Resumé: TERENCE JOHN QUINN

Address: 106 Sandhills Road Mt Fairy NSW 2580

Telephone: 0428 104983 (24 hour) 02 48203031 (business)

Email terry.quinn@boral.com.au (W) terry.quinn@iinet.net.au (H)

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate Diploma of Business Management Deakin University

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) QUT Brisbane

(Obtained the Institution of Engineers prize for top marks in third year).

Electrical trade apprenticeship. Mt Isa Mines at Mt Isa

(The Apprentice of the Year for Queensland)

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Member Institution of Engineers - MIEAust CPEng

Member of the Electrical College - ACT

EXPERIENCE

July 2005 – Present

BORAL – Blue Circle Southern Cement – Marulan / Galong Mine Sites – Project Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities

· Ensures allocated capital projects are completed to specification, on time and within budget costs by effective contract control and reporting.

· Contributes to capital expenditure planning by providing information on available options, analysis of the benefits of different options and accurate costing for proposed development/upgrading projects.

· Contributes to the success of capital projects by the preparation or effective specifications for nominated projects, and by providing technical input to specifications.

· Promotes appropriate engineering standards throughout the Minerals Division by keeping abreast of technological developments and balancing technical excellence with cost and performance in project specifications.

· Contributes to BCSC Minerals Planning Functions by the preparation of reports on new processes or equipment, by advising of competitors or customers significant activities discovered by engineering contracts and by reporting on potential cost saving exercises discovered in the course of specific project work.

· Contributes to BCSC’s public image as a technically proficient organisation by establishing effective working relationships with Public Authorities, consultants, equipment suppliers, construction companies and the public.

· Monitors and reviews the utilisation of plant, equipment, and resources to achieve maximum return on investment.

· Liaises with quarry management to ensure conformance to plans, specifications and safety issues.

· Reviews tenders and ensures work is carried out to agreed contractual arrangements.

· Prepares regular reports as required by management

· Liaises with the Quarry Manager and line staff to review and implement controls on work methods and processes at the site.

· Liaises with the Engineering Manager to ensure quality assurance and quality control standards are adhered to and maintained.

· Ensures that contractors are given induction on company standards, quality assurance procedures and work instructions.

· Liaises with appropriate site staff to ensure site activities comply with statutory standards, regulatory standards and agreed contractual arrangements

· Monitors budgets in conjunction with the Engineering Manager, monitor actuals to budget for the operation, and raises areas of concern with Quarry and Engineering management

· Ensure that site activities meet statutory requirements and have the approval of planning and environmental authorities, local council, and relevant government departments.

· Ensure that contractors conform to site safety requirements.

Mandatory

· Tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering.

· Minimum of 3-5 years operational experience in a mining or earthworks environment.

· Able to review and understand financial information.

· Strong planning and prioritising skills.

· Good communication, negotiation and arbitration skills.

· Experience writing specifications in accordance with the customer’s requirements

· Able to adapt to and work effectively within a variety of changing situations.

· Knowledge of project management and techniques for development planning and project analysis.

· Demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills in an engineering environment.

· Tender and contract administration and documentation experience.

· Good keyboard and computer skills.

· Current drivers licence and good driving record.

· Self-motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision or direction.

· Energy and drive to be successful in a challenging and dynamic environment.

· Good understanding of current IR, OH&S and Duty of Care regulations.

· Good perception and understanding of Civil Engineering methods.

· Able to deal with all levels of site staff, regulatory authorities, contractors and consultants.

Desirable

· Experience in a quarry or mining environment

· Relevant post graduate qualifications.

· Mechanical aptitude.

· Knowledge of EBA’s and HR management practices.

· Professional, energetic and enthusiastic.

· Friendly, confident and easy going.

· Knowledge of ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Systems.

· Aspirations for more senior management positions.

· Ability to mentor, motivate and develop individuals.

January 2003 – June 2005

Water Corporation – Perth Region – Senior Asset Management Engineer

· Regional independent centre of expertise for all electrical related activities.

· Provide independent professional electrical engineering services and technical advice on behalf of the region.

· Provide key input into the Region’s Asset Management processes including asset management plans, operations and maintenance plans and their associated work programmes.

· Audit work performed against plans, analyse asset performance and asses asset condition and identify asset upgrade and improvement needs.

· Analyse in an holistic manner and identify and manage capital works improvement programmes.

· Manage the power budget for the region including budget preparation and reporting. Implement appropriate strategies to minimise overall costs.

29 October 2001 – December 2002

Murdoch University - Office of Facilities management, Manager Technical Services

· Provide a comprehensive maintenance management perspective across both major campuses (Perth and Rockingham), including buildings, plant and grounds.

· Ensure efficient and effective service delivery to support University and Office of Facility Management goals.

· Management of the operations budget

· Manage service contracts including; cleaning, furniture and maintenance.

· Manage strategic systems, including; FMMS (maintenance management system) & BMS (building management system)

· Develop policies and plans for the portfolio.

14 April 1997 – 23 October 2001

P&O Ports - Engineering Manager WA/ NT

Manage the engineering and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure at Western Australian and Northern Territory container terminal and bulk ports and provide support to P&O Ports overseas projects in various locations (Pakistan / Philippines).

