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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 24/11/2025 |
| Meeting Organiser: | Mark Kerridge (MK) |
| Attendees & (initials): | Sharon Dawson (SRD), Lloyd Everist (LE), Damien Girgenti (DG), Mark Kerridge (MK), Brian Morton (BM), Chantal Perkins (CP), Brendan Rolt (BR), Christie Lee (CL), Brad Whitbourne (BW), Joel Flemming (JF), Courtney Burzacott (CB), Blake Alexander (BA). |
| Apologies: | Nathan Weiss (NW), Bryce Marino (BM), John Sainsbury (JS), Shaun Hanley (SH), Jason Lees (JL), Andy Walters (AW), Lex Stanley (LS), John Lorenz (JL), Peter Chatfield (PC), Anthony Geldens (AG), Nikki Dawson (ND), Cameron Loudon (CL). |
| Good News Stories: |
- Zero Harm achieved! - Jet Aviation site meeting. Good opportunity to partner with for Training. - Cash Client Feedback: "Good morning John, Your guys have done a great job at my place. Everything is done to the standard I would expect! I am happy I chose Dawsons to carry out my job. Thank you for fitting it in such a tight timeframe. Invoice has been paid and should be in within 24hours. Thanks for your time." - Dustin Michna - Happy with water truck operators - Bully may look at swinging Raquel Evans over to his ongoing crew as she is also Poly/Scaff so may be chasing another truck driver - SRP happy to take on Kyle Tillack in ongoing roster - Daryl pollard - locking in for 6 months on Roltys crew- subject to a face to face with Shaun B sometime this week - John Peebles cleared to site - will fly to Dugald Tuesday - Ella Farmer has accepted Offer of Employment for the payroll position starting 1st December (next Monday). |
| Dept | Raised By | Update |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | Mark Kerridge |
Incidents: - Zero Harm achieved! Priorities: - Workshop audits. - Management system procedures. - ISO audits. - Jet Aviation. - Confined Space Rescue prep - Copperlode Dam. **NOTE** Have you properly assessed the risks prior to starting work? See the value in pre-task risk assessments and mitigation. Statistics: - Roll 12 mth TRIFR = 10.61 (Down) - Roll 12 mth LTIFR = 3.54 (Same) - Roll 12 mth MTIFR = 5.89 (Down) - Roll 12 mth AIFR = 47.15 (Same) Confined Space Rescue: - Bayview Heights Reservoir. - Copperlode Dam. |
| Training Manager | Blake Alexander |
Training Courses: - Per course calendar. Priorities: - Hire an admin to assist Serena, she has been absolutely under the pump. - Dogging next week only has 1 participant, I'm going to cancel it and send Andrew to Kowanyama. Kowanyama also needs dates for Forklift training I have a doc sign agreement. - TSRA Forklift dates for them, I have a purchase order hopefully Jan will for work for them. - Jet aviation meeting was last week; I need to catch up with Serena and create a plan. - CSQ meeting Wednesday 10:30 teams, I submitted a proposal last night for more courses. - Rural and remote councils first aid quote 24 in total for LGAQ, Indigenous council quote 23 in total LGAQ. Resources Required: - UTE Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Opportunities: - CS MSF Tomorrow. - Qbuild first aid Wednesday. - FA MSF Thursday and Friday. |
| Cairns Workshop | Bryce Marino |
Priorities: - Information not supplied. Opportunities: - Nil. Resources Required: - Nil. |
| Labour Hire - Cannington | Brigitte Locke |
Priorities: - CNN Polywelder - Friday 28th to Thursday 4th December. - CNN 80T Crane Operator for one night shift on Tuesday, 02 December 2025 to complete works on the Jaw feed chute on the ROM. - Book Clay Ford for S123 Training MOU. - Quote and start onboarding for CNN Jan Shut 2026. Opportunities: - Still sending resumes - Boilermakers to join SRP crew. Resources Required: - IMS Document Reviews. - Update CNN Personnel TRON events with CNN Site Mandatories from LMS report. |
| Labour Hire - Dugald River & Local | Trina Donkin |
