Chris Hurst Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, QLD, AU

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

A member of the SYSTRA ANZ Executive Leadership Team. Accountable for the delivery of the SYSTRA ANZ Major Projects portfolio delivered by SYSTRA's PMO & PMC, Independent Certification, Network Optimisation, System Integration, Digital Engineering, and Design and Build teams.

Australia

Regional Director - Queensland and General Manager - Operational Integration

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Responsible for leading all SYSTRA Scott Lister Queensland operations across the Rail, Advisory, Government & Security and Civils & Structures business sectors. Includes responsibility for financial performance, project delivery, client management, business development, people & culture, and health and safety.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Consulting and advisory services to clients and projects including:
• Cross River Rail, ETCS Level 2
• Etihad Rail Network Stage 2, UAE
• The Queensland Competition Authority
• The Brisbane Metro Project.
• Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

Led the program of works for high profile $634M ‘European Train Control System (ETCS) Inner City’ project. This will replace the train control system throughout inner city Brisbane and on all Queensland Rail trains and significantly transform how the organisation operates.

Brisbane, Australia

• Led the Queensland Transport Division providing project and technical advisory consultancy services: Responsible for the business unit, including identifying and realising opportunities, managing bids, recruitment and.
• Queensland Rail between September 2014 to July 2016 to manage: - Inputs, including the project delivery plan, into the successful Building Queensland business case for the ETCS Inner City project and the subsequent.
• Sydney Train and New South Wales Trains to establish and manage an enterprise change program involving over 10,000 employees of Sydney Trains and New South Wales Trains during a full time 9-month engagement over 2013.

UK

• PM for Bletchley re-modelling a high profile £123million multi-disciplinary project on the West Coast Mainline. Responsible for quality, programme & budget & all HSQE issues, internal & external stakeholder management.
• Concept designs & subsequent Board approval for detailed design, construction, hand back & close out;
• Tendering, procuring & managing 7 fixed price design & build contracts & separate supporting professional services contracts (Engineering Safety Management & possession & isolation services);
• Detailed design;
• 9 construction stages & associated commissioning, leading to the successful major commissioning (9 day blockade over Christmas '12);
• Renewal of life expired signalling system on 6 mile stretch of WCML & all associated cabling (@2.7Km), civil works (new signal structures, bases for signalling assets, cable route, UTX's) & recovery of all redundant.

• Programme Management Team Leader, Project Controls Coordinator for the GHD Victoria Operating Centre (800 people) in Australia and a Lead Customer Relationship Manager:- Managed a team of program and project managers..
• Engagements for The Department of Education and Training, The Department of Sustainability and Environment, the Defence Materiel Organisation, Telstra and property design services for the Al Seef Al Raha Beach.
• The $75M civil works and building services design and construction phase of the introduction of the ‘Myki’ smart card ticketing system on 350 heavy and light rail stops throughout Victoria. A Water Services Association.
• Project Controller for the alliance providing the Victorian State Government with technical, engineering, planning and environmental advisory services for construction of $5 billion desalination facility.

Responsible for all aspects of division performance including business development and bid-management, finance, delivery, safety, contract and client management. Built and led a 15 strong multi-disciplinary team providing property consultancy services, such as feasibility studies and asset management services. Also completed a client-side secondment to.

Managed a programme of property construction projects in the rail industry; including refurbishment of 405 stations, representing the train companies' interests in the construction of new stations and delivering CAPEX investments at stations. Involved working closely with other industry stakeholders, such as Passenger Transport Executives (GMPTE &.

Managed a portfolio of telecommunications, structural and signalling projects through each stage of the GRIP process (i.e. prospect, proposal, pre-feasibility, feasibility, delivery and completion stages). Included developing a thorough working knowledge of the GRIP process and NWR investment regulations, and developing and presenting business cases for.

Recruited to the 12 month Graduate Development Programme. Besides formal management training and cross functional experience of all Network Rail departments this provided an overview and understanding of this large Rail organisation.

2:1, History

Certified Practicing Project Director, Certified Practicing Project Director (Cppd)

Network Rail - Business Leaders, Management

Activities and Societies: Developing Organisational Effectiveness, Business Environment & Strategy, & Achieving Personal Excellence.

Cim, Certificate In Management

Ma, Industrial Relations

Activities and Societies: Organisational Psychology, Industrial Relations, Political Economy, HR Management, CIPD.

Education record

Education record