John McWhinnie
Dawesville
Summary
Customer-oriented supervisor with several years of hands-on experience overseeing employee performance and offering knowledgeable guidance and support. Expert in industry best practices and principles of employee management. Blends superb time management and organizational skills to drive group success.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Supervisor
Raubex Construction
08.2021 - Current
- Installation of Emergency Bulkheads for CBH
- Install of 7km bypass road to Albany Highway
- Demolition of existing Albany Highway and rebuild with extra width
- Widening of Thomas Road/Nicholson Rd interchange to allow water main diversion
- Menzies to Kalgoorlie Shoulder Widening
- Kojinup Road widening
- Henderson Leachate Ponds
- Menzies to Leonora Shoulder Widening
- CBH Carnamah
- Gordon River Widening
- Thomas/ Nicholson Rd Interchange
- Menzies to Kalgoorlie Shoulder Widening
- Kojinup Road widening
- Henderson Leachate Ponds
- Menzies to Leonora Shoulder Widening
- CBH Carnamah
- Gordon River Widening
- Thomas/ Nicholson Rd Interchange
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Management of direct labour and sub contractors.
- Enabling works including service locating, geotechnical drilling, fencing compound set up etc.
- Planning and resourcing personnel and plant, running prestarts, safety meetings and toolbox talks.
- Craigieburn Road Upgrade
- Craigieburn Road Upgrade
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
08.2020 - 01.2021
- Management of direct employees and subcontractors, conduit relocations, repairs to existing structures, demolish and construction of new retaining walls.
- M80 E.J. Whitten Bridge
- M80 E.J. Whitten Bridge
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Management of direct labour and sub contractors for new build road within Melbourne Airport.
- Service locating, diversions and protection, earthworks and pavements, drainage and conduit install.
- Liaison with Client / Airport authorities.
- Planning and resourcing personnel and plant, running prestarts, safety meetings and toolbox talks.
- Northern Access Road – Melbourne Airport
- Northern Access Road – Melbourne Airport
General Foreman (Nights)
Fulton Hogan
08.2019 - 04.2020
- Management of direct labour and sub contractors on nightshift.
- Service locating, diversions and protection, direct drilling, earthworks and pavements.
- Liaison with Client / Airport authorities.
- Planning and resourcing personnel and plant, running prestarts, safety meetings and toolbox talks.
- Taxiway Zulu – Melbourne Airport
- Taxiway Zulu – Melbourne Airport
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
03.2019 - 08.2019
- Management of subcontractors involved in the construction of a new permanent Continuous Mix Asphalt Plant for Fulton Hogan.
- Overview of Civil, Structural and Mechanical packages, tracking of programme, monitoring Quality and reporting of any issues and ensuring that HSEQ was carried out in line with FH policies and procedures.
- Eastern Creek Asphalt Plant, NSW
- Eastern Creek Asphalt Plant, NSW
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Management of subcontractors involved in the construction of a new permanent Single Batch Asphalt Plant for Fulton Hogan.
- Overview of Civil, Structural and IT packages, as well as the tracking of program, also ensuring that HSEQ was carried out in line with FH policies and procedures.
- Bushells Ridge Asphalt Plant, NSW
- Bushells Ridge Asphalt Plant, NSW
Nightshift General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
08.2018 - 10.2018
- Management of subcontractors involved in the preparation and installation of PSB posts.
- Management of subcontractors carrying out Hydro Demolition works.
- General nightshift works.
- EJ Whitten Bridge
- EJ Whitten Bridge
Nightshift Supervisor
Fulton Hogan
09.2016 - 08.2018
- Primarily nightshift Supervisor, in charge of install of 32 km of Barrierguard 800, concrete barrier placements, removal and replacement of asphalt freeway pavement, mobile survey, management of sub contractors involved in ITS, profiling, asphalting and permanent barrier works.
- Repair and close out of defective works.
- Monash Freeway Upgrade, Victoria
- Monash Freeway Upgrade, Victoria
Project Supervisor
Musgrave Contracting
04.2016 - 08.2016
- Supervision of sub-division works
- Benbecula Loop, Port Kennedy
- Benbecula Loop, Port Kennedy
Senior Supervisor
Ertech
11.2015 - 02.2016
- Bulk earthworks for 32,000 m2 hardstand to McGrath Homes site.
- Other scope of works were drainage, service ducting, pavements and permanent fencing.
