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Australia

Sydney, Australia

• Establishment and ongoing management of the State-wide Asset Management Governance across NSW Health, dealing with program risk and assurance
• Establishment and ongoing management of Program Management Office (PMO) for NSW Health asset management programs ($120M), including the development of performance reporting at executive level.
• Support the implementation of the NSW Asset Management Policy for NSW Health through the PMO.
• Coordinate with key Assets and Project Advisory stakeholders including project directors, functional leads and external consultants to ensure all program, project and business activity feeds to a central point for.
• Manage the development and evolution of the Assets and Project Advisory strategic business plan
• Establish and manage business processes as well as standards for managing projects and programs consistently and efficiently to reduce project related risk and costs

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

• Managed Sydney Water’s centralised shared services operations, including including Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounting Operations, Procurement, Human Resources, Business and Management Support Services, leading a.
• Managed the implementation of the online service management platform (for shared services transactional tracking, and data analysis) for Sydney Water, leading a team of 7 specialist, and $15M project budget.
• Transformed the shared service centre within Sydney Water, impacting 65 staff, and resulting in annual productivity improvement of 15%.
• Managed the implementation of Robotics Process Automation across Sydney Water Shared Service, with annual business benefits forecasted to be $2M.
• Implemented Lean Six Sigma principles within Sydney Water shared services through the introduction of lean boards, daily huddles, waste walks, and time in motion studies across the purchasing, accounting, payroll and.

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for major transformation programs across the organisation, as well as driving business support activities of Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance, Program Management, and Business Analytics, leading a.
• Transformed the shared service centre (Finance and Payroll), impacting 300 staff, and resulting in annual productivity improvement of 25% through the implementation of process automation and self-service initiatives
• Transformed the food production units, impacting 80 staff, and resulting in an increase in operational efficiency of 75%, through the rationalisation of food production units
• Established the Continuous Improvement program at HealthShare NSW, including the development and deployment of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, with external certification with AGSM
• Successfully established the Program Management Office at HealthShare NSW, creating a portfolio of improvement projects, governance structures, and prioritisation and benefits realisation frameworks
• Promoting a constructive workplace culture through engagement in positive dialogue and feedback with team members and senior leaders via the OCI and LSI programs.

Wollongong, Australia

• Lead the operations at Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT), as well as develop and deploy the continuous improvement program for port operations, comprising of 60 employees and $18M annual budget
• Developed the five year strategic plan for PKCT (2012-2017), and oversaw the successful implementation of the 2012 and 2013 business plans for PKCT
• Aligned business planning and financial processes with performance improvement and business risk-management activities
• Optimized performance measurement system for port operations, substantially improving integration of quality, operational, and financial information for Board of Directors
• Oversaw the incident investigation process across site, including coaching and mentoring managers, and leaders on incident investigation techniques such as TapRoot, and ICAM
• Deployed Six Sigma DMAIC method while leading high-level, cross-functional teams of manager and specialists in four operational-critical process-redesign projects, resulting in: o 70% reduction in safety incidentso 25%.

Brisbane, Australia

• Recruited to deliver the operational readiness activities to deliver a 2.5M tonne coal mine expansion of the Peak Downs mine, leading a team of 4 specialist and managing a project budget of $20M
• Successfully developed new maintenance strategies for the new truck fleet and mine Industrial area resulting in a reduction of maintenance costs by 10% per annum
• Development and implementation of HSE management system upgrade resulting in an increase in incident identification by 25% per annum

Jabiru Ranger Mine

• Recruited to lead the operations and maintenance of site infrastructure, as well as lead the defect elimination program across site operations, leading a team of 5 specialists and managing an Opex budget of $18M
• Successfully negotiated and undertook the management of accommodation services contract valued at $80M
• Established the Defect Elimination Program for site infrastructure, resulting in annual savings of $5M
• Implementation of the delay accounting system (AMPLA) across the processing plant, resulting in a reduction in plant downtime by 5% per annum, equating to $15M in savings per annum.
• Project Management of site activities with results including: o 75% reduction of chute maintenance costo 40% increase in accommodation utilisationo 18% increase in milling utilisationo 50% increase in tailings pipe.

Weipa Qld

• Recruited to lead site projects focused on operational efficiency, asset management, and process improvement.
• Implementation of the Defect Elimination Program for Site, resulting in annual savings of $1M
• Optimising the electrical and condition monitoring maintenance planning for site, leading to a reduction of equipment failure by 8%.
• Successfully managed the electrical project portfolio on site, including: o $4M transformer asset upgrade o $3M wharf caisson upgrade o $2M power station maintenance upgrade o $1.5M power generation upgrade

Victoria, Australia

• As the Internal Sales Engineer at Remtron Automation, key responsibilities Included:
• Internal Sales Management;
• Customer support;
• Inventory and Transport Management;
• Equipment failure analysis of Process Automation Control equipment.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, Distinction

Completed the Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Master Of Project Management (Hons), Project Management

The Project Management Masters program focused on various aspects of Project, Program and Portfolio Management, placing particular.

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (Hons), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

The Electrical Engineering program focused on analogue and digital signals and systems, power generation and transmission, and applied.