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Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia

Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia

• Providing support for the Australian Future Submarine Program. My contributions include:
• Gained a working understanding of the final customer product specification to then define the product processing and testing requirements.
• Assist in managing the scheduling, rolling, processing and quality inspections of project plates. Worked closely with BlueScope operational departments and customer Bisalloy to co-ordinate product movements and.
• Worked closely with our customer Bisalloy in consultation with BlueScope’s Mechanical Test Laboratory to develop a 130-page document of plate test piece cutting diagrams that satisfied the sampling and testing.
• Physically marked up samples for machining of test pieces, loaded testing details into test system, and organised testing.
• Communicating with final customer (CoA) to prioritise order of testing.

Illawarra

Contracted by Hays on an ongoing basis to provide metallurgical services to client BlueScope Steel Ltd. Duties include assessing quality of hot rolled product, inspecting suspect material and providing direction for diverted product at the Strip & Plate Quality Department.

Illawarra

• Managed the Aged Care, Disability, and Community Services (ACDC) Workforce Development Project. Quantified workforce shortages within the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, & Wingecarribee via research and employer surveys.
• Coordinated the Leadership Illawarra Program, a two-year experiential learning program for the region’s emerging leaders.

Shellharbour

• Undertake recruitment of Field Officers, Special Field Officers, Persons-in-Charge and Special Field Officers - Other.
• Book training venue for Field Officers training.
• Monitor online training and conduct Field Officer face-to-face training for Visit phase.
• Conduct engagement at private dwelling establishments and secure apartment buildings to arrange access.
• Conduct engagement at non-private dwellings.
• Receive and sort materials.

Shellharbour City, Australia

Editing manuscripts, specialising in materials science, such that the final text is in standard scientific English and is free of unclear and unidiomatic sentences. Adhere to job-specific instructions and format manuscripts according to the target journal when required, and ensuring that all subject-specific conventions are followed. Particularly focused.

Strip & Plate Quality Department, Port Kembla

- Manage the Hot Roll Manufacturing Grade Specifications systems. Create and/or update grade specifications for the manufacture of cast slab, hot rolled strip and plate grades based on relevant standards, customer specifications, and technical knowledge.- Monitor changes to Australian and International standards. Determine impact of any changes to existing.

Strip & Plate Quality Department, Port Kembla

- Coordinates product assessment and quality improvement projects through the plant – from steelmaking to hot rolling to mechanical testing and despatch, ensuring quality production and testing.- Provides technical metallurgical guidance and support for Hot Mills and Technical Innovation roles.

Welding & Product Technology, Metallurgical Technology Department, Port Kembla

- Coordinates product assessment and quality improvement projects through the plant – from steelmaking to hot rolling to mechanical testing and despatch, ensuring quality production and testing.- Provides technical metallurgical guidance and support for Hot Mills and Technical Innovation roles.- Maintain product sample storage building in an organised and.

Product Development, Metallurgical Technology Department, Port Kembla

- Provide expert technical advice to customers, Marketing, and Operations Departments on various aspects of the quality and performance of plate and strip steel products.- Provide chronic product quality problem solving support services to BlueScope Steel as required to improve products or processes. Such projects by their nature are complex and involve a.

Strip & Plate Quality & Technology, Port Kembla

- Actively champion customer quality issues and support operations.- Challenge processes and behaviours that place product quality at risk, identifying high business impact risks.- Challenge business behaviour inconsistent with a quality focus.- Understand the key quality requirements of Strip & Plate customers. Provide support for the Technical Product.

Product Design, Metallurgical Technology, Port Kembla

- Provide expert technical advice to customers, Marketing, and Operations Departments on various aspects of the quality and performance of plate and strip steel products.- Provide chronic product quality problem solving support services to BlueScope Steel as required. Such projects by their nature are complex and involve a multi-disciplinary approach..

Product Development, Metallurgical Technology Department, Port Kembla

- Provide expert technical advice to customers, Marketing, and Operations Departments on various aspects of the quality and performance of plate and strip steel products.- Provide chronic product quality problem solving support services to BlueScope Steel as required. Such projects by their nature are complex and involve a multi-disciplinary approach..

Metallographic Investigations, Metallurgical Technology Department, Port Kembla

- To learn all aspects of optical microscopy, including sample preparation, hot and cold mounting, polishing, etching, microscopic examination, taking of photomicrographs, conducting microindentation hardness testing, and preparing technical reports.- To conduct optical metallographic investigations as directed by the Metallographic Investigations Manager.