Tim Mueller Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

With more than a dozen years working with transport planning, programming and funding in Local Government, Tim is uniquely placed to assist and advise clients offering innovative and efficient solutions for transport. Tim's experience spans all phases of business case development and assessment as well as the production of regional and national transport and mobility plans.With keen interests in transport, technology, and travel behavior change, Tim is looking forward to extending his reach with change management, safety and disruptive technologies, as we advocate for and improve transport outcomes for people and our communities.

Tim is a Technical Principal with WSP Advisory. While an international presence, Advisory at WSP understand the local reality of each sector and offer international benchmarks and best practice solutions through our extensive worldwide experience. Tim has spent time on both sides of the fence, as consultant and client, with more than a dozen years of local and central government experience focused on delivery and funding of transport infrastructure. His experience leading the development of Regional and National Land Transport Plans in Auckland provides unique insight into the development of prioritisation, quality assurance and the systematic and logical development of business cases to support organisational and national objectives and outcomes.While based in the Queenstown Lakes region of the South Island, Tim can call on the world class experience and depth of the WSP international team. We provide a diverse range of services across any and all phases of the engagement lifecycle, from strategic planning to operational issues. Tim is committed to the success of WSP clients wherever the location and need. Tim is actively working on the development of business cases to support safety and active mode programmes, public transport and multimodal integrated transport solutions, supporting the programming and funding for national safe networks programmes and assisting with strategic assessments of the business case approach as well as continuing to build sector capability. Please feel free to reach out to Tim, he is an enthusiastic and engaging engineer with a can do attitude and is eager to support and assist.

New Zealand

Tim is the Technical Lead for Transport in the newly created Advisory Services unit at Harrison Grierson. Advisory Services at HG spans the range of professional services including 3 Waters, Programme Management, Spatial and Asset Management, Urban Design and Transport.Tim has more than a dozen years of local and central government experience focused on the delivery and funding of transport infrastructure. His experience leading the development of Regional and National Land Transport Plans in Auckland provides unique insight into the development of prioritisation, quality assurance and the systematic and logical development of business cases to support organisational and national objectives and outcomes. Tim served as a subject matter expert during Auckland Transport and Auckland Council consultation on their Long Term Plans.While based in the Queenstown Lakes region of the South Island, Tim’s role and reach is national. He is committed to the success of HG clients wherever the location and need. Tim is actively working on the development of business cases to support safety and active mode programmes, supporting programming and funding for national safe networks programmes and assisting in strategic planning for ground transport around airports.Please feel free to reach out to Tim, he is an enthusiastic and engaging engineer with a can do attitude and is eager to support and assist.

Auckland, New Zealand

Principal Transport Planner – Strategy Division, Auckland Transport.Lead the development of business cases, strategic investigations, responses and plans to guide and prioritise the integrated development and management of Auckland’s transport system focusing on the Rapid Transit Network (RTN), Strategic and City Centre initiatives.

Auckland, New Zealand

Senior (principal) programme and funding evaluation engineer. Prepare inputs to Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP), develop and institute evaluation and profiling criteria, evaluate business plans, benefit cost analysis, economic evaluations for capital works infrastructure and develop business cases. Lead and mentor staff, improve quality, efficiency and optimisation for RLTP team. Undertake evaluation audits, assist and advise on land transport funding including Subject Matter Expert to Long Term Plan (transport), roading and transport engineering.Produce high quality funding applications, interpret complex engineering, technical, financial and economic analysis to support strategic and operational objectives.

Auckland, New Zealand

Prepare and produce the 2008/09 Auckland Land Transport Programme.Manage public consultation including submission hearings of the Auckland Land Transport Programme.Produce high quality funding applications for land transport improvement activities; walking & cycling, road safety, local roading improvements, public transport infrastructure as well as operational expenditure funding applications for maintenance and renewals and public transport services.Member of the Standards New Zealand scoping group tasked with designing and recommending a New Zealand standard for land transport noise sponsored by the Ministry of Transport.Manage and develop a small, high performing team specialised in civil works, economic evaluation and land transport improvement activities. Liaise directly with regional and national funding bodies and key stakeholders.Prepare and deliver regional workshops on land transport funding, economics and regional transport strategies.

Orewa, New Zealand

Business development and client liaison with a focus on roading, safety and transport schemes in the Rodney District. Provide transport engineering design input for road safety improvements including crash reduction mitigation measures and local area traffic management.Prepare Opus tender in response to the RFT from the Rodney District Council for the Seal Extension programme 2007/2008; liaise with RDC capital works manager, assemble project team undertake site visits to determine scope of work, prepare programme and cost estimates.

Auckland, New Zealand

Specialist in the design of PC based Data Acquisition, mechatronic and mechanical systems.Develop math models and computer simulations of heavy vehicle dynamics, contributing to human factors, vehicle stability, heavy vehicle geometric limits and safety research.Contribute to and prepare grant and research funding proposals to the Ministry for Science and Technology, Land Transport Safety Authority, Road Safety Trust and industry groups (e.g. Log Truck Safety Council, Road Transport Forum and Heavy Haulage).Develop, build and operate Road Friendly Suspension Testing Facility.Design build and install strain measurement system for 8x4 log truck to compare measured loads with finite element models, reporting the results and recommending failure mitigation measures.Continue to develop and enhance engineering skills to provide research excellence to partners and stakeholders.Disseminate research through reports, industry journals, conference papers and published articles.Produce technical documentation, reports and presentations outlining research methodology, results and recommendations. Provide descriptive and easy to understand explanations of complex and technical material.

Auckland, New Zealand

Design and build PC based data acquisition systems for Ships Motion Measurement system. Contribute to body of research in the Marine Dynamic Loading portfolio of research; involving hull slamming forces, stress-strain conditions, transform functions to predict vessel performance in given sea states.Collaborate with senior researchers, composite materials specialists, Team NZ, Naval Architects Society, NIWA; disseminating research through academic journals, IPENZ articles and industry feature journals.Produce detailed technical documentation illustrating experimental set up and operation, performance, methodology and technique.Contribute to biomechanics research and testing capability; force/stress fields in the acetabula region of the hip.Develop and extend skills using PC based data acquisition and computer simulation software; MATLAB, SIMULINK and LabView.Undertake destructive and non destructive shock and vibration testing to US Military specifications.