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Communication Meeting


A communication meeting is held every Monday in the Cairns board room to provide updates on what is happening in everyone's week coming up and to collect good news stories from the week before.

All Division/Department Heads, Accounting, Labour Hire, Safety and Quality Staff are invited, welcome and encouraged to attend. (If you can't attend could you please e-mail Mark Kerridge details to be read out at the meeting)


Date of Meeting: Monday 05/11/2024
Meeting Organiser: Mark Kerridge (MK)
Attendees & (initials): Sharon Dawson (SRD), Lloyd Everist (LE), Damien Girgenti (DG), Mark Kerridge (MK), Brian Morton (BM), Christie Lee (CL), Chantal Perkins (CP).
Apologies: Nathan Weiss (NW), John Sainsbury (JS), Brendan Rolt (BR), Shaun Hanley (SH), Andy Walters (AW), Lex Stanley (LS), John Lorenz (JL), Jason Lees (JL), Brad Whitbourne (BW), Nikki Dawson (ND), Blake Alexander (BA), Cameron Loudon (CL), Bryce Marino (BM), Peter Chatfield (PC), Joel Flemming (JF), Larry Pegoraro (LP), Courtney Burzacott (CB).
Good News Stories: - Zero Harm achieved for the week.

- Positive feedback from Phosphate Barry Coonan on Harley Entsch – New Supervisor for A Crew.



Dept Raised By Update
Safety Mark Kerridge Incidents:

- Nil reported incidents.

Priorities:

- Phosphate Hill site visit.
- Sun Metals site visit.
- ICAM x2.
- Work Cover.
- Audit prep.

**REMINDER** stay vigilant with reporting of incidents.

Statistics:

- Roll 12 mth TRIFR = 7.15
- Roll 12 mth LTIFR = 3.58
- Roll 12 mth MTIFR = 3.58
- Roll 12 mth AIFR = 57.22

Confined Space Rescue:

- Continuation at Veolia, Cairns.
- Finished Copperfield Dam project 4/11.

Training Manager Blake Alexander
Training Courses:

- Per course calendar

Priorities:

- MSF visits today to discuss 4 supervisor courses in November / December.

- Find a Trainer to delivery supervisor training 9th / 10th and 11th of December. (hopefully not me).

- First telehandler course this week with Qbuild and will need lots of room in yard.

- Thursday Island training dates.

- Trainer interviews.

- We have a busy November and December with 12 days MSF, 9 days for Qbuild, 2 days Norship, 3 days for Reece. I have cancelled Decembers Dogging.

- Purchase tourniquet trainer and Fire extinguishers.

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Other:

- Nil.
Cairns Workshop Bryce Marino Priorities:

- Information not supplied.

Opportunities:

- Nil

Resources Required:

- Nil.

Labour Hire - Cannington Brigitte Locke Priorities:

- Major Projects – Concreter/ Carpenter – 7:7 roster - Xmas.

Fixed Plant Maintenance
- Boilermaker – Job share – 7:21 roster – start ASAP
- Boilermaker – 7:7 roster – approx. 3 swings – start ASAP – Flying out Thurs 7/11
- Toolstore Backfill – 26Dec - 2nd Jan and 31st Jan – 6th Feb

Small Projects

- 2 x TA/Riggers + Rigger with EWP + Boilermaker - Flying out Thurs 7/11
- Crane Operator 100T+ - 7:7 roster – Xmas
- Planner – 8:6 Roster/ Flexible – 7NOV- end JAN
- Supervisor – N/S – 28NOV – 4DEC

Other

- CNN Quote and Labour List due – Shutdown Dates 5-9DEC - Shutdown Prep - Parts Coordinator– 22NOV-28NOV + 2DEC-12DEC +20DEC – 23DEC
Opportunities:

- Nil

Resources Required:

- Nil

Other:

- Nil

Labour Hire - Dugald River & Local Trina Donkin Priorities:

- Annual leave.

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Resources Required:

- Nil.
Other:

- Nil.

Labour Hire - Carmichael Mine Courtney Baldissera Priorities:

- Carmichael shutdown

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Other:

- Nil.

Finance Christie Lee Priorities:

- Debtor invoicing; Debtor statements; Debt recovery

- Flight centre & credit card reconciliations

- Updating insurances with clients

- Phosphate October invoice

Other:

- Christie AL Wednesday 06/11/24 & 11/11/24 – 18/11/24.

Estimation Brian Morton Quotes this week:

- FGF – 316 S/S Pipe Straps.

- New Century Resources – Auxiliary Shovels

- Cassowary Coast Regional Council – Supply & Delivery of Six Hook Lift Bins

- Cairns Regional Council – Barron Gorge Road Rockfall Protection

- QPWS – Red Bluff Stairs

Opportunities:

- Nil

Other Priorities:

- Reviewing of Tender information that is relevant for further distribution to key stakeholders.

Project Manager Brendan Rolt Priorities:

- Information not supplied.

Other:

- Nil.

- Nil.

Fleet Maintenance Manager Nathan Weiss

Diesel Shed

- Information not supplied.

