The History
SGA Engineering (AUST) Pty Ltd commenced business with it first invoice issued in December 1999. Its founding brothers namely Ted and Darek Sygidus started this business with Ted having a broad and experienced construction knowledge and Darek having talented business operation and management skills.
The business started with just 2 staff, and now SGA employs over 34 local trades persons, apprentices and office professionals. SGA produces over 1000 tonnes of structural steel per year and growing every day since its beginnings.
Today SGA is an industry leader in the structural steel and construction industry, taking pride in all projects and specialising in complex buildings.
Some recent projects include:
Caroline Springs Civic and Library Centre (MBA Winner Excellence in Construction $20-30M 2009)
Watergardens Creek side Restaurants
Melton Super Clinic
Woodgrove Medical Centre
Caroline Springs- Springside and Brookside College
Department of Defence, School of Signals Living in Accommodation Watsonia Barracks
See under ‘Projects’ for examples of these and other projects
SGA Engineering, a local structural steel and steel sales company, began as a small structural steel company owned and run by two local brothers (Ted & Darek Sygidus) in the year 2000. The goal at SGA Engineering is to provide a customised and personalised service to the construction industry by offering one company to provide structural steel to small and large builders, complete from the shop drawing stage to manufacturing and painting, to finally erecting the finished product. We now also provide services to many local businesses through our manufacturing and steel sales divisions of the business. Our latest venture includes full design and constructs packages available to people who wish to invest money into the growing construction industry.
The five main achievements of the last five years are as follows.
• Growing from a small to medium sized business now employing nearly 30 staff. This included moving from a 400m2 workshop to a 5500m2 workshop to accommodate a contract to build and modify freight train locomotives destined for the local Australian rail industry.
• Installing a new 3D modelling program which has enabled us to have complete confidence in what is being manufactured.
• Doubling gross turnover in the past 3 years.
• Increased steel sales which was previously run out of a 40ft shipping container and is now run from a dedicated 400m2 facility, catering to local builders and the general public. Steel sales in the past 3 years has seen a 500% increase in gross turnover.
• Supplying, manufacturing and erecting steel for much of the new development this shire has seen. This includes – Melton Youth Centre, Woodgrove Medical Centre, Melton Super Clinic, Witchmont Winery, Melton South P.S. Gymnasium, Caroline Springs P-9 College, Taylors Hill Community Centre, Caroline Springs Brookside College, Caroline springs Civic Centre & Library and Caroline Springs Springside College just to name a few.
Over the next five years we will be concentrating on expanding all divisions of the business. This includes our development work where we are currently building factories and warehouses from foundations to completion, some for our own use and some for customers who want to pursue investment properties.
Structural steel and fabrication catering to the growing needs of the state and local governments faced with increased populations requiring new schools, community centres etc.
Steel sales which will cater for the local builders, handymen and the general public.
We will measure the success of this by increased productivity, increased turnover and increased employment.
The 3 main strengths at SGA Engineering are:
1. To provide a professional on time service to the building industry - this is achieved through the careful planning and organisation by the experienced management team.
2. Continuing to grow through improving staff training and development, and employing the most qualified and professional people to do the work.
3. By using the latest state of the art equipment specific to our industry to ensure a safer and more efficient workplace.
All of these strengths make our business stand out from the rest.
At present we believe that the Melton Shire is experiencing large growth, this in itself presents great opportunities for our business. Our structural steel division is growing due to the recent acquisition of two new contracts to supply, manufacture and erect structural steel to expand two new schools in Caroline Springs. Through growth in the community, steel sales will continue to increase as we are the only business in Melton to offer steel sales to the general public. In saying all of this, success will be ultimately measured by internal growth, increased turnover and additional employment.
At SGA Engineering we believe that by employing and supporting local people and businesses they will inturn support us. We currently employ 29 people with only one employee living outside the shire of Melton.
We support local sporting clubs including Melton South and Melton Central Football clubs, St Catherine’s basketball team, Melton V8 jet sprint association and the Melton Rotary club just to name a few.
We have also helped many not for profit organisations within the community with donations of steel for various projects, this has also extended to helping out local school kids with steel for projects at school.
Where possible we use local suppliers and local businesses for all our requirements.
SGA Engineering does not currently employ any persons with disabilities however we do have an equal opportunity policy and we have an open mind to employing any person with a disability if we believe they can assist in further growing our business using skills that some others may not have.
Our worksite provides access to people with disabilities including disabled parking, disabled toilets and a flat office and workshop area that has no access restrictions.
At SGA Engineering we are very conscious of the current environmental conditions and conform to the environmental policy written for us. We recycle scrap steel used in the manufacturing workshop and are always conscious in turning off all equipment that is not being used to save greenhouse emissions. We have recently installed water tanks at our facility so rainwater can be used for the washing of all our machines, trucks and other vehicles.
All staff at SGA Engineering have been specially trained for using equipment relevant to their positions and some are also trained in other aspects that may not currently be relevant to them.
We currently have five apprentices who are all at different levels of schooling. We place a large emphasis on workplace and trade training as the young generation will be the future of our country.
Our onsite personnel have all completed courses for the basic red card induction scheme and most hold many other relevant qualifications including: Riggers, Dogmen, Crane Drivers, Truck Drivers, OHS, Scissor & Boom lift tickets.
We also conduct regular staff meetings at which everyone is encouraged to have their say on how things both in the workshop and on site can be improved to make working a safer and better place to be. Our employees often come to us with ideas on how productivity can also be improved. Most of the office staff have also been trained so if needed they can move into other positions within the company without any problems.
SGA Engineering has also recently work place sponsored two people from Malaysia due to the lack of trained drafts people in this county. These two employees now happily live in Melton and have been able to bring their families out to Australia as a result of our sponsorship.
Customer service is one of our key objectives at SGA Engineering - without it the company would not have grown into what it has today. We believe that our customer service levels are of a high standard as we have customers and clients that have stuck by us since we began in 2000. It is a great confidence boost to know that we are heading in the right direction.
One of the most important areas for customer service is in our Steel Sales division. This area services far more people than our construction division does. Whether it is a $2 sale or a $1000 sale the customer should feel that they have been treated with respect and serviced to our highest possible standard.
We believe that our contribution to the local economy is of a particularly high standard. Where possible we employ local people, this is backed up by employing 28 residents of the shire of Melton. We have worked closely with the Melton Shire on a number of projects including the Melton Youth Centre, Caroline Springs Civic Centre and many of the local schools.
We also continue to use and support other local businesses in the Shire of Melton, which in turn supports the rest of the local economy.
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