Kieran Quinlan

R&D Shop Manager, developing and prototyping mushroom picking robotic systems

Shutdowns on Gold mine sites as a Mechanical Fitter throughout the Goldfields Carried out Preventative Maintenance and Breakdown Repairs of heavy plant equipment such as Crushers, Mills, Conveyors, Various Pumps, Pneumatic Cylinders, Oil Coolers, Heaters and Heat Exchangers on Hydraulics, Gearboxes, Screens etc. Some Lathe/Milling work to breakdown repairs and urgent projects. Shift cover for different mine sites on a variety of rosters, from 8/6(days) to 4/1(weeks)

Shutdowns on Iron Ore mine sites as a Mechanical Fitter, FIFO Worked on multiple sites around WA including Saw Mills and Mine Sites Carried out Preventative Maintenance and Breakdown Repairs of heavy plant equipment such as Crushers, Mills, Conveyors, Various Pumps, Pneumatic Cylinders, Oil Coolers, Heaters and Heat Exchangers on Hydraulics, Gearboxes, Screens etc.

Worked on Truck Mounted Hydraulic Cranes Completed servicing, problem solving, load testing, certifying, repairs, new installations and modifications both in the work shop and on site Designed different applications for mobile cranes Mast Climbers to Australian Standards Worked on many different makes and models such as HIAB, Palfinger, Fassi and Kevrek cranes

Completed 4year apprenticeship as a Fitter/Turner with Merit Worked in many aspects of the trade and gained a very wide knowledge of Industrial Mechanics, Milling, Lathe Work, Surface Grinding, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Manufacturing, Pipe Fitting, Fabricating, Welding (Arc, TIG, MIG, Flux core, Low Hydrogen, Gas etc..) Worked in Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Medical, Construction, Food and Produce, Distilleries and many other industries. Examples of which are; Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker Instruments and Orthopedics, Jameson Distillers-Middleton, Pepsi, Clonakilty Foods, Punch Industries etc..