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Zachary Bestmann

Macknade,QLD

Summary

Boilermaker knowledgeable in reading engineering plans and specifications. Looking to bring further success to your company through troubleshooting, thinking outside the box, a dedication to learning and developing new skills.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Boilermaker

Wilmar Sugar Limited
01.2024 - Current

Key Duties:


  • Interpret engineering drawings to fabricate, assemble and install structural steel components
  • Weld steel components using GMAW & MMAW welding techniques and some FCAW.
  • Carrying out a wide range of positional welding
  • Heavy fabrication, structural welding and pressure welding
  • Inspect, maintain and repair structural steel components


Process Assistant

Wilmar Sugar
04.2021 - Current

Key duties:

  • Run and maintain water treatment plant
  • Run and maintain cooling towers for the site
  • Responsible for all chemicals on site
  • Water testing and treatment in laboratory
  • Repairing and maintaining water pumps on site

Warehouse Manager / Tool Store / Trade Assistance

Inspect Industries / Rolleston Coal Glencore

Key Duties:

  • Stock Purchasing
  • Auditing and collaboration of tools
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Liaising with Stockholders
  • Assist Diesel Fitters
  • Two and a half years managing the tool store including procurement of equipment, maintenance of tools and assisting tradesmen in the workshop

Boilermaker / Maintenance on wash plant

DGH Engineering / Kestrel North RIO TINTO Central QLD

Key Duties:

  • Fabrication
  • Crack Repairs
  • Installation of new components
  • Maintenance on equipment
  • A year spent at DGH Engineering contract work at Kestrel North Rio Tinto on coal mine
  • Duties performed bucket change out on reclaimers and crack repairs done to coal stackers and crushers on wash plant

Apprentice/Tradesman Boilermaker, Permanent

Ross Engineering Alice Springs NT

Key Duties:

  • Interpret engineering drawings to fabricate, assemble and install structural steel components
  • Weld steel components using GMAW & MMAW welding techniques and some FCAW.
  • Carrying out a wide range of positional welding
  • Heavy fabrication, structural welding
  • Inspect, maintain and repair structural steel components
  • Sandblasting of tanks, truck bodies, mining equipment and steel assemblies and spray painting
  • Structural welding including Gantry cranes, Quarry/Mine crushing screens
  • Sacrificial/Wear plate removal and welding of Dump truck body, Loader/Excavator buckets
  • Low pressure pipe welding and pressure testing
  • At Ross Engineering we provided fabrication design and maintenance services to Power and Water, Territory Generation, Alice Springs Town Council, Newmont Mining Tanami Operations including: Water and Sewerage mains systems, fuel and lube pipe systems, and crushing plants

Education

Certificate III in Engineering & Heavy Fabrication - Fabrication Trade (MEM30305)

Charles Darwin University
Darwin, NT
01.2016

Year10 Completion - undefined

OLSH College
01.2011

Skills

    Qualified Boilermaker

  • High Risk Licence including:
  • LF Forklift, WP Elevated Platform, DG Doggers

  • Transfer Loads MSMSUP205
  • Gantry Crane and Overhead Crane RIIHAN305D
  • Conduct Lifting Operations RIIHAN203D
  • Working at Heights RIIWHS204D
  • Confined Space
  • White Card (Construction Induction)
  • QLD Drivers Licence
  • Perform advanced geometric development-transitions
  • Use workshop machines for all welding/fabrication operations
  • Operate as a team member to conduct manufacturing, engineering or related activities

Timeline

Boilermaker

Wilmar Sugar Limited
01.2024 - Current

Process Assistant

Wilmar Sugar
04.2021 - Current

Year10 Completion - undefined

OLSH College

Warehouse Manager / Tool Store / Trade Assistance

Inspect Industries / Rolleston Coal Glencore

Boilermaker / Maintenance on wash plant

DGH Engineering / Kestrel North RIO TINTO Central QLD

Apprentice/Tradesman Boilermaker, Permanent

Ross Engineering Alice Springs NT

Certificate III in Engineering & Heavy Fabrication - Fabrication Trade (MEM30305)

Charles Darwin University
Zachary Bestmann