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Melbourne, Australia

♦ Initiated and led the introduction and customisation of a new, bespoke contractor management and safety system, Noggin.♦ Developed and implemented a novel, VBA-driven Excel spreadsheet to improve efficiency, accuracy and turnaround times during tendering and budgeting processes.♦ Acted as Superintendent during large-scale decommissioning works for Toyota, for which Ausdecom won an industry award.♦ Providing concurrent, end-to-end management on a range of commercial and industrial demolition and decommissioning projects, including tendering, project planning and scheduling, resourcing, budgeting, site set-up, client liaison and contractor management.♦ Preparing project bids, including requirements gathering, costings, budgeting and proposal development.♦ Providing financial management of projects with budgets up to $5M, including forecasting, budget development and tracking, cost management and reporting.♦ Providing engineering and technical oversight of project works, including liaison with structural engineers to sign-off on methodologies. ♦ Leading small teams of project engineers to ensure works are delivered on time and on budget and meet all quality and safety requirements.

Melbourne, Australia

♦ Oversaw the growth and development of the engineering team, including mentoring five engineers into more senior roles.♦ Successfully implemented numerous process improvement projects on or under budget and with zero downtime post-application.♦ Managing the Weld Engineering team to ensure manufacturing works in the Body Welding Manufacturing Shop are completed on time and meet quality and safety objectives.♦ Leading a team of seven mechanical and electrical engineers, including providing technical and professional guidance, supporting career development and fostering a safety-first culture.♦ Analysing, developing, reviewing and implementing manufacturing processes that enhance competitiveness and efficiency, including line balancing, capacity modelling and tool specification.♦ Training technicians, maintenance and line operators on manufacturing processes and maintenance.♦ Designing and developing manufacturing equipment, including specification development, testing and validation, and commissioning of robotic, automations and manual handling equipment and fixtures.♦ Proactively ensuring stakeholder inclusion and buy-in at every stage of process and equipment development.♦ Providing end-to-end management of a range of projects, including project planning, oversight of budget creation and visualisation, and reporting.

Melbourne, Australia

♦ Successfully led the Australian Engineering Team that travelled across APAC to set up and train affiliates across Toyota Asia in specialised tooling design and modifications that greatly exceeded quality targets. This was the first time that Toyota Japan had outsourced a master model program in the Asia Pacific region.♦ Initiated the development and use of new processes and equipment to improve productivity and capabilities, including implementation of portable 3D scanners, in-house development of semi-automated design of CAD fixture, and development of motion capture technologies.♦ Leading, supervising and coaching a team of Technical Officers and Engineers within the Body Process group.♦ Creating, managing and monitoring budgets up $25M.♦ Leading master model programs across the Asia Pacific region to introduce and transfer knowledge of leading technologies across the region.♦ Overseeing manual and robotic equipment planning and design from concept and simulation through to testing and implementation. ♦ Ensuring quality targets are consistently achieved through the innovative use of new technologies.

Graduate Diploma Of Engineering (Management), Management

Graduate Certificate Of Engineering, Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Hd Average

Education record

● Prince 2 Project Management Foundation ● Managing for Maximum Performance ● Toyota Production Systems ● Toyota Business Practices ● JSA.

Education record

Prior completion of Advanced Certificate of Mechanical Engineering.