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A chartered Civil Engineer with 19 years' post graduate experience, delivering complex public and private sector engineering works in Ireland and the Middle East.Currently Development Manager for the Cork Docklands Programme at the Land Development Agency, overseeing the delivery of a €470M state funded investment in enabling infrastructure throughout the 147 hectare site, including transport & mobility, public realm and flooding & drainage works.2017-2022: Senior Executive Engineer, managing the Drainage Section at Cork City Council, with responsibility for operation, maintenance, capital replacement, planning control and environmental management / compliance / reporting of the wastewater system throughout the agglomeration (550km sewerage, 30 pump stations, 70+ sewer overflow tanks).2016-2017: Delivery of various water & wastewater infrastructure planning & design projects.2008-2015: Major Projects Manager, responsible for design & delivery of a variety of complex engineering projects, ranging from strategic water transmission infrastructure, to multi-discipline enabling infrastructure works for large-scale masterplanned developments throughout the Middle East region (UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq)Focused on identifying objectives, resolving issues and developing clearly communicable solutions to the challenges faced.Specialties: • Major infrastructure design, procurement and delivery;• Public Spending Code & Business Case for infrastructure;• Wastewater networks / pumping stations / MEICA equipment O&M• Planned maintenance and capital replacement programmes;• Conscientious, analytical approach to solving problems;• Strong communication & interpersonal skills;• Resource management & team leadership;• Coordination of multiple remote design teams;• Engagement of, and liaison with stakeholders;• Licensing and planning approvals;• Budget, scope, variation & change control;• Risk assessment, including hazard identification & mitigation;• Health & safety procedures, including obligations under the SHWW Regs;

Listed skills include Civil Engineering, Water, Engineering, Feasibility Studies, and 17 others.