Craig Cavanagh Email & Phone Number

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Senior Project Manager - Major Projects

Project Delivery Manager responsible for the West Invest projects ($106 mill - 10 Projects)Reporting to the Director, responsible for all aspects of delivery for 10 West Invest ProjectsRichmond - New Aquatic Centre $30 millNth Richmond Library $$26 millOasis Aquatic Centre upgrade $6millTwo new cycleways $8 millTamplin Reserve Athletics Park $9.7 millThree.

• Billabong Parklands Project $31 MillI served as a project lead for the $31m Billabong Parklands and Aquatic project. Along with partnering with new design architects, consultants, and engineers, while managing full.
• Led and took-over the distressed Billabong construction project in both timeline and budget, and reviewed project scope and worked on total redesign for tender by collaborating with architects and consultants.
• Updated project scope and ensured approvals from Senior management and formal council meetings.
• Directed stakeholder engagement on all new designs and obtained Senior Council Management approval for the new design, scope, timeline and budget.
• Managed the Expression of Interest for a selective tender panel of builders, along with collaboration with Architect and Consultants for a revised tender package and redesign packages.
• Chaired weekly design co-ordination meetings with Architects and Design consultants, weekly builder project meetings and attended PCG meetings, along with fortnightly reporting on project progress for Executive.

• In this role, I spearheaded multi-faceted projects within the Aquatopia Water Park precinct ($13M). Furthermore, I directed staff, tracked progress, and devised effective strategies to improve performance. I steered.
• Headed main project surrounding design and construction of the new surfing style wave pool and precinct area, including 68M pool, plant room, wave generating plant room, landscaping and open space areas, water.
• Led other notable projects within the Leisure Centre precinct including upgrade carpark, new amenities building, relocate an existing substation and new playground precinct.
• Coordinated stakeholder sign off and steering committee approvals for concept plans and interacted with council for acquiring approval prior to proceeding with award.
• Presided over weekly meetings including design meeting and construction meetings involving steering committee and group managers to discuss progress and present relevant reports.

Sydney, Australia

• Project Lead of the new Rail Operation Centre ($130 Mill)In this role, I piloted $130M compressed schedule project to ensure timely delivery of Rail Operation Centre within defined timeframe for the stakeholders while.
• Conducted and prepared forecasts for Finance Investment Committee (FIC) approval, dealing with the builder and management on forecast cost to complete.
• Managed projects by partnering with teams including Building Services, Electrical Services, Operational Technology (OT), Information Technology (IT), Gate Approvals, Operational Readiness.
• Cultivated and maintained positive relationships with stakeholders including business leads, executive directors, finance and legal officials.

• I fulfilled strategic responsibility for the refurbishment of Sydney Trains offices and the relocation of 1300 workers into temporary and permanent facilities as part of the accommodation initiative. Additionally, I.
• Directed projects from inception to execution, offering oversight for design and documentation, milestones, interdependencies, timeline, completion date, stakeholder management, churn and move in, and handover to.
• Organized Project Control Group (PCG) meetings with all stakeholders and attended weekly project meetings with construction, IT, scheduling, change management, communications, record management, and business analysis.
• Guided all projects within the accommodation program towards completion by proactively interacting with each project manager on weekly basis to discuss progress and timelines.
• Established high-level stakeholder relationships, negotiated funding, and orchestrated business cases for the joint venture with Sydney Trains (ST)and Sydney Metro.
• Served on the Transport Shared Services (TSS) and Sydney Trains (ST) Steering committee and as voting member on the Transport Shared Services (TSS) procurement panel for all projects.