Qualifications
2010 – 2012 Masters of Environment (Engineering)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
– Project Management
– Environmental Management
– Environmental & Building Sustainability
– Carbon Accounting
– Carbon Inventory Assessments (NGERS, NABERS & other GHG reducing schemes)
– GIS Management
– Rivers and Catchment Management
– ISO 14000 & 14001
2007 – 2008 Certificate of Proficiency in Management
University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
Business Management
2006 – 2007 Bachelor of Commerce & Management (Double Major)
Lincoln University (New Zealand)
Majoring in Marketing & Tourism Management.
2003 – 2005 Civil Engineering (3years)
University of Canterbury
1998 – 2003 New Zealand Bursary Certificate
Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Graphics and Calculus)
Kings College Auckland
Accreditations
Certificates CSCS Card
SMSTS Certificate
First Aid – Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTCPR201A (CPR)
Chisholm Institute
Traffic Management
Construction Site induction
Chisholm Institute
Confined Space Entry
Chisholm Institute
Advanced Open Water Diving
PADI Dive Course
Full Licenses Car, Truck (8 Ton +), Motorcycle, Wheels, Tracks and Rollers
Brewing Certificate Advanced Brewing
Costanzo Brewing Consultants
Intensive brewing course covering in detail the process of full grain mash brewing and the production of flavorsome beer.
Responsible Serving of Alcohol
Victorian Bar School
Australian Hospitality Review Panel
Career Summary
2014 – Present
Travel and working in the BrewDog Brewery
2011 – 2013
Site Manager (2 Years +) – Wastewater and Clear Water – M&E
AWT Water Pty Ltd – Australia
• Managing drain and wastewater monitoring projects, on and off site, in a safe and effective manner and ensuring objectives are met.
• Projects ranging from $25,000 to $2,000,000
• Performing site investigations to advise appropriate equipment and monitoring methods.
• Install, maintain and calibrate monitoring equipment in accordance with project specifications.
• Maintain and enhance internal standards and procedures.
• OH&S management on site – correct procedures implemented
• Carrying out data analysis and writing up the reports as required by clients.
• Accurately identifying drains and sewers that need maintenance/repairs or replacement
• Liaising with clients, the public and promoting the professionalism of the business when executing projects.
• Sub contractor/installer management – Supervisory experience (1/20 sub-contractors)
Experience Gained:
• Water/waste water monitoring and management experience
o Catchment limits and capabilities
o Rain infiltration detection and prevention
o Flow analysis of sewers and drains including velocity, depth, pressure and composition
o Water treatment processes
o Confined space experience (up to 80m)
o Atmosphere monitoring – safe entry procedures
o Regulated breathing apparatus experience (SCBA)
• OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) on and off site
o Site safety procedures and experience
o ISO 14000 & 14001
o CPR knowledge and certificate
• Increased client relationship building skills
o Networking
o Learning to manage clients and form lasting relationships
• Improved personal organisation and time management skills;
• Site management
o Executing the project according to the brief
o Managing the site in accordance to area specific regulations and OHS practises
o Seeing the project through to completion
• Travel experience
o Accommodation and multi day/week trip organisation
o Hotel, vehicle, equipment, permit and OHS organisation
o Vehicle maintenance
• Working independently
o Able to work effectively as part of a team, along with a strong character to take ownership of the site
o Working and traveling experience
o Report writing
2010 – 2011
Aggregation Manager Victoria
Envirocare & Savers Pty LTD (Environmental Carbon Trading Company)
• Customer Relationship Management
• Sourcing aggregation partners to ensure supply of carbon credits
• Timely processing of aggregation forms, audits and uploads to regulatory bodies
• Maintaining relations with aggregation partners
• Setting of aggregation rates for carbon credits
Experience Gained:
• Increased customer relationship building skills
• Learning to manage clients and form lasting relationships
• Improved personal organisation and time management skills;
• Increased understanding of monitoring the carbon credit market
• Learning to set carbon credit rates according to the market & government
• Liaising with aggregation partners and the accounts department with regards to account reconciliation
• Developing an aggregation database to manage data and schedule payments effectively
2009 – 2010
Account Manager
(Temp) JWT Advertising Agency (Australia)
• Strong Customer/Client Relationship Management
• Maintaining/Establishing Accounts for Clients (Shell and McMillan Shakespeare).
• Meeting the deadlines of client’s requests (brochures, banners, online articles and brand change from McMillan Shakespeare to Maxxia etc.).
• Working alongside the Creative, Digital and Print Production Departments.
• Reporting to the Senior Group Account Manager.
• Writing Creative and Production Briefs for clients.
