Our People
Gary Jeffreys
Gary Jeffreys is the owner of YesCanDo. Gary is a licensed builder with 20 years experience building in the Rockhampton & Central Queensland area. Gary came over from Bristol, England in 1985, and has built up a thriving commercial building business. Gary saw the need for a section of his business to specialise in maintenance and repairs and decided to setup YesCanDo in December 2000 to fill a much needed gap in the industry.
Clayton Shuttleton
YesCanDo Manager
Clayton did his apprenticeship with GT Jeffreys and has know been with the business for 10 years, the last 2 as manager of YesCanDo. Clayton has taken the business from strength to strength and now has a team of 3 carpenters and a full time office admin working under him. Other trades are supplied by a pool of reliable contractors, which are under Clayton’s supervision.
Carol Smith
YesCanDo Administration
Carol has been working as Clayton’s office admin assistant for 12 months. She brings years of experience in the building industry and handles the phones taking jobs and assisting with quotes. She prepares quotes, organises jobs and prepares invoices at the end of the job.
Tahnee Anderson
Receptionist
Tahnee joined the team in January this year. She is an office admin trainee who is assisting all other office staff. Her tasks include answering the phones, opening the mail and distributing to relevant staff, correspondence as directed, entering figures in the computer bookkeeping package.
Palma Smyth
Office Manager
Palma has worked for GT Jeffreys and YesCanDo for 6 years. Her tasks include supervision of staff, and the general day to day running of the office. Palma also has a wealth of computer knowledge which has helped YesCanDo to adopt the latest hardware and software that are essential to run a well managed, progressive business.
John Rodgers
Bookkeeper
John joined the YesCanDo team in 2006. He brings many years experience of running his own business. His tasks include processing accounts payable, bank reconciliations and payroll, and assisting with maintenance of our computer system.
Leon Roberts
Carpenter
Leon is a local carpenter with over 10 years experience in the housing industry here in Central Queensland. Leon has a wealth of experience and knowledge that enables him to tackle a wide range of work from small repairs to bathroom renovation and office fit outs.
Nicola Catanzariti
Carpenter/painting & tiling
Nick joined us after coming to Rockhampton from NSW. Nick was ideal for our maintenance team as he is multi-skilled and can easily turn his hand from carpentry to painting and tiling and smaller concreting jobs .
Brian Benecke
Carpenter
Brian joined us one and half years ago after moving to Rockhampton from Brisbane and has become a real asset to our business. Brian, a carpenter by trade, has a valuable knowledge of domestic and commercial building work and is currently helping us in our planned expansion into the Gladstone area.
Tony Carter
Tony has worked for GT Jeffreys for nearly 15 years as earthworks and concrete works supervisor and has recently taken on the latest addition to the YesCanDo business: YesCanDo “Can Dig”. It consists of a Case 420 skid steer loader, a 3 tonne excavator and 6 tonne truck.