Ben O'Rourke

Reliability and Asset Integrity Superintendent at Queensland Alumina Ltd

Queensland, Australia

About

A natural leader with a Mechanical Engineering degree and over 15 years of Engineering, Operations and Maintenance experience in a complex Industrial environment. More than 10 years’ experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in a complex operational environment. •Experience in managing teams and implementing lean principals, change and behavioural safety systems and tools. •Excellent understanding and track record in the area of work management, asset management and reliability centred maintenance. •Strong problem solving background with skills in Lean Six Sigma - DMAIC, FMEA, and RCA. •Track record of leading site critical improvement projects on time and budget. •Major project experience including operational readiness and commissioning in a Brown Field environment.

Experience

  • Queensland Alumina Ltd (18 yrs)
    • Reliability and Asset Integrity Superintendent
      Oct 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 10 mos

    • Operations Superintendent
      Aug 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Six Sigma Black Belt
      Aug 2008 - Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Rio Tinto Alcan ()
    • Operations Superintendent Optimisation
      Sep 2007 - Aug 2008 · 1 yr

    • Production Superintendent Digestion
      May 2005 - Sep 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Operations Superintendent Redside at Nabalco Pty Ltd
    Apr 2004 - May 2005 · 1 yr 2 mos