Simon Kirkpatrick Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

• Brisbane Motorway Services and Gateway Motorway Services provides 24/7 dedicated Traffic Incident Management Services and Road and Tunnel Asset Management and Maintenance Services for Southeast Queensland Motorways.
• Board reporting and committee roles: Safety Committee Member, Change Management Committee;
• Developed and Implemented motorcycles into Incident Response Services on Brisbane Motorways;
• Established Traffic Incident Management Services compliant operation on Brisbane Road Network;
• Tripled the size and revenue from of business by developing a new strategic direction creating new business and revenue streams;
• Developed business improvement and innovation resulting in several national awards along with finalists in several categories - Safety, Project of the year - Qld and Australia; HR Manager of the Year, Workplace Health.

Brisbane

• Geotech Group is one of Australia’s largest contracting businesses providing technically complex, specialist construction services in civil & rail infrastructure and ground & mechanical engineering.
• Board reporting and committee roles: Health, Safety & Environment Committee; Change Management Committee;
• Appointed due to my extensive networks, experience developing new strategic opportunities;
• Obtained Board approval for major company activities such as new projects bidding, financial commitments, assets purchasing and key staff hiring and appraisals;
• Provided a focus on continuous improvement and lean processes within a complex regulatory environment;
• Created and rolled out various equipment maintenance, critical spares management and procurement programs for the newly acquired plant;

• Coe Pty Ltd delivers horizontal directional drilling and other trenchless construction projects.
• Health, Safety & Environment Committee; Change Management Committee;
• Grew profit by meeting or exceeding the pre-tax profit, gross margin and cash flow objectives by service line as identified in the annual business plan;
• Managed end-to-end procurement activities - plant equipment and operations;
• Established the construction, oil & gas and resources business from the ground up and developed strategies for breaking into the new markets;
• Developed the initial Plant and Maintenance Management System for the new unit;

• AJ Lucas is a specialist provider to the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors providing directional drilling and pipeline services in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
• Managed the $23M Annual Repair and Maintenance budget as well as the $35M Annual Capital Expenditure budget;
• Evaluated and recommended strategies for rigs, support equipment and facilities as well as future assets’ profitable planning, maintenance and development;
• Translated approved policies and business risk profiles into design and maintenance standards that can be applied by planning and operations;
• Executed strategies to position business with latest plant and equipment technology;
• Led cost reduction programs, which reversed, overspends, identified high wastage areas and items and improved business efficiencies and enhanced plant availability;

• Orica is the largest provider of commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets, the global leader in the provision of ground support in mining and tunnelling, and the leading.
• Oversaw the operations of the manufacturing and warehousing facilities;
• Identified, prioritised, planned and directed the execution of operational related issues;
• Designed strategies, procedures, and people utilisation for improving reliability of equipment, efficiency, productivity, and performance while reducing inventory, waste as well as maintaining product quality and.
• Participated in the business planning and budgeting process and developed short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies;
• Directed several projects which resulted in higher plant output, uptime improvement and increased production capability;

Australia