Program Director
DynCorp International
Total years of experience :29 years, 11 Months
My Program Director responsibilities included reviewing and developing strategic business changes through the development of an Innovative Procurement Model (IPM) and supplier management. The IPM was designed to realise corporate business objectives of growth, increased capability and improved profit and provide Defence with an enhanced value for money outcome. These changes influenced local and international thinking in relation to contract and procurement complexities, based on good business principles and a detailed knowledge of Commonwealth and Defence’s legal procurement framework. The IPM mapped out future resource demand and provided the direction for changes in supplier risk management profile.
Service Task and Output:
• Civil/ infrastructure project planning and delivery in Qld and NSW.
• Undertook stakeholder management, quality control and reporting to Commonwealth.
• Conducted risk assessment and mitigation sessions and development of risk management plans.
• Met all Federal, State and Local regulatory compliance and delivery obligations.
Program of works: Ipswich City Infrastructure Project (e$500m.x5yrs), Upgrading 5 Waste Water treatment plants and 2 major rising mains.
Responsibility: My responsibility was to develop a delivery model that fast tracked large waste water treatment plant upgrades. This included new procurement processes, development of a strategic Partner relationship and new contracts that reflected a relationship approach to project management. Outcomes from changes were structural changes to the governance arrangements and streamlining the tender delivery process.
Program Service Tasks and Outputs:
• Specialist advice in relation to:
o Development of strategic partner model and changes to council’s Governance arrangement to accommodate streamlining of the administrative arrangement. Risk identification, assessment and development of risk management and mitigation plan.
o Program cost control and monitoring of project performance based on raw data.
o Development of program administrative arrangement using a relationship communication model.
o Implementation of the Portfolio Management Partnership (PMP) model for delivery.
Role: Procurement Consultant
Client: Brisbane City Council (Brisbane Water)
Projects undertaken: Water and Waste Water Infrastructure
• Australia Trade Coast, Design and Construct (D&C) Rising main and pump stations $20m.
• Hero’s Ave Syphon (D&C) Sewer Main and deep Manholes $50m.;
• Gold Creek Dam Safety Upgrade (D&C) $20m.
• Lake Manchester Dam Safety Upgrade (D&C) $80m.
Projects: Others Infrastructure
• Clem 7 Tunnel (PPP) support services
• Eleanor Schonell Bridge support services
• Inner City Bypass Maintenance support services
• System Data Modelling. Waste water transport.
Program of work: Collaborative Delivery Initiative (e$300m.) Water and waste water infrastructure.
Program Responsibility: My responsibility was for the development of a delivery model that overcame the problems of annual budget delivery failures. This included new procurement processes, development of a strategic partner relationship and new contracts that reflected a relationship approach for delivery of complex projects. Outcomes from changes were structural changes to the governance arrangements and streamlining the tender process, expediting work to market and simplifying contract approval process.
Program Service Tasks and Outputs:
• Specialist advice in relation to:
o Supplier Management and supplier relationship management.
o Risk identification, assessment and development of risk mitigation plan.
o Timely and accurate cost control and monitoring of project performance.
o Collaborative management of design and delivery activities.
o Commercial planning and change management.
o Execution of a SP arrangement.
o Client, supplier and Stakeholder Management.
o Organisational governance change management.
Project:Economic and social Infrastructure 14 Highlands Bridges, Primary and Secondary Tertiary Education Project (PASTEP Ausaid), Oil Palm Mill, Ramu Highway Construction for the European Union(EU).
Value of Project approx. $600m, total workforce peaked at 700
Role: all Functional activities associated with day to day running of business and reporting to multinational organisation
Curtain-Barclay Joint venture, Chevron Southern Highlands PNG
-Project Staff >500
-Project Value>$0.5b
-Construction>3yrs Deputy Project manager
Planning, leading and organizing project human and economic resources associated with the construction of petroleum project infrastructure. Works included;
-50kms of infill roads, production facilities, airport, storage facilities, camp infrastructure, well pads, bridge works
Clough Nuigini, Lihir Island Gold Mine Development
-Project Staff >1000
-Project value>$0.5b.
-Construction 3 yrs Project Manager responsible for Planning leading and organizing project human and economic resources associated with the construction of Lihir Gold mine plant and support facilities on the remote Lihir Island. Works included;
-Heavy industrial foundations
-Water supply
-Port development
-Wharf construction
-Tailings outfall
-control buildings and workshops
Vaunleigh Constructions Pty Ltd/ Managing Director
-Project Staff >20
-Project value>$5 Project Manager for the Design and construction of heavy industrial civil works at various locations. Works included;
-design and construction of heavy industrial footings at southern copper and at the Associated Pulp and Paper Mills and included:
-hydraulic structure
-civil works
- roadways
-mine infrastructure
Comalco Aluminum Limited Weipa Project Engineer, Supervision of Kaolin processing plant construction in Weipa FNQ Works included;
-laboratory buildings
-primary and secondary processing plants
-conveyor facilities
-load-out storage and ship loading facilities
-maritime structures
-processing plant infrastructure
Masters Degree in Business Management (MBA) -Technology Management.
