Peter I Morton

Qualifications

I have ** years experience in Manufacturing Engineering and

Management in both heavy engineering and pharmaceutical industries. My

strengths include appreciation of and cooperation with legislative

authorities such as the FDA and WSA (Australian OSHA equivalent), knowledge

and appreciation of HACCP and GMP requirements involved in the production

of both pharmaceutical and food products. I also have a passion for change

and improvement and have had significant success in this area at every

position I have held as detailed below

Work Experience

2000 - Present Maintenance Manager, Tasmanian Alkaloids (Johnson &

Johnson) -Westbury Tasmania, Australia

I am the Maintenance Manager responsible for the maintenance of a

large pharmaceutical facility manufacturing 200 million

dollars a year worth of Morphine and Thebaine API s as well

as 1500 tons per year of food grade poppy seed for use in

the world wide culinary market. The nature of the business

necessitates frequent audits ranging from the FDA and TGA

(Australian equivalent to the FDA), ISO certification and

Health and Safety compliance, through to corporate and

customer quality audits. During my 10 years here, there has

never been a finding against the Maintenance department.

During my time here I have also vigorously attacked costs

and subsequently reduced the site maintenance cost from

$5.7 million dollars annually to $3.1 million. These

achievements have resulted in considerable recognition and

I have presented papers on "Maintenance Optimization" and

"Working with Manufacturing" in Asia, Europe and the US at

other Johnson and Johnson facilities. I am now heavily

involved in Lean implementation having recently been

appointed as the site Lean Maturity Assessment leader.

1999 - 2000 General Manager, Salisbury Engineering - Launceston Tasmania,

Australia

I was the General Manager responsible for the running of a well

established fabrication and machining workshop. These

responsibilities included Quality Control, Production

Management, Sales and Marketing, Site Health and Safety and

the financial management of accounts. When I took on the

role, the business was in serious decline and bordering on

trading whilst insolvent. Over the 14 months there I

managed to double the output whilst reducing costs through

aggressive cost control and a well planned marketing

strategy. Unfortunately the owners of the business chose to

close the business and sell off all assets rather than

invest any capital funds to support the business or sell it

to another party to carry on. Whilst not successful in

keeping the company afloat I was able to double the output

whilst reducing operating costs in a very short period.

1997 - 1999 Manufacturing Manager, ANI Bradken - Launceston Tasmania,

Australia

I was the Manufacturing Manager responsible for the

production planning in a medium size foundry producing

castings ranging from 10kg to 500kg using sand molds. The

main focus of my activities was based around productivity

and safety as the facility was struggling to meet the

competition as far as production costs and was crippled

with the costs associated with frequent accidents and

injuries. I led a site implementation of the Dupont Safety

system in conjunction with a company-wide initiative with

very positive results.

1992 - 1996 Maintenance Engineer, ANI Bradken - Runcorn Queensland,

Australia.

I was the Maintenance Engineering Manager responsible for the

maintenance activities of a very large steel foundry

producing castings for the mining and transport industries

with sizes ranging from 200kg to 21 tons each. During this

time I focused on productivity aspects of the Maintenance

department in line with a site wide implementation of

"Crosby Quality Management" through Proudfoots. As a result

of the changes, availability of all key equipment was

raised to between 98% and 99% whilst lowering maintenance

costs by 40%.

1989 - 1992 Apprentice Maintenance Fitter and Turner / Part time student

Queensland University of Technology, ANI Bradken - Runcorn

Queensland, Australia

I received my initial training trough completing an apprenticeship in

Maintenance Fitting and Turning whilst studying part time

for an Associate diploma in Mechanical Engineering. The two

strands of study, one heavily practical and one heavily

theory resulted in an ideal mix as the two complemented

each other so well. I received exemplary results in both

and finished the 4 year part time Associate Diploma in 3

years and had my term of apprenticeship formally reduced

due to my exemplary results.

Education

Associate Diploma Mechanical Engineering - Queensland University of

Technology, Brisbane Queensland, Australia.

Professional Affiliations

Associate Member - Australian Institute of Engineers

Language Proficiency

English

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