Initiatives:

· Project manager Fremantle container terminal expansion.

· OH&S management.

· Implementation of new maintenance management system (MainPac).

· Pursuit of contract maintenance opportunities at Kwinana and Bunbury

· The introduction of improved training for the maintenance workforce in Quay Crane and Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane motor drive and control electronics (Siemens and Unidrive).

· Connection of the Fremantle maintenance facilities to POPNET (P&O Ports wide area network) and short listing the selection of a maintenance management software package.

· The outsourcing of P&O’s Fremantle container terminal HV maintenance to a specialist contractor (ABB) and the commencement of a programme to upgrade the site HV reticulation and substations.

· Improved financial control, analysis and reporting of Maintenance and Engineering activities.

February 1987 - 11 April 1997

Principal Engineer, Department of Administrative Services, Overseas Property Group (OPG) - SPO(B) - Acting Chief Engineer - 7 August 1996 to 11 April 1997.

Responsibilities as acting Chief Engineer for the group were:

· overall engineering accountability for property and engineering services (construction, operations and maintenance) of the Australian Government’s overseas estate.

· direct management responsibility for maintenance activities and tradesmen - including 22 Australians at 18 overseas locations.

· life cycle analysis of property assets

· budget management for facilities operations and maintenance.

As the Principal Electrical Engineer I was responsible for power supply evaluation, fault calculations, power and communications authority negotiations, consultant and contract management at overseas locations and the provision of supplementary electrical infrastructure to enable operations of Australian Government facilities. The Australian overseas diplomatic establishments are located at approximately 100 sites with total assets 1.6 billion dollars.

Significant achievements have been:

· implementation of integrated direct digital control to seven major sites to provide central fault monitoring and diagnosis over existing broad band communication links - this provided expert support to the 23 Australian maintenance tradesmen located overseas, and improved service to the client.

· Designed and installed diesel generator automatic synchronised controls to three 500kVA generators at the New Delhi compound.

· the successful implementation of a computer based maintenance management system for the overseas estate.

· assist the Cambodian authorities to re-activate the Phnom Penh HV system with the primary aim to provide HV supply to all Australian properties at Phnom Penh during the initial phase of diplomatic recognition by the Australian Government.

· provided significant input into electrical safety and implemented improved operating practices and set standards for electrical maintenance personnel.

· the introduction of 3-year period contracts for the manufacture of transportable acoustic enclosed diesel generators (the overseas estate has an installed generating capacity in the vicinity of 20MW - unit range 10kVA to 800kVA with an average unit size of 35kVA). The standardisation of product and reduction in site works and commissioning costs provided a significant improvement in standby power plant performance. I have worked with generator manufacturer (ONAN of Adelaide / Minneapolis) to successfully provide an improved generator synchronisation system with integrated governor and voltage regulator controls. An OPG residential compound at Port Moresby was made available to ONAN as a test site (1994) during system development phase.

During the time with OPG I initiated and supervised works at the majority of Australian Embassy locations including New Delhi, Islamabad, Manila, Baghdad, Damascus, Dhaka, Cairo, Moscow, Phnom Penh and Hanoi.

The management of OPG’s Information Technology was my responsibility for three years. I produced the group’s IT strategic plan and significantly upgraded the IT environment during this period.

May 1983 - January 1987

Chief Electrical Engineer, GOLDSWORTHY MINING - Shay Gap, WA.

Responsible for:

· operations and maintenance of electrical components of mine production equipment including electric shovels, deep pit trucks, crusher, conveyors, train loaders and locomotives. I was responsible for introducing a system to record the brush wear to truck wheel motors and the analysis of this data by a computer programme to improve the optimum change-out time for wheel motors.

· facilities management of the Townships of Goldsworthy and Shay Gap. Including water and effluent systems.

· management of communications and electrical facilities across the company’s two mine sites, townships and port facilities. This included:

· communications equipment - microwave link, PABX, VHF;

· HV substations and associated equipment;

· diesel power station (Goldsworthy) - 30MW;

· 66kV/ 22kV transmission;

· central chiller system (Shay Gap town had a central chilled water system for town airconditioning - 2 of 500T chillers).

March 1982 - May 1983

Electrical Design Engineer, SANTOS - Adelaide

Responsible for:

· project planning (Financial & Critical path).

· protection coordination and fault calculations for the Moomba power generation and distribution system (33kV, 11kV, 3.3kV).

· design, procurement and construction supervision of generation and HV switchgear and distribution at MOOMBA (Cooper Basin).

· management of design drafting and specification of instrumentation and process control for the Moomba liquids project.

· advice to Operations and Maintenance departments with respect to power equipment and instrumentation.

· detailed design, contract administration of an auto-start gas turbine alternator installation for ‘black start’ operations at Moomba.

March 1981 - March 1982

Electrical Maintenance / Operations Engineer, HAMERSLEY IRON

East Intercourse Island - Dampier, WA.

Responsible for:

· electrical project work including PLC installations.

· maintenance of electrical components of port equipment - including Substations/ Conveyors/ Traindumper/ Stackers/ Reclaimers/ Shiploader;

· operations of 33kV distribution;

· detailed calculations and significant redesign of secondary resistor starters for 3.3kV 600HP motor drives.

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