Before becoming the Marketing Lead for the WA Mining Club, Jordan Pedley started her career working alongside her family in their mining services and manufacturing business Striker.
Founded in 1998 by Craig Pedley, Striker designs and manufactures heavy-duty mobile crushing and screening equipment for the Australian minerals industry.
Speaking to Mining.com.au, Pedley shares how her father encouraged her to gain firsthand experience in the family business before pursuing her studies in social work at university.
“I worked for the business for a year and loved it,” she tells this news service.
During her years in the family business, Pedley acquired a wealth of knowledge and practical skills specific to the mining industry, while also holding a Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing and Managing at Curtin University.
“I slowly worked through each department and gained that credibility and respect and knowledge to work my way through,” Pedley says.
“Crushing and screening, [for example], is quite a niche knowledge.”
Many of the Striker technical team had been working with her family’s business for 15 to 20 years and as a result, Pedley was able to absorb a plethora of knowledge and skills that were passed down to her. During her tenure at Striker, Pedley was appointed as Lead of Women in Quarry Western Australia as well as the election on the Institute of Quarrying Australia’s (IQA) executive committee.
“Passing on that knowledge and having the patience and working with me on machines and through the quoting and design processes is knowledge that is just incredible and something I never thought I’d learn,” she explains.
Beyond technical skills, Pedley also developed strong leadership abilities, shaped by the many mentors and roles she encountered throughout her career.
“Its so kind, the amount of people that have put time into me to pass on their knowledge and then the leaders I aspire to be. So that leadership is also working my way from the bottom to the top and gaining that respect and becoming a leader,” she adds.
Serving on the Western Australia Mining Club Committee as the head of the club’s Young Mining Professionals, Pedley contributes to advancing industry standards and championing diversity. She takes pride in passing down her industry knowledge to incoming youth.
WA Mining Club Young Professionals is a growing international association of mining professionals which aims to advance the global profile and leadership of the mining and exploration industry. The association aspires to drive diversification and innovation within the mining industry by creating a forum supporting young professionals’ development, network, and retention.
Pedley is currently Director of Strategic Initiatives at Barakee and MAX Plant. Barakee is a proudly Australian-owned and operated Indigenous equipment hire business, strategically located in the heart of Australia’s mining engine room, Western Australia.
Pedley has also been appointed the Lead of Women in Quarry Western Australia, and elected on the Institute of Quarrying Australia’s (IQA) executive committee.
Mining.com.au‘s Youth Leader in Mining Award recognises a company, individual, or program that advocates for and facilitates employing and training young people in Australia’s mining industry.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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