I became interested in Monadelphous when a close friend spoke highly of the company and the people - and since Olympic Dam was a new exciting mine in SA, I applied for a role. What I liked about it was that we were working in a new town with a young vibrant community. Everyone got involved with supporting sport and recreation and we all grew together. Monadelphous actively encouraged and sponsored sporting clubs and supported our teams.
A career highlight at Monadelphous has been working through from being a Boilermaker to where I am today, and being recognised with an Outstanding Service Award by our client. I’ve enjoyed working with a variety of people to achieve the success we have had as a branch. It’s also been really satisfying working on some of the bigger site projects, where the end result has been win/win for the team and the client. Having the opportunity to see Monadelphous grow with Roxby - then having kids, and seeing them grow and become part of Monadelphous (and the community) has been a massive inspiration.
Monadelphous has fully supported me in my community activities (and there have been several!) and provided sponsorship and financial support to the organisations along the way.
Both my wife and I are from indigenous backgrounds and encourage the community to support indigenous people. Advice I received as a young apprentice, (which I’ve passed onto my own kids and many younger people) is ‘If you weren’t born rich, you need to work a third of your life so you may as well enjoy it. Don’t feel like the world owes you, get out and earn it and treat others as you would like to be treated’. Monos as a company, and our branch in particular, has a long history of indigenous employment, over the journey I’ve been directly involved in recruiting many indigenous tradies and really encourage them to better themselves in an environment where if you have the skills and drive you will definitely get the opportunities.
As well as supporting all of our sports teams and associations over the years, Monadelphous has provided the following support directly to the community:
I’m proud to be part of an organisation that has also supported these sporting associations and clubs in Roxby: