Résumé
April 2017 – July 2018 APA Group
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Procurement Specialist
I was approached by management consultants Scotford & Fennessy early in 2017 with a view to joining APA Group which I did early in April on a fixed term contract.
Major projects included the Yamarna Gas Pipeline and Murrin Murrin Compressor Station, together with various other responsibilities.
Packages under my direction ranged from major equipment valued between $500k - $2.5M, plus construction contracts ranging between $8M - $45M.
August 2013 – March 2017 Lake View Business Services
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Consultant
Commensurate with the downturn of activity in the Australian resources industry over this period, I diversified from my normal procurement and contracts role into varying fields of activity, primarily on a consultancy basis.
These activities, capitalising on my advanced computer skills, included:
Website creation, authoring and maintenance for an Albany based film production company
Development of an e-commerce facility for the online sale and distribution of DVD’s produced by the aforementioned production company
Personal development and enhancement of computer knowledge
December 2012 – Aug 2013 Kazakhmys Projects B.V.
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Procurement Officer
Senior Procurement Officer responsible for the negotiation and award of major internationally sourced packages for the Aktogay Oxide Project (Copper) in Kazakhstan.
Specific activities included:
Preparation and issue of Tender Packages
Review and evaluation of Bids together with the compilation and analysis of Bid Tabulations in Excel spreadsheet format
Liaise with engineering teams in Perth, Brisbane and Almaty, Kazakhstan to resolve Tender clarification issues
Negotiation with vendors to clarify and resolve commercial issues
Preparation and submission of Procurement Progress Reports, tabled at the weekly project meeting, which was conducted via international teleconference.
Formulate and compile Recommendations For Award (RFA) for board approval
Write and Issue Notices of Award (NOA) subsequent to the necessary management sign-offs
Compile and issue conformed Purchase Orders / Contracts
Monitor, expedite and track package progress
Review and approve milestone payments / progress claims
Major packages included the Cathode Stripping Machine, Boilers, Agitators, Pumps, Transformers and HV Switchgear.
Package values averaged between US$2 – US$3 million.
December 2011 – Sep 2012 Sedgman Limited
Burswood, Western Australia
POSITION: Project Procurement Lead
During my time at Sedgman, I was the Project Procurement Lead responsible as line manager for the supervision of three (3) staff (Senior Procurement Officer, Procurement Officer and a Transport/Logistics/Expeditor.)
My duties included the coordination, preparation and issue of budget enquiries for various potential projects including the Cerro del Gallo Silver Project – Mexico, Segilola Gold Project – Nigeria, Mungari Gold Project – Kalgoorlie and the Coburn Mineral Sands (Zircon) project north of Geraldton, Western Australia.
I also conducted staff performance reviews and reviewed and approved timesheets.
September 2011 – Dec 2011 Parsons Brinckerhoff
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Procurement Officer
Senior Procurement Officer on the Rowley Yard Infrastructure Upgrade for Fortescue Metals Group. Responsible for administration of contracts for earthworks, fit-out of automated rail workshop equipment and building of new administration office and workshop.
October 2003 – July 2011 Ausenco Services Limited
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Procurement Officer
Senior Procurement Officer for the Tulawaka Project in Tanzania, Kainantu Gold Project in Papua New Guinea and Gosowong Expansion Project in Indonesia. Aside from preparation and administration of major procurement packages, I was also responsible for development and maintenance of Procurement Status Reports, Contract Variation Registers and Electronic Tendering Processes. I was also designated a computer “super user” and in this role provided desktop software support and mentoring to other staff members.
August 2001 – July 2003 Kellogg Joint Venture
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Purchasing Officer
Employed originally to provide Procurement input to the budget estimate for the Trunkline Onshore Terminal (TOT) for Woodside’s Karratha OGP.
I then moved on to handle various equipment for Woodside’s LNG Train 4 upgrade with individual package values of around A$5,000,000.
Computer activities centred on RFT packages being issued via KJV’s web based interface, document administration via DocsOpen and preparation of bid analysis and award recommendation documentation using Microsoft® Office based software.
July 2000 – August 2001 Lake View Digital Image
POSITION: Private Business Development
This period was spent developing my small business interests in the fields of website authoring, digital photography, picture restoration, image manipulation and video production.
January 2000 – July 2000 Transfield-Worley Joint Venture / Worley Limited
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Purchasing Officer
I contracted my services to both Worley and Transfield-Worley for short term contracts on various projects; e.g. Epic Energy – South Australia, Ravensthorpe Nickel Project and also carried out relief work on various Woodside assets within the TW organization.
February 1998 - April 1998 Woodside Offshore Petroleum
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Procurement Officer - Cossack Pioneer Optimisation Project
This project, originally Project Managed by the Transfield-Worley Alliance was taken back as a Woodside project in mid-February 1998.
My duties involved the procurement of all items needed for the refurbishment of the Cossack Pioneer, a former oil tanker converted to an FPSO (Floating Production Storage & Offtake) facility. The vessel went into dry dock in Bahrain in January 1999 for the completion of this work aimed at increasing the oil production to over 100,000 bblpd.
