Thomas Evanson, MEng

Experience

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  Ravensdown

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Plant Operator

  Worked at one of Ravensdowns fertilizer plants during school holidays as a contract employee. I worked at a Lime packing facility.

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  SCA - Hygiene and Forest Products Company

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Plant Operator

  Worked school holiday contracts as a plant operator at SCA Hygiene's Te Rapa site working night shifts packing paper products.

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  NZ Army

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Officer Cadet

  Participant of the full time Officer Training programme the Kippenberg Scheme. In 2010 I was appointed section commander in the Takruna Platoon. Honorable discharge, to focus on Engineering studies.

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  Penny Engineering

  Nov 2009 - Feb 2010

  Workshop Technician

  Work completed as in part requirement for B.Eng. Working directly with the GM and Team Leaders, I was involved in design, fabrication and production; also becoming a driver of organisational planning and workflow debottlenecking.

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  Steens New Zealand

  Nov 2010 - Feb 2011

  Plant Operator

  Honey Plant Operator, work completed in part as requirement for B.Eng. Managed batch blending, storage planning and the running of process line equipment. Improved data capture and consolidation of the hive collection database; allowing for consumer tracking of boutique products. Managed batch blending strategies to optimize the market mix of export product.

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  Callaghan Innovation

  Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

  Summer Research Intern

  Work completed as in part of B.Eng. degree requirements. Worked with the Nano-Microfluidics team developing structural applications for 'lab-on-a-chip' diagnostics. Using laser writing and lithographic techniques.The project was successful in designing a functioning micro bead filter whilst circumventing resolution limitations encountered with the current lab techniques. My innovative design was hailed as a research milestone; paving the way for commercialization of a functioning prototype.

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  AsureQuality

  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Analytical Lab Technician

  Worked as a Lab Technician, operating GC/MS machines testing domestic export and imported food products.Responsible for the calibration and maintenance of GC/MS machines along with quality control monitoring of machine and method testing, using (6 sigma principals, control charts etc.).I was also responsible for planning of test samples and execution of the test methods to approved lab SOPs. Along with reporting and inspection of chromatographs of detected species.

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  University of Alberta

  May 2014 - Oct 2014

  Research Lead

  Conducted research on the upgrading of Heavy Oil feedstocks using abundant local catalyst (Zeolites) as a means to increase oil yield and process efficiency. Trend analysis and identification were reported on formally; paving the way for for future pilot scale projects. Reaction scheme and methodology was developed through experimental trial and analysis; the results obtained confirmed the possibility of ground breaking improvements in oil extraction were possible. The magnitude of impact was a minimum potential increase in synthetic oil production of around 30% or approximately worth 8.1 Billion dollars pa to the industry. Show less

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  Waste Management NZ Ltd

  Jan 2016 - May 2017

  Maintenance & Procurement Manager

  Produced a VBA solutuion for maintenance request automation. Managed 'Parts Washer' Subsidiary of WMTS nation wide; responsible for maintenance and re-branding of industrial parts washing lease machines and procurement of OPEX consumables. Also responsible for procurement of OPEX consumables for WMTS - East Tamaki; along with database management and site process safety compliance.

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  Farmers Trading Company Ltd

  Jun 2017 - Nov 2018

  Senior Group Financial Analyst

  As part of the Finance & Business Intelligence team: I provided internal research to maximize the contribution margins of retail sites around New Zealand within the FTG brands (Farmers, Whitcoulls and Stevens); finding opportunities to optimize product mix and control expenses to enable sustainable growth and maintain our competitive advantages.Improvement Projects: Have ranged from 'Allocation Cost Modeling' of the FTG distribution center, which has been accompanied by involvement with the process improvement and automated reporting project also for the FTG distribution center; the long term scope of which is to provide transparency and enable efficient channel section to the market for our buying team through an accurate full costing model.Monthly financial reporting was conducted by myself for all levels of management along with budgeting, forecasting and providing fiscal guidance are key aspects of the role. Show less

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  ASB Bank

  Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

  Continuing to support the Corporate Strategy Team in deriving Insights from Strategic Spending Initiatives via bespoke applications. Working in the Corporate Strategy team the focus of the role is to deliver Bespoke Portfolio Management tools to aid Senior and the Executive Leadership Team plan and manage capital allocation. The delivery of such tools is facilitated through an extremely capable agile team. Business partnering and engagement with key stakeholders is a key component of the role which enabled the rapid prototyping and development of integrated SAAS Solutions.

  • BI Senior Manager

    May 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Software Implementation Manager- Corporate Strategy

    Dec 2018 - May 2019
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  Spark New Zealand

  Apr 2022 - Dec 2023

  Business Intelligence Consultant

  Contracting for Spark Digital within the Ignite brand. Filling various professional services roles in IT and Data Analytics across the Waikato & BoP region. This has included BI Archetech, BI Developer and BA roles.Working for WDHB, built the capacity utilisation reporting for all services through PowerBI, utilising SnowFlake as a Data wharehouse and ELT service. Delivered all mental health reporting for in-patient using PowerBI. Also did BA work for a new out-patient Mental Health app, to track vital patient statistics.Working for Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC), produced reports for all council services, utilising the ERP platform's reporting software OneCouncil from TechOne. was responsible for documentation of bussiness requirements using Jira. Delivered Data Models and pipelines with accompanying reports and Dashboards using Ci Anywhere. Show less