Leroy Morris-Peneha
Perth,WA
Summary
Began Drainage Career in 2013 and have been qualified/certified since 2017.
- Proven ability to a lead team to complete complex jobs within the designated time frame and to a professional standard.
- Highest level of safety conscientious before during and after the working day. (Everyone needs to make it home).
- Have experience in developing and training apprentices to carry out drainage tasks unsupervised.
- Capable of installing all drainage systems to any depth and in lower water table environments I.E. running water and seeping sand.
- Competently operate any size excavator ranging from 1.7t to 45t. Along with other civil and earthmoving machinery.
- Can read plans, set up lasers shoot heights to acquire designed invert levels according to plans.
- Highly motivated to perform and exceed expectations
- Excellent communication between management and supervisors.
- Excellent sense of housekeeping on site, a tidy site is a good site.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Drainage Excavator Operator
Ertech
Port Hedland, WA
01.2026 - Current
- Operating excavators up to 30t
- Carry out pre starts on machinery and identifying required maintenance.
- Excavating, Prepping, Installing and backfilling 1800mm Box Culverts and wingwalls.
- Stape sanding around installed culverts
- Providing knowledge to personnel on ground of proper methodologies to install systems to a professional standard.
Leading Drainer
Triodia
Port Hedland, WA
10.2025 - 01.2026
- Responsible for the day to day production of a crew of 10.
- Ensuring proper QA and ITPs were adhered to. Liasing with supervisors regarding hold points for drainage inspections. I.E. testing of subgrade, nuke tests on compacted bedding as well as haunching for pipes.
- Excavating and laying 1200mm, 1050mm and 900mm stormwater concrete pipes.
- communicating with surveyor for drsainage set outs and datum points for RLs.
Drainer
Hawthorn Civil and Mining Services Australia
Perth, WA
10.2024 - 10.2025
- Leading a crew to install all drainage services to design. Liaising with supervisor for council inspections. Assisting Engineers with methodologies and procedures.
- Installation of all Sub division services I.E. Sewer, Stormwater, Sub Soil and Common Trench Services.
- Excavating and installing sewer up to 5m deep with dewatering spears and pillow method. I.E. Geo cloth laid on base, Blue metal prepped for bedding, PVC pipe haunched with blue metal and covered over with pre laid geo cloth.
Certified Drainlayer
Silver strand LTD (contracting to kiwi rail)
New Zealand
03.2024 - 05.2024
- Laying 1200mm Boss Pipes twin culverts under rail way lines. Installing MHs and wingwall structures either side rails. Forming ripraps and gabion baskets at each outfall structure.
Drainage Foreman
Abergeldie Harker
New Zealand
01.2016 - 11.2023
- Began as a pipelayer installing HDPE pipes up 800mm, 5km long.
- Part of complex pipe jacking jobs, sheetpiling and tunnel work.
- Installing fibre glass sewer pipes 1500mm.
- Multiple live sewer and stormwater connections up to 1350mm diameter.
- De mobilising Timber Shoring square pits with cranes and vibrator attachments for excavator.
Certified Drain layer
Davis Civil LTD
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Starting Drainage division, installation of all drainage systems within Company.
- Jobs: Subdivision in hobsonville
Certified Drainlayer
MDL Civil and Engineering
05.2020 - 01.2021
- Day to day running of drainage crews, training all apprentices to be self sufficient for pipelaying. Reporting to the supervisor of progress and intended targets.
- Jobs: Mangawhai Central, new mega city going in 900 lot subdivisional development, installation of valves and bends on 355HDPE and 255HDPE PE pipe.
Drainage Foreman
CB Civil
New Zealand
07.2013 - 01.2016
- Carry out daily pre starts for my team. Ensure pipelaying and installations are to specifications, to correct heights and finish levels.
- Jobs with CB Civil: 36 lot sub division on waiheke island, Steep technical gully drainage. Installing Wing wall outlets in the gully. Building manholes over HDD drilled lines. Cutting in Y junction laterals over 400m drilled lines on hill faces.
- Puhoi to Warkworth Motorway: Installing wingwall to wingwall 1500mm diameter concrete pipes, 115m long.
Skills
- Operating excavators from 15t to 35t with precision and efficiency
- Installation of all types of Drainage systems to any depth in running sand
- High focus on Health and Safety
- Ability to train and teach efficiently
Certification
- Certified Drainlayer under PGDB
- PVC Pipe laying ticket WA
- White Card WA
- ATCO Gas Accreditation WA
- C Class License for manual
- License to perform High Risk Work Dogman Ticket
- Quick Cut ticket
- Excavator Ticket
Timeline
Drainage Excavator Operator
Ertech
01.2026 - Current
Leading Drainer
Triodia
10.2025 - 01.2026
Drainer
Hawthorn Civil and Mining Services Australia
10.2024 - 10.2025
Certified Drainlayer
Silver strand LTD (contracting to kiwi rail)
03.2024 - 05.2024
Certified Drain layer
Davis Civil LTD
02.2021 - 08.2021
Certified Drainlayer
MDL Civil and Engineering
05.2020 - 01.2021
Drainage Foreman
Abergeldie Harker
01.2016 - 11.2023
Drainage Foreman
CB Civil
07.2013 - 01.2016