Jeremy Sutherland

• During my time in my current role I have worked to develop a team that better supports the various procurement needs of LPC and stock relevant critical spares to our Maintenance Teams.
• I have work closely with the finance team to ensure the LPC Supplystore aligns with financial rules and have developed the year end process.
• Partnered with DHL to ensure our logistic chain were strong and transparent to speed up item supply for our maintenance team.
• Working with my team to plan the new supply stores and developed processes to ensure a more efficient Team and Store.
• Worked closely with the Planning and Mechanical team to provide a higher standard of service . We have had our challenges but feel like we have moved forward.
• Developed systems to provide better service and more transparent information to my team and the customer.

The Planning & performance supervisor role was created as part of a re-structure of the foreman and the maintenance planning persons where I carried out the following.

• Monitored and advised the foreman using M3 on their upcoming planned work and developed reliability schedules on various mobile and fixed plant services and at LPC with are still being used today.
• I was tasked to improve compliance on access and lifting equipment including gangways, mancages and any structure that personal accessed. Set up bricert which is a Lifting and height safety equipment register that is still used today.
• I was also tasks with improving the service level of of the Supplystore by hiring 3 staff, warehouse expansion to an offsite facility and bring in fuel level monitoring and reporting systems and obsoleting over 6000 unused non moving items.

Working in this role I played a major role with support from the M3 administrator of building service schedules along with associated items to support all of the operations that the maintenance team covered . I supported both foreman by working with them to provide prepared service packages and also assisted to setup major project work.

I worked closely with the maintenance manager at the time to start the service TA program due to the work load we were experiencing at the time.

I also setup the Oil unloader service plan and brought on a contractor to bring the oil unloaders up to standard as well as develop a refurbishment program .

I also run the Komatsu Loader and Dozer midlife service program by working with the service provider and finance to ensure the project was accurately capitalised and completed ontime.

I enjoyed this role greatly and due to the restructure I was moved to the next role of planning and performance supervisor.

• Performed preventive maintenance on engines, transmissions, tires and other vehicle systems.
• Used specialty equipment, standard tools, and gauges to complete assessments and repairs.
• Troubleshot and diagnosed problems with brakes, steering and transmissions.
• Stepped in to the mobile plant and fixed plant formans role when they were on holiday or away sick. I filled in for Ray for just under 12 months when he was very ill.

• Completed my Heavy Diesel A Grade registration
• Completed my Heavy Diesel Apprenticeship
• Field Service Technician