Karl Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Wellington Region, New Zealand

As Market Director for Beca's global Health market, I am responsible for our strategic growth and performance in this market.I work alongside our Clients, Partners, and Business Leaders to foster shared understanding and alignment of effort to support the sector in governance, strategic planning, capability growth, and programme delivery.A global transformation is needed to support better wellbeing and sustainable health outcomes. I am motivated to drive this transition. Core to my approach is practical cross-sector collaboration, learnings, and innovation.

The Health Infrastructure Unit (HIU) was established with responsibility for the prioritisation, planning, and delivery of infrastructure across the New Zealand public health system. As Director of the HIU, I was responsible for developing and delivering on the unit strategy, establishing and coordinating deployment of specialist infrastructure skillsets, and representing the Ministry of Health as a Senior Official.Through this period the unit was built from a foundational team of 10 to over 60 specialists in health infrastructure governance, planning, investment management, asset management, design, and delivery.I was directly accountable for the delivery of major infrastructure projects including the New Dunedin Hospital (NDH), Christchurch Hospital Waipapa - Acute Services Building, and Te Nikau Greybase Hospital.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

My key areas of responsibility in the Aurecon Buildings Unit included leadership of the Health Market, and the Mechanical Service Line.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

In my role of Section Manager for the Central Building Services team, I was directly responsible for managing a team of engineers, draftsmen, and administration staff. My responsibilities included;Understanding our Client's and Markets; Establishing market segment planning, including relationship strategy, and revenue and sales targets.Setting and managing Section strategy and performance objectives.Resourcing management; including project assignments, forward workload planning, identifying strategies and opportunities for inter-office work sharing, and recruitment.Performance & Development management, including performance and competency reviews, establishing and implementing training development plans, and remuneration reviews.Systems & Process management, including promotion of companywide H&S, Quality, and Project delivery processes and reporting.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As a Technical Director, I had an active role in the day-to-day delivery of projects, where my primary responsibilities included;Client and project partner relationshipsMultidisciplinary engineering design team leadership and general governanceProject quality, risk, scope, cost, and resource control

Singapore

As Section Manager in Singapore, I was directly responsible for managing a team of 60 personnel including engineers, draftsmen, and administration staff.My responsibilities included Market Segment and Business planning, Resourcing management, Performance & Development management, and Systems & Process management.I particularly enjoyed the daily challenges and rewards of seeing my team grow through my coaching and mentoring. I thrived on discovering the different perspectives of such a culturally diverse team and adjusting my approach to get the best from each person - It was a journey of constant learning.

Singapore

Upon relocating with Beca to Singapore in 2012 as a Senior Associate Director, my primary focus was on delivering the Connexion project at Farrer Park. In this role I provided leadership support to our delivery team, drawing on my expertise in Healthcare projects and my skills in stakeholder engagement and coordination. I was responsible for daily Client-Consultant-Contractor coordination throughout the construction, testing & commissioning, and handover phases. I also lead the introduction and roll-out of the Beca Project Delivery System (PDS) into our Singapore office. This included briefing of our Executive team, and training of our 200+ Singapore staff over a 3 month period. In conjunction with the initial Singapore roll-out, I also developed our team of Asia Hub PDS Support Champions through providing ongoing one-on-one coaching and monthly support sessions. This resulted in the successful adoption of PDS in Singapore, and provided the frame work for the subsequent roll-out of PDS across our other Asia offices.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

As a senior member of the Beca Building Services team in Wellington, my role included;Day-to-day management and leadership of our delivery teams for a number of key projects. This included the Clinical Services and Ward Support Block Refurbishment at Wellington Hospital, and the Hub and Library upgrade Project at Victoria University of Wellington. These projects were both made up of a number of smaller projects (some delivered within extremely tight timeframes) and provided me with the platform to develop my skills in team leadership. My ability to closely engage with the diverse range of stakeholders and to make robust decisions quickly was crucial to the success of these projects.I held the role of client relationship manager (CRM) for the Victoria University of Wellington, in which I developed communication strategies with the University to better understand their key drivers, challenges, and opportunities. This was instrumental to establishing the successful delivery model for a range of completed and ongoing projects for the University.I was actively involved in the review and development of a number of companywide improvement initiatives, including the development and pilot testing of the new Beca Project Delivery System (PDS). I provided training and support during the roll-out of this system across Beca. I also held the role of Regional Quality Representative (RQR) for the Wellington office. Through this role I successfully promoted and challenged the systems that we use as a company, while also providing training and coaching to the team in the use of these systems to deliver their projects.I provided mentoring and informal coaching for a number of our emerging junior staff in the Wellington office. In addition to day-to-day coaching and training, I formally mentored four mechanical engineers and a member of our Project Management team. This involved monthly one-on-one catch ups, support, and advice to help them establish clear career direction.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Jetco Group Ltd is a Civil contracting business specialising in drainage maintenance and rehabilitation. Jetco is headquartered in Porirua City, and operates throughout New Zealand.As Contracts Manager, my responsibilities included;Contract tendering & pricingContract planning, execution, and administration, including H&S, Methodology, Programme, and Financial aspects of the contractCommunications and coordination with our clients, including regular job reportingPublic relations, including communications with residentsI reported to the Managing Director.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Nz Certificate In Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Awarded: Top Student 1999