• May 2021 - Present

Mechanical Supervisor of Commissioning & Maintenance of Kwinana Lithium Hydroxide Plant

• Oct 2019 - May 2021

• Routine corrective and preventative maintenance on all process plant and rotating equipment. • Installation of automated valves and commissioning, Laser alignment of GEA mechanical vapor recompression turbo fans and all centrifugal, propeller and vacuum pumps on site. • Pump overhauls, and installation of mechanical seals and bearings, Commissioning of seal water pots and seal water systems. • Routine maintenance of ore supply ranging from conveyors, feeders, Metso ball mill & rotary kiln, bucket conveyor, chutes and rotary valves • Flange management, Torqueing and tensioning, Use of Hydratight torque equipment. • Stand in Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor when required, assigning daily work orders to mechanical team, building mechanical maintenance weekly plans, planning & shutdown meetings, approval of daily maintenance request notifications, using SAP for time confirmations, work order completions & purchase requisitions • Commissioning tasks on Heat exchangers, Centrifuges and rotary valves. • Assisting the operations team on all breakdown mechanical work, scheduled work and root cause failure on all equipment. • Assisting with contractor supervision during commissioning and construction, working with planners, coordinators and supervisors for shutdown plans. • Completing maintenance documentation, ordering parts, time confirmations, raising notifications and work orders, and closing of work orders using the computerized maintenance management system SAP. Use of electronic permit system Intelli-permit, Level 2 isolator trained.• Relief Mechanical planner, Intermediate in SAP GUI, scoping of mechanical tasks, developing SWI’s & maintenance schedules, ordering parts, creating purchase & service requisitions, requesting of quotes from vendors, writing work packs, work procedures, planning weekly schedule’s and creating excel spreadsheets of completed scheduled works. Show less

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

• Feb 2017 - Sep 2019

• Working as a maintainer conducting maintenance activities in accordance with the weekly plan and the Tronox life rules, HSE policies and procedures. • Routine corrective and preventative maintenance on all rotating equipment including steam turbines and emergency trip testing of the steam turbines, compressors, boilers, Warman, Durco, Sulzer and Worthington pumps, conveyors, feeders and ball mills • Assisting Monadelphous with routine maintenance and shutdown works on the Natural gas fired Co-generation power station • Maintenance on various conveying and feeding systems including bucket elevators, screw feeders and ball mills. • ARC, MIG and TIG welding. Laser alignment, Installation of mechanical seals and bearings on centrifugal pumps. • Installation of piping including manufacturing ABS piping and many various valves, overhauling heat exchangers, pre heaters and TICl4 Vaporizers, First breaks on TICl4 lines and multiple chemical lines. • Identify and reporting of all work improvements, plant defects, completing maintenance documentation, ordering parts and closing of work orders using the computerized maintenance management system Elipse, and SAP. • Assisting the operations team on all breakdown mechanical work, scheduled work and root cause failure on all equipment, Captain of the Emergency Response Team that includes various emergency scenarios, training and mentoring of trainee ERT members Show less

Hydraulic Technician

• Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

• Working as a hydraulic technician meeting the highest standards of installations in the Pressure Dynamics workshop, offshore and remote sites in the Pilbara. • Installing various hydraulic equipment, reading and Interpreting complex hydraulic circuit drawings and schematics. • Maintenance of hydraulic equipment ranging from train dumper, feeder drives, stacker reclaimer and braking control systems at multiple mining sites • Manufacturing of offshore production HPU’S, Chemical injection skids and flushing and test skids, tube bending of S/S, super duplex and autoclave tube. • Commissioning of marine loading arms and HPU on the Woodside Jetty • Commissioning of topside umbilical’s, hydraulic power units and subsea equipment on Chevron’s Wheatstone offshore platform. • Operating Pressure Dynamics hire HPU’S. • Rebuilding, testing and FAT of Woodside subsea wellhead control panels, PSV setting. • Test and rebuilding of subsea bifold valves. Troubleshooting of hydraulic faults, pressure testing with Hydac data logger, calibrating Hydac transducers. • Onsite commissioning and rebuilding of pumps, valves and motors. Show less

• Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

Alcoa Pinjarra Cogen • Conducting specialized mechanical maintenance on the Alinta Energy Co-Generation power station, working under the Alcoa permit to work system on the heat recovery steam generator. • Mitsubishi Gas Turbine, rotating equipment, installation of steam control valves, mechanical seals and coolers, heat exchangers, cooling towers, valves, pumps and gas piping. • High pressure water feed pump installations and laser alignment, nitrogen leak testing/ snoop test, gearbox overhauls, flange management.• Bearing removal and installation.• Identify root causes of mechanical issues and analyze the failures, commissioning and operations assist upon start up on compressors, turbines and rotating equipment. • Consult work method statements, diagrams and drawings. Show less

• Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

LNG train 1 shutdown works

• Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

Working on the Maintenance/Preservation crew,Conducting the following Maintenance and Preservation work on LNG trains 1-3, Acid Gas Removal 1-3, Gas Inlet Modules, Utilities and Jetty offloading facilitiesMaintenance and repair work carried out on, GE Gas Turbines, GE Reciprocating Compressors, Centrifugal Pumps, Gearboxes, Rotating Equipment, Diesel Power Generation, Fin Fans, Static Equipment, Heat Exchanges, Lube Systems, Cooling Systems, Valves, Piping, Hydra tight Flange Management, Hydro Testing, Read and Consult P&ID'S, Walk downs and Experience in the Chevron Permit to work system Show less

Machinist

• May 2014 - Oct 2015

Working Offshore aboard the Castarone DP vessel and previously the Saipem Semac 1 Semi-Submersible Barge on Construction of the 42 inch, 889km Inpex Itcheys Gas Export pipeline conducting daily work as a Machinist. Machining the 29mm Wall thickness pipe with specific preparations following 0.01mm tolerances, Daily Maintenance of Bevel Machine and Pipe laying equipment in the Beveling section, Installation of precision cutting tools on the bevel machine, Working in with mechanics on major breakdown work and installations on the pipe laying equipment, Hydraulic maintenance and daily inspections of valves, hoses, gauges and pumps. Operating Hydraulic controlled pipe walking beam systems, Basic Rigging and Dogging, Hazard and safety reporting, daily take 5 cards and numerous safety evacuations required for working offshore aboard a semi submersible barge Show less

Maintenance Mechanical Technician

• Jan 2010 - Apr 2014

Working on the Maintenance Crew at BHP Billiton Mt Keith Concentrator conducting maintenance on Crushing, Conveying, Milling, Chemical Plants, Hydraulic Lubrication Systems, Flotation’s many various maintenance jobs Following all BHP OH&S, PTW and JSA Procedures and Training Guidelines I completed - Using SAP for time confirmations, creating notifications and booking out of parts, Assisting with contractor supervision during plant shutdowns, working with planners and supervisors for shutdown plans and Shutdown Permit accepting, Conducting PM activities, Screen Services and rebuilds, Shift fitting and Breakdown work, Fault finding, Installation of Mechanical seals and gland packing seals, Heat exchanger monitoring, Larox Filter Services, Warman Pump Overhauls, Chemical pumps and centrifugal pumps overhauls and inspections, Diesel pump and power Services, General Inspections, Bearing Inspections, Lube and Temperature Inspections, General Machining and Milling, Laser Aligning, Permit Accepter, level 1 isolator and isolation checker, Basic ARC, MIG and TIG welding, Gas turbine, Centrifugal Wet Gas Compressor and Auxiliary maintenance, Electric and Hydraulic motor installation. Show less