Tobie Soeters
Gold Coast,QLD
Summary
Vast work experience but with a comprehensive background in ensuring workplace health, safety and compliance. Successfully implementing health and safety protocols that align with the Acts and legislative requirements to minimized incidents and promote a health culture of safety and wellbeing. Demonstrated success in working with a array of people around the world and from many backgrounds and culture's.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable/ Receivable/General Admin/ HR
BJT Equip
06.2015 - Current
- Documentation of human resources records and maintained confidentiality of sensitive personal information.
- Responded to inquiries by answering telephone calls, in-person questions and emails.
- Ensured accuracy of personnel records by meticulously maintaining confidential files and databases.
- Maintained compliance with fairwork laws by conducting audits of HR practices and policies.
- Liaising with management team to coordinate on-boarding and off-boarding processes.
- Supporting managers in addressing employee relations issues, providing guidance on conflict resolution techniques.
- Developed training materials to facilitate consistent onboarding experiences for new hires across departments.
- Organized company-wide events to foster a positive work culture and enhance employee engagement.
- Conducted regular safety inspections and audits to identify potential hazards and prevent accidents and injuries.
- Ensured adherence to OSHA regulations, leading to a safer work environment for all employees.
- Communicated safety performance and progress to management and employees to provide up to date information.
- Inspect worksites, practices, and gear for compliance with established safety standards.
- Creating employee awareness of potential hazards by creating informative signage throughout the company.
- Improved workplace safety by conducting thorough risk assessments and implementing necessary control measures.
- Collaborating with management to develop comprehensive health and safety policies for the company.
- Promoting a culture of safety awareness among employees through educational initiatives and presentations.
- Providing support during accident investigations to determine root causes and prevent future incidents.
Office Administrator / Pre site / Maintenance
G Developments
08.2016 - 03.2018
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Maintained electronic and paper filing systems for easy retrieval of information.
- Coordinated communications, financial processing, registration, recordkeeping, and other administrative functions.
- Tracked office supplies and restocked low items to keep team members on-task and productive.
- Contributed to a positive work environment by fostering strong working relationships among colleagues.
- Demonstrated exceptional multitasking abilities while juggling diverse responsibilities, including reception duties and ad-hoc administrative tasks.
- Reconciled account files and produced monthly reports.
- Assisted in preparation and processing of payroll to facilitate prompt staff payments.
Operations Manager
The Cleanse Kitchen
11.2015 - 08.2016
- Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
- Empowered employees to take ownership of their responsibilities, leading to increased accountability and improved performance outcomes.
- Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action plans to address them.
- Managed inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
- Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
- Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.
- Oversaw facility maintenance, ensuring optimal functionality of equipment and infrastructure at all times.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Scheduled employees for shifts, taking into account customer traffic and employee strengths.
- Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
Reception/ Administrator/ Accounts Payable
AM Cranes and Rigging
11.2013 - 07.2015
- Assisted in resolving administrative issues or tasks that arose during daily operations effectively.
- Acted as a resource for staff regarding general inquiries or requests about policies or procedures within the company.
- Ensured timely processing of invoices and expense reports, resulting in accurate financial records for the company.
- Supported colleagues through effective communication and collaboration, facilitating smooth daily operations.
- Improved office workflow by updating internal procedures documentation regularly to reflect current best practices accurately.
- Served as a reliable point of contact between employees and management, fostering open communication channels.
- Coordinated travel arrangements for executives including flights, accommodations, transportation bookings for seamless business trips.
