RESUME

Keith Alexander Vary

38 Spence Street Point Vernon

Hervey Bay

4655

DETAILS Contact Numbers Home - (07) 41941885

Mobile - 0488941885

Email home - kvary@bigpond.net.au

Work Email- keith.vary@thebulliongroup.com.au

Date of Birth 18th October 1956

Health Excellent, Current Coal Board Medical,

Resent clear drug test

Interests Fishing, Rugby league, Home renovation,

Gardening and anything with a motor.

Referees Michael Storch 0417789681- Owner operator

Mackay Safety

Peter Reilly 0428452698 - Past

Manager/Director of REB engineering.

Mark Horn (07)525841 - Manager DGH

Engineering

Qualifications

Diploma – BSB51407 Diploma of Project Management

TAE40110- Cert 4 in assessment & training.

WHS Certificate 4 (Core Module Functioning as a WHS Officer. WHS

elective module, construction)

Trade Certificate – Boilermaker

Computer skills - Microsoft Project, Basic Auto Cad, Power point,

Word, Excel, Internet & Email. I have also used systems such as MIMS

& SAP.

Licenses - Qld drivers license 28323584

CPCCOHS1001A – Work safely in Construction industry (White/Blue

card).

RIIRIS402A - Carry out Risk Management

RIIRIS601A – Establish and maintain risk management system

RIICOM301A – Communicate information

RIIRIS301B – Apply risk management.

RIIOHS301A – Conduct safety and health investigation.

RII09 - Standard 11 Induction

Defensive driving certificate.

Apollo root cause analysis.

Work History

1971 to 1975 Walkers Ltd Maryborough Apprentice Boilermaker

Steel fabrication, Sugar mill components, Diesel locomotive components,

Plate rolling & pressing & Profile cutting.

1975 to 1981 King Turner Engineering Brisbane Leading hand Boilermaker, Fabrication & erection of structural steel for

predominantly government projects. I was mostly based on site with a

team comprised of riggers, crane driver, Ta’s & boilermaker.

1981 to 1982 CRA Bougainville Copper Leading hand material handling, working closely with the planning

department it was my duty to gather all the materials & components to

carry out the planned tasks.

1982 to 1985 Hornibrooks Bougainville Workshop Manager of Island steel joint venture. Responsible for

supervision of workshop staff, safety in the workshop, quality control,

ordering of materials & consumables & estimating. This workshop

employed 100 men on three shifts, the operation covered general

fabrication, mining equipment rebuilds, concrete reinforcing steel, grit

blasting & painting yard.

1985 to 1990 Morex Meats Maryborough Boilermaker / maintenance Fitter, Fabricated and erected new boiler

house, installed coal fired boiler and associated tanks and piping. Stayed

on to maintain plant & equipment.

1990 to 2005 REB Engineering Mackay Started as Boilermaker completing numerous shutdowns on wash plants

and draglines at most of the mines in the Bowen basin.

In late 1991 I was sent to Gordinstone underground mine, here on

completion of construction in 1992 I was given the task to establish a

workshop to service the mining industry in the Emerald area.

I established and managed for eight years a very successful underground

conveyor installation & maintenance team this team successfully

completed 35 conveyor installations, 19 conveyor retractions, 18 tripper

drive installations, 4 dewatering station installations& many other minor

contracts the success of this team lead to REB gaining long term

underground contracts to supply belt maintenance, road works, pump

maintenance & outbye services to Crinum mine.

From here in 2003 I went on to project manage shutdowns on wash plants

& draglines including the construction of new ROM’s at Peak downs &

Goonyella as well as the erection of the 8750 dragline for Newlands coal.

During My time with REB I also worked as an estimator, relief manager

& project planner.

2005 to 2006 DGH Engineering Project Manager, Capcoal Bundoora project - Assisted in design of

conveyor system from underground face to stockpile. Supervised the

salvage of equipment from Central Colliery. Organized the refurbishment

and upgrade of equipment. Supervised the installation of conveyor

equipment at the new Bundoora mine. This project included the

relocation of the 80 ton stacking conveyor gantry from Central to

Bundoora, for this task I wrote the scope, conducted the risk assessments,

organized & supervised all cranes and heavy transporters, organized the

design, fabrication and supervised the installation of the new support

column. This project went extremely well with zero incidents.

