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Keysborough, Victoria, Australia

Manufacturer and retailer of bespoke high-quality furniture, lighting and homewares apparel sold throughout 60+ retails stores within Australia and New Zealand.Developed and released functional Supplier Quality Checklists for our Suppliers to use and report on in providing Quality Assured, Inspected and Tested Product for 100% acceptance of product received.Designed and implemented custom built portals to report on and manage all Product Quality Inspections, Reported Product Failures and Failure Rates Analysis, Reported Customer Concerns, Quality Control Investigation Assessments and Actions for Suppliers to report back on for complete Management of Product Quality Control Functions throughout the business.Management of Supplier Quality Extensive Factory Audits and Corrective and Preventative Actions.Management of Product Lighting Regulatory Compliance Testing and Certification Records.Management of Product Testing and Product Improvements through external testing laboratories.APCO primary contact for the company’s progress toward total product packaging recyclability implementation as administered and rolled out to meet the APCO 2025 packaging sustainability target.Provided Product Quality Assurance and Compliance Management across the entire range of products manufactured, tested and supplied by 100+ suppliers located throughout China, Vietnam, India, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Melbourne, Australia

Manufacturer and retailer of smart, efficient electrical Lighting Products sold and distributed for residential sales and in use throughout commercial applications Australia wide.Provided Quality Assurance Management implementation, leadership and direct support into the Buying Group, Product Rework, Product Warranty, Engineering team and International Supplier Network for the Quality manufacture and test of electrical lighting products before release to market.Direct Quality improvement into the Chinese manufacturers of the companies lighting products.Development of high-level Web based Quality Dashboards displaying Product Quality Inspections, Product Rework Inspections, Product Test Inspections, Field Warranty Inspections, Supplier Product Failure Inspections, Supplier Audit Inspections and Product Recyclability Status of Implementation. Supported development of the RTS (Return to Supplier) database providing efficient, cost effective returns of defective product for further Quality Assurance analysis and testing. APCO primary member for the company’s progress toward total product packaging recyclability implementation as administered and rolled out with the Chinese manufacturers to meet the 2025 target.Key Clients approximately 110 Beacon Lighting Retail Stores Australia wide supporting sales into residential and commercial properties and businesses.

Melbourne, Australia

Manufacturer of electronic Variable Message Signs, Portable Traffic Lights, Electronic Fire Signs and Variable Speed Limit Signs for use by government road traffic authorities and hire companiesDeveloped a complete, user friendly and fully supported Quality Management System under the ISO9001:2015 International Quality Standard for integration into the company’s Business System and provided Quality Assurance Development and Management support for the continuance in Lean based Engineering and Manufacturing of high Quality LED Visual Road Traffic Equipment.Sole management of the entire companies manufactured Product Quality sold to Key Clients.Developed a complete set of ISO9001:2015 Process Flow Charts and Procedures in use within the Quality Assurance, Engineering, Production, Customer Support, and Management departments. Alignment of Supplier Quality standards and communications to vendors of ISO9001 requirements. Successful auditing, audit report generation and presentation to management of each departments processes in compliance with ISO9001:2015 standards and the companies’ business requirements. Reviewed and collaborated with Engineering Testing and Product compliance in line with the relevant Australian Standards and project managed testing with MTS, ALS, LMATS and Vipac.Developed electronic checklists and implemented and managed controlled inspections throughout the manufacturing centre, service centre, supply chain and quality processes of the business. Certified the company to the new ISO9001:2015 Quality Assurance Standard through SAI Global.Key Clients supported are Vic Roads, Road Traffic Authority NSW, Main Roads QLD, Country Fire Authority, Kennard’s and Coates Hire.

Brisbane, Australia

Manufacturer of Process Control and Automation equipment and specialised Software implemented within the Australian Pacific Liquefied Natural Gas Project.Provided in-depth Quality Assurance Project Engineering Support for the Australia Pacific LNG Project by developing the Project Quality and Execution plans to align with the projects scope of works released by the client, development of the projects process flow charts and procedures for the Engineering development and Administration teams, compilation and issuance of the Internal Audit Schedule in line with ISO9001:2008, regular supplier Quality Auditing of a key supplier Downer Engineering and Quality reviews and signoff on engineering Technical Build Sheets, Mod Packs, Factory Acceptance Test Plans in order to validate key quality requirements were successfully met prior to hand over to a major client, Origin Energy.Successfully supported the APLNG Quality Assurance investigation, review and action, on closure of 10 Non-Conformance reports and actively managed the urgent requirement on each of their respective close-outs. Assisted with Quality Assurance support during a SIS (Safety Information System) Internal Audit ensuring a positive outcome of the Audit with a favourable result of minimal areas tasked for process improvement. Active participation and quality direction lead of the Factory Acceptance Tests with the client and the Main Automation Contractor in ensuring smooth test plan operation and successful hand-over. Key Clients supported are Australian Pacific LNG Project Consortium – Origin Energy, Conoco Phillips and Sinopec.

