Senior Metallurgist

• Feb 2021 - Present

Delivering timely and high quality Metallurgical testwork execution & reporting Monitor, analyze, present & report Metallurgical testwork data Client liaison from project concept through to execution & close out Assemble income effective quotations for a given testwork program Maintain project timelines & budgets Project invoicing Provide technical support to medium & long term business critical projects Maintain and improve quality and OH&S standards across the site Resource and equipment allocation for projects and testwork programs Mentor and supervise Metallurgists, Senior Technicians & Technicians Exposure to various commodities & unit operations; base metals, gold, iron ore, graphite, rare earths, high purity alumina, high purity silica, vanadium etc. Show less

Metallurgist | Process Engineer | Project Engineer | Business Improvement | Lean 6 Sigma

• Nov 2020 - Feb 2021

Period of upskilling following redundancy, due to the closure of the SGS Metallurgy Business in Australia. Period of upskilling following redundancy, due to the closure of the SGS Metallurgy Business in Australia.

Metallurgist

• Oct 2017 - Oct 2020

Fulfilled the role of Shift Supervisor / Shift Metallurgist during extended pilot campaigns, ensured smooth plant operation & provided technical process guidance. Liaised with clients to develop and prepare bench and pilot scale test work programs. Established & monitored project schedules and budgets. Project Managed medium sized projects. Identified and delivered continuous improvement opportunities. Maintained and improved OHS and quality standards in high risk processes. Provided training to technicians on various unit operations leading up to and during pilot campaigns to ensure work is carried out safely, efficiently and right first time. Responsible for flowsheet development & design of new proposed processes. Show less

Trade Assistant

• Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

Trade Assistant

• Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

Site Lead - New Product Introduction

• Nov 2016 - May 2017

In this role I was the site point of contact for new Membrane Products in the Membrane centre of excellence. Collaborated with business partners and stakeholders to develop and deliver project schedules and budgets to meet the required launch and associated business need. Delivered significant milestones in the development process of multiple products.Delivered a Lean system to optimize the development process & compress the project timelines.Regularly delivered key project updates to the Site Senior Management team & business partners. Show less

Senior Process & Project Engineer - Secondment

• Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

This was a secondment role involving significant amounts of travel to the USA and Liaising with teams based in both the USA and Ireland. Delivered significant cost savings through a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Project.Delivered technical leadership on business critical processing issues. Managed a project for readiness and execution of R&D activities in a new dual R&D & Commercial facility.

Senior Process Engineer

• Nov 2014 - Nov 2015

Provided Project Management leadership of business critical projects. Delivered significant cost savings through Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Projects targeted at capacity improvements, yield increases and downtime resolution. Mentored and supervised a team of Process Engineers by providing technical leadership, direction and guidance on complex manufacturing and project challenges.

Process Engineer

• Mar 2012 - Nov 2014

Supported the commercial manufacturing operations. Identified and delivered Continuous Process Improvements. Coordinated raw material qualification activities. Performed and facilitated Root Cause Analysis investigations on process or product issues.

Graduate Management Trainee: Polymer Engineer

• Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering

• Sep 2010 - Jul 2011

IChemE Accredited Postgraduate Diploma. IChemE Accredited Postgraduate Diploma.

R&D Analytical test method development chemist

• Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

1 year maternity cover contract. Test method development in the field of less invasive medical devices, specifically, drug eluting stents. Method transfers to external laboratories and vendors. Improvements of in-place methods to accomodate for more practical and analyst friendly testing. Problem solving across various methods. Executed HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) and KDR (Kinetic Drug Release) testing for various products, including feasability testing, process optimisation testing & DOE's (Design of Experiment). Completed courses in PCA (Process Capability Analysis) and MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis). Partial supervision of a Co-Op student. Returned to university on completion of this fixed term contract to broaden my qualifications. Show less

R&D Analytical Co-Op chemist

• Jan 2008 - Sep 2008

Selected for placement in a R&D department. Part of a dynamic solvents team. Main activities were test method development. Upon completion of my placement and demonstrating competency throughout, I secured my Final Year Project as and industry based project with Boston Scientific. Selected for placement in a R&D department. Part of a dynamic solvents team. Main activities were test method development. Upon completion of my placement and demonstrating competency throughout, I secured my Final Year Project as and industry based project with Boston Scientific.