110 Steelworks Way
Wollongong NSW 2500 / Ph M 0411 977 234
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Owen Operator

Profile
Key Strengths / I am a highly skilled and experienced control room operator who is committed to the safe and efficient delivery of outcomes on a shift by shift basis within a major hazard facility environment.
My excellent computer, analytical and decision making skills have enabled me to identify and implement many improvement opportunities.
Control room operations
Gantry Crane and forkliftoperations
Auditing, Trouble shooting and Report Writing
Process Improvement
Education / 2004 Certificate III Competitive Manufacturing
Illawarra TAFE Wollongong NSW
1990 School Certificate Plantsville High School Plantsville NSW
Certificates and Licences / Current Forklift Licence
Current Gantry Crane Operations Licence
OH&S Green Card
Current Manual Car Licence
Training / 2009 Confined Space Training
2008 Gas Safety Training – Level 1
2006 OH&S Committee Training
2001 Process Improvement Training
1997 Kepner Tregoe Analytical Troubleshooting
Referees / Available on request
Work Experience / 2002 - Current Hot Strip Mill Operator
BlueScope Steel Limited Port Kembla Steelworks
Qualified to operate all 4 Mill Control rooms to ensure quality strip is produced to demanding quality specifications
Identify emergent quality issues and / or respond immediately to alarms to avoid mill cobble or other quality issues
Operation of Gantry Crane to assist with operations and maintenance work
Use oxy lances as required
Write on-line quality reports
Achievements
Chosen by the company to undergo Certificate III in Competitive
Manufacturing Training – and was placed 1st in my TAFE class.
Led a small improvement team to rewrite procedures for mill set up for 3 key grades resulting in $10m improvement in yield.
Identified a process improvement that reduced the need for a specific lubricant saving $25,000 per annum
1997 -2002 Plate Mill Operator
BlueScope Steel Limited Port Kembla Steelworks
Control of Normalising Furnace Operation
Response to alarms or emergent conditions to ensure that furnace integrity and product quality is maintained
Trouble shooting of quality and operational variances
Review and Writing of Standard Procedures
Identification and reporting of defects
Removal of defects using grinders and other hand tools
Achievements
Reduced furnace gas emissions by 3%
Improved “in furnace time for 2 major grades by 5% resulting in reduced operating costs whilst maintaining quality standard
1991- 1996 Electrical Trades Assistant
Plantsville Electrical Engineering Plantsville NSW
Assisted Electrical Trades with
Cable identification and cable pulling
General Maintenance tasks
Achievement
On one job identified a better way to install several major circuit boards and related cabling that saved the need for crane hire and other labour saving $5,000.
Other Skills and Achievements / Surf Bronze Medallion
Illawarra Organising Committee Chairman - Relay for Life 2009- 2011