Asbestos John Lorenz

Priorities:

- 252 Forest Rd Daintree – ACM / DEMO

- 73 Hayward St - DEMO

- 36 Fairview St - ACM

- Quoting on various jobs

- Follow up on previous quotes

- Audits / Sampling

Opportunities:

- QBuild – Gordonvale SS – E Block

- QBuild – 16-20 Ascot Ave – ACM & DEMO

Required Labour:

- Nil required.

Other:

- We have seen sporadic and unprecedented work decline between the school holidays, which we are trying to work through. The upcoming December school holiday is 80% booked.

Mt Isa Manager Jason Lees Priorities:

- Information not supplied.

Opportunites:

- Nil.

Resources Required:

- Nil.

Other:

- Nil.

Senior Leadership Team Sharon Dawson (CEO)

Lloyd Everist (COO)

Damien Girgenti (GM)
Priorities:

- Win the week.

- AS 5131 accreditation .

- SD travelling Tues onwards.

Discussion for next week: People through the door - how can we identify & retain talent more effectively?

Labour Hire Chantal Perkins Priorities:

- EHM SURFACE Shut – finalise onboarding /training / logistics – waiting for site admin to advise flight details

- GROOTE – Boilermakers – 4 shutdown this weekend

- Norstar – Tech Writer / Senior Maintenance Assurance

- DUGALD RIVER – Shutdown – review the current numbers / onboarding & prepare for the upcoming shut.

- GEMCO SHUT MOVED TO JANUARY – NEED TO COMMENCE MEDICAL BOOKINGS / ONBOARDING

- APPRENTICE APPLICATIONS 2025 – Cairns have closed, need to coordinate interviews

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Resources Required:

- BOILERMAKERS – Groote 7 to 11 Nov – inducted and ex Cairns / Brisbane.

- BOILERMAKERS / FITTERS – Groote shutdown 13TH Jan for 6 weeks (7/7 roster)

Other:

- TRON CLEANUP – DNU / Client Exclusions, incorrect data entry etc. & Reviewing templates

- Heard that Maxi (Labour Hire) have upped and left Cape Flattery Mine, causing some chaos?

- Maryanne in Mt Isa to continue training Rachel this week

- Courtney-CNS – At Carmichael in Site Admin role for Shutdown all this week

- Katrina – on annual leave all this week.

- Chantal has taken over marketing/ Dawsons advertising / Social media - Email her for advertising / photos

- Courtney – CNS has been requested to attend Carmichael shutdown from 3rd Nov for 7 days.

- DAWSONS CAIRNS XMAS INVITATION SENT for TSV & CAIRNS

- Chantal/ Damo - hosting table at Defence Ball Saturday 09/11/24

Townsville Brad Whitbourne
TSV Regional Manager
Priorities:

- Roaster Dome project

Opportunities:
- Nil.

Resources Required:
- Nil.

Other:
- Nil.

Larry Pegoraro
Townsville Workshop
Priorities:

- SMC, Roaster Dome, Heat Exchanger Platform, send to SMC

- S32, Dispatch SPWK, Weld out fire line and send to APG, Dispatch concrete formwork material.

- Simberi Gold, Start fabrication on Agitator Platforms steel work, send Bag Breaker steelwork to paint

- Albem, 25 x Pile Covers fabricate.

- Newmont, BN2002 beam, Collect from paint and dispatch.

- DRA, Fabricate Smoker and Filter pipework.

Other:

- Nil.

Joel Fleming
Project Manager
Priorities:

- Roaster Dome project.

Resources Required:

- Nil.

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Peter Chatfield Estimator Priorities:

- Information not supplied.

Opportunities:

- Nil.

Other:

- Nil.
Courtney Burzacott
Labour Hire Coordinator
Priorities:

- Phosphate numerous requests

– Kev Roy – Replacing Chris Campbell while at Dyno – Onboarding

- SMC roaster Dome

Resources Required:

Maintenance: Vacant positions
- 1 x Fitter for this week
- 1 x Fitter for next week 13/11
- 2 fitters for week of 20/11

Production: - Granz Run: 2 swings – First one this Thursday
- Second swing to be advised by site hopefully this week

Utilities:
- Carpenter for this week – Matt Buckle
- Fitter for next – Rob D’Addona wants certain people so looking at moving some Labour around to suit

Life of Mine:
- Emma Fitzgerald been successful – Onboarding for a 11/11 start as per LOM team

Warehouse:
- Tool store role for 3 swings as per Sonya Inwood – Les Wilson has been requested for this
This Week we have 12 casuals going to site. Last week we had 14 casuals fly to site (On top of all our ongoing casual roles and perm staff)

Other:

Soraya:
- Catching up from Leave last week
- Creditors
- On leave from next week till end of November

Allyson:
- Onboarding all 4 new employees for SMC roaster dome for next week
– Inductions, Medical ETC
- Assisting with Phosphate and numerous requests

- Courtney will be working from home till Wednesday Post surgery and back in the office Thursday.

Next Meeting:
Day / time / date          Monday 11th November 2024 at 10:00am
Close of Meeting:
Day / time / date           Monday 04/11/2024 at 10:25 am
Notes:         

Please remember to take photos of what work we are doing as they can be used for the website etc  make sure that WH&S requirements are met