• Data entry, analysis and research.
Key Achievements:
• Strong relationship building between customers, colleagues and clients
• Brand Analysis/Research resulting in increased competitor awareness and overall increasing sales.
• Creating Catalogues, Flyers, Brochures, Pull-up Banners, Adverts, and Posters etc. from the initial concepts to the final design resulting in increased sales and brand/product awareness to consumers.
• Creating key relationships with clients and dealing with their needs resulting in increased customer loyalty and forming lasting key B2B friendships.
• Time management and maintaining deadlines resulting in completion of assignments and meeting sales targets.
• Managing Jobs – making sure deadlines are met and completed to the client’s exact needs resulting in customer satisfactions and repeated business.
2008 – 2009
Marketing Executive
Gunnersen Pty Ltd (Australia)
Australia’s largest Timber and Decorative products distributor.
• Designing, promoting and advertising products to clients and consumers.
• Customer Relationship Management
• Web Updating, Sales Analysis, Presentations (using Sand Pit, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and answering customer/client requests.
• Creating sales leads and building/establishing customer relationships.
Key Achievements:
• (All resulted in increasing the brand/product awareness, sales revenue and promoting Gunnersen’s to be the leader within the Decorative/Timber distribution industry)
• Designing and creating the Gunnersen annual catalogue 180+ pages, helped advertise Gunnersen successfully to current and potential clients/customers
• Web design – up dating articles, pictures and product information, allowed successful online information about Gunnersen and its products to be easily accessible.
• Creating Brochures, Pamphlets and Flyers of the products to advertise to existing and potential clients, used successfully to advertise certain products within the range.
• Creating a large 5m × 4m Gunnersen display banner for the Melbourne DesignEX show.
• Colour coordinating and arranging displays, pictures and stands.
• Increased customer relationship building skills
2006 – 2007
Manager Trainee
Te Kowhai Orchards (100 acre fully mature venture) (NZ)
• Management of the Orchards work force.
• Maintenance of the Orchard between harvestings.
• Building Employee/Customer relationships.
• Heavy Machinery Operations (Truck, tractor, forklift, bobcat, general farm and grading machinery)
2003 – 2006
Building Labourer – Houses
• Assisting in the building of housing general labour work assisting in building houses from the planning, and laying the foundations through to completion.
• Gaining a sound knowledge of Ground works, Brickwork & Carpentry.
Relevant Skills
Core Principles:
My rural upbringing and strong family unit instilled within me important values and principles at a young age, which have developed and grown to what I live by today – hard-work, loyalty, honesty and a desire to learn. To achieve my goals, time management and organisation have become the underpinning components of my ethos. I work effectively within a team but have also demonstrated my ability to work independently on a number of projects. Flexibility, adaptation and open-mindedness to new situations and new information are fundamental skills that I possess.
Communication & Interpersonal Skill:
My sound communication skills have been refined through various employment roles and personal life experiences. I can communicate ideas and information effectively to others through verbal, visual and/or written means. I enjoy interacting with people from all walks of life, my openness and friendliness gives me the ability to get on with people in any given situation.
Cognitive Ability:
Throughout my tertiary education I have developed strong research, analytical and problem solving skills. As an urban planner, forward thinking is an important quality I possess. I consciously take an objective stance when assessing problems and work my way to appropriate solutions using a methodological approach. I enjoy developing innovative but also pragmatic solutions to problems.
Leadership Quality:
I have a tendency to migrate towards the role of responsibility within a group situation. My leadership and managerial qualities can best be demonstrated in my ability to successfully manage small businesses (Te Kowhai Orchards). In sports I have also found myself in leadership roles, in particular, Squash and Soccer with captaincy positions at high school and regional levels during my high school and university years.
Knowledge:
My knowledge base has significantly expanded over the past seven years. Tertiary education and work experience has provided a solid and ever expanding understanding of: environmental management/science, sustainability and climate change, physical and social geography, basic economics and accounting, management and marketing. Life experiences during this time have matured my personal principles and values; and consolidated my opinions and perspectives of the external world.
Information Technology & Technical Skill:
I have developed a high level of competency in Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point, over the past seven years of tertiary education and work experience. During my time at university I have also developed a reasonable level of competence in the following technical programmes: Adobe Creative Suite; GIS; CAD design.
Myers-Briggs Type (Silent Partner Consulting 2008)
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Cognitive Abilities Results Tests and Intellectual Ability (Chandler & Macleod 2008)
Verbal Reasoning (ACER WL) 96th Percentile
Numerical Reasoning (ACER WQ) 73rd Percentile
Abstract Reasoning (ACER PM58) 94th Percentile