- KBP Wangara Hardstanding
- KBP Wangara Hardstanding
Senior Supervisor
Ertech
02.2015 - 11.2015
- Overseeing multi-disciplined subcontractors involved in dewatering, piling, blockwork, piling, formwork and exposed aggregate finish concrete.
- Also responsible for direct labour and plant operations for bulk excavations, structural embankments and the filling and placing of GSC bags for coastal protection.
- Busselton Foreshore Coastal Defences
- Busselton Foreshore Coastal Defences
Superintendent
Kiewit Ertech Joint Venture
07.2013 - 02.2015
- Scheduling, planning and procuring of plant and materials for the excavation, backfill and rehabilitation of pipe route.
- Excavation of H.V., L.V. and Comms cabling, backfill and rehabilitation.
- Overseeing set up for nightshift works.
- Wheatstone GS3 Contract
- Wheatstone GS3 Contract
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Geomarine
08.2012 - 07.2013
- Value: $25 million
- Construction of new stockyard at Port Hedland, Construction of lagoons, structural embankments, Dynamic replacement reinforcing of existing stockyard floor and foundations of transfer station buildings and stackers.
- Atlas Port Hedland Stockyard 2 Expansion
- Atlas Port Hedland Stockyard 2 Expansion
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
04.2012 - 08.2012
- Value: $1.2 Million AUD
- Supervisor for 20km HDPE water pipeline.
- Installation of 125, 250 and 280mm dia HDPE pipes, scour/ air valves and pumps.
- BHPB Olympic Dam ODP1 project
- BHPB Olympic Dam ODP1 project
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
08.2011 - 04.2012
- Value: $49 Million AUD
- 38km MSCL pipeline and booster pump stations for dewatering mine site.
- Rio Tinto MMP2 project
- Rio Tinto MMP2 project
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
04.2011 - 08.2011
- Value: $42 Million AUD
- Construction of Tailings Facility for BHP Billiton.
- Olympic Dam TSF5
- Olympic Dam TSF5
Nightshift Manager
Balfour Beatty Major Projects
01.2010 - 04.2011
- Value: £500 million
- Widening of existing M25 to four lanes from Junction 16 to Junction 23 (37km).
- Responsible for all nightshift operations.
- Excavation of road box, service diversions, installation of reinforced concrete slab for road, traffic management, excavation and installation of concrete lane dividers.
- Overseeing crane lifts for Gantries.
- Responsible for subcontractors bulk earthwork operations at night.
- Management of bulk spoil heaps and tips.
- Responsible for direct labour and plant and subcontractor working on nightshift.
- M25 Section 1 Widening
- M25 Section 1 Widening
Construction Superintendent
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd
04.2009 - 01.2010
- Value: £1 million
- Construction of new waste water treatment works.
- New reinforced concrete structures and online replacement of sewage pipework.
- Lilliesleaf W.w.T.W.
- Lilliesleaf W.w.T.W.
Construction Superintendent
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd.
01.2008 - 04.2009
- Value: £8.5 million
- Construction of 6no. waste water Pumping stations with emergency deep water outfalls.
- A new membrane reactor treatment works and a new network of gravity and pumping mains of approx 6.5km.
- Balvicar Networks, Isle of Seil
- Balvicar Networks, Isle of Seil
General Foreman
Galliford Costain Atkins J.V.
08.2006 - 01.2008
- Value: £3.1 million
- Refurbishment of an existing waste water treatment works including the excavation and construction of a new 32m dia. storm tank and 1.1km 900mm pipeline from on-line inlet works.
- Sale W.w.T.W., Manchester
- Sale W.w.T.W., Manchester
General Foreman
Galliford Try Morgan Est J.V.
04.2005 - 08.2006
- Value: £18 million
- Construction of new water treatment works including 4 underground water retaining structures, pressurized pipework, ducting, refurbishment of existing filters, earthworks, demolition of existing structures, landscaping, mobilization/demobilisation of site and various other civils based work.
- Loch Eck W.T.W.
- Loch Eck W.T.W.
General Foreman
Morrison Construction
06.2003 - 04.2005
- Value: £25 million (overall)
- Construction a new 28km 3 lane motorway on the outskirts of Glasgow.
- Seconded to the On-line roads section where the Motorway had to be constructed and at the same time keeping the existing A77 open at all times.
- All earthworks for this 2.5km section were controlled by myself (including control of road construction, lagoons, drainage, ducting, spoil tips, haul roads (construction and maintenance) landscaping and traffic management.)
