People & Culture

This guy is the best of the best, as judged by the many people at Jord who have had the honour and pleasure to work with him.

Whether in work or in life, problems that arise have always been met with a shrug of the shoulders and a laugh, followed by “we will find a way to fix it the problem”. The (previously) ubiquitous clove
cigarette may no longer be there, but the smile still remains.

This publication phoned around various people for a quick word about Busra, to mark his 20th year at Jord. Common themes included “absolute legend”, “technically astute”, “easy to work with”, “generous with time and knowledge”. Our favourite description was “a warrior”. Not only has Busra fought and won the good fight for Jord on many projects over two decades, he’s more recently fought and won the most important one of all, in regards to his health.

God bless you Busra, your wife Danawati, your four kids and five (for now) grandsons. Stay strong, warrior!

Cletus participated in an industry challenge, organized by the University of Queensland, that focused on problems and opportunities surrounding drinking water. 40 teams comprising 140 participants took part in the challenge. Cletus’ team secured 2nd place for their idea, which they called “WaTech Sensors”.

The problem identified by the team was drinking water being contaminated by physical, chemical, biological and radiological substances between distribution and consumption. This results in diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery & typhoid.

WaTech’s solution comprised a sensor that acts as an IOT device (Internet Of Things) that transmits measured water quality parameters such as hardness, pH, color & turbidity from various distribution networks. This data is then aggregated and processed against standard drinking water guidelines in a cloud framework. The processed data can then be viewed at the point of water consumption by scanning a QR code.

In this way, WaTech’s idea keeps the community informed about water quality in real time, at water fountains, restaurants and other public locations. No matter where you are, WaTech sensors allow you to consume water with confidence. Good work, Cletus!

The accompanying image shows a few of Jord Malaysia’s workshop crew, celebrating the successful Factory Acceptance Test of gas compressor air cooled heat exchangers. The air coolers are to be delivered to a XTO (Exxon) gas field in the Permean Basin of New Mexico. COVID prevented our American friends witnessing the test in Malaysia. However, they were on-hand over Zoom and together with 3rd Party Inspectors, signed off successful completion of all required test work. There were 15 air cooler bays in total. Three of them can be seen in the background of the photo. The air cooler train was way too big to undertake this work under roof in Jord’s workshop. So cranes were hired in to assemble and test the train in a holding bay outside the workshop.

Thanks to Sydney based Design Engineer Luke Gay for submitting the adjacent image from a trek he did with three work comrades last week. They took Thursday and Friday off to clear their heads by hiking the world-renowned Coast Track. This 26km path winds its way along the dramatic coastline wilderness of the Royal National Park. Stretching from the southern outskirts of Sydney pretty much to Wollongong, it boasts lookouts, secluded beaches, whale watching (in season) and bugger all else.

If you’re in a hurry, you can do it over a long day. But Michael Luu, Chris Bryant, Hammad Muzzafar and Luke took their time over two days, to flick flies and smell the wildflowers, camping out under the stars for a night of tall tales and quiet reflection.

Everyone at Jord is encouraged to find that right balance, whether this be time with friends or family. Or simply time alone, finally doing something about that hobby you’ve never before had time to pursue.

Taking place at Perth’s picturesque Leeming Spartan Cricket Ground, the home side ultimately triumphed in Jord’s annual World Cricket Challenge, in fast-fading light and on the very last ball.

The Aussies elected first use of the willow, posting a competitive 130 in the allotted 20 overs. In pursuit, the World XI were in dire straits at 3 for 8 after 6 overs. To the astonishment of the teeming, boisterous crowd, the tenacious World XI rebuilt to require just 7 runs from the final over.

Five super-tight balls on a length meant a 6 was needed off the final ball. Amidst calls for a Trevor Chappell under-arm, another beauty was bowled and the World XI fell short by 4.

We’re an agnostic company, supportive of and curious about all peace-loving beliefs, religions and ideas.

Recently our team in India celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi, the Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Ganesh, the famous elephant headed god, son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Symbolising wisdom, prosperity and good fortune, it should be no surprise that Ganesh is a favourite for many of us.

This year, Baroda celebrated the festival by creating its own “eco-friendly” Ganesh. This idol enjoyed 5 days of prayers and 56 different food offerings prepared by our staff.

With heavy hearts, the idol was then immersed into water (the office courtyard pond), to re-emerge next year and hopefully bring good luck.

Singapore based Mouli Arani, our Technical Manager – Energy, being handed a certificate and gift by Gourinath.

Next to be honoured is Hyderabad based Systems Developer Nisha Khurana, receiving plaudits from Shweta.

Then there are two Jord Malaysia staff. Plant Manager Sundara has the pleasure of presenting 10 year milestone awards to Finance Executive Zarizam Badur.

Peter Pitchemuthu from the Stores Dept. Peter is responsible for receiving and (most importantly) checking materials that arrive at Jord Malaysia.