Experience

Queensland Rail

• Australia
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technical Officer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Assist with the design of and facilitate the introduction of new technology into QR. Upskill and facilitate the training of these new technologies to QR personnel located in depots across Queensland. Assist with the design of and facilitate the introduction of new technology into QR. Upskill and facilitate the training of these new technologies to QR personnel located in depots across Queensland.



UGL

• Field Services Maintenance Supervisor

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

  To maintain and repair Pacific National's electric locomotive fleet operating in the Blackwater Coal system of Central Queensland. Diagnose root cause faults on locomtoives by reviewing and intrepreting downloaded files from the onboard control computers such as the Siemens SIBAS and Wabtec EPIC (brake rack) & QUADS (event recorder) then making recommendations on the repairs to be be conducted or modifications that may be required on locomotive equipment or inspection procedures. To maintain and repair Pacific National's electric locomotive fleet operating in the Blackwater Coal system of Central Queensland. Diagnose root cause faults on locomtoives by reviewing and intrepreting downloaded files from the onboard control computers such as the Siemens SIBAS and Wabtec EPIC (brake rack) & QUADS (event recorder) then making recommendations on the repairs to be be conducted or modifications that may be required on locomotive equipment or inspection procedures.



UGL

• Australia
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Coordinator

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

  Assign tasks to the maintenance crew on duty. Monitor progress of the assigned tasks to ensure locomotive maintenance schedules are met. Coordinate fault calls from locomotive crews and assist the locomotive crew repair locomotive faults via telephone. Attend locomotive faults and expedite repairs to ensure train running schedules are met. Provide coaching and training sessions for locomotive service technicians with the intent to reduce faults on locomotives. Improve reliability of locomotives and increase their availability for revenue traffic.



looking for new opporunity

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Locomotive Technical Specialist Electrical

  • Nov 2017 - Mar 2019

  Looking for opportunities in the rail industry with a focus on Supervision or as an electrical technician on locomotives. I have many years working autonomously in a role similar to a service engineer. I also enjoyed my role as the Supervisor of a team of technical specialists. In the role of supervisor of the team of specialists we were able to increase the availability of the fleet from 65% to a consistent 90% within 3 years. The result was achieved through allocating tasks daily to the team to ensure that the work being performed on the fleet was the best option and if not quickly modify the tasks to receive that result I.e. make a modification to a piece of equipment or a procedural change to a document, bring the locomotive to the shed for investigation. I have qualifications as a Trainer / Assesor / Group Instructor since 1992 and during that time have developed and delivered numerous instructional courses to the trade staff in Aurizon's rollingstock maintenance depots. I also have an Internal Auditor's certificate



Aurizon

• Australia
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reliability Leader Central

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2017

  As a team we were able to reduce the number of faults per loco per year significantly and increase the availability of the fleet from 65% to 90% within 3 years.I supervised the day to day operation of a team of 14 talented & motivated Technical people who were experts in their chosen trade fields i.e. Electricians, Mechanical Fitters and Electronic Technicians. The members of the team were distributed across 3 depots in Queensland - Gladstone(Callemondah), Mackay(Jilalan) and Bowen(Pring).I ensured that the daily duties of the team included assisting or providing technical advice to the trades people on the depot floor to repair faults both in the depot facility or on track. I would communicate daily with the members of the team on duty to discuss ideas on improving the reliability of the rollingstock through implementing modification or procedural changes to work documents. We would also discuss any rollingstock faults in traffic and what action would be required to facilitate appropriate repairs i.e. return to loco to the depot for investigation or request a download of the computers to peruse the files for faults.We also monitored the operation of locomotives and wagons with the objective to be proactive in reducing any recurring faults or trends that are noticed during our daily surveys taken over the last 24 hours. My role was to co-ordinate, provide support and advice to ensure that the best option was taken and that was shown to have worked with the improvement in locomotive availability.

• Team Supervisor

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2017

  Actively seeking new employment venture

• Technical Specialist (Electrical)

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2016

  A member of a team that provides both Electrical & Mechanical Technical Expertise on Diesel & Electric Locomotives.To provide expertise in first respondents to fault finding and repairing faults and failures on the locomotive fleet at Callemondah Depot and to provide recommendations for appropriate modifications.



QRNational

• Service Officer (Electrical)

  • Sep 2005 - Nov 2008

  Developed and delivered instructional courses regarding the electrical operation of Diesel Electric & 25kV Electric Locomotives to the trades staff at QRNational's locomotives depots. Developed and delivered instructional courses regarding Distributed Power systems (remote controlled locos) distributed throughout trains. The systems were provided by Wabtec Australia & GE (EPIC 2) Provided troubleshooting expertise to diagnose and repair rouge faults on QRNational's locomotive fleet based at Callemondah Locomotive Depot. Provided coaching for the trades staff at the depot.



Wabtec Australia

• Technical Service Engineer

  • Feb 2003 - Aug 2005

  Commissioned the installations of the Wabtec EPIC brake systems into 25kV Electric Locomotives for QR and facilitated their introduction into service. Provided support and facilitation to the depot during the introductory phase of the Integrated Distributed Power functions of the 25kV electric locomotives into revenue service. Commissioned the installations of the Wabtec EPIC brake systems into 25kV Electric Locomotives for QR and facilitated their introduction into service. Provided support and facilitation to the depot during the introductory phase of the Integrated Distributed Power functions of the 25kV electric locomotives into revenue service.



Queensland Rail

• Australia
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Service Officer (Electrical)

  • Mar 1995 - Feb 2003