DIRECTOR / PRINCIPAL PROCESS ENGINEER
SUMMARY
B.E. (Chem) U. Queensland (1969) with thirty-three years varied
experience in design engineering, project engineering, technical process engineering,
operations management, research and environmental engineering in the explosives
and the pulp and paper industries. Specialist leader in the development and
practical implementation of clean technology designs for pulp and paper mills
over the past ten years. Co-inventor of Amcor’s patented
Zero Liquid Effluent technology for closed water system paper mills. Established
consulting engineering company Clean Technology Solutions Pty. Ltd. December
1996.
MAJOR CAPABILITIES
* Demonstrated creative abilities to manage change in engineering
and operations management roles.
* Innovator with demonstrated track record of success in process engineering
and engineering management.
* Broad knowledge of clean technology applications in process industry.
* Thorough understanding of the pulp and paper manufacturing process, its economics
and environmental practices.
* Detailed knowledge of systems engineering, process control and quality assurance
technology and practice.
* Hands-on experience implementing cleaner production designs through design,
construction and commissioning phases
* Detailed understanding of chemical safety and the environmental quality assurance
process.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Since December 1996. Clean Technology Solutions Pty
Ltd. Running own consulting engineering company specializing in materials
and energy conservation.
June 1996 - November 1996 Manager Technology Development,
Australian Paper Fine Papers Development Group.
* Responsible for cost effective designs which allowed the
new Maryvale No 5 machine to be started within the existing mill site discharge
licence constraints and water treatment capacities while satisfying internal
stream quality requirements.
* Developed steady-state simulations of the water systems to
allow prediction of environmental effects. Initiated development of high-fidelity
models from Amcor’s Research & Technology Centre and from engineering
contractors.
* Working with Water Reduction Task Force and having established
several professional focus groups, delivered phased development opportunities
to allow mill to reduce effluent volumes and contaminant quantities.
September 1995 - May 1996 Manager Technology Development,
Amcor Paper Group’s International Division on special assignments at McKinley
Paper Company, Prewitt, New Mexico and Holfelder Papierfabrik, Wiesloch, Germany.
* Coordinated water process optimization phase at Prewitt and
performed commercial evaluation of system to allow future designs for other
proposed mills.
* Co-authored study on integrated design of closed water systems
into recycling mill operation.
* Established QA computer systems; designed and equipped quality
control laboratory for Wiesloch mill; and set up environmental performance monitoring
computer systems.
September 1993 - August 1995 Technical Manager
McKinley Paper Company’s Prewitt, New Mexico Recycling Mill, reporting
to Vice-President, Operations.
* Co-designed, using modeling techniques, mill closed water
system, now patented worldwide as the Amcor Zero
Liquid Effluent system.
* Supervised construction completion and commissioning of the
Zero Liquid Effluent closed water system.
* In collaboration with mill’s chemical vendors, designed and specified
chemical systems to suit totally-closed system. The system we pioneered with
Betz Paperchem became the system of choice in tightly-closed mills.
* Participated in recruiting team and training of operators
in technical aspects of paper manufacture and water system control.
* Participated in startup/commissioning of paper machine, responsible
for product quality assurance and process control improvements.
* Established mill’s laboratories and quality assurance system, including
purchase and implementation of QA software.
* Developed and implemented mill’s Environmental Management
Plan.
June 1991 - August 1993 Environmental Manager
Australian Paper's Fairfield Papermill. Developed Mill Environmental Plan, Community
Consultation process and responsible for progressive water system close-up of
mill by 17% with a 5-year plan for a further 20% reduction.
October 1988 to May 1991. Manager Process Systems Research
at Amcor Ltd's Research & Technology Centre. Reporting to the General Manager,
Technology and responsible for Diagnostic Engineering, Process Control Systems,
Operations Research, Measurement Technology and Process Modeling as well as
maintenance & development of the Centre's plant & experimental equipment.
September 1984 to October 1988. Manager Diagnostic
Engineering at Amcor Research & Technology Centre. Provided process
diagnostic services to all Amcor operating units ranging from pulp and paper
mills through can manufacturing plants to fibre container and plastics manufacturing
facilities.
September 1983 to September 1984. Manager Eucalypt
Kraft Pulp Mill, APM Maryvale Complex. As area manager in the Maryvale
site, responsible for the profitable operation of the old pulp mill during new
(Pine) pulp mill’s commissioning requiring extensive rationalization of
operations to allow closing of the main pollutant streams to meet new environmental
constraints.
January 1981 to August 1983. Mill Manager Spearwood
Paper and Board Mill, a 40,000 tonnes per annum board mill. Representing
APM in West Australia and responsible for the improved profitability of the
Company's W.A. manufacturing operations.
August 1980 to December 1980. Production Superintendent
and Acting Manager of the Neutral Sulphite Pulp Mill
at APM's Maryvale complex. Established process and control improvements allowing
the mill to meet considerably tightened environmental constraints.
August 1979 to July 1980. Sponsored by APM
as Special Student at Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton,
Wisconsin, USA, for one year in Masters Program. In one year completed 75% of
course work required for the two-year MS Degree, including majors in Management
and Systems/Control Engineering. Visited pulp and paper mills in North America
to study technology and U.S. management techniques.
July 1978 to July 1979 Technical Superintendent, Neutral
Sulphite Pulp Mill, responsible for quality control, process improvement,
environmental control and computer applications. Originated process and control
redesign to allow the mill's chemical plant to continue operating within tightened
environmental constraints.
April 1978 to June 1978. Production Superintendent,
No 3 Continuous Mill at the Kinleith Pulp & Paper Mill of New Zealand
Forests Products Ltd as part of a job exchange program. Initiated mechanical
redesign and process control improvements achieving improved safety, plant availability
and quality control.
March 1977 to March 1978. Shift Foreman Maryvale
Pulp Mills responsible for line management including coordination of
shift maintenance requirements.
July 1976 to February 1977. Technical Officer, Pulp
& Paper Mills, Maryvale, responsible for investigations in quality,
process and environmental improvements.
August 1974 to June 1976. Project Engineer and Shift
Supervisor during the building and commissioning of the No. 5 Recovery
Boiler and Turbine Project at Maryvale. Included a month as assistant boiler
operator (due to industrial action during boiler commissioning.)
January 1969 to July 1974. Process engineering
and project engineering experience with Commonwealth Department of Supply,
Mulwala Explosives Factory. Engineer in Production Development Team,
responsible for Project Engineering for a range of explosives production plant
projects.
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