Wayne Bickers

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Senior Project Manager @ TEG Projects
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, New Zealand
About Wayne Bickers

Wayne is an experienced and qualified Professional Project Manager (PMP) working as an independent contractor in New Zealand and Australia. The last 10 years have been spent working as a Project Manager / Project Engineer / Business Analyst primarily in the food processing industry; swapping hats as required based on the needs of the organization at the time. During this time, Wayne has lead projects up to $20M, and been an integral part of larger projects up to $300M. Wayne has successfully led complex and high value projects, and has a passion for driving business process improvement, through effective use of appropriate tools and techniques. Wayne's diverse experiences as a Project Manager enables him to see the potential for tools and techniques from other industries which may not otherwise be considered. Qualifications: PMP, PGDip(Business Admin), BSc(Tech) Specialties: Stage Gate, Change Management, Business Case Development, Developing Contracts, New Product Development, Facilitation, Flexible Product Development, Supplier Contract Negotiation, Project Planning, Project Execution, Project Monitoring and Controlling and Project Closeout. Utilising Prince 2 methodology in a TS16949 environment. Critical Chain Project Management. Agile Project Management. Visual Performance Metrics/ KPI's. Lean in a service industry.Projects worked on: Research and Development of products for the agricultural and hi-tech sectors, Civil construction, Government certification of food production facilities, Production line automation, and new factory equipment installation.

Wayne Bickers's Current Company Details
TEG Projects

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Senior Project Manager
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Employees:
32
Wayne Bickers Work Experience Details
  • Teg Projects
    Senior Project Manager
    Teg Projects
    Hawke'S Bay, New Zealand
  • Ampup Limited.
    Independent Business Owner
    Ampup Limited. Oct 2013 - Present
    Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
    Sole director and shareholder.
  • Apex Engineering
    Project Manager - Contract Basis
    Apex Engineering Oct 2013 - Present
    Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
    A wide variety of work and responsibilities, working for a small consulting firm. Functions undertaken include: Capital works Project ManagerProcess EngineerBusiness AnalystTechnical Writer Contracts Manager
  • Heinz Wattie'S - An Hj Heinz Company
    Capital Project Manager
    Heinz Wattie'S - An Hj Heinz Company Jul 2012 - Oct 2013
    Hastings, New Zealand
    My role within Heinz, is that of Project Manager, managing the most complex projects across New Zealand. Projects I have managed include:• Certification of Risk Management Programme by Ministry of Primary Industries, • Purchase, install and commissioning of high speed robotic automation equipment • Enhancements line capacity and safety, as a related project to a marketing launch of a new product range to market. • Design and build of service building and heavy traffic ring… Show more My role within Heinz, is that of Project Manager, managing the most complex projects across New Zealand. Projects I have managed include:• Certification of Risk Management Programme by Ministry of Primary Industries, • Purchase, install and commissioning of high speed robotic automation equipment • Enhancements line capacity and safety, as a related project to a marketing launch of a new product range to market. • Design and build of service building and heavy traffic ring road• Two major cost/ benefit/ risk investigations into revolutionary upgrades of existing production lines to enable launch of new product range’s. Show less
  • Rakon
    Project Manager
    Rakon Aug 2010 - Jul 2012
    Auckland
    Product Development Project Manager for Rakon. Rakon designs and manufactures specialist timing components for the electronics industry, in accordance with TS16949 Automotive quality standards. The experiences of working in a PMO environment, collaborating with other Project Managers, and following the Prince 2 methodology provided Wayne with a solid understanding of how Project Management can, and should be done. During Wayne's time at Rakon, he Project Managed the development of the… Show more Product Development Project Manager for Rakon. Rakon designs and manufactures specialist timing components for the electronics industry, in accordance with TS16949 Automotive quality standards. The experiences of working in a PMO environment, collaborating with other Project Managers, and following the Prince 2 methodology provided Wayne with a solid understanding of how Project Management can, and should be done. During Wayne's time at Rakon, he Project Managed the development of the next generation TCXO device, being a miniaturisation of the iconic 0.5ppm TCXO. The next generation TCXO brought about the first fundamental change in assembly technique in over a decade, and required the development of collaborative partnerships with new strategic suppliers and introduced complex logistics changes to the business. Show less
  • Tru-Test Ltd
    Project Manager
    Tru-Test Ltd 2007 - Aug 2010
    Responsible for multiple projects running simultaneously in a Research and Development / Product Development environment. The nature of these projects was resource intensive, consuming anywhere up to 13,000 person-hours. The role was heavily facilitative, ensuring the various business functions and critical international distributors, had input to the designs and processes to maximise quality and profitability of the product ranges being developed. Typically projects would involve:… Show more Responsible for multiple projects running simultaneously in a Research and Development / Product Development environment. The nature of these projects was resource intensive, consuming anywhere up to 13,000 person-hours. The role was heavily facilitative, ensuring the various business functions and critical international distributors, had input to the designs and processes to maximise quality and profitability of the product ranges being developed. Typically projects would involve: electronic and embedded firmware design, enclosure design and associated injection moulding tool design, packaging and manual design, component sourcing, ERP setup, product safety compliance (CE, UL, ASNZS, IEC, BS, and EMC), design and fabrication of test fixtures. Show less
  • Tru-Test Ltd
    Electronics Design Engineer
    Tru-Test Ltd 2001 - 2007
    Wayne started in this role as a graduate electronics engineer, rapidly taking leadership roles in smal projects. This progressed to being formally named project manager in parallel with being the principal electronics design engineer for a truly multifunctional project.Whilst in the electronics engineer role, he was the primary engineer invoved in outsourcing product manufacture to china. In this capacity he travelled to china to facilitate and monitor first production builds and… Show more Wayne started in this role as a graduate electronics engineer, rapidly taking leadership roles in smal projects. This progressed to being formally named project manager in parallel with being the principal electronics design engineer for a truly multifunctional project.Whilst in the electronics engineer role, he was the primary engineer invoved in outsourcing product manufacture to china. In this capacity he travelled to china to facilitate and monitor first production builds and commision test equipment. In addition wayne was heavily involved in the design and specification of subcomponents from china which required two further visits into china. Show less
  • Gallagher Group
    Electronics Design Engineer
    Gallagher Group Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
    Hamilton
    300+ employeesWork Experience as part of degree

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Wayne Bickers works for Teg Projects

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Wayne Bickers's current role is Senior Project Manager.

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Wayne Bickers attended The University Of Auckland, The University Of Waikato.

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