| About Jessica Hunt |
- Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from RMIT.
- Former Production Superintendent at Cristal Pigments in Kemerton WA. Was in charge of the base pigment manufacturing plant, with about 50 people reporting to her.
- Has diverse experience around Australia in various manufacturing plants.
- Currently on maternity leave looking after her 2 young children.
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| Hot Topic discussion |
- Aluminium and titanium dioxide is very expensive to produce, Australia finds it hard to compete on a global scale.
- It’s an on-going challenge to remain competitive.
- A point of differentiation for Australian companies has to be product quality – an example is a smelter Jess worked at that was the only smelter in the world able to make super purity aluminium on the first pass.
- A solution should be that Australia niches into being providers of great quality product.. And to learn how to market them well.
- Also need to be able to very clearly and concisely explain what we need from overseas producers.
- Production in Australia should be encouraged to be on the cutting edge of technology, the leaders in innovation.
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| During this podcast, you will also reflect on: |
- Worst part about being an engineer is the paperwork and the processes – Maintenace planning, incident planning… they’re all there for a really good reason and are very important, but sometimes they just feel like they’re going to suck the life out of you.
- So satisfied by the problem solving with engineering, and the subsequent fixing of things.
- Shutdown management very stressful, but very satisfying in the end.
- Think engineers will be a lot more in the design sphere.
- The 2 types of engineers – the technical guys (super smart and produce high quality), and the production engineers (good with production and people).
- How important it is to assess your manager at job interviews.
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| Want More? |
| LinkedIn to Jessica Hunt
An engineering item for discussion. Jess likes looking at the ancient temples… , The Angkor Wat, the Machu Picchu, the Pyramids… the structures they built back then with absolutely nothing… it’s just amazing.
An engineer to admire. Rosalind Hobson – A previous boss of Jess’… Technically brilliant, great communication skills. |
| Want to WIN? |
| This is the last week of our competition!
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Within the first 10 episodes, go to iTunes and leave us a review.
The best review will WIN. Winner announced in episode 11. |
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