October 1996 - Jan 1998 Bateman Kinhill Kilborn J.V.
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Procurement Officer - Bulong Nickel Project
This project was project managed by Bateman Kinhill Kilborn on behalf of Resolute Resources Pty Ltd and Energy Oil & Gas N.L.
I was responsible for various aspects of the Procurement function on miscellaneous packages and deputised for the Project Procurement Manager in his absence.
Bid Tabulations and analysis were carried out on Microsoft® Excel 7.0 with recommendations being written up in Microsoft® Word 7.0a. Document storage and retrieval is handled via a locally developed DMS system.
Tender schedules were lodged electronically to expedite the evaluation process and a number of other functions, such as vendor information searches, product location and drawing transmittal etc, were performed via the Internet.
January 1996 - Sept 1996 Bateman Kinhill Kilborn J.V.
Perth, Western Australia
POSITION: Procurement Officer - Mt.Todd Gold Mine Phase II Development
This project, with a budget of over $200 million, was project managed by Bateman Kinhill Kilborn on behalf of Pegasus Gold Australia Pty Ltd (Formerly known as Zapopan N.L.)
I was responsible for all aspects of the Procurement function on various packages for this major expansion to the Mt.Todd Gold Mine situated at Katherine in the Northern Territory.
October 1994 - Dec 1995 Tiwest Joint Venture
Kwinana, Western Australia
POSITION: Senior Procurement Officer - Project Engineering
After a month’s vacation in Europe I was invited by Tiwest to rejoin them on a direct contract basis to handle the procurement side of a major 80,000 tpa plant upgrade.
Supervision of a Storeperson / Expediter and clerical personnel formed part of my duties together with the implementation of a Procurement Register and Cost Control System. Data input to the MIMS purchasing and inventory control system also formed part of my scope.
My position reported directly to the Manager of Engineering and handled all procurement aspects of the $30 million project, including the preparation and administration of site based construction contracts, out of the Kwinana office.
November 1993 - Sept 1994 Minproc Engineers Pty Ltd
Nedlands, Western Australia.
POSITION: Purchasing Officer - Project Engineering
Employed on contract to Minproc Engineers but seconded to the Tiwest Joint Venture in Kwinana.
Various upgrade projects were successfully completed with a total value of around $8 million.
July 1993 - November 1993 Clough Engineering Group
Nedlands, Western Australia.
POSITION: Procurement Officer
I commenced duties with Clough in early July 1993 as one of two Procurement Officers working on the Dhodak Oil and Gas Condensate Plant in Northern Pakistan (Project Value US $200 Million).
Standard procurement duties included Bid Analysis utilising Microsoft Excel 4.0 Spreadsheet software, vendor negotiation on an International basis, analysis of exchange rate fluctuations etc.
May 1991 - July 1993 Signet Engineering Pty Ltd
Osborne Park, Western Australia.
POSITION: Contracts and Procurement Officer
I joined Signet Engineering following the dissolution of the Mount Keith project team at Kinhill's offices in Victoria Park. At Signet I worked on various projects reporting directly to the Project Manager in each case. These projects included:
* Argyle Plant Upgrade (Argyle Diamonds) - $98 million
* Salsigne Gold Mine (Southern France) - $28 million
* Wiluna Biox Plant (Asarco Gold) - $26 million
* Paddy’s Flat Project (Dominion Mining) - $3 million
* Telfer Upgrades (Newcrest Mining) - $8 million
* Wiluna Dump Leach (Asarco Australia) - $2.5 million
* Tanami Gold Mine (Zapopan N.L.) - $4 million
My duties included the preparation of enquiry packages, tender evaluation, awarding of Purchase Orders/Contracts and administration thereof.
Expediting, coordination of transport services, client liaison and invoice/progress claim verification also formed part of my scope of work.
August 1990 - April 1991 Kinhill Engineers Limited
Victoria Park, Western Australia
POSITION: Contracts / Procurement Officer
Employed initially by the Nedpac-Kinhill joint Venture as assistant to the Contracts Manager. I was based in Nedlands and worked on the pre-project stages of the Mount Keith Nickel Project ($450 million).
When the Joint Venture partnership with Nedpac was dissolved and a new one formed with Signet Engineering, I transferred to Kinhill's offices in Victoria Park.
Duties included the preparation of Invitation to Tender documents for both Contracts and Purchase Orders, Contract negotiations, general procurement and expediting.
August 1987 - May 1990 Barrack Mine Management Pty Ltd
Perth, Western Australia.
POSITION: Procurement & Contracts Officer
Responsible for Contract preparation and administration, purchasing, expediting and cost control on such projects as the Croydon Gold Mine in Northern Queensland ($12 million), the Horseshoe Lights Flotation Plant ($5 million) and the Wiluna Gold Mine Plant - Capacity Increase ($9.5 million). Duties also included man-hour control and analysis, invoice/progress claim approval and processing.
Project status reports were generated using various software packages including Lotus and dBase III+.