Nick Sherston

Experience

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  Mossman Central Mill Company Limited

  Jan 2002 - Nov 2010

  •Supervision of up to 10 staff and the Electrical group, plan and supervise day to day maintenance and projects•Provide input into the upgrading of procedures for all aspects of safety and electrical safety and development of new installations •Assist in the development of annual performance improvement plans•Organise and co-ordinate training for departmental personnel including CPR LVR, HV Switching, Variable Speed Drive training, PLC training, Certificate III in Instrumentation via correspondence •Fault finding on general and complex circuits, installation, maintenance and repair of various Instrumentation Show less

  • Electrical Supervisor

    Nov 2007 - Nov 2010

  • Electrician Journeyman/Apprentice

    Jan 2002 - Nov 2007
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  Mossman Central Mill

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2012

  Electrical Engineering Supervisor

  •Experienced in planning and carrying out maintenance on all plant and equipment at Mossman Mill over the past 10 years, including conveyers, bagasse systems, boiler controls, centrifugals, cane elevators, bagging machines, palletising robots, various screws and pumps•Expertise in a variety of types and brands of instrumentation, such as flow, temperature, pressure, height, weight conductivity and more•Responsible for the supervision and running of the Electrical group, supervising up to 10 staff including tradespersons to apprentices and trades assistants•Plan and supervise day to day maintenance and projects•Scheduled Maintenance Planning – Plan and schedule weekend/shutdown maintenance during crushing period, and for offseason work which can be around 8 months long•Adopt and design new projects/installations to be implemented during offseason •PLC application design and programming •Fault finding on general and complex circuits•Installation, maintenance and repair of various Instrumentation •Safety – Conduct prestart meetings daily, toolbox talks weekly to discuss various safety issues and maintain a focus on working in a zero harm environment•Conduct safety audits of both on employees and plant on a regular basis •Provide input into the development and management of annual budgets and programs•Provide expert technical information on upgrading procedures for electrical safety and have input into general safety procedures •Maintain up to date understanding of technology and systems to improve factory performance and develop annual performance improvement plans•Organise and co-ordinate training for departmental personnel including CPR LVR, HV Switching, Variable Speed Drive training, PLC training, Certificate III in Instrumentation via correspondence Show less

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  CST Minerals Lady Annie Pty Ltd.

  Dec 2012 - Jan 2015

  Electrical and Instrumentation Journeyman/Planner

  •Planning and carrying out maintenance on all plant and equipment including conveyors, centrifugal, pumps, agglomeraters, screen decks, trippers, ore stackers, filters, rectiformers, diesel water heaters, robotic and manual copper cathode strippers etc.•Instrument equipment includes: Temp (RTD, thermocouple), Magflow meters, Pressure transmitters, conveyer belt weighers, various height sensors, control valves, flame detectors, Robotic copper cathode strippers, various proximity and limit switches, copper cathode strippers and more•Automation: Alan Bradley PLCs, Software RSLogics5000 and RSLogics500, Siemens PLC (Simatic S7-200), Citect 7.2•Maintain up to date understanding of technology and systems to improve factory performance •Fault finding on general and complex circuits•Work to safety procedures and using the appropriate permits and forms such as JHAs, working at heights, safe work, hot work and more Show less

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  Hood Packaging Corporation

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2024

  •Manage day-to-day electrical department activities•Provide continual support as “Secondary on-call electrician”•Must be available to assist with troubleshooting after hours and on weekends when required •Manage day-to-day electrical parts inventory for equipment and building•Ensure all drawings and documents are checked in accordance with the company’s checking procedure•Work with engineering/design in modifications to existing equipment and procedure by using established formulas and techniques, along with safe work procedures established by the Canadian Electrical Code•Identify cost effective solutions to prevent equipment failure before it occurs. Communicate with other disciplines concerning specific equipment issues•Actively contribute to the development and improvement of the company’s electrical systems, procedures, practices and processes•Provide technical support/trouble shooting advice to all Maintenance/Production personal•Review Preventative Maintenance program, determine where changes or improvements are necessary and makes recommendations regarding changes •Keep abreast of new technologies and methodologies relevant to the performance of the Maintenance Department•Help plan, organize, and install project work•Assist Engineering Manager in keeping capital project costs withing budgeted limits. Show less •Planning and carrying out maintenance on all plant and equipment including paper bag bottomers and tubers, paper printers, paper coaters, paper slitters, paper sewing lines, backup generators and ups units, security systems and cameras, other site equipment.Electrical: Various voltages, various Variable Speed Drives, contactors, timers, counters and much more. •Instrument equipment includes: Temp (RTD, thermocouple), magflow meters, pressure transmitters, weighers, various height sensors, control valves, robotic paper bag stackers and wrappers, various proximity and limit switches and more•Automation: Alan Bradley PLCs, Software RSLogics5000, RSLogics500 and RSLogics5.•Maintain up to date understanding of technology and systems to improve factory performance •Fault finding on general and complex circuits and PLC programs•Creating new and updating electrical drawings using Autocad•Work to safety procedures and using the appropriate permits and forms such as JHAs, working at heights, safe work, hot work and more Show less

  • Electrical Lead Hand

    Sept 2021 - Feb 2024

  • Electrician

    Feb 2016 - Sept 2021