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Risk Management Leader in Infrastructure Projects
Location: Greater Sydney Area, Australia 6 work roles 3 schools
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Risk Management Leader in Infrastructure Projects
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Greater Sydney Area, Australia

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Nick Birbara is listed as Risk Management Leader in Infrastructure Projects based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at optusnet.com.au and a matched LinkedIn profile for Nick Birbara.

Nick Birbara previously worked as Senior Manager Risk & Opportunity at Clough and Senior Risk & Opportunity Manager at Gamuda Australia. Nick Birbara holds Certificate, Ohs Management Systems Auditing from Unsw.

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About Nick Birbara

Specialist Risk and Project Management for infrastructure, energy, resources and allied projects. Successful bids for rail, transport, iron ore, wharves and Defence clients. I also write winning tenders, coordinate bid teams and deliver technical and commercial training - F2F, webinars and other e-learning platforms to enable your teams to achieve their best and meet compliance requirements. Quantitative risk analysis and review with effective communication strategies - reports, workshops, coaching / mentoring, newsletters etc. Recognising the importance of "soft​ skills" to back up the hard data and thus building successful teams and engaging stakeholders. Recent successful bids projects at Clough / WeBuild for Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop. Also BHP iron ore facilities, pumped hydro renewable energy, Sydney Metro West (25km underground metro) Westconnex, Western Harbour Tunnel, Sydney Water treatment upgrades etc. Immediately prior at Arup, London leading cost and schedule risk at early design stage for the Main Civil Engineering Works Stage 1 of HS2, the UK's $100bn High Speed rail project. Before that, Asset Management for Network Rail (UK) and at TfL (London Underground) I managed the operational risk team (6 staff) and worked on asset upgrades (rolling stock, stations, digital radio etc) and transformation projects to enable growth, control expenditure (£340m of savings planned over 5 years) and improve connectivity for a global city.Skilled in business planning to identify and then implement strategic change into complex organisations, thus reducing waste and creating value. I have also established governance and compliance frameworks, measured contractor performance and led project teams to achieve corporate objectives under time and cost pressures. Please feel free to contact me on +61 4522 065 02 or email nickgb31@protonmail.com

Listed skills include Risk Management, Rail, Contract Management, Program Management, and 29 others.

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Senior Manager Risk & Opportunity

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Led the risk submissions activity in the bid team for Clough, part of the global WeBuild Group. Clough was acquired by WeBuild (formerly Salini Impregilo) late 2022 and is one of Australia's most recognised industry names with over 100 years experience in infrastructure, energy and engineering projects. Projects including rail (SRL Melbourne), wharves (Dampier WA), Engineering and Resources (BHP. Perdaman), Energy (East Coast pumped hydro projects), Sydney Water treatment, hydrogen and roads construction projects.

Jul 2023 - Oct 2024

Senior Risk & Opportunity Manager

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Risk & Opportunity Management services for this Engineering Construction contractor with core skills in tunnelling and major civil infrastructure. Current project is Sydney Metro West, Western Tunnelling Package. Being delivered by Gamuda-Laing O'Rourke consortium - approx 9km metro rail tunnel from Sydney Olympic Park to Westmead.

May 2022 - Jun 2023

Senior Risk & Qra Manager

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Leading Risk Assurance for Sydney road projects within the Infrastructure and Place division, Project Performance team.

Jan 2021 - May 2022

Senior Risk Management Consultant

Sydney, Australia

PMO team managing risk for the Sydney Metro West rail construction project, a new metro system servicing key precincts including Sydney CBD, The Bays, Sydney Olympic Park, Parramatta and Westmead. 24 km underground rail with end-to-end target travel time of approx. 20mins. I run qualitative risk analysis workshops as well as quantitative cost and schedule assessments - 1st and 2nd Line Defence. Also RM planning / documentation, risk software procurement team, system requirements definition, strategic risk control frameworks and monthly reporting.

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

Risk Management Leader (Associate Director) - Hs2 Project

London, United Kingdom

Engaged by Arup in this key role on Europe's largest infrastructure project, HS2 - high speed rail from London to the north of England value ca. $160bn. Supporting both the Design Assurance and Commercial team for rail and allied infrastructure projects. Arup led the design house consortium supporting the Construction Contractor Skanska-Costain-Strabag JV for the Main Works Civils Contract, Stage 1, South from Euston Station to West Ruislip - a 25km tunnel, embankments, bridges and associated works. I worked closely with the consortium partners providing Scheme Design including detailed risk analysis for the executive team, liaising with HSE, environment, engineering, technical and stakeholder interface leads. Also managed Value Engineering and contributed to Systems Assurance working directly with SCS leadership. The team was quite diverse and reflects a shared desire to shape a better world through developing solutions across the built environment. It was a great work environment in which to grow both personally and professionally. In particular Arup's commitment to knowledge sharing and an inclusive culture brings out the best in people and it was very satisfying to be a part of that team.

May 2016 - Feb 2019

Senior Operational Risk Manager, London Underground

Canary Wharf, London, Uk

Daily risk management of all London Underground's operations and asset management activities as part of the TfL Finance team including:- Savings and efficiencies planning to meet 2015 UK government spending review - people, process and asset issues.- Risk advisory and contribution at CEO level to business planning and strategic asset management.- Implement and develop risk measures using EMV techniques via ARM software tool.- Write new standards for Asset Risk and Operations Risk Management to enable consistent application of best practice across TfL – rail & underground, bus, water transport, roads and cycling. Approved via Risk and Assurance committee- ISO55001 Asset Management accreditation for London Underground. Achieved April 2015, only the second metro worldwide to achieve this status – working closely with asset performance and development team as well as LU operations.

Dec 2014 - Apr 2016
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Nick Birbara education

Certificate, Ohs Management Systems Auditing

Activities and Societies: School of Safety Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: New College BSc Chemical Engineering

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Nick Birbara is based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia.

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Nick Birbara has worked for Clough, Gamuda Australia, Transport For Nsw, Turner & Townsend, and Arup.

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Nick Birbara holds Certificate, Ohs Management Systems Auditing from Unsw.

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Nick Birbara is listed with skills including Risk Management, Rail, Contract Management, Program Management, Construction, Change Management, Safety Management Systems, and Stakeholder Management.

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