I have more than 20 years of Safety, Risk, Environment, Quality and Training experience in mining, minerals processing, chemical processing and power generation.  Experienced in construction, early operations and mature operations, it is my goal to get safety, emergency and environmental management designed into integrated proactive processes.    

CQUniversity - Graduate Certificate of Research (2025)

CQUniversity - Masters of OHS (2013)

CQUniversity - Graduate Diploma of OHS (2011)

Murdoch University - Bachelor of Arts (1996)

CQUniversity 2012 - present

• Senior Lecturer - Paramedic Science (Work Integrated Learning) (2025 - present)
• Casual Academic - Safety Science, Disaster Management, Paramedic Science (2024-2025)
• Senior Lecturer - Safety Science (2020 - 2021)
• Head of Course - Accident Forensics (2019 - 2020)
• Deputy Head of Courses - Transport and Safety Sciences (2016 - 2019)
• Deputy Head of Programs - Transport and Safety Sciences (2015 - 2016)
• Lecturer OHS and Accident Forensics (2013 - 2015)
• Casual Academic - OHS (2012 - 2013)

CQUniversity

Senior Lecturer - Paramedic Science (February 2025 - Present)

This fixed term role provides unit coordination, development of course materials and development of the clinical placement program.

Accountabilities and Achievements

Learning and Teaching:

• Unit Coordinating, Lead Lecturing and marking for the PMSC13004 Clinical Paramedic Practice 3 final placement unit (2025 T2).  
• Review and development of the overarching placement journey across PMSC12002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 1, PMSC13002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 2, PMSC13004 Clinical Paramedic Practice 3 to ensure Paramedic Professional Capabilities scaffolding is effectively delivered across the entire placement journey.  
• Developing and coordinating the Undergraduate Paramedic Science Work Integrated Learning program and ensuring alignment with AHPRA and TEQSA requirements, as well as university and school policies.
• Managing and mentoring 124 work integrated learning students per year during their final clinical placements.
• Initiating, developing and implementing a diverse placement program, delivering initial placements for all students with non-jurisdictional ambulance services to provide students with experiences within a wide range of health services, along with inter-professional engagement opportunities.  
• Establishing and reviewing Deeds of Agreement and Individual Placement Agreements with QAS and Diverse placement providers

Research:

• Continuing with a long-term research trajectory inquiring into the effectiveness of multiple accident analysis tools.  
• Exploring the contribution of work integrated learning within the paramedic science discipline
• Mapping risk profiles with emergency response capability

Service:

• Participating in the Community of Practice for Work Integrated Learning.
• Representing CQU on the multi-university paramedic science work integrated learning network

Engagement

• Liaising with potential hosts of the diverse placement program
• Membership of WIL Australia

Casual Academic - Safety Science, Emergency & Disaster Management, Paramedic Science (March 2024 - September 2025)

These casual roles provided me with the opportunities to teach across a range of disciplines in which I have previously provided industry leadership, including disaster management, safety science and paramedic science. 

Gladstone Ports Corporation

Safety Enhancement Project Lead (June 2023 - May 2024)

Project Manager of a 19-initiative safety improvement project.

Accountabilities and Achievements

• Coaching project sponsors and project leads to develop the context, purpose and scope of each of the 19 cultural, system and engineering initiatives
• Assuring ongoing alignment of each initiative with its intent
• Facilitated project needs, resourcing and planning workshops  
• Reporting progress to Executive Committee and Board
• Leading project engagement strategies to support workforce acceptance
• Coordinating external review and assurance programs  
• Ensuring alignment with the operational safety management team’s activities 

Queensland Alumina Ltd

Manager - Health & Safety (July 2022 - May 2023)

My senior executive role provided strategic leadership & direction in the fields of Occupational Health, Occupational Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Security, Emergency and Risk Management.