Priorities: - Rolty fitter for tomorrow. - Workshop BMS plus a dogman tomorrow for JH. - Dugald report. Resources Required: - Roltys local projects. - Workshop BMs. - Fitters for Atherton Mill - February for John Nicolosi. Other: - John holland starting tomorrow. - Let Bryce down today - couldn't find a dogger at late notice when Luke called sick so he told his client to cxl the crane. |
| Labour Hire - Carmichael Mine | Kylie Adamson |
Priorities: - Onboard New personnel for December shut - Boilermakers. - Start filling spots for December shut - Get Labour numbers from site. - Sign off outstanding Invoices for end of month. Opportunities: - Next shutdown 10-15th December. - Duncan DRA quoted/tender for Mt Carlton (Reline & Maint. works Dec/Jan?). Resources Required: - Nil. Other: - Assist Brig with Cannington. - Help Kelly with answering phone so she can get through her emails. |
| Finance | Christie Lee |
Priorities: - Accounts - Phosphate Hill accruals. - Accounts payable - End of month - ensure all approved October invoices are given to Jessie for payment. - Payroll - Only Courtney this week all documents to be given to payroll for processing no later than Wednesday - not Thursday. - Aly will away Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. |
| Estimation | Brian Morton |
Quotes this week: - Gemco - ES Pump Station Steelwork. - Tablelands Regional Council - Atherton WWT STP. - Douglas Shire Council - Reservoir Ladder. - Gemco - GC29 Steelwork. - Gemco - Cover Walkway Steelwork. Opportunities: - Nil. Other Priorities: - Reviewing of Tender information that is relevant for further distribution to key stakeholders. |
| Project Manager | Brendan Rolt |
Priorities: - Bellenden Ker Tower 7 steelwork installation & structural repairs. - NWWTP & SWWTP Platform Steelwork Installation. - NWWTP Dewatering Project - Concrete footings and install pits. Opportunities: - Additional scope on the CWSS1 project. Resources Required: - CWSS1 - Looking for a Fitter to start on CWSS1 this week to work with Shaun Ballans and Peter Martella. - CWSS1 will require up to 10 additional trade resources and another Supervisor once work fronts open up. Other: - CWSS1 - Mobilisation this week. - Documentation to submit for several projects. - Punch List items at FWWTP. |
| Fleet Maintenance Manager | Nathan Weiss |
Diesel Shed - Information not supplied. |
| Asbestos | John Lorenz |
Priorities: - Contaminated Sand Collections from Water St Day care; Peace Lutheran College; Balaclava Road Childrens Centre. - McIntosh Builders - 47 Kenneth St Bayview Heights - Soffits. - Kat Davies: 14 Kokopo Cl Trinity Bch - Bathroom strip out - Booked 2nd Dec. - QBuild - TAFE - Ongoing work after asbestos. - Vehicles servicing for Xmas holidays works in Coen. - QBuild - Gordonvale SS & Coen SS for the 2025 - 2026 school holidays. - Quotes. Opportunities: - BEMS - Mareeba Hospital - 4 jobs waiting for dates to proceed. - Flint Constructions - Jobs approved. - 15 Teatree Cl, Manubda - Bathroom. - 5B Bamber St, Tully - Bathroom. - Kat Davies: 14 Kokopo Cl Trinity Bch - Bathroom strip out - Booked 2nd Dec. - Sarah-Jane Hart: 9 Barang St, Kuranda - Date TBA. - Quotes: - Building & Maintenance Services - 33 Circular Way, Weipa - Internal wall & ceilings. - QBuild - Balaclava SS - ACM & DEMO Building 16. - KFB Engineers - 27 James St - Complete ACM strip of house. Resources Required: - An assistant for John, once Lex retires?. - Replacement of Joseph Bahadur and Noah Elliott (Resigned). - Willie Ishmail is being onboarded as a ‘B' Class removalist. - Team Training - check for any out-of-date & updating of files & TRON. |
| Mt Isa Division | Jason Lees |
Priorities: - Information not supplied. Opportunities: - Nil. Resources Required: - Nil. |
| Senior Leadership Team | Sharon Dawson (CEO) Lloyd Everist (COO) Damien Girgenti (GM) |
