Darren Purple

Experience

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  Airefrig Australia Pty Ltd

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2010

  Sales Representative

  Internal Sales Representative for an established national refrigeration and airconditioning trade wholesaler. Providing a high level of customer services, quotes, phone sales, parts and trade knowledge.Key accounts I helped establish and service included ESS at Newcrest, Morris Corp at Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak.

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  Hays

  Nov 2010 - Jul 2015

  The primary responsibility of this role was the management of the Fixed Plant Electrical business which I managed from 2010, specialising in the recruitment of experienced Electrical Trades within Fixed Plant and Underground maintenance. This went hand in hand with my duties as a Section Manager, where I was tasked with the business development, service delivery and customer relations for several key Contractors and Mining Operators based in the Pilbara region of WA.

  • Section Manager Resources and Mining

    Mar 2015 - Jul 2015

  • Senior Recruitment Consultant - Fixed Plant Electricial

    Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  • Recruitment Consultant - Fixed Plant Electrical

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  • Associate Recruitment Consultant - Fixed Plant Electrical

    Nov 2010 - Jul 2011
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  Beilby Downing Teal Pty Ltd

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2017

  Senior Consultant - Temp and Perm White Collar Recruitment

  Senior Recruitment Consultant responsible for clients White Collar permanent recruitment and labour hire contracting requirements across varying industries and business units.

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  Hudson

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2019

  Senior Consultant, Civil Construction & Mining

  I specialised in the recruitment of senior roles, both permanent and contracting within Civil Construction & Mining projects and operations.Key skilled disciplines that I recruited for across these sectors includes (but not limited to) Civil Supervisors, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Estimators, HSEQ Specialists While I was also responsible for operational roles across Mining Operations.

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  Engineers Australia

  Oct 2019 - now

  Team Leader Graduate Engagement sees Darren leading a current team of two Graduate Engagement specialists based in Victoria & NSW, passionate about improving the member experience for early career graduate engineers. This team works collaboratively with state based Client Managers to partner with local engineering organisations and employers of engineers to support their attraction, retention and training & development of Graduate and Early Career Engineers. To discuss Engineers Australia's graduate engineer membership and development strategy and functions please contact Darren on 0467 002 795 or DPurple@engineersaustralia.org.au Darren will continue to manage and maintain the WA, Senior Client Manager portfolio (see role details below) and is readily available to support local WA engineering organisations across all levels of engineering experience Show less Darren leads the business development functions in Western Australia & the Northern Territory, responsible for the account management of 100+ engineering organisations that partner with Engineers Australia. From International operators, to small boutique consultancies, Darren ensures his clients engineering workforce are benchmarked to internationally recognised Stage 1 (Membership) and Stage 2 (Chartered) standards. As your Client Manager, Darren will work with your Engineering Team steering them through their Chartered journey(s) Show less

  • Team Leader Graduate Engagement & Senior Client Manager - WA

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Team Leader Graduate Engagement & Client Manager - WA

    May 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Client Manager, Western Australia & Northern Territory

    Jul 2021 - May 2023

  • Client Manager, WA

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2021