1. WWyyeetttt CCrriiddggee
460 Whitelaws Track • Yinnar South • Phone: 0408 359 581 • cridgewyett@gmail.com
Summary
A leader, manager with over 25 years’ experience at operational and strategic levels of continuous
process manufacturing, utilities and mining industries.
I have worked in operations, production, maintenance management and business development roles in
workshop manufacture, mining, food, water and steam processing.
CareerObjective
To challenge myself and lead my team to identify and develop strategies to overcome obstacles faced by
the business, and to meet the business’s objectives.
Personal strengths
I offer strong initiative, drive and extensive experience in supervision and planning. I enjoy team
environments and have the ability to identify strengths in people and the capability to align their skills to
meet business needs and its budget requirements.
Competency Qualification
HLTAID003 – Level 2 First Aid in work place
Working with children check
Confided space
CMS systems (Asset development, stores, work order, PM’s data base, scheduling, reports)
Construction induction
Machine condition monitoring
High Voltage operating authority
Licence
Car and Heavy Articulated Truck Licence
Pressure welding tickets (3e,4,7,7s&8)
Licence to perform high risk,
 WP Boom elevated work
plateform
 LF Forklift truck
 RR Basic rigging
 CN Non slew mobile crane
 BA Advanced boiler operation
 VLC Vehicle loading crane
Civil construction
 front end loader,
 skid steer,
 dozer

2. WWyyeetttt CCrriiddggee
460 Whitelaws Track • Yinnar South • Phone: 0408 359 581 • cridgewyett@gmail.com
Experience
 Manager, Team Leader/Supervisor Planner/Scheduler; Production/Maintenance Scheduler;
Strategic Planner; Special Projects Improvement Leader;
 Management of 2x12 crews;
 Daily administration tasks including staff leave, timesheets, auditing and scheduling staff
training and licence compliances;
 Managing a computerised maintenance system to schedule major & minor outage work and
day to day operational tasks;
 Meeting production demand targets;
 Updating procedures and procedural reviews;
 Issuing of permits to staff and contractors;
 Adhering to OH&S and environmental policies, as well as incident reporting;
 Cost forecasting to meet budget requirements;
 Writing scopes for works to obtain quotes and engaging successful contractors;
 One-on-one appraisals, personnel development and mentoring.
 Asset register development with computerised maintenance system to align Plant
identification, Critical spare, SOP requirements, drawings, documentation
 Continues improvement – Current gas efficiency in boiler house (Active player)
 Mentor in asset register development and overall CMS set-up
Employment History
December 2014 – Current Mecrus
Murray Goulburn – Boiler house, Leongatha
Leongatha Team Leader
Member of management team, control costs to budget, manage industrial relations, improve morale, improve
management systems by supervising 2x 30MW Boilers at Leongatha.
Key responsibilities
 Day running of plant to meet KPI customer requirements,
 Coordinate manning of 2x12 crew,
 Comply with all statuary requirement according to Australian Standard Code to both plant and
operational personal
 Store, Procurement & Contract management,
 Coordinate statuary boiler outages,
 Administration
 Preventative maintenance,
 Continues improvement,
 Report writing
November 2014 – December 2014 Mecrus
Murray Goulburn, Leongatha
Gas Conversion Upgrade

3. WWyyeetttt CCrriiddggee
460 Whitelaws Track • Yinnar South • Phone: 0408 359 581 • cridgewyett@gmail.com
May 2014 – November 2014 Mecrus - Australia Underground
Technologies
Australia Underground Technologies - Iluka
Resources, Balranald NSW
Key involvement & responsibilities
 Supervising DIDO shift; Water testing. Coordinate tasks with tradespersons and
Hydrogeologists to meet lluka procedure requirements.
 Shift by shift report writing back to IIuka and AGT
 Coordinate utilities requirements with sub-contractors. (Generating refuel/servicing, site huts,
accommodation, transportation, local suppliers)
 Bore development with additional contractor
 Spares & procurement
 Contracted through Iluka Resources Limited for long term Injection trial: Project well monitoring and
environmental monitoring of production, injection and regional monitoring well fields. Highly detailed
monitoring of individual wells.
 Diver and Vibrating Wire Piezometer (VWP) installation, programming, program restructuring, downloading,
time synchronisation, logger prestart and multi intervals. Design of data collection schedule. Use of Diver
Office and Multichannel Logger soft wares. Use of Trimble Nomad 900 series hand held computer.
 Manual water level and VWP monitoring. Contributed to additional monitoring program design,
implementation and observations. Routine data collection and entry.
 Design and update of data collection spreadsheets and data collection schedules.
 Short term step testing: Pump trailer set up, monitoring of production, injection and observation wells under
different conditions.
 Calibration and use of water quality meter. Hach kit Iron testing.
 Working alongside other technical and trade backgrounds of the AGT/Mecrus Pump Test Team; with Iluka
Hydrogeologists; and other Iluke Contractors onsite.
 Action demonization on completion of contract
October 2013 – May 2014 Mecrus
Australian Briquette Production Facility
Briquette Dispatch, Coal Supply Manager
September 2011 – October 2013 Mecrus
Australian Briquette Production Facility
Maintenance coordinator/Supervisor
Resource scheduler and contract
management
August 2008 – August 2011 Mecrus
Australian Briquette Production Facility
2 x 12 Shift Controller
September 2007 - August 2008 Mecrus
Special Projects Improvement Leader
September 2005 – September 2007 Mecrus
Australian Briquette Production Facility
Production/Maintenance Schedule
August 2004 - September 2005 Mecrus
CarterHoltHarvey
Strategic Planner
February 2004 – August 2004 Mecrus
Australian Briquette Production Facility

4. WWyyeetttt CCrriiddggee
460 Whitelaws Track • Yinnar South • Phone: 0408 359 581 • cridgewyett@gmail.com
Reinstatement Leader; Refurbishment and
construction coordination with labor and
sub-contractors
2001 - February 2004 EBAC
Australian Briquette Production Facility
2x12 Shift Controller
1994–2001 EBAC
Australian Briquette Production Facility
Maintenance Supervisor
1989 – 1994 SEC
Boilermaker with workshop fabrication,
open cut mining maintenance and pressure
welding experience
Education
1989 – 1992 Structural Fabrication Apprenticeship, State Electricity Commission (Boilermaker)
1983 – 1988 Sale Catholic College
References
Ray Moretti
0418 510 847
Leon Ryan
0407301328
Ian Green
0417 713 564