Aidan has extensive experience managing engineering projects. He has held project and engineering management positions in companies supplying the mining, oil & gas, power, infrastructure, medical, white goods and automotive sectors. Aidan is tertiary qualified in engineering and in project management.Areas of ExpertisePortfolio management of multi-disciplinary projectsEngineering department managementProject management of turnkey water treatment plant deliveryManufacturing Engineering – strategy, process design, equipment installation & automationManagement of new product development from concept to marketplaceExperience of plastics materials, tooling manufacture and injection moulding processManaging quality – providing quality plans and managing ISO accreditation auditsManaging occupational health & safety - providing OHS&E plans and managing risk assessments and hazard reductionProcurement and contract management both in Australia and in AsiaKey Strengths Mature stakeholder management skills - managing client relationships, managing cross-functional project teams and achieving internal stakeholder buy in Strong project planning skills gained from preparing project feasibility & project management plans Successful project delivery through; - Managing scope creep via change notices - Managing schedules through monitoring resourcing and critical path variance - Managing cost by monitoring variance to budget & forecast at completion. - Conducting risk management and monitoring residual risk levels - Reporting on project status and seeking senior direction where appropriate - Closing out projects including lessons learned review/feedbackDemonstrated leadership skills - providing strategic vision,setting goals,managing change, problem solving mentoring & performance managing staffStrong commercial acumen demonstrated by negotiating increased revenue from clients, negotiating win/win deals with suppliers and delivering cost down projects