Priorities: - Quoting. - Methodologies. - Scheduling. - Phosphate Management. - Client support. |
| Labour Hire | Chantal Perkins |
Priorities: - GEMCO - MET DEV AIRDUST BOX PROJECT - ** Find out today if Andrew Fischer role is ending at Cape Flattery due to blown budget. - GEMCO - shutdown in November 19th - currently. - GEMCO - SIP - Painter Blasters 4 swings 13/8 roster. - GEMCO - NPI - Carpenters / Painters / Plumbers / LH. - GEMCO - BACKFILL FOR FIXED PLANT MAINTENANCE. - GEMCO = Start looking for BM for Zero defect project. - CAPE FLATTERY - Fitter for XMAS & EASTER holidays. - GEMCO = Fuel Fitters. Opportunities: - NIL. Resources Required: UPCOMING SHUTDOWNS: - December: 11-15 Carmichael. - January: 14-22 Cannington (or possibly 30 to 5 Feb). - February - Groote shut. Other: - Damo & Chan heading to Groote on 2nd Dec 2025. |
| Townsville | Brad Whitbourne TSV Regional Manager |
Fabrication & Repairs: Priorities: - Information not supplied. Opportunities: - Nil. Resources Required: - Nil. |
| Joel Fleming Project Manager |
Priorities: - WTA - Ayr WTP Piping Install - Offsite support. - SMC Marine - Welding out droppers, expecting more materials to arrive this week to continue fab. - CRC - PRV Cage, deliver to galvanisers. - S32 - CPWK, VGF Platform & SPWK. - MMG - TK.035, Rougher Spools & T-Spool. - NEW - CH2008 Chute - Waiting on client info to finish off fab/welding. - Gemco - Campaign 2 Platforms. - SMC - 2 x Repulper Tanks. Other: - Nil. |
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| Peter Chatfield Estimator |
Priorities: - Information not supplied. Opportunities: - Nil. Other: - Nil. |
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| Courtney Burzacott Labour Hire Coordinator |
Priorities: - Phosphate Hill recruitment. - Permanent contracts/extension of contracts. - Backfilling Christmas and New years at Phosphate. Opportunities: Maintenance A crew - Lube tech backfill till end of year -Various Backfill at current. - Casual ongoing position - Jacob Howie - Onboarding. B Crew - BMW2 Vacant (LR 988 - Q.Mitchell) - Perm contract to be issued. - BMF5 - LR 1065 - Jason Bisson - Casual. - BCC4 - Jake Billing quit - Jack West Perm contract to be issued. - PSA shutdown is currently onsite - flying home 26.11.2025. - Maintenance Day - Granulation: Booked for early Jan however phone call with Chris Campbell on Thursday saying this might be required to be put forward. Dates to be confirmed. - Christmas and New years Backfill: Currently working on the Christmas/new year backfill requests to ensure we are covered. Still 2 fitters short at the moment. Projects - Poly welder date has been changed - No date has been sent now. - CS spotters request last Thursday and then cancelled that day. Phone call on Saturday afternoon to get them to site today or Wednesday. Zak Daley was booked and cancelled and then booked again and then he had to cancel late yesterday. Josh Marks Stein is booked in to go out this week. - Sharon Ryle Medical expiry - no dates are suitable so has a exemption from the nurses until medical can be booked in. Production - 8 x Labourers required for Production ongoing until further notice. - Granz Run - 3 x employees onsite currently - finishes on 04.12. Workshop - Workshop Supervisor: Kevin Barnsby: Medical has been completed - Awaiting on confirmation from Brad. Other: Soraya - Debtors. - Creditors. - Petty cash. Allyson - Projects at Phosphate. - Apprenticeship applications: Interviews have been booked (Temp times so we do not lose them). |
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| Next Meeting: | ||
| Day / time / date | Monday 1st December 2025 at 10:00am | |
| Close of Meeting: | ||
| Day / time / date | Monday 24/11/2025 at 10:20 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. |
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