Project Manager

To work for a well established company where human and environmental values are recognised.

Employment History

POWERCO, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

Start Date: Oct 2008
End Date: Present
Position/Title: Gas Maintenance Manager
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Assist in the development of the Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) with Service Providers.
Manage the performance of the Service Providers (SP’s) under the SLA’s
Issue and approve work performed by the service providers under the SLA’s
Provide technical input to ensure the best decisions are made
Coordinate with the Planning Engineer’s
Provide planning input on a region level as required by the Planning Engineer’s & On-call Duty Engineer duties to assist the Network Control Centre.

RHEEM NEW ZEALAND LTD, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Start Date: Feb 2008
End Date: Oct 2008
Position/Title: Production Supervisor - Cylinder
Responsibilities/Achievements:
Reporting to the production Superintendent, the Production Supervisor- Cylinder is accountable for the day-to-day supervision of the cylinder production facility.

Reason for leaving RHEEM NEW ZEALAND LTD

Opportunity to work for Powerco and develop my career.

CONTACT ENERGY LTD, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Start Date: Feb 1998
End Date: Jan 2008
Position/Title: Asset Team Leader
Responsibilities/Achievements:

Directed the implementation of New Gas Measurement Design, for one of the largest provider of Natural Gas in New Zealand.

Reason for leaving Contact Energy LTD

Looking for new challenge and to take my career to next level.

RINNAI NEW ZEALAND LTD, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Start Date: Jul 1995
End Date: Feb 1998
Position/Title: TECHNICIAN ENGINEER
Responsibilities/Achievements:

Responsible for Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Troubleshooting and Fault Finding of Natural Gas and LPG Rinnai Appliances


Reason for leaving RINNAI NEW ZEALAND LTD

Opportunity to work for Contact Energy Ltd and develop my career

M/S TRADING ENTERPRISES, DUBAI, UAE

Start Date: Mar 1987
End Date: May 1995
Position/Title: SERVICE CONTROLLER
Responsibilities/Achievements:

Directed the development of strategic business units for this provider of automotive maintenance.
Created processes for rapid, successful mass-market maintenance programme.

Reason for leaving M/S TRADING ENTERPRISES

Opportunity to work for RINNAI NEW ZEALAND LTD

Education/Qualifications

Institution: Chartered Institute of Marketing
City/Country: United Kingdom
Qualifications: Completed and passed Diploma in Marketing
Completed: 1994

Institution: Auckland University of Technology
City/Country: Auckland / New Zealand
Qualifications: Completed and passed National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Completed: 2000

Professional Memberships

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HOLDS REGISTERED GRADUATE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM (MEMBER OF EUROPEAN MARKETING CONFEDERATION).

Key Skills

Managerial expertise: Sound understanding and effective application of best management practice to achieve organization goals and objectives; effective in delegation; an experienced coach and developer of staff; able to make difficult decisions and to maintain a high level of performance under stress.

Leadership: Maximizing the quality and contributions of staff to achieve goals and objectives, through encouraging first class teamwork and individual contributions.

Commercial expertise: Has proven ability to evaluate cost, benefit and risk trade-offs, and implement decisions to maximize business value

Building and sustaining relationships: Established and maintained positive working relationships with other key areas of Powerco, and with customers and other external stakeholders

Training: Provided training to four Team Members and twenty-five Contractors on issues identified on amendments on New Zealand Standards for all Gas Metering initiatives and on new product/software. Breakdown complicated Technical Data to simple logical steps to train the team members and contractors

Contract Negotiation: Provide input to contract negotiation to identify key performance indicators (KPI’s) with contractors and suppliers and support operational monitoring to ensure contractual compliance and achievement of KPI’s