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State Project Delivery Manager - NSW/ACT
InfraBuildState Project Delivery Manager - NSW/ACT
Jan. 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Senior Project Manager
InfraBuildSenior Project Manager
Aug. 2024 - Jan. 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Project Manager - Major projects
Otis Elevator Co.Project Manager - Major projects
Apr. 2020 - Aug. 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia• Leading the Pitt St, Over the station development (OSD) projects (North & South Tower) total contract value >$15m. • Leading the tender process and consulting key stakeholders on technical and commercial aspects of the project while presenting opportunities, challenges, anticipated risks and mitigation strategies. • Assisting senior management with project investment/feasibility decisions by presenting project specifics, sourcing, costs, market price analysis and summary of risks opportunities & challenges. • Managing a multi-department project team comprising engineers from the local branch as well as head-office to brainstorm, assign, reassign project specific tasks, review opportunities and resolve identified and emerging risks. • Engaging relevant stakeholders in problem solving exercises using either the traditional business approach or the design thinking approach. • Communicating with key stakeholders through regular meetings and dialogue to present progress reports, variance to cost, scope or progam, discuss emerging risks and mitigation strategies and other general business. • Developing and submitting cash flow reports to internal and external stakeholders to aid in forecasting • Collaborating with factory and local vendors and approving requests for manufacturing & procurement workflows in a timely manner to ensure adequate resources are available throughout the project life cycle. • Monitoring and reporting progress, cost overruns, risk, logistics, supply chain and procurement challenges and developing mitigation strategies to address the same.
New Equipment Projects Consultant
Otis Elevator Co.New Equipment Projects Consultant
Apr. 2020 - Oct. 2021Sydney, New South Wales, Australia- Achieved 175% of the target for the year 2021. - Participating in technical meeting/workshops for project related discussions and to clarify non-standard requirements. - Working closely with consultants, contractors and clients during the approval process to ensure proposed specifications and finishes are estimated and included for in the proposal. - Negotiating contractual clauses to keep in line with accepted terms and conditions of the company and achieving a neutral ground in most cases. - Liaising directly with the various factories during pricing stage to achieve full compliance to project specifications and price. - Participating directly on major projects, preparing pricing and compliance matrices, raising RFI's discussing Value Engineering alternatives with project stakeholders.
Technical Sales Consultant - Modernisation
Schindler Lifts Australia Pty LimitedTechnical Sales Consultant - Modernisation
Sep. 2019 - Mar. 2020Sydney• Handling the lift replacement business for the state of New South Wales by conducting site visits and reviewing tender documents to understand the site conditions and the availability of storage, access and the working environment to better evaluate the time constraints with regards to the lift works especially the noisy works. • Having knowledge and understanding of how to enter the lift shaft safely by virtue of practicing the GO NO-GO process in order to observe the shaft conditions and to obtain measurements pertaining to lift pit depth, headroom, shaft width, depth and floor to floor height and other dimensions required for the pricing and estimation process. • Having knowledge of the pre-80’s construction techniques and how the same differ with respect to the construction techniques today since lift installation today requires concrete or steel beam shaft to safely secure the brackets onto the structure and collaborating with field supervisors, Engineering department and structural engineers as required to understand the challenges pertaining to the same. • Having knowledge of using the company’s SAP platform for pricing, estimation, layout preparation and quotation preparation for tender submissions and recording follow-up updates • Following up and participating in post tender clarifications and making technical presentations about products and solutions proposed with the help of field engineers, project managers and the Engineering department. • Commercially negotiating prices, payment terms and other contractual and legal aspects of the project to keep in line with company policies while collaborating with Finance and Legal departments to achieve a neutral ground in bottle-neck negotiations. • Booking projects with final specification, local costs, price and agreed payment and completion plan. • Preparing the monthly, quarterly and annual forecast for the assigned territory and providing updates on the same as required by management
Taking a break/ Pursuing MBA
Self EmployedTaking a break/ Pursuing MBA
Jul. 2018 - Aug. 2019Dubai, United Arab Emirates & Sydney, Australia
Senior Project Engineer
Otis Elevator Co.Senior Project Engineer
Jan. 2016 - Jul. 2018Sharjah/Abu Dhabi, UAE-Achieved exceptional results in terms of overall growth by exceeding the yearly target by 110% for 2016, and 151% for 2017. -Responsible for the growth and development of the New Equipment Business for the Sharjah & Northern Emirates market along with select infrastructure projects for Abu Dhabi market including museums, theme parks and hospitals. - Preparing the branch budget in terms of units and value for the year based on the inquiry and business trend for budgeting and reporting needs of the company. - Preparing and reporting the branch's monthly and quarterly forecast to substantiate the values provided on the budget and ensuring achievement of the same. -Collaborating with internal departments such as Finance and respective factories to ensure order placements and delivery are achieved as forecasted to ensure healthy cash flow throughout the year. - Managing projects throughout their life cycle while also handling projects of varying complexity and requirements in addition to submittals and approvals for projects that have already been awarded. - Participating in inter-department monthly meetings with Field Operations to evaluate project status in terms of site readiness, ability to receive material, work progress and other field related issues and addressing them as required with the help of branch management. -Collaborating with factories and sub-contractors to ensure pricing levels are competitive and value for money products are delivered on time every time.
Project Engineer
Otis Elevator Co.Project Engineer
Oct. 2012 - Dec. 2015Abu Dhabi / Sharjah UAE- Studying new inquiries, working on company's e-logistics portal for factory pricing, estimating the project and preparing quotations. - Working with the company's ISO policies for new inquiries, and new contract booking to ensure audit and filing requirements are met. -Reviewing the architectural drawings, specifications and preparing material submittals and shop drawing requests. - Participating in technical meeting/workshops for project related discussions and to clarify non-standard requirements. - Working closely with consultants, contractors and clients during the approval process to ensure proposed specifications and finishes are estimated and included for in the proposal. - Negotiating contractual clauses to keep in line with accepted terms and conditions of the company and achieving a neutral ground in most cases. - Preparing discount requests to improve sales margin while also ensuring sale is not lost due to price and responsible for final order placement to the factory. - Liaising directly with the various factories during pricing stage to achieve full compliance to project specifications and price. - Participating directly on major projects, preparing pricing and compliance matrices, raising RFI's discussing Value Engineering alternatives with project stakeholders.
Project Engineer
ETA Melco Elevator Co LLC.,Project Engineer
Jan. 2011 - Sep. 2012Dubai, United Arab Emirates- Managing a site hosting 51 units of Mitsubishi Brand Elevators & Escalators dealing directly with the main contractor and client. - Working under a Senior Engineer and site supervisor and responsible for 30 technicians. - Supervising work being performed and making sure it's documented in the ISO formats. - Ear marked for sales for my strong and clear communication, awaiting completion of my training period to join the sales team. - Sales responsibilties included attending to inquires and tenders, preparing offers, negotiating deals under a value of 2 million dhms, preparing shop drawing requests, Discount Requests and Processing Orders secured. - Additional responsibilities included meeting with key account consultants on a regular basis, and developing business through meetings and cold calls to other active consultants. - Reporting to Senior Manager - Marketing and Sales.

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