- Dealing mostly with direct labour and plant but controlling specialist sub-contractors (Thrust borers and lime stabilisation crews).
- The online roads section was the only section on this project that the earthworks were not done by a specialist earthmoving subcontractor.
- M77 - Online Roads
- M77 - Online Roads
General Foreman
Morrison Construction
01.2003 - 06.2003
- Value: £750,000
- Pressure relief valve installation in the City of London.
- This project took place on the main road through Clapham Common and Transport for London ruled the road must remain open at all times so all works had to be performed with live traffic and pedestrians segregated from the works.
- This gave us very limited scope in storage and working area but all works had to be finished for each Friday evening which was achieved.
- Thames Water Alliance
- Thames Water Alliance
Foreman
Morrison Construction
08.2002 - 01.2003
- Value: £4.5 million
- In control of all external works on a prestige new build Shopping centre in Inverness Town Centre.
- Tasks carried out were drainage, ducting, water supply, slab laying, feature up lighting, hard and soft landscaping and new road construction.
- Eastgate Centre Phase 2, External Works
- Eastgate Centre Phase 2, External Works
Section Foreman
Bechtel-Morrison J.V.
01.2001 - 08.2002
- Value: £18 million
- New build Water Treatment Works as part of the Moray P.F.I. Project.
- Construction of new 2.5 million gallon storm tank, Sequential batch reactors, inlet works, u.v. treatment plant, M.C.C. buildings, sludge treatment buildings, odour control plant and ancillary tanks and buildings.
- Mobilisation/Demobilisation of site.
- All pipework/ ducting within new plant.
- MacDuff W.w.T.W., Moray P.F.I.
- MacDuff W.w.T.W., Moray P.F.I.
Section Foreman
Bechtel-Morrison J.V.
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Section Foreman in charge of excavation and laying of 1200mm 60m long flanged both ends pipeline below high tide level.
- Work involved setting up fabrication yards, excavation, installation and backfill – all through tidal shifts.
- Beach Section, Tay Project, Moray P.F.I.
- Beach Section, Tay Project, Moray P.F.I.
Education
Ardrossan Academy
01.1987
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Project management
- Safety compliance
- Quality control
- Resource allocation
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Conflict resolution
- Policy enforcement
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Training and mentoring
- Administration and reporting
- Positive attitude
- Teamwork
- Reliability
- Adaptability
- Interpersonal relations
- Customer relations
- Excel
- Etc
Languages
English only
References
References can be supplied on request.
Personal Information
- Nationality: British/ Australian Dual Citizen
- Marital Status: Married with 2 children
- Visa Status: Citizen
Current Employer
Raubex Construction Ltd, Senior Supervisor, $188,550, Pension, Vehicle, Phone, Laptop, 4 weeks
Languages
English
Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Supervisor
Raubex Construction
08.2021 - Current
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
01.2021 - 08.2021
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
08.2020 - 01.2021
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
03.2020 - 08.2020
General Foreman (Nights)
Fulton Hogan
08.2019 - 04.2020
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
03.2019 - 08.2019
General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
10.2018 - 03.2019
Nightshift General Foreman
Fulton Hogan
08.2018 - 10.2018
Nightshift Supervisor
Fulton Hogan
09.2016 - 08.2018
Project Supervisor
Musgrave Contracting
04.2016 - 08.2016
Senior Supervisor
Ertech
11.2015 - 02.2016
Senior Supervisor
Ertech
02.2015 - 11.2015
Superintendent
Kiewit Ertech Joint Venture
07.2013 - 02.2015
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Geomarine
08.2012 - 07.2013
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
04.2012 - 08.2012
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
08.2011 - 04.2012
Senior Supervisor
Ertech Pty Ltd.
04.2011 - 08.2011
Nightshift Manager
Balfour Beatty Major Projects
01.2010 - 04.2011
Construction Superintendent
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd
04.2009 - 01.2010
Construction Superintendent
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd.
01.2008 - 04.2009
General Foreman
Galliford Costain Atkins J.V.
08.2006 - 01.2008
General Foreman
Galliford Try Morgan Est J.V.
04.2005 - 08.2006
General Foreman
Morrison Construction
06.2003 - 04.2005
General Foreman
Morrison Construction
01.2003 - 06.2003
Foreman
Morrison Construction
08.2002 - 01.2003
Section Foreman
Bechtel-Morrison J.V.
01.2001 - 08.2002
Section Foreman
Bechtel-Morrison J.V.
01.2000 - 01.2001
Ardrossan Academy
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