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Australia

Docklands, Victoria, Australia

Dam Safety Management: • Provided technical leadership and advice for the management of Melbourne Water’s dam and retarding basin portfolio, ensuring compliance with ANCOLD guidelines and industry best practices.• Led the development and maintenance of Dam Safety Management programs to ensure the safety and functionality of water supply storages, and retarding basins.• Coordinated dam safety practitioners, including engineers and water supply operators, enhancing capability in dam safety management.• Oversaw the selection and management of external consultants for comprehensive inspections, engineering design, risk assessments and dam safety reviewsRisk Management & Mitigation: • Led continuous improvement initiatives for risk identification, management, and reporting processes, ensuring risks are mitigated within acceptable limits and optimizing whole-of-life costs for assets.• Developed and implemented asset management regimes that focus on reliability and risk reduction while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.• Promoted a zero-harm culture by actively identifying and addressing hazards, leading health and safety improvement initiatives, and ensuring a safe working environmentAsset Optimisation & Capital Investment: • Provided strategic advice and technical leadership on asset management, contributing to the optimisation of dam infrastructure performance and resource allocation.• Delivered business cases for capital projects in excess of $20 million, ensuring value for money through efficient planning and alignment with organisational objectives.• Ensured efficient project execution by establishing clear scopes of work, budgets, and timelines with consultants/contractors, and regularly monitored project progress.Collaboration: • Maintained strong working relationships with consultants to achieve project goals.• Ensured clearly defined deliverables andperformance metrics were in place for projects and studies

Docklands, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Provided technical and professional services in a range of business case development, investigations, designs, and analysis for geotechnical, structural, and other civil projects related to dam engineering.• Facilitated the delivery of multidisciplinary projects worth up to $1 million in design fees for public and private sectors to bring about innovative solutions to civil infrastructure problems.• Managed the financial and technical performance of projects.• Coordinated with external and internal stakeholders to execute project scopes, schedules and to ensure completionwithin budget.• Reviewed and checked technical drawings by CAD technicians and drafters.• Developed proposals for clients outlining project scope and timeline.• Developed auditing programs to address risks, identify gaps in processes and procedures of dam safety programsthrough in-depth research and assessment and suggested methods for improvement to ensure compliance with allrelevant standards and regulatory requirements.