Damian Kelleher
Sarina,QLD
Summary
Experienced Conveyor Technician with over 34 years of experience in the mining industry.
Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Offering excellent communication and good judgment.
Dedicated mining professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices.
Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational goals.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Coordinator Conveyors,Rubber,Corrosion Control
Morobe Consolidated Gold
Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
06.2012 - Current
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Quickly learns new skills and applies them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working
- MMJV Safety Policy JSEA, JSO and SWP
- Maintaining high equipment availability
- Ensure availability of critical spares
- Back to basics approach
- Schedule and coordinate major shutdowns
- Maintaining staff, rostering, travel and leave entitlements
- Compile and ensure budget targets are achieved
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
- Developed team communications and information for meetings
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time
- Monitored company inventory to keep stock levels and databases updated
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns
Coordinator Conveyors and Rubber Lining
OkTedi Mining Ltd
Tabubil, Papua New Guinea
03.2000 - 06.2012
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Maintaining high equipment availability
- Ensure availability of critical spares
- Schedule and coordinate major shutdowns
- Maintaining Staff Training, Roster and leave
- Comply with OTML safety policy JSA, JSO and SWP
- Improve on 4 Star NOSA rating system
- Compile and ensure budget targets are achieved
Manager Field Services
Austbelt Splicing Services
Mackay, Queensland
08.1993 - 03.2000
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments, planning and coordinating in-house and outsourced resources.
- Interacted with clients on regular basis to quickly alleviate issues and provide project updates.
- Built client relationships by responding to inquiries, identifying and assessing clients' needs, resolving problems, and following up with potential and existing clients.
- Handled complaints, provided appropriate solutions and alternatives within appropriate timeframes, and followed up to achieve results
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Coordinate splicing crews
- Maintaining equipment availability 24 hour call out service
- Budget Control
- Staff Training
- Ensure safety policies are adhered to
- QA Control
- Quotations
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence
- Established performance and service goals and held associates accountable for individual performance
- Mentored departmental team, boosting efficiency, success and morale among employees
Leading Hand Conveyor Technician
Austbelt Splicing Services
Mackay, Queensland
01.1993 - 08.1994
- Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
- Customer Communications
- Coordinate splicing crews
- Maintaining equipment availability 24 hour call out service
- Budget Control
- Staff Training
- Ensure safety policies are adhered to
- QA Control
- Quotations
Conveyor Technician
Austbelt Splicing Services
Mackay, Queensland
01.1991 - 12.1992
- Observed prescribed safety rules and regulations, maintaining neat and orderly work areas and mitigating occupational hazards.
- Detected and reported defective equipment, damaged materials and conveyor belt code violations to maintain client safety.
- Received and verified incoming parts, materials and supplies, cross-referencing inventories with orders to match parts with complex belt systems.
- Fabricated, installed and repaired conveyor belts, roller systems and escalators according to manufacturer and client specifications.
- 24 Hour Callout service
- Maintaining equipment availability
- Initiate cost cutting measures
- Train National staff
- Overseas projects
- Installed and vulcanized both light and heavy-weight conveyor belting
- Observed prescribed safety rules and regulations, maintaining neat and orderly work areas and mitigating occupational hazards
- Performed many tasks following SOPs and instructions to promote safety rules and regulations
- Removed finished products from machines, stacked, boxed and forwarded through production line
- Recommended repairs, parts, blades and supplies to keep equipment in optimal working condition
- Followed policies, procedures, continuous quality improvement objectives and safety and environmental practices to promote workplace efficiency
- Liaised with staff teams to support completion of interdisciplinary duties and fulfill on-time product shipping commitment
- Set up and operated machinery for binding and related finish operations to meet quantity and quality standards
- Troubleshot equipment, solved problems and enhanced production process to meet production goals
- Read work orders to determine setup specifications
- Aligned screws to regulate tension of creasing blades and folding rollers
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
- Installed and vulcanized both light and heavy-weight conveyor belting.
Conveyor Technician- Trainee
Queensland Conveyor Services (QCS)
Mackay, Queensland
01.1988 - 12.1990
- Attended training courses to build understanding of processes, techniques and industry.
- Increased training efficiency by working closely with supervisor and coworkers, asking questions, and giving honest, detailed feedback.
