John Irwin

Background

About John Irwin

I have worked predominantly in manufacturing for most of my career and have found that I love leading people and helping teams overcome challenges. I have great social skills and enjoy connecting with people, learning from them and being able to share knowledge and insights so we can all be successful. My working life started off in a foundry where I did my trade as a Moulder, making moulds for large mining consumables such as dragline buckets. I had a career change and moved into the timber industry where I found a passion for the beautiful, renewable thing we call timber. I earned a role as a front line leader and performed that role for a couple of years before taking on a cadetship. I have since had the pleasure to follow trees from the nursery all the way to the market via the sawmill and glue laminated beam plant. I have had the invaluable opportunity to be involved in some challenging projects and research work with industry experts who have helped me flourish. My Cadetship entailed studies and so I chose a university degree focusing on Business Administration, Human Resource Management and Leadership and Management, which I completed with a GPA of 5.93. I have met so many great people and have accumulated a plethora of useful knowledge and technical abilities from the rare opportunities I’ve had the pleasure of undertaking. I look forward to leading many more teams and solving many more problems!