BEING PART OF THE TEAM AT FLUID ENGINEERING

Walking into the FLUID ENGINEERING workshop, one almost immediately encounters Lloyd's big smile. Lloyd has been working for the company, which is based in Griffith NSW, for thirteen years and is just getting started. When asked what he likes most about his job, he answered: ‘’The challenge. I like being challenged all the time and having to think outside the box. Not everything I do is straightforward.’’ FLUID ENGINEERING specialises in offering complete turnkey solutions for water transfer needs. They do this by manufacturing the Ornel pump which has pumping capacities of five to five hundred megalitres per day. With Lloyd as their loyal Lead Fitter Machinist, they eagerly tackle every challenge.

Before FLUID ENGINEERING was established in 2011, Lloyd and its director John worked together for 24 years after they did their respective apprenticeships for the same company. A year after John left the company to work for FLOW SMART and establish FLUID ENGINEERING, he and Lloyd reconnected. ‘’When John rang me, I initially did not recognise his voice as he did not mention his name,’’ Lloyd explained. ‘’He started by asking me when I was going to call him. As soon as he started laughing, I knew it was John. It all started from there.’’

Lloyd continued: ‘’I did a little bit of CNC work at my previous place of employment, then I got out of it for about two years and then basically retrained myself and had to use a different – what we call – interface on these machines. I had to learn it all myself.’’ To the question what his daily tasks are, he answered: ‘’I make all the components of FLUID ENGINEERING’s Ornel pumps. I also assemble turbines, helping the rest of the team and do quality control.’’ It is impressive to see Lloyd working with these gigantic CNC machines, when you consider that he taught it all himself. Nowadays, he even writes the programs, G-codes, for these machines.