Somerville, Victoria, Australia

Manufacturer of precision LED solar powered marine navigational and aviation lights exported and used throughout worldwide Maritime, Military, Government, and Aviation industries.Sole Responsibility for the Australia, UK and USA manufacturing facilities in providing management of the companies ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System with direct integration into the Business Administration, Production, Engineering, Research and Development and Technical Support departments by issuance of all developed Process Procedures and Flow Charts, Production Work and Test Instructions, administration of Engineering Change Notices and Engineering Drawing and Firmware control and releases, conducting and reporting on Product Life Cycle Testing, development of Product Technical Specification Sheets, conducting Internal and Supply Quality Auditing, supervision of Product Quality throughout the Electronics, Injection and Rotomoulding facilities, Analysis and Reporting of Customer Warranties, Production Productivity Improvements using Lean Manufacturing principles and Quality Metrics reporting to Senior Management. Successfully managed and improved the companies Quality Management System in order to streamline and greatly improve an outdated business quality system resulting in success of the ISO9001:2008 Tri-annual Audit with nil non-conformances raised as audited by SAI Global and an outcome of a successful 3 Year Re-Certification. Developed a user-friendly desktop application which provided staff streamlined, central access into the developed Quality Management System Procedures and Flow Charts, Production Work and Test Instructions, Productivity Charts, Manufacturing Inspections and Quality Metrics Dashboards for efficient single portal style communications.Key Clients supported are Sierra Nevada Corporation (US Military contractor), Canadian Coast Guard, East Midlands Police Force UK, Panama Canal Authority, Brisbane Airport, Prince Charles Hospital.

Blackburn North, Victoria, Australia

Southern Asia Pacific Service Centre responsible for the remanufacture, service and repair of Allen Bradley equipment for large process control centres and manufacturing plants.Provided ISO9001 Quality Assured Engineering Testing and Support in developing and issuance of Allen Bradley USA certifiable Test and Repair Operation Rework Instructions, Firmware collation and support, Test Equipment Calibration and Electro Static Discharge maintenance, Product Service Advisories and Safety Alerts, Development and presentation of Quality Metrics, Customer Install Base Evaluations, Six Sigma Lean initiatives and Global Quality Assurance Support to the Remanufacturing Centres.Successfully contributed to a major upgrade of the ISO9001:2000 Quality Assurance Standard from ISO9001:1994 for the Australian Remanufacturing Centre. Developed and supported ARCNavigator Desktop Application Software providing user friendly, fast, and efficient access into all of the common day to day business applications and engineering systems. Developed and supported the Australian Remanufacturing Price List Software issued throughout Rockwell Automation Distributor networks in support of simplified business product purchases. Obtained Product Group Repair Certification for the Remanufacture of PanelView Operator Interfaces, Kinetics Servo Motion and Motor Control Products from the Rockwell Automation certified USA bodies. Developed and implemented Lean Six Sigma Projects providing Savings for the South Pacific Region FY07 (Oct 2006 to Oct 2007) in the order of USD $186,835 total savings, combining $108,508 in Hard Cost Savings and $78,327 in Time and Resource Savings for the region. Recognition of the Asia Pacific ‘The Way Forward’ and the Directors Awards recipientKey Clients supported are ALCOA, Olympic Dam Project, Sydney Tunnel, AGE Newspaper, Australian Mining Companies.

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia

Designer and Manufacturer of Smart Automated Irrigation Control and Monitoring Systems for Vineyards, Orchards and Irrigation Farms.Provided sole onsite field service and phone technical support for the IIS range of automated intelligent irrigation control and monitoring systems using ‘the awarded Aqualink Software.Supported the entire IIS Irrigation Software and Hardware product family by Phone, Customer face to face Technical Support and on-site Field Service Support to major wineries in the Yarra Valley region and throughout South East Australia.Key Clients supported are Balgownie Estate, Tarrawarra Estate, Yering Station, DeBORTOLI Wines.

Melbourne, Australia

An Australian government-owned corporation that provides postal services both locally and internationally, as well as operating retail outlets through Australia.Developed, tested and debugged Australia Post Cashier Business Software applications to component build integration level within a small team of developers for implementation within Australia Post customer outlets Australia Wide.Provided time critical software development and testing for a large corporate organisation in Australia.Key Clients supported are Australia Post Customer Business outlets.

Rowville, Victoria, Australia

Designer and Manufacturer of dataTaker series of Dataloggers.Assembled and tested Australian built Dataloggers using developed Test and Work Instructions to comply with the required Build and Test Quality of Manufacture and performed board level Calibration as per the NATA Test and Measurement Standards. Designed and built a semi-automated Software based "Burn-in" Test System programmed into each Datataker to ensure all operating parameters were verified.Assembled, Tested and QA Certified 450 Dataloggers in one month to meet an urgent customer sales order from North America, helping contribute to the company winning the Victorian Small Business Award for Product Design, Efficiency of Service and Support of perfect Customer Excellence. Key Clients supported are ALCOA, BHP, Ford Australia, GMH Australia, Volvo, SAAB, CSIRO, NASA, British Rail, British Aerospace.

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