Experience

Retired

• Civil Engineering
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Retired

  • May 2019 - Present



Structerre Consulting

• Australia
• Civil Engineering
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Principal Hydraulic Engineer / Water & Civil Engineering Team Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Apr 2019

  Managing a team of engineers and technicians engaged mainly on the design of stormwater drainage systems for residential, commercial and industrial premises and small scale developments in NSW and other parts of Australia. Managing a team of engineers and technicians engaged mainly on the design of stormwater drainage systems for residential, commercial and industrial premises and small scale developments in NSW and other parts of Australia.



Opus International Consultants Limited

• New Zealand
• Civil Engineering
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Principal Water Engineer

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

  Short-term project management, design, technical support and troubleshooting assignment in connection with WestConnex Stage 2 (Sydney M5 motorway extension) water and wastewater services diversions: a Water Services Coordinator role. Short-term project management, design, technical support and troubleshooting assignment in connection with WestConnex Stage 2 (Sydney M5 motorway extension) water and wastewater services diversions: a Water Services Coordinator role.



Central Coast Council

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Development Consultant

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  Project Manager and project development engineer for the council’s Construction Planning and Management section. Engaged on upgrades to water and wastewater infrastructure to cope with population growth and urban development. Project Manager and project development engineer for the council’s Construction Planning and Management section. Engaged on upgrades to water and wastewater infrastructure to cope with population growth and urban development.



Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Publicity Officer, NSW Association

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2016

  ICE NSW Association committee member responsible for publicity: primarily ICE newsletter contributions and website (NSW webpage) updates. Presented with award for 'Most Valuable Contribution 2014' for organising ICE NSW technical seminars in February and November 2014 as well as Publicity Officer duties throughout 2014. ICE NSW Association committee member responsible for publicity: primarily ICE newsletter contributions and website (NSW webpage) updates. Presented with award for 'Most Valuable Contribution 2014' for organising ICE NSW technical seminars in February and November 2014 as well as Publicity Officer duties throughout 2014.



Worley

• Australia
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Civil Engineer

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2015

  Project Manager for design of river intake and pumping station at Penrith Lakes, near Sydney, as part of a scheme to create a new wetland and recreation lake in a disused quarry. Project Manager for upgrades to Hanson's Precast Concrete Yard in Mulgrave, NSW for Impregilo Salini Joint Venture’s $340 million Skytrain viaduct construction, Sydney NW Rail Link. Water and wastewater servicing strategies for greenfield developments in the Sydney area and a number of sewage treatment plant upgrade projects for Queensland Urban Utilities.



AECOM

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Water Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2012

  Design Manager for major improvements to Gosford's Coastal Carrier System, a complex system of trunk sewers with tunnels, lake crossings, inverted siphons, and flow balancing and splitting arrangements using weirs, storage tanks and control valves in various locations order to overcome present capacity limitations and provide for population growth up to 2051. Design Manager for major improvements to Gosford's Coastal Carrier System, a complex system of trunk sewers with tunnels, lake crossings, inverted siphons, and flow balancing and splitting arrangements using weirs, storage tanks and control valves in various locations order to overcome present capacity limitations and provide for population growth up to 2051.



WSP

• Canada
• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Water Engineer and Water Asset Planning Team Manager

  • 2007 - 2011

  Project Manager for Sydney Southwest Growth Centre Recycled Water Plant Siting Study: identification and evaluation of potential sites for new treatment plants to serve new residential, commercial and industrial development area projected to have a population of 320,000 by 2045. Extensive use of GIS and multi-criteria analysis. Project Manager for the detailed concept design of a pressure sewerage system and hydraulically complex sewage transfer system for Appin, NSW. Project Manager for a study to identify and evaluate potential sites for a new sewage treatment plant to serve three currently unsewered villages of Appin, Wilton and Douglas Park using GIS and multi-criteria analysis. Study area is in a major water supply catchment, dissected by deep river gorges, subject to subsidence from mining and is environmentally sensitive. Design Manager for outline design of modifications at Glenfield and Liverpool STPs to divert treated effluent to a new storage tank for ultimate re-use through the proposed Rosehill-Camellia Recycled Water Project. Consultancy advice and peer review for design of water and sewerage infrastructure for a new 737 ha central urban district in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam



