Ben Van Wegen Email and Phone Number
Infrastructure delivery professional and senior project manager with over 23 years’ experience in client-side project leadership roles, specialising in the planning and execution of major capital infrastructure programs and projects. Experienced and successful leader of people and projects and creates motivated and high performing teams with a proven track record of successfully delivering large scale, high profile, infrastructure projects.Demonstrated history of working in the Water industry and the transportation and railroad industry. Skilled in Government, Transportation, Project Management, Project Delivery, and Risk Management. Strong program and project management professional with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Planning.Highly developed interpersonal, consultation and communication skills, with the ability to negotiate, consult and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels. An active member of project/program Leadership teams, Steering Committees, and Governance Groups, and has a demonstrated history of building and maintaining positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including Executive Leadership teams, Boards, State and Federal government agencies, regulatory bodies, community groups, and industry partners. By fostering open channels of communication and proactively addressing stakeholder concerns, ensures all stakeholders are aligned with project objectives and continue to remain engaged throughout the project lifecycle.Most recently as Manager – Capital Delivery for Unitywater, successfully building, developing and leading a team of approximately 60 full time project professionals (plus contractors) to successfully deliver, year on year, record Unitywater capital program consisting of upwards of $300m per annum ($1.8B investment over 5 years) of growth and renewal projects across all water, sewerage and recycled water asset classes as well as key environmental sustainability projects. Grew and developed the team from successfully delivering an annual capital works program of approximately $80m per annum to successfully delivering over $300m whilst achieving over 90% for budget and schedule performance and also delivering the works safely to realise benefits for the customers, community and environment.Previous to Unitywater, over a period of eight years, worked in a number of Program and senior project delivery roles at Queensland Rail (QR), leading the delivery of large, complex, and multi-disciplinary programs and projects within a constrained and challenging operational environment.
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Depot CoordinatorIps (Infrastructure Project Solutions)Holland Park West, Qld, Au -
Manager Capital DeliveryUnitywater Nov 2019 - Jul 2024South East QueenslandAs the Manager of Capital Delivery I successfully lead a team of approximately 60 full time project professionals (plus contractors and consultants) to successfully deliver, year on year, record Unitywater capital program consisting of upwards of $300m per annum ($1.8B investment over 5 years) of growth and renewal projects. The projects within the portfolio were across all water, sewerage and recycled water asset classes as well as key environmental sustainability projects. To service one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, the portfolio of projects varied in scale, diversity and complexity ranging from programs of low complexity projects to projects in excess of $270m (Aura & Harmony). Complex projects ranged from works being performed on brown field assets such as major upgrades to sewerage treatment plants, to the $120m Wamuran Irrigation Scheme, which is the first scheme in Queensland to use class A recycled water on minimally processed edible food crops requiring extensive consultation with the state regulators and local farmers. This experience demonstrates my ability to oversee significant infrastructure projects and lead multidisciplinary teams, focusing on delivering projects on time and within budget. My leadership ensured project objectives were consistently met, fostering a high-performance culture among team members through establishing a shared sense of purpose and mentoring, whilst maintaining strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. -
Project Director – Toowoomba Range Clearance Upgrade And Toowoomba Range Slope StabilisationQueensland Rail Apr 2018 - Nov 2019Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaI was the project director responsible for the delivery of two high profile and politically sensitive projects for Queensland Rail. Toowoomba Range Clearance Upgrade Project (TRCU) ($77m). The project involved lowering 11 heritage listed tunnels in a constrained brownfield environment by up to 1.5m to increase clearances for modern 9’6” containers to be able to travel on the line to the port. and Toowoomba Range Slope Stabilisation (TRSS) ($33m). -
Program Delivery Manager - Track, Civil And StructuresQueensland Rail Jul 2016 - Apr 2018Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaI lead and provided strategic management and accountability for the successful delivery of a suite of Queensland Rail projects and contracts, in-line with industry standards and best practice to deliver greater efficiency, availability and reliability of Queensland Rail's assets.During this time I also performed the role of Program Manager SEQ. -
Project ManagerQueensland Rail Nov 2011 - Jul 2016Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaI managed the delivery of many key projects and programs whilst in the project manager role including the Breakfast Creek Bridge Replacement Project, South Pine River (330m) and Tributary Creek (110m) Bridges Replacement Project and the Locomotive Readiness Project. I was the project manager for the accelerated replacement of 30 critical turnouts in South East Queensland. In my role I work with all aspects of rail including operations, signalling, track design, track alignment, formation improvement and overhead design and construction.During this time I also acting for significant periods in higher positions including Senior Project Manager and Program Delivery Manager – Track and Civil. -
Technical AdvisorTranslink Transit Authority Jan 2001 - Nov 2011I was a co-author of the first TransLink Network Plan which setup a 4 year rolling program of infrastructure and service improvement for public transport. I was also key in setting up the policy and strategy for the development of Public Transport in South East Queensland. I lead the development and implementation of my initiatives including major bus network restructures, pre-paid initiatives and many other initiative. I was also heavily involved in the planning and evaluation of busways.
Ben Van Wegen Education Details
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Environmental Planning -
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Immanuel Lutheran College
Frequently Asked Questions about Ben Van Wegen
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Ben Van Wegen works for Ips (Infrastructure Project Solutions)
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Ben Van Wegen's current role is Depot coordinator.
What schools did Ben Van Wegen attend?
Ben Van Wegen attended Griffith University, Griffith University, Immanuel Lutheran College.
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