Supervising Naval ratings to provide liason between the Royal New Zealand Navy and the wider Maritime Industry, including preparing and delivering briefings to Master Mariners and tracking vessel movements.

Supervising Naval ratings to provide liason between the Royal New Zealand Navy and the wider Maritime Industry, including preparing and delivering briefings to Master Mariners and tracking vessel movements.

Control of manufacturing costs & inputsManage health, safety and environmental issuesAchieve quality acceptance and plant availability targetsInvestigate and resolve process issuesManage production activities during maintenance periodsRisk management & mitigationManage performance, training, vacation and succession planning for shift operators.

Successful planning and conduct of paper machine trialsCompletion of the Carter Holt Harvey Intermediate leadership courseAfter hours manufacturing support as part of weekend duty rosterProvide technical support to machine crews, and liaison with additive vendorsAnalysis and reporting of complex production dataCo-ordination of confined space requirements and manning for 10 day maintenance period.Troubleshooting and problem solvingDevelopment of computer displays for production data (MOPS)

I provided technical and sales support for retention and drainage chemistry, dyes, defoamers and fixatives on a customer site with multiple paper machines, including inventory management.Provided technical and sales support to other paper mill customers, and developed relationships with Technical, Operations, and Purchasing staff at New Zealand's largest Pulp and Paper Mill.These relationships further led to creating the opportunity for senior technical and sales staff to pitch for the wet end chemical business at this site.Further, the strength of the relationships developed was strong enough that I began working for this potential client in the following year.