University of Newcastle Australia Career Directory Profiles

On Thursdays, we have our weekly classified plant meeting. One of my responsibilities as a graduate mechanical engineer is ‘Wet Plant’ registered plant.

After dropping off, I head to work. I’m usually in by 8, which means it's time for toast and a cup of tea. While I enjoy this, I chat with our other early birds and set myself up at my desk. I sort through emails and write out an agenda for my day, which helps me stay on track and lets me know if I need to hunt for more work!

As a Systems Engineer, it is important for me to keep up to date with everything happening in my systems of responsibility, so I can provide support where needed.

Commonly I start by checking all the production drill sites and finalising with the charge up sites. Never forget to bring all your PPE specially hearing protection, drill sites can be very noisy.

I like to head out to see the work site and make sure we haven’t had any changes or incidents overnight that we don’t know about like heavy rain.