2006 to 2007 Thomas & Coffey Field services manager, estimating, business development and site

supervision.

Managed Lake Lindsay mine raw water reticulation project consisting of

clearing route, installing trenching and install 22 kilometers of 200mm

poly water main, installation of pump station, raw water dam transfer

pumping system, tanks, truck wash bay, several creeks and roads had to

be crossed.

2007 to 2008 Continental Conveyors Site manager at Cloud break mine overseeing the installation of reclaim

conveyor system that included installing 7500 ton/hr conveyor, 4 by 200

ton dump hoppers, 4 chain feeders, tilt slab manufacture and erection,

haul truck approach roads, apron slabs around hoppers built on stabilized

earth works and haul truck control traffic light system.

2008 Mackay Safety Safety adviser. Implementation of Safety management plan for MEM

Rockhampton.

Facilitate BMA accreditation of Pioneer Drilling.

Development of BMA geological services Procedures.

2008 to 2010 - LUCAS group exploration drilling. Queensland HSE&T Manager.

Development and implementation of procedures, facilitation of risk

assessments, induction of new starters, maintain compliance to BMA

contractor management system.

2010 to 2011 Wave engineering Project management at Curragh mine – Pre planning, scheduling and

supervision of January 2011CHPP shut down & steaming coal stacker

upgrade.

Pre planning, scheduling and supervision of May 2011Bucket wheel re-

claimer upgrade.

Management of the installation and day to day running of 4 dozer traps to

allow the mine to load trains during the bucket wheel upgrade.

Curragh Bucket wheel

Dozer trap installation Curragh

2011 to 2012– Mackay Safety Contracted to BMA Geological services as principle safety adviser for

their exploration drilling activities in the Bowen basin. Development of

site audit tools. Developed and implemented the traffic management

standard and traffic management tools. Completed audits on contractors

against the BMA contractor management system. Facilitated project

risk assessments.

2013 DGH engineering Project manager for Marian sugar mill boiler 3 economizer installation.

Responsible for the daily running of all site activities, (Boilermakers,

Fitters, Riggers, tube welders) scheduling, planning and reporting.

2014 Universal services international Project manager for Sunwater contract, removal of debris and general

clean-up of flood damaged infrastructure along the Burnett river

including the river barrage. Ned Churchward, Claude Wharton and Kirar

weirs. Responsible for the daily management of USI and subcontractor

work force, risk assessments and development of the safe work method

statements, ensuring compliance with the safety management plan,

planning and scheduling of work, ordering materials and approval of

invoices.

2014 DGH engineering Installation of Mackay sugar’s import/export molasses facility comprising

the excavation and installation of all concrete foundations. The

excavation forming and concreting of the pump house pit (pit floor was 4

mtrs below ground level) The installation of the weigh bridge, molasses

trough, pumps and pipe work within the pump house and the installation

of 710 and 500 diameter poly pipe lines for the transfer of molasses from

trucks to storage bladder and from bladder to ship. Installation of the

pump house, approach and departure Roads, subsoil drainage, signs,

sump pumps, air and water reticulation and electrical conduits.

2014/2015 Hail creek mine Site Supervisor/ Safety adviser for RIO (Orebody Knowledge Australia)

on the 2014 Hail Creek exploration program. This program was

completed Christmas 2014 having drilled 38 holes which included holes

for fault delineation, Coal quality cores, Vertical variability and plug

drilling On completion of the exploration program I was transferred

across to the Gas pilot program in January 2015 as field Supervisor/

Safety adviser/ Trainer this program included vertical and inseam drilling,

installation of well heads, well pumps, gas and water piping, tanks, flare

stacks & water transfer pumps.

You will find me to be safe hard working and dependable. I am easy to

get along with and fit easily into any team. I can work without supervision and am always eager to achieve the company’s goals. I am

resourceful, respectful, punctual & keen to demonstrate my worth.