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This International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) celebrated annually on 23 June, we acknowledge the women who apply creativity and insight to their roles at WesCEF every day.   INWED is a powerful reminder of the vital contributions female engineers make. Now in its 13th year, INWED celebrates the theme ‘engineering intelligence’. The theme recognises that engineering isn’t technical expertise – it’s the ability to think outside the box to tackle complex challenges and deliver practical outcomes […]

We’re thrilled to share our WesCEF Community Grants recipients for 2026!  Through our FY26 WesCEF Community Grants, we are pleased to award across five local organisations. Congratulations to this year’s recipients: Gilmore College, Orelia Primary School, Naragebup Rockingham Regional Environment Centre, Native Plants WA and Ngalla Yorga Waangkan Aboriginal Corporation.  WesCEF has been part of the local Kwinana and Rockingham region for more than 80 years through our CSBP and Kleenheat businesses. Being a responsible industry member […]

Building WesCEF’s IT capabilities and strong relationships across the business have been the most rewarding parts of ERP Applications Architect, Rodney Hee’s 30 years with the business. Starting out as a Network/Systems Administrator at CSBP in 1996, Rodney has had a number of roles over the years and has been involved with numerous IT projects […]

CSBP Senior Process Engineer, Peter Hein had an explosive start with WesCEF 30 years ago, when he joined Dyno Wesfarmers, CSBP’s explosives joint venture in Sydney. It was a role that saw him working on an ammonium nitrate plant in the Philippines and exploring expansion opportunities across the Asia-Pacific region, before transferring to Kwinana to […]

When CSBP Planner, Paul Irvine, started with CSBP 40 years ago, he was a fresh faced 16 year old whose Mum had to drive him to work. A lot’s changed since then and Paul recently reflected on his incredible career. “In Year 11, I’d had enough of school, so I applied for a few apprenticeships; […]

Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers (WesCEF) is offering grants of up to $5,000 to not-for-profit groups in Kwinana and Rockingham to deliver Aboriginal community engagement, environmental sustainability, and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives. Applications for the WesCEF Community Grants Program are open until 3 March 2026 and community groups, schools and other […]

It’d be fair to say, that Senior Health & Safety Advisor, Lisa Moore, is well known as being the warm and friendly ‘face of safety and wellness at WesCEF’. But it’s likely that many aren’t aware of how Lisa started out with WesCEF, 30 years ago or just how much she has contributed to, in […]

This year’s International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) celebrates the theme together we engineer – a powerful reminder of the vital contributions women engineers make every day across the globe. To explore this theme, we asked two of our female engineers to share reflections about their career journeys so far. Michelle Gachuhi, a Graduate Electrical […]

Wesfarmers Chemicals Energy and Fertilisers (WesCEF) has taken a major step in its journey towards net zero with the installation of advanced technology that will virtually eliminate emissions from its newest Nitric Acid Ammonium Nitrate (NAAN) plant. Today, the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon Roger Cook MLA, visited Kwinana to officially celebrate the milestone, […]