Ali Hewitt Email & Phone Number

Gold Coast, QLD, AU

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Contract Administrator for the Burpengary East STP Upgrade Project.

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

• Reporting to the Contracts and Compliance Specialist in the Geoscience function, I have been responsible for relationship management, negotiation, compliance and optimisation of $150M pa in Australian Geoscience.
• Evaluated and monitored contract progress claims identifying 6.8% overspend. This led to the development of a guideline for checking daily activity reports and progress claims/invoices for wastage and abuse.
• Benchmarked drilling contracts for the comparison of Major services contracts, building an excel based tracking tool which identified opportunities for cost efficiency and information for supply chain to negotiate rates.
• Reviewed supplier contract terms and conditions to balance risk appetite with commercial objectives within the geoscience function.
• Developed in-depth knowledge of the company’s geoscience contracts to enhance our ability to identify new opportunities for increasing performance and reducing spend.
• Tracked and monitored the compliance of all contractual obligations, providing regular and ad hoc reporting on contract status, customer performance status and service delivery.

Greater Brisbane Area

• Reporting to the SSE and Exploration Manager, I was responsible for the overall supervision of a coal exploration program ensuring that the field component of the program is undertaken safely within time and budget.
• Spearheaded the tenement annual report confidentiality project, auditing database and historic annual reports for data (267 reports across 43 exploration and mining tenures), processing data for successful resubmission.
• Managed annual exploration plan reconciliation and annual EPC (Exploration Permit for Coal) reporting requirements with sites to ensure compliance with Department of Resources reporting requirements.
• Developed processes, procedures and guidelines for geological and exploration functions to improve internal systems across multiple sites whilst providing technical support and training to Geologists and Junior.
• Completed annual budgeting, Monthly reconciliation and Accrual processes for all activities, developing accurate monthly financial reconciliation to avoid overspend.

Central Queensland, Australia

Reporting to multiple Site Superintendents, I was seconded to various sites with a remit to oversee and direct teams of up to 90 Exploration Geologists and Contractors. Ensuredthe field component of exploration programs met time and budget requirements, applying production output root cause analysis, recommending and implementing process, policy and.

Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Supervision of field component of exploration activities.Support to all personnel delivering exploration programs on Exploration leases and Mine sites.Provides high quality geological data collected and processed in accordance with company technical standards.Managing contractors in accordance with company requirements

Master Of Education - Med, Primary Education, Honours

Diploma Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology, Bsc With Honours