Michael Richardson

• Australia's largest coal fired power station with 300 + employee's with a constant demand for items to repair, replace and keep stock with roughly 100 + items delivered every week day.

• Daily Duties -
• Opening and closing of warehouse.
• Toolbox.
• Pre - starts on all plant.
• Daily forklift activities from 2t - 8t forklifts.
• Receipt all items inbound and outbound from warehouse all through the SAP inventory system, with every item having a stock code and sticker with barcode.
• Add new items to SAP.
• Internal power station picking of single items to multiple items for shutdowns and place in required area.
• External pickings and deliveries from other Origin plants around Australia.
• Sorting of items for that need quality inspections.
• Packing of items for courier and freight exporting via their portals for pick ups from small sachets to large crates.
• Regular stocktakes.
• SAP training.
• Housekeeping.

After working on sites and using and installing the products and methodologies I became the Warehouse Manager, Warehouse duties include-

• Day to running of a warehouse, cleaning and overseeing any tasks done by others.
• Stock management, electronic system for inbound and outbound goods, quantities and ordering goods when going low on stock.
• Proper management of Dangerous Goods in Warehouse and for transport.
• Prepare goods, products and plant for all internal jobs and also interstate jobs using the inventory system.
• Courier and transport management of goods both in Australia and overseas.
• Fleet management of all company vehicles (rego, services, damage ect.).
• Basic pump and asset maintenance and organise advance maintenance through our repairers.
• Weekly meetings on Warehouse updates, purchases, stock management and forecasting for the future.
• Correct procedures for invoices and suppliers accounts.
• Test and tag all electrical equipment.
• Regular checks on all plant and vehicles for upcoming maintenance and scheduled safety checks.
• Generally keeping an eye on all Warehouse works and making sure everything is accounted for and paperwork completed and everything goes back to where it come from at the end of the shift.

• Building Chemical Supplies supply and inject German manufactured waterproofing products for the civil and commercial building industry.
• As a technician/ supervisor repairing cracks and voids in all areas of concrete structures from leaks in electrical pits to base, wall and ceiling leaks in civil and tunnel sites, commercial sites to underground car parks.
• Supervising sites with a small workforce to shut downs and maintenance on major infrastructure sites with a large workforce and usually a limited work period.
• Following the correct methodology to use the products in all types of situations and safety procedures to make the jobs efficient and safe as possible.

• Extension of the M1 Motor Way Sports Drive to Gateway MWY.
• Leading Hand with site facilities set up.
• Construction of a 330KL Aqua bund to dam a live stream to be diverted for construction. Daily monitoring of pumps and 500m of hoses.
• Supervision of clearing of trees and shrubs throughout site.
• Supervision of sub contractors on site.

• Leading Hand on the Pacific HWY upgrade in Northern NSW (Yamba area) to help finish the final stages of the scope and close out all remaining lots on site.
  
• Tasks included overseeing finishing works on many bridges and earth works either side of the bridges with all in ground/above ground services terminated tested and commissioned, bridge works included - defects, painting, patching, drainage and finishing earth works ready for handover to the client.
• All works were carried out by direct staff, sub-contractors, and labour hire.

• Leading hand with PUP team.
• Working with PUP team looking after installation of site wide Electrical, Traffic Signal and ITS networks with conduits, switchboards, pits and ragbolts for light and traffic signal posts with various sub contractors and checked by onsite IV.
• Following the Lend Lease GMR requirements most in ground works involved vac trucks to excavate due to the amount of services already in the alignment, some excavator works were carried out in approved locations.
• Working with Energex and other Telcos and their sub contractors to install new services and tie in and remove parts of existing networks in a tight congested site as the job site was forever changing with traffic switches. Dealing with all types of ground conditions as the site runs parallel and very close to the Brisbane river.
• Involved with the relevant service providers for their terminating, testing, commissioning procedures.
• All temporary street lighting on site was installed and removed regularly to an ever changing site and all street lighting had to comply with BCC regulations for safety and Lux
• Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.

- Construction of the main Structures site compound to accommodate 50 workers. - sub contractors installing formwork, steel, and concrete pours (FRP) and all general site works.

• Leading Hand with the structures team on the Northern Road Upgrade at Bringelly (Western Sydney) with RMS.
• Early works for 3 separate duplicate bridges next to the existing Northern road.
• Supervising numerous work crews - piling crews in and out of the creeks for concrete abutments and concrete columns.
• Installation of concrete super T girders next to live traffic under traffic control.
• General bridge construction.
• Following site safety, procedures and management.
• Involved with daily pre-starts, being approachable on and off site, safety walks, signing dockets for all activities on site and daily diary entries.

