Craig Pedler
General Manager Operations - Queensland at Sea Swift- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Managing Logistics
LinkedInMay, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Sea Swift
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Australia
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Maritime Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Manager Operations - Queensland
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Nov 2022 - Present
Sea Swift is Northern Australia’s largest shipping company, and has provided essential services and project freight in the region since 1987. Sea Swift operates throughout Northern Australia’s remote coastal and island communities, with an extensive distribution network across Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory. Sea Swift is Northern Australia’s largest shipping company, and has provided essential services and project freight in the region since 1987. Sea Swift operates throughout Northern Australia’s remote coastal and island communities, with an extensive distribution network across Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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DP World
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United Arab Emirates
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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700 & Above Employee
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General Manager, Operations
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May 2019 - Aug 2022
Reports: 240 Employees. Equipment Portfolio: 4 x STS cranes / 6 x RTG / 7 x Forks / 18 x Terminal trucks. Throughput: 380,000 TEU Role Overview: • Provide a full scope of leadership for the entire team, including performance discussions, annual assessment, salary planning, and employee development. • Conduct one-on-one reviews with all direct reports to build more effective communications and understand training and development needs. • Led the recruitment processes and ensured suitable personnel were recruited and inducted with company policies and procedures. • Coaching, mentoring and assisting colleagues to achieve KPIs / targets. • Working closely with both internal and external stakeholders and creating an ongoing environment of service excellence. • Partner with the project team to implement new projects, equipment replacement schedules, systems and processes. • Managed the job flow, ensuring all deadlines were achieved whilst delivering a high customer service focus. • Ensure inbound/outbound freight is handled in line with Customs and Quarantine regulations. • Terminal Operating System (TOS) – NAVIS N4. • Overseeing and assessing all high-level Occupational Health and safety, including operational risks for the entire business. • Coordinated stakeholder management with the relevant parties (Shipping lines, Port Authority, labour Unions, Landside transport). • My team and I have delivered consistent business growth and financial profitability • Three new customers joined and remained whilst GMO. Show less
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APM Terminals
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Netherlands
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Truck Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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General Manager, Operations
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Jul 2016 - May 2019
Reports: 400 FTE. Equipment Portfolio: 9 x Mobile Harbor Cranes / 21 x Rubber Tyre Gantry / 50 x Terminal trucks. Throughput: 600,000 TEU Role Overview: • Identifying and recruiting the necessary employees to ensure the consistent delivery of service excellence. • Ensured a consistent customer focus by scheduling regular meetings with shipping lines to ensure the terminal met performance expectations. • Target setting and ensuring staff are well informed to achieve those KPIs. • Coordinated stakeholder management with the relevant parties (Shipping lines, Port Authority & labour Unions). • Improved business reporting dashboards for all levels of the business to provide easier identification of outlying metrics and establish global best in class parameters. • Managing the local teams and building strong relationships despite multicultural challenges. • Maintaining high standards and meeting the business protocols as set by the company directors. Show less
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General Manager, Operations / Interim Chief Operations Officer (2014)
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Apr 2013 - Jun 2016
Reports: 200 FTE. Equipment Portfolio: Ships gear operations / Reach Stacker Operations / ITV. Throughput: 250,000 TEU Role Overview: • Identifying and recruiting the necessary employees to ensure the consistent delivery of service excellence. • Ensured a consistent customer focus by scheduling regular meetings with shipping lines to ensure the terminal met performance expectations. • Target setting and ensuring staff are well informed to achieve those KPIs. • Coordinated stakeholder management with the relevant parties (Shipping lines & labour Unions) • Improved business reporting dashboards for all levels of the business to provide easier identification of outlying metrics and establish global best in class parameters. • A key stakeholder involved in new terminal civil works developments and adding input from HSE dept. Show less
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HSE Manager
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Sep 2012 - Apr 2013
Reports: 5 Equipment Portfolio: Ships Gear Operations / Reach Stacker Operations / ITV Role Overview: • Developing and delivering in-house training/awareness sessions to shift managers, supervisors, and staff in different terminal operations, including risk assessments, investigations, vessel safety, vessel inspection checks, and terminal operations. • Accurately capturing and reporting Safety statistics. • Writing standard practice protocols and delivering the necessary training to ensure that staff remain compliant and safe to practice. • Identifying and implementing safe practices whilst overcoming potential operational problems. • Implementing traffic management plans creates safer driving patterns in the terminal. • Establishing safety inductions for external truckers entering the terminal. Show less
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DP World
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United Arab Emirates
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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700 & Above Employee
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HSE Dept - JACT2
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Jun 2009 - Jul 2012
Equipment Portfolio: 29 x STS cranes / 60 x RMG / 250 Terminal trucks. Throughput: 3.5 Million TEU • Implementation of global HSE fatal risks. • Training and awareness for global best practices. • STA to Korea to assist in implementation of best practices. Equipment Portfolio: 29 x STS cranes / 60 x RMG / 250 Terminal trucks. Throughput: 3.5 Million TEU • Implementation of global HSE fatal risks. • Training and awareness for global best practices. • STA to Korea to assist in implementation of best practices.
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Schenker International Ag
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Germany
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Freight and Package Transportation
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Wharf Clerk - Operations
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May 1997 - May 1999
• Paying Customs duty on imported goods • Obtaining Shipping line Delivery Orders for containerized goods ready for delivery • Arranging delivery and pick up of containers to customers • Arranging packing / unpack of containers and LCL delivery • Quarantine clearance / Fumigation • Paying Customs duty on imported goods • Obtaining Shipping line Delivery Orders for containerized goods ready for delivery • Arranging delivery and pick up of containers to customers • Arranging packing / unpack of containers and LCL delivery • Quarantine clearance / Fumigation
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Education
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2015 - 2017
Middlesex University
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Terminal Management -
2016 - 2017
APMT MAGNUM leadership programme
MAGNUM graduate, Leadership -
2015 - 2015
Kelvin TOP-SET
certificate, Lead investigator -
2014 - 2015
IBC
Diploma, Terminal Management -
2011 - 2011
HSE Council Dubai
ICAM (incident cause analysis method), Pass -
2011 - 2011
HSE Council, Dubai
Fire Warden -
2009 - 2009
TWI Middle East
NEBOSH International general Certificate, Occupational Health and Safety -
2008 - 2008
Australian Institute of Management
Certificate III and IV, Occuaptional Health and Safety Systems and Processes -
1993 - 1994
Rostrevor College
SACE -
DP World L&D
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