Meet the team!
Director/Principle
Jim Harper BSc MIEAust CPEng NER
After qualifying as a mechanical engineer with honours Jim spent 10 years in the British Army specialising in providing engineering support to armoured battle groups. After emigrating in 1989, Jim joined CSR as a brick plant maintenance manager, before joining Boral as a plant manager. Jim was involved in the commissioning of Boral’s new state of the art brick manufacturing facility in Sydney, and then managed the plant for 8 years.
Before forming his own company in 2003 Jim was involved in a national manufacturing excellence initiative which included process analysis, maintenance reviews and CMMS implementation. Jim has held the role of functional lead for a national Oracle eAM implementation for over 5 years. With experience in all aspects of implementation from process mapping, through configuration to training and benefits realisation Jim can ensure that your project will deliver.
Consultant/Maintenance Specialist
Gavin Rush
Gavin has an extensive trade background which includes running his own successful automotive repair business. A move into design and technical sales then widened his experience before moving into heavy equipment management. This background enabled a good transition into maintenance improvement and CMMS implementation, where Gavin provided key input into Boral’s successful national Oracle eAM roll out. Gavin joins APMMS with proven experience around change management, system configuration and maintenance strategy to provide key input to any project, ensuring a rapid return on investment.
Inventory/CMMS Data Specialist
Jim Comerford
Jim was with Gadsden packaging for 16 years as the stores and purchasing officer. During this time he led a successful inventory reduction programme, effectively reducing inventory to $500K from over $1.5M. Jim joined Boral Transport in 1992, where again he was instrumental in stock rationalisation. Boral was then awarded a Daimler Chrysler dealership, with Jim responsible for the effective management of heavy vehicle parts using the Daimler Chrysler SPIC (Spare Parts Inventory Control System).
Jim then managed the setup of a greenfields store for Boral at Prestons, which became a benchmark for the business. Since joining APMMS Jim has worked at BP Solar, where he headed up their international cataloguing effort, and at a number of key Boral sites improving and rationalising their inventory management and processes.
Jim has provided functional business support for Oracle eAM for over 18 months. His key skills around asset and strategy setups have ensured that key business users, at the site and workshop level, receive the support and training needed to ensure that eAM delivers its payback.
Consultant/Maintenance Specialist
Jeff Robin
Jeff is a qualified electrician who started in his family business, ALNCO Sales, specialising in mechanical power transmission solutions. The family business was purchased by the Pacific Dunlop Group of companies. Jeff then worked for SEW Eurodrive, Goyen Controls and Jarvie Engineering where he provided engineering solutions in mechanical/electrical power transmission, pneumatics and hydraulics.
Jeff then moved into workplace training with Keepieces, based in Newcastle, a business specialising in procedural documentation and training. Jeff was involved in process improvement initiatives in the coal loading and steel industry. This work included documenting manufacturing processes and the delivery of knowledge based training programmes. Jeff is a certified workplace trainer.
Jeff joined APMMS in 2006. Before moving into his current role Jeff was based at a hard rock quarry as a maintenance planner, responsible for the development and implementation of CMMS driven maintenance strategy. Jeff is now a key member of our maintenance strategy team, with proven ability in CMMS implementations. Jeff has been involved with Oracle eAM for over 3 years.