Monthly Archives: October 2013

23 October, 2013  – Last night, the McKern Foundation donated $34,600 to more 11 community groups in its eighth round of community donations.

McKern Foundation, the philanthropic arm of McKern Steel, allows community groups to receive funding to support their ventures and interests. Categories include health and fitness related initiatives, as well as initiatives that drive education, environmental preservation and enhancement of culture.

After four strong years of donations half-yearly, Michael McKern, McKern Steel Managing Director, said the groups all deserved the support.

“Four years ago we set up our own company foundation to give money to the charitable groups, sporting groups and community groups. We do this twice a year and the presentation night is a chance to hear from some of the groups about what they’ve been up to,” he said.

The McKern Foundation has a board who has the difficult task of selecting the recipients for each round, as more groups reach to the foundation for support.

“Its getting harder and harder for community groups to find funding and they’re all appreciative of that support to help drive their community programs,” Michael explains.

Below is a list of the successful participants for Round 8 of McKern Foundation community donations.

If you are a part of or know a community group who could use a little bit of help, you can apply online at http://www.mckern.net.au/foundation/

We have a full-time opportunity for an experienced Building Project Manager/Structural Steel Detailer to join our dedicated and innovative team. Structural detailing and building project management experience is required.

McKern Steel is a solid, locally-owned company that takes great care of their employees and loves to see them succeed! Apply today an opportunity to work with our innovative team who have helped to make McKern Steel Victoria’s premier steel supplier to the Domestic Home Builders market. If you have strong communication skills, people management and the ability to prioritise, we want to hear from you.

To be considered for this position you will also need to be able to demonstrate a capacity to work hard, be innovative, and mechanically and engineering-minded.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

– Producing shop drawings from customer engineering and plans as per your daily assigned tasks. Design drawings must comply with all industry standards and protocols.
– Liaise with customers to complete shop drawings satisfactorily, quickly solve issues etc.
– The detailer is responsible for following the specific job through to completion to help solve any trouble shooting both quickly and cost-effectively.
– Must work as a team, to get all tasks completed efficiently, and bounce ideas off each other when issues arise.
– Detailers may be responsible for specific project customers at times, and may be required to drive to site for site measurements if and face-to-face customer contact.
– Understand the overall company vision and report back to the managing director.

OH&S REQUIREMENTS

– Understand and maintain safe working practices that contribute to an incident and injury free working environment
– Identify areas for improvement, participate in development or solutions, and assist with their implementation and evaluation
– Accept responsibility for personal safety, comply with OHS standards and procedures, and participate in OHS management and reporting of hazards.

Please contact Michael McKern, Managing Director to apply.

Phone: (03) 5446 9202
Email: michael@mckern.net.au

Applications close 5pm October 30, 2013.

The Bendigo Spirit is playing their first home game of the 2013/14 WNBL season tonight when the reigning league champions host the Adelaide Lightning from 7.30pm.

The unfurling of the Spirit’s 2012-13 WNBL championship banner will precede tonight’s game, but Spirit coach Bernie Harrower says the club can’t afford to dwell on past achievements.

“As much as it’s very special for us to unfurl the flag in front of our fans at home, that was last year.

“Part of my coaching philosophy all along is you’ve got to win 90 to 100 per cent of your games at home if you want to finish in the top two.”

The Spirit’s championship defence got off to a rocky start last Friday night when they were beaten by 12 points in Townsville in a grand final re-match.

The defending WNBL champions went into last weekend’s match underdone, and were disappointed both in the loss and they way they played as a team, according to captain Kristi Harrower.

“It was disappointing, what was probably more disappointing was that we were erratic and just didn’t get through stuff and that’s just not the way we play,” Harrower, who had 11 assists on the game but was restricted to 1-of-11 shooting, said.

This week, though, the Spirit gets to play in front of their home crowd at the Bendigo Stadium.

It will be the first time Spirit fans get to see recruits Tessa Lavey, Sara Blicavs, Heather Oliver and Elyse Penaluna in action on their home floor.

Adelaide is also hoping for their first win after their four-point loss to West Coast last weekend, and are still searching for the right mix amongst its group after the departure of reigning league Most Valuable Player Suzy Batkovic.

Over the journey, McKern Foundation has proudly supported the Bendigo Spirit with an excess of $8000.

GO SPIRIT!