Chris Sutton Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Delivery of the Hunter Class Frigate Support and Sustainment Program.Member of the HCFP Support Systems Lead Team reporting to the Hunter Support Systems Director.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading the delivery of the Hunter Class Support Systems Batch 1 solution supporting the Batch 1 Bid. Member of the HCFP Support Systems Lead Team reporting to the Hunter Support Systems Director.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Part of the Maritime Australia Engineering Function Lead Team reporting directly to the Maritime Engineering Director. Responsibilities include:-
• Hunter Whole of Ship Sprint Lead – Margin recovery
• Maritime Australia Domain Engineering Manager (DEM) (Victoria)
• Maritime Strategy into Action – Sovereign Engineering Capability Lead (Maritime Integration Activity)
• Bid (ASDEFCON) Project Engineering Manager (Including Maritime and Land Programmes)

Melbourne, Australia

Part of the Combat Systems Lead Team reporting directly to the Head of Combat Systems. Responsible for People, Tools, Processes and Setup for the Combat Engineering Team for the new Australian Navy Frigate. Responsibilities include Resource Planning against the original bid cost model and then the PMB, Role Definitions, Organisational Design and.

Melbourne, Australia

• Part of the Engineering Services Lead Team reporting directly to the Programme Manager. Setup and delivery of Engineering capability for the Engineering Services organisation, supporting all of the BAE Systems Maritime.
• Standing in for and Delegation of Authority from the Programme Manager as required.
• Direct Reports – 7 Engineering Leads with an extended engineering team of 80+.
• Develop Engineering Delivery, Capability and Organisation for Engineering Services.
• Engineering Services growth.
• Continued support for the Acting PSR PEM and PSR Project with PEM delegation.

Melbourne, Australia

Lead Engineering delivery for the ANZAC PSR Program through to and delivery of the CDR milestone.

Melbourne, Australia

• Part of the Engineering Services Lead Team reporting directly to the Programme Manager. Setup of an Engineering Services (Back Office) organisation that supports all BAE Systems In-Service Support Programmes (Front.
• Standing in for and Delegation of Authority from the Programme Manager as required.
• 6 Direct Reports - 4 Project Managers, 1 Engineering Manager, 1 ILS Manager.
• Grow Engineering Services through the In-Service Support programs and capturing of external work.
• Setup of System Engineering and Project Management procedures and processes with the In-Service Support Programmes and Commonwealth of Australia.
• Support delivery of all tasks to achieve Quality, Schedule and Cost targets.

Melbourne, Australia

• Part of the Engineering Services Lead Team. Setup of an Engineering Services (Back Office) organisation that supports all BAE Systems in-service support programs (Front Offices) for RAN platforms (4.
• Setup of Engineering Services Organisation, Plans and Operating Processes and Procedures.
• Stand in for and Delegation of Authority from the Programme Manager as required.
• Management of Programme Risk and Opportunity.
• Management of Business and Programme Improvement Projects
• Finance Management coordinating Project Accounting, Programme Budgets and Customer MPRs (Monthly Progress Reports).

Melbourne, Australia

• Part of the Programme Lead Team. Responsibilities include:-
• Stand in for and Delegation of Authority from the Programme Manager as required.
• Management of Programme Risk and Opportunity.
• Management of Business and Programme Improvement Projects
• Finance Management coordinating Project Accounting, Programme Budgets and Customer MPRs (Monthly Progress Reports).
• QA Team Coordination and Implementation.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsible for delivery of multiple projects on in-service FFH (ANZAC) vessels for the Australian Navy. Responsibility includes:-
• Coverage of the full project lifecycle from initial tender and quote development through to delivery and project closeout
• Full Control Account Management
• Resourcing Management and Planning
• Project Risk and Opportunity.
• Project Schedule Development and Delivery.

Williamstown, Melbourne

• Responsible for the delivery, set to work and integration of the Sensors Suite and IBSC for the 28000 tonne, 230m Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) into the Combat Direction System.
• Sensor and IBSC Engineering Team Management (6 direct reports).
• CAM (Control Account Manager) across all related task numbers associated with the delivery of these systems.
• LBTS (Land Based Test Site) Facility Manager.
• Engineering Mentor for Junior Design and Production Engineers.

Willamstown, Melbourne

• Lead Production Engineer in the Construction and Mechanical outfit for the 7000 tonne, 150m Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyer blocks for the Royal Australian Navy.
• Production Engineering Team Management (10 direct reports).
• Production and Process Improvement Technical Authority. Sign off approval for design and process changes within the Production environment.
• Engineering Mentor for Graduate Design Engineers.
• Production and Field Change Management Lead. Successfully reduced engineering change implementation time in the production environment from 1 week to 2 to 4 hours.
• Review and Approval of Block Build and Installation Plans.

Williamstown, Melbourne

• Senior Field Engineer in the Design, Construction, Outfit, Testing and Handover of the 1900 tonne, 85m Offshore Patrol Vessel as part of Project Protector for the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Supervision of OPV2 Field Engineering Team (Team of 4).
• Machinery Spaces delivery for OPV2 including standing in for Production Supervision.
• Development of installation schedules and planning.
• Production and Field Change Management Lead.
• Liason and Coordination with OEMs regarding system Set To Work.

Melbourne, Australia

Member of the Research and Development Department of ION Automotive Systems with initial assignment to the 5-Speed Transmission Cross-Sectional Design and Development team, then Lead Project and Development Engineer for the September 2005 Ford BA 4-speed upgrade.

Multiple Global Locations

Managing and leading a drilling services (MWD/LWD) (Measurement While Drilling /Logging While Drilling) crew in an offshore operation and coordinating with onshore personnel. Working directly with Oil Company Representatives and other offshore contractors for the entire drilling operation. Tools operated include MWD, Resistivity, Gamma Ray and Neutron.

Masters Of Engineering Management

Diploma Of Project Management, Project Management

Bachelor Of Engineering (Mechanical) - Hons 1