Accountabilities and Achievements

• Leading and promoting the Health and Safety Continuous Improvement Strategies
• Sustaining the Risk Management approach underpinning each of the discipline areas
• Sponsoring the cultural change/cognitive behavioural program – Zero Incident Process (ZIP)
• Providing governance oversight, audit, reporting and technical advice to executive and corporate management
• Sponsoring the ROV (Drone) implementation program to replace hazardous activities with drones
• Driving improvements in the operational use and currency of the HS System

Specialist - Risk - 5 Year Environmental Strategy (January 2022 - July 2022)

In this role within the Engineering Department, I supported the delivery of key strategic capital engineering projects to deliver environmental risk-reduction, with an estimated spend of over $480M, within one of the world’s biggest alumina refineries.

Accountabilities and Achievements

• Leading the development of Capital Expenditure Approval and Gate Approval document for individual environmental engineering projects
• Coordinating and facilitating capital project risk assessments across multiple risk dimensions
• Coaching and supporting Project Leaders and Engineers in their application of appropriate risk management projects 

AirShows Down Under - Australian International Airshow & Aerospace & Defence Exposition (2015, 2017, 2019 Airshows)

Site Safety Compliance Lead (2015, 2017, 2019)

The Avalon Air Show is the southern hemisphere's biggest aviation, aerospace and defence expo. This role provided safety compliance leadership and support to the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Airshows.

Accountabilities and Achievements

• Liaising with multiple agencies and key stakeholders to ensure a safe build and bump-in period, as well as during the trade and public days. Agencies including the Australian Defence Force, WorkSafe Vic, Geelong Council, Avalon Airport & Emergency Services
• Leading safety audits of specialist areas of the airshow, including fire works and military re-enactment

CQUniversity

Head of Course - Accident Investigation (August 2019 - December 2021)

I worked closely with the Discipline Lead Accident Investigation on strategic development, focusing on operational implementation.  I coordinated the operational activities of the ten-person teaching team including Crash Lab management, course development and review, accreditation processes, course scheduling and program marketing of the Accident Investigation program.  This included an expansion of targeted marketing into new regions and new industrial domains such as rail.

Accountabilities and Achievements

Learning and Teaching:  

• Leading the development of internal accreditation proposals and reviews for both Higher Education and Vocational Education offerings.
• Coordinating teaching support processes and ensuring delivery of critical deadlines for unit profiles, teaching materials and unit reviews.
• Coordinating and administering the delivery of the Rail Safety Investigation short courses. 
• Participating in the Vocational Education internal validations and audit processes.
• Supporting the development of content for the Maritime accident investigation domain.
• Resourcing the Crash Laboratory, supervising the Simulation Technician to ensure the ongoing maintenance of crash artefacts and appropriate preparation for residential schools.

Research:

• Exploring and promoting opportunities within the team for non-traditional industrial research grants, such as Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP).

Service:

• Chairing the Transport and Safety Sciences Course Reference Committee.

Engagement:

• Drawing on my extensive industrial network, identifying and increasing stakeholder engagement to raise awareness of Accident Investigation courses amongst potential employers.
• Developing the Stakeholder Engagement Plan, including identifying new and creative opportunities to engage stakeholders.  

Deputy Head of Courses- Transport and Safety Sciences (August 2015 - August 2019)

Accountabilities and Achievements

This role supported the Head of Courses – Transport and Safety Sciences (TSS) and associated Discipline Leads in a number of areas including course development and review, accreditation processes, course scheduling and program marketing in the course areas of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Accident Forensics and Safety Sciences.