• CPB Contractors - Westconnex New M5.
• Leading Hand/Supervisor with the Building team on the construction of the new main Tunnel Control Center and sub station at St Peters starting in the very early stages with the team in the tendering process with prospective clients, procurement, organisation of trades, site wide SWMS, work packs, general safety and site planning on a site with a wide range of interfacing teams working together.
• Begin small works on site such as surveying, tree removal and service investigating.
• Construction of sandstone (tunnel spoil) piling pad for 170 concrete piles.
• Installation process of concrete piles.
• Excavation and de-watering in tidal zone and sand environment for sub-station conduit bays and substation construction with pre-cast concrete panels.
• Installation of electrical and communication conduits to sub station.

• Supervisor working in the PUP section which includes - Locating known and unknown services generally with the use of vac truck.
• Installation of new Utilities into a very complex site between the Brisbane River and a major arterial road maintaining live traffic, pedestrians, contaminated swampy ground conditions, asbestos and other trades in the work zone.
• Working with Energex approved contractors installing Energex pits, conduits, cabling and working in live substations to provide new networks of underground services.
• Maintaining site temporary power and lighting to an ever changing site.
• Space proofing for future APA gas installation to the project in open areas and live roads.
• Working near live high, medium and low pressure gas services and other live services know and unknown, APA gas spotter present.
• Organizing subcontractors, plant, vac trucks, materials, doing daily pre-starts, daily activities diary, managing daily hours and dockets for all crews, managing existing services on a site with many years of undocumented services installed.
• Reporting to management.

• Supervising subcontractors working on the infrastructure team for the RNA development: installation of new services, roads, footpaths, landscaping and connecting where needed to existing services and roads in the precinct.
• Managing contaminated soils on site including asbestos.
• Conducting daily pre-starts and site inductions.
• Communicating with all trades on a daily basis for works and works ahead.
• Supervising works with regard to Safety(GMR's), time lines, costs and equipment care.
• Meetings with management on progress and variation works.
• Managing finishing works and defects works site wide.
• Supervising finishing works in new retail tenancies to be made compliant for leasing out to retail tenants with various trades involved.

• Supervise and oversee principal contractors and their subcontractors on site.
• Attend daily pre-starts to get a general view of works ahead.
• Supervise works with regard to safety(GMR's), time lines, costs and equipment care.
• Supervise all night shift works that took place that could not be achieved during the day shifts, road and kerb, asphalt works and utility works which had to be connected to the existing roads and services.
• Working in with the community and nearby businesses.

• Expansion of container loading terminal at the Port of Brisbane to store more containers.
• Working in a sand environment which includes bulk sand removal, de watering and constant monitoring of ground conditions.
• Removal of asphalt and ground materials, soil and compaction testing an de-watering due to a sand base.
• Subcontractors to reinstate new services, steel and concrete, concrete curing with hessian bags and sprinklers, sealing expansion joints and line marking for the containers.
• Finishing all small works and defects.
• Demobbing of site.
• Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.

• Supervising the construction of a new 4 lane bridge over a small creek.
• Realigning the existing road to the new bridge with many traffic switches to achieve this.
• Conducting daily pre-starts with employees and subcontractors.
• Supervising works with regards to safety, time lines, costs and equipment care.
• Working with live traffic, the public, residences and businesses very close to site works.
• Demolition of the old bridge.
• Small works, Landscaping and defects site wide till the end of the project.
• Demobbing of the site sheds, offices and plant.
• Provided expert customer service and technical support to clients.

• Working at Broadbeach for a 4km stretch of the GC Highway for road widening for new light rail installation in a sand environment; de watering, relocating existing utilities, installation of new utilities, road infrastructure, footpaths and landscaping.
• Working with the community team in Property Works, removal of fences, pools, buildings ect.
• where residents and businesses where impacted by the widening of the road.
• Reinstate new feces, footpath, driveways, services and anything that was required with in the property boundary.
• Supervising night works, pre-starts, service installations, asphalt, line marking and anything that could not be achieved during the day shifts.
• Defects and de mobing of site.
• Leading Hand - Clem 7(NSBT) - Bowen Hills end,.

• Working on all forms of the construction of bridges that lead into and away from the Clem 7 tunnel.
• False works, columns, headstocks, steel, concrete pours, parapet installation, labouring.
• Bearing pads on all headstocks inspected, removed and the installation of new bearing pads where needed by EWP or under bridge truck unit and pneumatic jacks to lift the deck minimally.
• Small works, defects and demobbing to the very end of the project.