- Training to work on Steel cord and fabric conveyor belt systems
- Solid woven conveyor belts UG
- Rip repair line
Carpenter
Grollos Construction
Melbourne, Victoria
01.1986 - 12.1988
Carpenter
Budget Homes
Mackay, QLD
01.1981 - 12.1985
Concrete Finisher
B&M Kelleher Concreting
Mackay, QLD
01.1980 - 01.1981
Skills
- Over 34 years extensive experience Conveyor Technician, throughout Australia and extensively working in Indonesia,Papua New Guinea and Chile with strong and proven record of maintenance with high standards of operation
- Respectful of co-workers differences- ie: ethnicity, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds) both professionally and privately
- Extensive Computer skills: Excel, Word, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Pronto and Elipse Programs
- Accurate workmanship, with the ability to establish goals and work priorities
- Proven ability to provide effective and efficient supervision and training
- Well developed leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate willingness to help others contribute to team performance and enhance team morale
- Demonstrate ability to follow and promote safe work practices
Certification
Certificate IV Frontline Management
(in progress)
Certificate IV Polymer Processing
(Conveyors)
Certificate IV Training & Assessment
Certificate IV Occupational Health & Safety
Quality Assurance Officer (Conveyors)
Conveyor Technician Trainer & Mentor
Png Standards
Founding Chairman ITC Panel
Conveyor Technician Standards PNG
Experienced with:
MIMS, ELLIPSE and Pronto purchasing and Inventory Systems
Operating Excellence Basics:
Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Methodology
Experienced with Quality Assurance
Occupational First Aider
CEP Certificate Course
ForkLift License
MR Drivers Licence Australia
Projects
Zaldivar Copper Mine Antofagasta, Chile, South America
- Install all conveyor during construction ST4000 and heavy duty fabric belts
- Electrowinning Plant - Assistant Manager
Hay Point Coal Terminal Queensland
- Jetty Conveyor System Build
Darlrymple Bay Queensland
- Replaced Jetty Conveyor System
Stanthorp Power Station
Abbott Point Coal Terminal
Kenmaire Drift Belt Installation
Bowen Basin Coal Fields
- Maintain and Service conveyors throughout the area
Freeport Copper Mine,Indonesia
- Installation Crusher incline belt system ST4000 and heavy duty fabric drift belts
Gracemere Mine
- Drift Belt Installation
OkTedi Mining Ltd, Tabubil, Papua New Guinea
- Replace Inpit ST4000 steel cord and heavy duty fabric conveyor belts in the plant
Morobe Consolidated Gold Fields, Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
- Overland pipe conveyor recovery 6km installed ST2250
References
Mr Ian Strachan
Senior Electrical Inspector
Ok Tedi Mining
Box 1 Tabubil, Western Province, 332
Papua New Guinea
phone: 675 649 5572
675 7031 9980
675 649 3166
Email: ian.strachan@oktedi.com
Mr Scott Blain
First Quantum Minerals
Cobra Panama, South America
Training Manager
WhatsAp: +5076590-7419
Email: scottblain@fqml.com
Mr Chris Rogers
First Quantum Minerals
Cobre Panama, South America
WhatsAp: +61 43120 5417
Email: chris.rogers@fqml.com
Mr Kent Rogers
Shaw-Almax South Pacific
Director- Business Development
Phone: + 61 48878 0243
Fax: +61 74422 0006
Email: kwatson@almax-asia-pacific.com
Timeline
Coordinator Conveyors,Rubber,Corrosion Control
Morobe Consolidated Gold
06.2012 - Current
Coordinator Conveyors and Rubber Lining
OkTedi Mining Ltd
03.2000 - 06.2012
Manager Field Services
Austbelt Splicing Services
08.1993 - 03.2000
Leading Hand Conveyor Technician
Austbelt Splicing Services
01.1993 - 08.1994
Conveyor Technician
Austbelt Splicing Services
01.1991 - 12.1992
Conveyor Technician- Trainee
Queensland Conveyor Services (QCS)
01.1988 - 12.1990
Carpenter
Grollos Construction
01.1986 - 12.1988
Carpenter
Budget Homes
01.1981 - 12.1985
Concrete Finisher
B&M Kelleher Concreting
01.1980 - 01.1981