Learning and Teaching:

• Chairing and coordinating the TSS Discipline Sub Committee towards driving improvement in the quality of Annual Course Enhancement and Annual Unit Enhancement Reviews
• Developing material and content for the internal and external Course Accreditations and Five Year Reviews for the Bachelor of OHS, Bachelor of Accident Forensics
• Working with the TSS Leadership Team to increase awareness of TSS courses amongst potential employers
• Coordinating teaching support process across the TSS team to ensure the team meets critical deadlines for unit profiles, teaching materials and unit reviews
• Providing course-specific advice to the Student Succes, Credit and Admissions teams, to assist with responses to student course progress and credit queries
• Providing learning and teaching support in AIMS, EAA and Moodle for vocational education areas in safety and paramedical science
• Supporting the development of content for the Maritime accident investigation domain
• Workload planning for a teaching team of 20 full time, part time and casual academics across vocational and higher education areas
• Operational coordination including timetabling, residential school planning, logistics and budgeting

Research:

• Co-supervising Masters students during their Minor Theses.
• Writing and coordinating team grant applications.
• Exploring and promoting opportunities within the team for non-traditional industrial research grants, such as Australian Coal Industry's Research Program (ACARP)

Service:

• Acting Head of Courses – Transport and Safety Sciences during the absence of the Head of Programs.
• Mentoring new Transport & Safety Science teaching staff.
• Supporting the Head of Programs Transport and Safety Sciences, Discipline Lead OHS and Discipline Lead Accident Forensics as required.
• Participating in the Gladstone Academic Growth and Development Team.

Engagement:

• Building new industry relationships through roles as Industry Liaison and Practicum Placement Coordinator.
• Representing the Transport and Safety Sciences Program Group in Central Queensland Industry Networks such as the Gladstone Industry Leadership Group Safety.
• Representing CQUniversity on the Organising Committee for the 2015 SIA Visions Conference.

Lecturer OHS and Accident Forensics (December 2013 - present)

Accountabilities and Achievements

Reporting to the Deputy Dean Learning and Teaching - Health and Human Services, this role provides course coordination, development of course materials, assessment and research in the fields of Occupational Health and Safety; Safety Management Systems; Hygiene and Toxicology; Accident Investigation and Forensics. The duties of this role continue in parallel with the Deputy Head of Program role and include:

Learning and Teaching:

• Developing new courses and delivering them across the Transport and Safety Sciences programs.
• Course Coordinating and Lead Lecturing for undergraduate and post graduate courses within the Transport and Safety Sciences Program
• Developing the professional preparedness and work integrated learning components for the third year of the Bachelor of Accident Forensics and Bachelor of OHS.
• Developing new residential school programs for third year Bachelor of OHS courses.
• Developing a High School Visit activity program for the Crash Lab.
• Teaching during all Crash Lab residential schools within the Bachelor of Accident Forensics and Masters and Accident Investigation.
• Developing new Crash Lab Scenario materials for use as assessment tools.
• Particpating in the Community of Practice for Work Integrated Learning.

Research:

• Continuing with a long term research trajectory inquiring into the effectiveness of multiple accident analysis tools. In 2014, this led to the completion of a Masters Thesis Criteria for Choosing an Effective Incident Analysis Tool.
• Exploring the contribution of work integrated learning to the development of emerging OHS and investigation professionals.

Service:

• Acting Head of Program Bachelor of OHS for periods during October - December 2014.
• Acting Discipline Lead Accident Forensics for periods during October 2014 – January 2014.
• Participating as an active member of the Transport and Safety Sciences Program Committee.
• Participating in the 2014 Major Program Review Team for the Masters Program, assisting to develop the new Masters of Safety Science curriculum.
• Managing the Bundaberg Crash Lab.
• Sourcing and relocating Crash Lab artefacts.
• Coordinating the 2014 visit of international safety science researcher Professor Erik Hollnagel for internal and public workshops in Bundaberg and Gladstone.

Casual Academic - Course Coordinator, Lecturer and Assessor

July 2011 - December 2012

Accountabilities and Achievements

In this role I provided Course Coordinator, Lecturing and Assessing in the discipline of Occupational Health and Safety.

FAIHS - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety)

COHSProf - Chartered OHS Professional of the Australian Institute of Health and Safety)

FIML  - Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders)

Member - WIL Australia

Member - American Recorder Society (ARS)