Project Manager

• May 2022 - Present

CUWLP Project Scheduler & Cost Controller

• Sep 2020 - May 2022

The Clutha Upper Waitaki Lines Project (CUWLP) involves the upgrading of two (2) sections of existing transmission lines from Cromwell to Twizel (252 towers) and Roxburgh to Livingstone (436 towers) in an effort to improve northward electricity flow from the lower South Island.• Budget development• Financial forecasting• Project status reporting (both internal & external audiences)• CBS development and cost control• Schedule planning, development, monitoring and control.• Risk identification, reviews and control.• Contract variation management• Records management (audit traceability)• Schedule, Cost, Scope baseline development and acceptance.

National Project Controller - Programme Operations

• Dec 2013 - May 2022

• Experienced, qualified project scheduler for Transpower's critical build projects situated throughout New Zealand.• Experienced, qualified project management specialist• Spend forecast support to Project Managers delivering major projects• Conducting monthly financial risk analysis, identifying mitigations to pursue• Supporting and championing Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives• Lead facilitator for use of Risk Bowtie methods for Transpower, Customers & Projects Group• Highly experienced project workshop facilitator presently focused on major substation & transmission line build projects (design and construction) ~300+Types of workshops facilitated: - Risk & opportunities workshops (SCORED) at high level design & detailed design stages - Pre-construction risk workshops - Lessons learnt (phase end and/or at project completion)

Project Manager - Atlas Service Provider Contract Reset 15/16

• Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

Responsible for ensuring on time delivery of Transpower's Revised Grid Maintenance Services Project Works Contract and coordination of individual work streams (6) within project. Specific responsibilities include:• Creation, maintenance and management to detailed MS Project schedule• Creation and maintenance of Project Management, Communication and Implementation plans• Creation of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) at project setup• Provide task progress assurance to programme management and project sponsor• Corporate reporting and forecasting of external costs• Facilitation of risk identification workshop and ongoing regular review/ update of treatmentsProject key objectives are:• Develop and launch new service provider performance management framework• Develop and launch new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)• Achieve a shift change in contract management to enable Transpower Maintenance and Project Managers to become more commercially focused and nationally consistent• Achieve cost savings over RCP2 and be able to demonstrate these savings• Provide transparency of pricing to enable improved decision makingThis is a project under a larger programme referred to as 'Atlas', a programme of strategic project initiatives tasked with achieving cost efficiencies and performance improvements across a range of core business functions in support of RCP2 commitments.

Project Support Specialist - Project Management Office (PMO)

• May 2013 - Dec 2013

• Provide delivery support to all major substations and transmission lines grid construction projects for the national grid within the northern north island of New Zealand.• Risk assessment and workshop facilitation on major construction projects (pre design and construction commencement).• Support to Northern Projects Delivery Management

Northern Projects Controller - Project Management Office (PMO)

• May 2011 - May 2013

• Project management support to Auckland based Grid Construction Project Managers.• Provide project planning, workload forecasting, schedule management, quality assurance function to Northern projects management for the Capital Works Programme in Auckland.• Analyse delivery performance (time and cost measures) and provide remedial action.• Provide support for standard delivery process, procedures, project systems and applications.• Management and coordination of graduate engineers during placement in Auckland.• Management and reporting of project 'health' through implementation of a customized Project Healthcheck tool applied to strategically important capital build projects. The tool measured the relationship between Project Manager and Consultant or Contractor (depending on current phase) as well as Safety, Quality, Cost, Risk Management and Communication at monthly intervals.

Projects Administrator - Capital Works Programme

• Sep 2010 - May 2011

Administrator - Business Operations

• May 2010 - Oct 2010

Project Administrator - 'Growing Up in New Zealand' Project

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2010

High level responsibilities included:• Expenditure administration• Management of employee hours and pay administration• Relationship management responsibilities with participants involved in study• Progress reporting• Contract administration• Vehicle fleet administration

Programme Administrator - Development Services Unit

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2008

• Project management support to team of Project Associates tasked with delivering 80-100 development projects spread across 12 pacific islands in the South Pacific.• Providing support for standard delivery process and procedures and project systems and applications.• Provision of contract tendering support, evaluation, recommendation and contract award activities.

Procurement Officer

• Jun 2006 - May 2007

Human Resource Officer

• Jan 2006 - May 2006