Major and minor capital project engineering duties, inclusive stakeholder and contractor management, financial management. Management of Change inclusive HAZOPs, risk assessments and safe methods of work statements. Project activities for energetic materials chemical plant operations, munition filling (such as BLU-126 and BLU-111) and munition testing infrastructure supporting Australian Defence Forces.

Leadership role for high paced / high capital infrastructure paper machine operation. Activities inclusive People Management, Operational efficiency, Problem Solving, Process Troubleshooting, Root Cause Problem Elimination, Continuous Improvement activities, Budgetting and analysing cost of manufacture, very high level maintenance interactions, Quality/OHS&E management activities, key supplier interactions, shut resource planning, shut start-ups also requiring occasional night shift activities, shift manager coverage as required, after hours on-call, breakdown support, coaching/developing others and sharing knowledge. Trials and technical report writing.

Production support, trials management business improvement activities, shut planning.

• Management of TM4 operations to meet Quality, OHS&E and Productivity goals in support of internal Converting and external customers for the mill. Ensuring compliance with site policies, procedures and local regulations. Process troubleshooting, corrective actions processing maintaining consultative engagement with employees. Process development through trial planning and reporting. Lockout isolation system incorporation, rehabilitation return to work for injured employees.• TM4 Asset Management planning for maintaining machine operation and process improvements. Responsibility for 38 union based employees x 5 shift crews, day work support operators, Centreline co-ordinator, long service leave relief operator and Trainer. This included annual leave, training / succession management. • Co-ordination role liasing with various business areas including Maintenance, Customers (external tissue sales, internal converting), Accountants, Logistics for planning, Site Services, External suppliers, Sales and Marketing. Utilising indirect reporting process engineers for machine health, process operation and improvements. Shut planning and shut review leader. Lean focuses, standardised work, plan do check act and Toyota “A3” troubleshooting processes. My routines included morning performance reviews, daily meeting with TM4 crew. • Ensuring ongoing operation of a centrelining system (run to target) for quality and process data owned at the shop floor level providing uniform operating window and production consistency.• SAP utilisation for Budget, Bill of materials maintenance and work order processing /maintenance planning, stores material management /booking in/out processes for key operating supplies.• 2008 – May 2011, Product development with ongoing manufacture of new Silk Touch Kleenex Facial tissue manufacture on TM4. TM4 4th machine globally in corporation to start-up on a unique First of a Kind proprietary innovative process hardest experience in my working career.

Process engineer on Tissue Machine and in Packaging / Converting operations area. Support role including product development, private label tendering processes and relief relief machine superintendent.Career development posting for Converting knowledge / exposure. Packaging operations support role, blown film development, product development primarily in private label tendering processes through Woolworths, Coles and Metcash. Learning converting processes for packaging operations as internal customer alignment.

 Supporting Manufacturing business activities for raw gypsum processing into plasterboard to meet the needs of our customers. Development and implementation of new productions, variable cost performance improvements. Process modelling to maximise production rates/plant capacity. Testing through production stages, process / product troubleshooting. OHS committee member, delivery of training, management of ISO9002 quality system through both internal and external audits. Incident reporting – developed centralised national database. International project team member for global corporate development and 2xsite implementation of proprietary shop floor control – online quality and process data entry – building from Ms-access prior system Project “Commitment to Excellence” – ideas capturing system for business improvement actions within Lotus Notes cross functional national team, gained divisional recognition as a best practice example. Franchisee relations including external customer visits/technical building system installation advice and customer complaints resolution. Acting shift foreman for 3 months 12hr roster 2000.