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Colin McKinstry

Airlie Beach,QLD

Summary

Hardworking professional with a solid customer service background. Has an adaptable and transferrable skillset.


Grounds maintenance, house renovation and general repairs and maintenance experience.


Extensive experience in a customer focused environment to provide an excellent service delivery.


Eligibility - Australian Citizen


Drivers License - NSW

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Groundsman

Rarekind (Lake Macquarie Council Contract)
11.2023 - 04.2024
  • Part of team responsible for maintaining grounds in the Lake Macquarie area.
  • Whipper snipping, push mower, zero turn and ride on mower.
  • Used shears and pruners to trim hedges and shrubs.

NOC Support Engineer

Andor IT (contract)
04.2023 - 10.2023
  • Supported Andor customers' network infrastructure.
  • Worked with clients both on site and via remote support.
  • Updated customers regarding open tickets and status of resolutions.

House Renovation

Owner
09.2022 - 04.2023
  • Worked alongside skilled trades as a labourer/trades assistant to undertake complete house restoration.
  • Fencing, turf laying, painting, decking, general repairs and maintenance, garden clearance and layout.

NSW Technical Lead

Tiliter (contract)
01.2022 - 09.2022
  • Supported roll out of Australia wide networked POS devices for the Woolworths chain.
  • Remote and onsite support for field engineers.

Network Engineer

West Berkshire Council (contract)
07.2021 - 11.2021
  • Provided network support services for devices such as hubs, bridges, routers and other hardware.

Senior Field Network Engineer

NCR
12.2019 - 12.2020
  • Supported networking contracts, ran training courses for Cisco products.

TAC Engineer

Riverbed TAC
09.2018 - 11.2019
  • Supported Riverbed network solutions including Optimization and SD-Wan.

Various Short-term Roles

(contract)
04.2018 - 08.2018
  • Contracts supporting network products.

Customer Support Engineer

Cisco Systems
03.2012 - 03.2018
  • Supporting Cisco premium customers, acting as an escalation point for field engineers, 24/7 support team.
  • Maintained strong relationships with clients by consistently delivering timely, professional, and empathetic support services.

Previous Experience

Various
01.1996 - 03.2012

Previous experience has been working as an IT Network Engineer for Cisco Systems and other service providers.

Skills

  • Grounds maintenance
  • General repairs and maintenance
  • Customer service focus
  • Manual handling experience
  • Physically fit and able
  • NDIS qualifications
  • First Aid certified
  • White card
  • NSW Police Clearance
  • IT Networking experience

Certification

  • ONC Electrical Engineering
  • Prince 2 Foundation
  • Building Multilayer Switched Networks
  • Optimising Converged Networks
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
  • CCNA
  • CCNP (CCIE written)
  • ITIL Foundation

Timeline

Groundsman

Rarekind (Lake Macquarie Council Contract)
11.2023 - 04.2024

NOC Support Engineer

Andor IT (contract)
04.2023 - 10.2023

House Renovation

Owner
09.2022 - 04.2023

NSW Technical Lead

Tiliter (contract)
01.2022 - 09.2022

Network Engineer

West Berkshire Council (contract)
07.2021 - 11.2021

Senior Field Network Engineer

NCR
12.2019 - 12.2020

TAC Engineer

Riverbed TAC
09.2018 - 11.2019

Various Short-term Roles

(contract)
04.2018 - 08.2018

Customer Support Engineer

Cisco Systems
03.2012 - 03.2018

Previous Experience

Various
01.1996 - 03.2012
Colin McKinstry