Large projects have been more than an occupation for me, they have basically been my life from very early in my career, and not limited to my professional work with some being charitable.I confess to an almost irritating 'common sense'​ (arguably uncommon sense) approach to how I approach projects, and am not afraid to challenge norms and create new concepts, devices, processes & thinking.I have been involved in all facets of a project's life: Sales & Sales Engineering, Design, Project management, budgeting, manufacturing & site supervision, supplier negotiations, writing of specifications & supplier agreements, commissioning & staff training and even 'wash-up reviews'​.Extensive AutoCAD experience from 3-D modelling & layouts to manufacturing & installation drawings. Have also used Solidworks & Invertor.I have always loved mentoring & training of others in design, project management, life skills, etc.Projects managed have always been ahead of schedule & under budget, and, occasionally beyond expectation.Sales engineering has always been a particular 'buzz', allowing my accumulated experience & knowledge to come the fore.Goals: To continue 'pushing the boundaries' of project design & management whilst maintaining value benefits for all stakeholders.Specialties: - Project scheduling, budgeting & planning.- Materials handling conveyors & equipment design & drafting.- Boilers & coded piping design & drafting.- Structural steel design & drafting.- Dairy plant, equipment & piping.- Slaughterboards & equipment design, drafting & project management.- Water treatment plant & reticulation.- Manufacturing plants (whiteware, food, printing & plastic film, roofing tiles, steel & aluminum processing).- Specialist machinery development & design.- Supplier negotiations & agreements.- Commissioning & staff training.Some Achievements:- First commercial design/drawing at 11 years old - aluminum ladders for Lyte Aluminum.- Designing NZ's first 'belt bends' when only 20 years old, for Abel Conveyors/F&P Refrigeration (And still operational 25 years later when plant was decommissioned).- Co-design/drafting of NZ's first 'moving floor' trailers & subsequent load-mashalling system (Reduced F&P load turn-rounds from approx 1.5 hours to 5 minutes).- Maintaining record of running projects consistently under budget.- Making health & safety a profitable component of projects.- Winning of some 'impossible sales' based on reapplying past experiences & lateral thinking.- Multiple patents & Designmark Awards.