MWH, now part of Stantec

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager and Process Engineering Team Leader

  • 2005 - 2007

  Brisbane Water Supply, Australia: Design Leader for five new water treatment plants (combined capacity 20 ML/d) on fast-track ‘design and construct’ alliance project. Project provided supplementary potable water supplies from newly-established borefields to overcome acute water shortages due to a prolonged drought. Project Manager for a feasibility study into the potential reuse of treated effluent from Auckland’s main sewage treatment works at Mangere. Options comprised industrial reuse, irrigation and aquifer recharge. Design Team Leader for civil engineering and hydraulic design for extensions to Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant serving the North Shore area of Auckland as part of a design and construct bid for Fletcher Construction. Project Manager for upgrading sewage treatment plants in Awanui, Taipa and Kaeo in the Far North of New Zealand, and for Bennydale in the Waitomo district. Engineer to the Contract for construction phase of extensions to Awanui Wastewater Treatment Plant undertaken under FIDIC Plant and Design-Build Conditions of Contract.



Anglian Water Services

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Design Consultant

  • 2004 - 2005

  Design appraisal, feasibility studies and detailed design of first-time sewerage for rural communities and upgrading of sewage treatment plants, particularly for phosphorus removal. All schemes in East Anglia. Design appraisal, feasibility studies and detailed design of first-time sewerage for rural communities and upgrading of sewage treatment plants, particularly for phosphorus removal. All schemes in East Anglia.



Atkins

• United Kingdom
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Design Consultant

  • 2003 - 2003

  Colchester Garrison Redevelopment, UK: Team Leader with responsibility for the design of the water, sewerage and stormwater infrastructure for this £2.2 billion, 109 hectare PFI redevelopment project for the UK’s Ministry of Defence. Stormwater infrastructure incorporated conventional piped systems; separation of flows into existing combined sewers; and extensive use of a variety of sustainable urban drainage systems. These included infiltration ditches, swales for control and disposal of excess overland flood flows, and vortex controlled stormwater connections to the main trunk storm drains coupled with off-line balancing pond/infiltration basins. MicroDrainage suite of programs used in the hydraulic design to model the interaction between the different components.



MWH, now part of Stantec

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Engineer, International Division

  • 1998 - 2002

  Cairo East Bank Effluent Re-use Study, Egypt: Project Manager for a study into the potential for agricultural re-use of effluent from the 3 major sewage treatment works serving the communities on the east bank of the Nile. Study entailed pilot trials with a variety of crops and irrigation systems; development of a re-use strategy and an Egyptian National Code of Practice.

• Resident Project Manager and firm's representative, Mauritius

  • 1997 - 1998

  St Martin Sewage Treatment Plant: Project Manager for this European Development Fund financed project to provide sewage treatment for an urban conurbation of 325,000 people and a variety of industries to coincide with a threefold expansion of the sewerage network. Project entailed studies of the technical, environmental and economic viability of re-using both effluent and sludge for agricultural purposes and the detailed design of extensions to the plant. Design included activated sludge biological nutrient removal plant; sludge digestion with combined heat and power; tertiary sand filtration; and UV disinfection.

• Principal Engineer, International Division

  • 1992 - 1997

  Velhas River Basin Study, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Project Manager for a World Bank funded investigation into industrial pollution of watercourses from all factories and mining activities in the Rio das Velhas Basin.Belo Horizonte Industrial Wastewater Pollution Control, Brazil: Project Manager for a World Bank funded investigation into industrial pollution from 1500 factories and small businesses. Study comprised compilation of an extensive database; effluent sampling and analysis; identification of appropriate pre-treatment processes; development of a monitoring and control system; environmental impact assessment; Institutional studies for establishment of new environmental control authority and formulation of a tariff structure. It formed the first stage of a US$ 300 million scheme to clean up the Arrudas and Onça river basins and reduce pollution in the Rio das Velhas into which these rivers flow.Awali - Beirut Water Supply, Lebanon: Project Manager for the study and design of a major new water supply for Beirut. Project entailed transfer of water from the Awali River by tunnel to a treatment plant and thence to reservoirs in Beirut. Project Manager for the design of extensions to sludge treatment facilities at Banbury Sewage Treatment Works, UK including dewatering, heated digestion and pressing.