Benjamin Klein

My roles within CE Solutions were:

Director CE Solutions :

• Manage the day to day running of the business including commercial planning and co-ordination with our clients, suppliers and accounting staff;
• Operational planning with my co-director;
• Execution of operations in field;
• Manage maintenance operations including: Implement management systems to track and record preventative maintenance, breakdown maintenance, external maintenance and maintenance cost across our fleet of equipment;
• Organise and co-ordinate external maintenance work;
• Conduct maintenance in field as required.

• Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, Goonyella Riverside Mine, work with assigned superintendents and ensure:
• Contractors are working in compliance with QLD Coal Mining Act and Regulations, and BMA Contractor Management requirements;
• Contractors execute works as per contract particulars including scope of works requirements, safety requirements and commercial requirements.
• Effective onboarding and off boarding of required contractors and contracts to achieve GRM Maintenance requirements.
• Constant monitoring and improvement of Contractor Management across Site and BMA in conjunction with other departments.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Organising operators and co-ordinating start up of all wet hires Ezyquip wide;
• Liaise with clients/branch managers and establish operator and machinery requirements;
• Establish training/induction requirements and ensure operators are despatched with correct qualifications.
• Ensure safety requirements are met according to customer and Ezyquip policies. This includes writing, implementing and reviewing Work Method Statements, and overseeing other policies such as Fatigue Management, Journey Management, and driver policies;
• Co-ordinate fleet of Light Vehicles to meet hire requirements;
• Co-ordination of all drill rig and stabiliser wet hire operations;
• Manage the employment of all Ezyquip plant operators including onboarding as required, performance management, termination/redundancy if required;
• Create and implement policy and procedure as required to better manage and control wet hire operations;
• Extensive involvement in pricing and quoting wet hire work;
• Operate machinery as required;
• Training of operators as required.

Duties included but were not limited to:

• Co-ordinate a team of up to 10 field maintenance staff to complete all required breakdown and preventative maintenance in the western QLD area.
• Liaise with clients and co-ordinate breakdown and scheduled maintenance.
• Order, receive and organise all required parts for breakdown and scheduled maintenance.
• Oversee ready for hire process and keep branch staff updated on available machinery, and required repair times.
• Use of computer programs such as Baseplan and Excel to keep company records and organise branch activities.
• Training of new service staff as required.

My roles within RBK Solutions included but were not limited to:

Director RBK Solutions :

• Manage the day to day running of the business including commercial planning and co-ordination with our clients, suppliers and accounting team.
• Operational planning with my co-director and management team.
• Execution of operations in field.
• Liaise with clients, suppliers and organisation of staff in pursuit of organisational goals.

Maintenance Manager :

• Manage maintenance operations including:
• Implement management systems to track and record preventative maintenance, breakdown maintenance, external maintenance and maintenance cost across our fleet of owned and hired machinery.
• Select and oversee maintenance staff to achieve maintenance requirements across the fleet.
• Organise and co-ordinate external maintenance work.
• Conduct maintenance in field and at our workshop as required.

Duties encompassed organising and co-ordinating overburden operations in conjunction with opposing shift and site superintendents including:

• Pre-starting crews and organising daily activities to meet production targets.
• Overseeing safe operation of two fleets of 777 caterpillar and 785 Komatsu ridged dump trucks, one Hitachi 2400 excavator, one Hitachi 1200 excavator, fifteen D11 pre-strip dozers, and support equipment such as water trucks, graders, 20 tonne excavators etc.

• Push out overburden and topsoil to design for rehabilitation areas.
• Strip overburden and achieve production targets.
• Push out and maintain tip heads in a safe and productive manner.
• Cut access ramps and prepare safety bunds for mining activities.
• Rip and level ore body in preparation for mining.

Duties included but were not limited to:

• Operating 657 twin powered scrapers at Thiess Mining's Lake Vermont coal mine at Dysart in Queensland.
• Assist with required maintenance of machinery.

Duties included but were not limited to:

• Operate and maintain 637G and E twin power scrapers.
• Operate Cat 16H graders, water carts and Cat D10R dozers when required to.
• The operation and maintenance of three 637 E's, the lodging of daily machine dockets and weekly time sheets, and liaison between all parties.
• Maintenance included service and repairs, preventative maintenance, parts ordering and record keeping of all repairs and maintenance.

• Shearer
• Spray boom operator
• Header and chaser bin operator
• Some earthmoving experience on farms.