Appointed Shot Firer/ Site Administrator
BGC
01.2011 - 03.2012
- Site Administrator September 2011 to March 2012 Duties include data entry such as time sheets, machine hours and fuel usage
- Ordering uniforms, office equipment and explosives
- Taking the morning meeting minutes
- Booking flights in and out of site and organising camp rooms for permanent staff as well as for site guests and entering holiday requests
- Assisting with incident reports and keeping monthly and daily site safety and attendance records up to date
- Liaising with co- workers and company clients by phones and E-mail while always maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Training of new Administration staff
- Shot firing 25 January 2011 to September 2011 Delegating all blast crew daily tasks including blast hole loading, QA, Mark up; delineation
- Liaising with supervisors on best way to approach each shot to ensure each shot goes off at its designated time
- Magazine keys holder making sure deliveries are correct, the magazines are correct at the end of each day and auditing magazines monthly
- Designing tie-in and also designing blast proposals
- Tying shots in and firing also completing siren runs
- Training all new blast crew personnel on loading blast holes, QA, Mark up and tying in shots
- Completing blast reports for each shot fired
- Controlled vibration blasting and contour work
- Talking with blast crew personnel about ways to do their jobs more safely and efficiently to prevent injury or incidents
Shot crew / Shot firer
Total Drilling Services
03.2010 - 12.2010
- QA, survey mark up, free hand mark-up and experienced with emulsion and wet holes as well as ammonium nitrate
- Consistent use of loaders for stemming
- Tying in shots without supervision and firing shots
- Organisation of blast guards and being blast controller
- Training of new green crew members
- Stocktakes in magazines, removing and returning of gear to magazines and
- Completion of blast reports
Cabin Crew
Qatar Airways
07.2009 - 03.2010
- Completion of 6 weeks training general duties included customer service and service of meals and beverages
- Excellent problem solving skills and people skills you need these skills as to calm down disgruntled passengers and passengers under the influence of substances
- The most important part of this job is the safety of not only yourself but the passengers on board to ensure this you need to be sufficient in first aid and being able to do crowd control when something goes wrong on a flight and knowing procedures e.g
- On board fire or decompression
Shot firers assistant, Site relief administrator, Dogman, QA, Trainee driller
Brandrill
05.2008 - 05.2009
- Learning drilling skills on Terex GD 5000 rigs, SK45 rigs and DK90 redrill rigs
- Shot firers assistant role included up keep of magazines, assisting at AN shed to fill MMU trucks for the day ahead
- On the shot priming, baiting up holes, stemming, assists in the final tie in of the shot and connection to the remote
- Working in Quality Assurance, which entailed me marking up drill patterns and dipping holes
- Dogman duties within the company were to move containers and magazines in their correct positions at the start of the project
- Office duties included answering phones, chasing up orders, entering daily production data, pay-sheets, filling, entering and sending off orders and helping workers and managers with general enquiries
Education
Certificate III -
Business And Administration
Gold Coast, QLDWhite Card - Construction Card
Pinnacle Training
Gold Coast, QLDCourse - Remove Non Friable And Friable Asbestos
Pinnacle Training
Gold CoastCourse - Supervise Asbestos Removal Training
Pinnacle Training
Gold Coast, QLDCertificate IV - Occupational Health And Safety
Pinnacle Training
Gold Coast, QLDSkills
- Accounts Payable Software
- Bank Reconciliation
- Employee Relations
- HR Policies Compliance
- Payroll Administration
- Safety audits
- Hazard Identification
- Emergency Response Planning
- Asbestos Management
- Accident investigation
- Policy Enforcement
Accomplishments
Accomplishments include building a company in the civil construction industry from the ground up beginning in 2015 to now that has over 25 employee's and an annual turn over of $10 million a year.
References
- Natasha King, Senior Administrator, G Developments, Gold Coast, 0404 988 916
- Ben Teudt, Director, BJT Equip, Gold Coast, 0411 147 464
Timeline
Office Administrator / Pre site / Maintenance
G Developments
08.2016 - 03.2018
Operations Manager
The Cleanse Kitchen
11.2015 - 08.2016
Accounts Payable/ Receivable/General Admin/ HR
BJT Equip
06.2015 - Current
Reception/ Administrator/ Accounts Payable
AM Cranes and Rigging
11.2013 - 07.2015
Appointed Shot Firer/ Site Administrator
BGC
01.2011 - 03.2012
Shot crew / Shot firer
Total Drilling Services
03.2010 - 12.2010
Cabin Crew
Qatar Airways
07.2009 - 03.2010
Shot firers assistant, Site relief administrator, Dogman, QA, Trainee driller
Brandrill
05.2008 - 05.2009
Certificate III -
Business And Administration
White Card - Construction Card
Pinnacle Training
Course - Remove Non Friable And Friable Asbestos
Pinnacle Training
Course - Supervise Asbestos Removal Training
Pinnacle Training
Certificate IV - Occupational Health And Safety
Pinnacle Training
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