About us
CKSC is a trusted specialist in commercial kitchen and laundries, proudly supporting the Australian resources sector with multi-disciplinary expertise.
Our customers rely on us for industry-leading knowledge and dependability. By partnering with CKSC, your business will benefit from:
- Increased Equipment Reliability and Minimised Outages: Professionally planned preventative maintenance programs and emergency repair services executed by in-house highly trained specialist technicians.
- Enhanced Safety Measures: Address potential hazards and faulty equipment early to ensure a safer working environment for your teams.
- Optimised Workforce Allocation: Free up your maintenance team to focus on other important priorities.
- Leading Innovation: Access to our ‘industry first’ technology platform Unify-IQ™, delivering a truly innovative and tailored information hub, enhancing visibility of your assets, and providing efficient support to all stakeholders through carefully curated and structured support content.
- Dedicated Technical Support: Support your maintenance teams with direct access to our expert technical support hotline.
- Improved Capital Planning: Early identification of future equipment replacement requirements allowing for accurate budgeting and removing the requirement for emergency capital expenditure requests.
- Access to The Latest Equipment Technologies: Our close relationships with industry leading equipment manufacturers ensures we are always trained on the latest technology and well informed to support your operations to capitalise on industry advancements.
Let CKSC empower your business with solutions that deliver reliability, safety, and operational efficiency.
Our Story
Founded in 2015, we're a Western Australian-owned business, addressing the growing need for a specialist in commercial kitchen and laundry servicing within the WA resources sector. Over the years, we have expanded our footprint from WA to serve clients nationally. Our services started with kitchen and laundry maintenance; we now offer comprehensive, multidisciplinary asset life-cycle solutions tailored to meet diverse industry needs.
Built on the core values of safety, integrity, responsibility, quality, and teamwork, we pride ourselves on delivering industry-leading results with unwavering professionalism and technical precision.
As your one stop business partner, we manage all life cycle aspects of your kitchen and laundry assets, ensuring quality and efficiency at every stage.
Our Leadership Team
Brendan Ellis
Brendan has 25 years of professional experience in the hospitality and resources sectors.
Starting his career as a qualified Chef, Brendan has extensive experience in commercial kitchen design, equipment specification, and maintenance strategy.
Passionate about optimising kitchen operations, Brendan develops long term relationships with clients and supports the CKSC team to deliver truly tailored solutions that exceed industry standards.
Jason Ellis
Jason has over 25 years of experience in the commercial catering industry, bringing extensive expertise in the design, specification, and delivery of commercial kitchen and facility projects for the Australian resources industry.
Jason is passionate about providing innovative, high-quality kitchen upgrades tailored to the unique needs of our industry. His commitment to excellence ensures that every project meets the highest industry standards, delivering both efficiency and durability in demanding and remote environments.
Shane Pell
Shane has 27 years of Electrical & Gas trade experience, including 18 years in catering equipment repairs.
Skilled in installation, servicing, fault finding, and diagnostics, he provides expert technical support to clients and staff while mentoring CKSC technicians to the highest standard, ensuring exceptional service quality.
Doug Banfield
Doug brings nearly 30 years of experience in the hospitality and resources industries, with a strong foundation as a qualified hotelier.
His expertise spans resource accommodation operations, project management, and fostering strategic commercial partnerships.
Known for his analytical mindset and commitment to shared success, Doug excels at delivering complex projects and building sustainable, impactful client relationships.
Paul Hadfield
With over 25 years of experience in Human Resource and people leadership.
Paul has a proven track record of leading and developing teams. He is passionate about creating a company culture where people feel included, safe and excited to come to work every day.
His extensive background spans more than two decades in the servicing and maintenance sector across a variety of industries. Paul is dedicated to enhancing stakeholder experience and ensuring exceptional delivery.
Our Values
Safety
Everyone has ownership of safety, it’s what we do, not an additional task. We have zero tolerance for at risk behaviours affecting safety or wellbeing.
Integrity
Building successful partnerships based on trust, transparency and honesty is paramount.
Responsibility
We are accountable for our actions and our influence on others. Everyone we interact with must be treated with courtesy, dignity, and respect.
Quality
We will not take short cuts. Do the job right, with quality parts and minimal impact to operations. We solve problems, develop ideas, and innovate to create high-quality solutions.
Teamwork
Win through teamwork – We have a highly skilled team that’s valued by our customers and supported by a head office motivated by shared success.
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