construction Services Group was responsible for the provision and co-ordination of strategic industrial relations and employee relations advice across a range of resource development projects in the mining, minerals processing, oil and gas and power generation sectors. Position Role:The role of Construction Services Manager, managed the foremost industrial and employee relations consultancy group in Western Australian providing strategic employee relations advice to major engineering and resource development projects. The role was responsible for the recruitment, selection and leadership of a team of ten professional staff as well as setting and achieving budgetary targets. The role also managed the business development, client management and marketing functions for the Construction Services Group and provided strategic and tactical leadership and influenced industrial and employee relations outcomes on major resource development projects.Key Achievements• Negotiation of effective project industrial relations agreements for major iron ore, power generation and oil and gas projects;• Exceeded budget targets regularly for the Construction Services Group;• Achieved repeat engagements/retainers from major resource development companies;• The development, implementation and execution of strategic project employee relations plans on major resource industry projects;• Management of industrial relations issues and disputes on major resource development projects, including advocacy before industrial relations tribunals. Show less

The provision of strategic consultancy and advice to clients in the engineering and resource development sectors. This included advice in areas such as employee and industrial relations, training and development, occupational health and safety and continuous improvement.Overview of the activities of other CCIWA consultants/officers.Major Achievements:• Representation of employers on industry wide issues before Federal and State Industrial Relations… Show more The provision of strategic consultancy and advice to clients in the engineering and resource development sectors. This included advice in areas such as employee and industrial relations, training and development, occupational health and safety and continuous improvement.Overview of the activities of other CCIWA consultants/officers.Major Achievements:• Representation of employers on industry wide issues before Federal and State Industrial Relations Tribunals;• Representation of industry views to statutory authorities and the Western Australian Government;• Development and presentation of training programs and training courses. Show less