Experience

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  The city of calgary

  Apr 2002 - May 2005

  Traffic engineer, planning and transportation policy

  Traffic improvements and roadway safety reviews for Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta Canada. Secured Right-Of-Way for the Edmonton Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal with recommendations to overcome physical constraints. Re-design of Roadway layout to enhance pedestrian safety. Reviewed development proposals to ensure developers comply to City’s traffic noise policy. • Established GIS inventory system for city-wide traffic signs and street furniture record which augmented the handling of maintenance recording regime and budgeting exercise for the City of Calgary• Assessed on the safety and operation implication to the TransCanada Highway / 16th Ave widening with the installation of 2-way left turn lane along the commercial stretch of 16th Avenue in Calgary.• Reviewed on development traffic noise impact assessment and proposed mitigation according to the City’s code of practices.• Review effectiveness of the traffic noise barriers proposed by the developers.• Specific study for the city long term transportation planning.• Optimize road safety and operations with proper improvement schemes. Show less

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  City of edmonton

  Jan 2007 - Feb 2008

  Transportation engineer, strategic planning

  Traffic improvements and roadway safety reviews for Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta Canada. Secured Right-Of-Way for the Edmonton Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal with recommendations to overcome physical constraints. Re-design of Roadway layout to enhance pedestrian safety. Reviewed development proposals to ensure developers comply to City’s traffic noise policy. • Participated in reviewing the benefit and feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) implementation and infrastructure cum funding requirements, along the proposed routing for the city-wide long-term mobility demands for Edmonton • Designed of new traffic signage which met daily and specific event requirements (i.e. sport, etc.) with vary traffic needs between day and night times for the City of Edmonton• Identify and design for roadway improvement to facilitate the operations of public transits.• Feasibility, routing and land use study for the Bus Rapid Transits.• Collaborate with relevant departments and stakeholders to bring forward the progress of various road improvement projects. Show less

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  Far east global group ltd (830)

  Apr 2008 - Apr 2009

  Project coordinator

  • Provided timely and organised supports for document control, material sample and drawing submissions • Coordinated all project activities effectively, i.e. material ordering, overseas logistic, contractors interfacing issues • Oversaw local material supply, i.e. factory visit, inspections, material testing arrangementProjectMarina Bay Sands – The Shoppes roof top & vertical entrance wall façade

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  Lta (singapore)

  May 2009 - Jan 2013

  Senior traffic engineer

  • Conducted traffic analysis on roadway networks and assessed the roadway networks capacity using transportation software (i.e. SIDRA, VISSIM)• Prepared over 40 traffic schemes, specifications and road related elements such as signages, road markings, signals, illumination, etc. Secured funding and initiated work order with proposed timeline for 3 constituency districts • Provided technical inputs, traffic data and generated supporting road schemes to large scale road infrastructure projects in ensuring operation readiness and safety in check• Reviewed TIA and development traffic scheme, provided guidance to project owners in ensuring designs were meeting the Authority’s requirements and codes of practices• Spearheaded the Singapore township cycling network pilot program with technical design guideline, alignment proposal and funding secured for the initiation of the first 5 townships Selected Projects Opening of Serangoon Bus Interchange & nex shopping centre, deconflict issues and overcome constraints to optimise traffic circulation to cope with festive and peak hours demands Modification of Woodsville interchange and Braddell Road / CTE junction (Viaduct, Ground 6-approaches circulation & 2 underpasses), traffic scheme and safety re-design Paya Lebar Square district pedestrianisation and district development traffic scheme design reviews Lorong 6 Toa Payoh viaduct / Braddell Road traffic modification conceptual review  Stamford American Int’l Sch, St Andrew’s School, Australian Int’l Sch, Canossa Primary Sch traffic assessment, and traffic scheme optimisation to support the launching of the integrated transport node (nex Shopping Centre, bus terminal cum 2 subway lines interchange station)Transferable Skills:• Operational knowledge in term of traffic and logistic needs;• Public engagement and to understand needs and requests from the user point of views;• Constantly monitor the operational safety, and seek improvement to remove any hazard. Show less

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  Urban redevelopment authority of singapore (ura)

  Feb 2013 - Dec 2015

  Executive planner

  • Spearheaded strategic collaboration with other infra agencies and data collection / profiling for the national geospatial information platform• Formulated policy and explore opportunity to integrate utility installations with other mixed-use purpose• Collaborated with utility operators: power, gas, water, telecom, for underground network augmentation study Selected Projects North-South Corridor (NSC) Tunnel ventilation buildings compact study with 5%+ footprint reduction Underground substation cum mixed-use study – Singapore first underground substation in pipeline  Tampines Expressway widening, traffic flow & accessibility review that resulted with reduction in land use proliferation and advance detection of traffic bottle neck for a major interchange Geospatial infrastructure inventory prototype – UsysTransferable Skills:• Multi stakeholder collaboration;• Advanced strategic planning to align policies to ultimate goals; • Review existing regulations and procedure of the current practices in order to improve the processes and to streamline the resources to the needed areas; Show less

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  Health sciences authority

  May 2017 - May 2018

  Forensic scientist (traffic)

  • Scientific investigation on severe road accidents, and analysed available data to reconstruct road accidents for the administration of justice at State Courts • Assess the appropriateness in applying research journal findings such as human factors, video capturing technique, data collection methodologies • Use of 3D scanning technique, photo taking and distance measurement to collect relevant data from actual scene location for further analysis.

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  Housing & development board

  May 2018 - May 2020

  Senior engineer

  • Planned and managed the full lifecycle of the infrastructure and land development projects, to ensure all activities are well coordinated and meeting authorities’ requirements.• Led team to collaborate with other interfacing projects in resolving issues and to achieve operational objectives within the project constraints.• Ensured WSH, budget control and weekly work plan are effectively implemented and kept up-to-dated. • Forested team spirit to work safe, productive and in dealing with adverse site situation • Prepared construction contract document, TIA tender, and optimised EIS specification for sensitive project• Exploited opportunity with stakeholders and cut down 3 years from the inherent project schedule by completely eliminated the need of an interim traffic diversion phase.Selected Projects Greater Southern Waterfront - EPV over SGD 12Mil- Coordinated infra integration with various agencies. Led contractor to investigate unrecorded utilities and obtained advanced info for infra design works  Kampong Java – EPV over SGD 10Mil- - Optimised inter-agencies infra requirements by initiating technical discussions, coordinated projects sequences, responsibilities and interfacing timelinesTransferable Skills:• Project management and timeline control so to ensure regulatory submissions and project executions are complying to organization directives and agencies’ requirements;• Stakeholder engagement to address all foreseeable concerns/conflicts upstream in paving a smooth operations and efficiency at the implementation stages.• Leading position to guide, and to leverage on available resources in resolving the issues. • Train, share, passing on knowledge to teammates, to allow group learning and compounded improvement and efficiency.• Organizational, analytical, communication skills with ethical attitude for project execution. Show less

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  Pick

  Sept 2020 - Nov 2021

  Project engineer

  • Plan and conduct sites survey to optimise asset at Community Centres, HDB blocks, and Transit stations. which also meet safety guideline• Exercise agility to simplify process in meeting the 3-in-1 year compressed project timeline• Conduct quality check and UAT for commissioning of assets.• Provide operation monitoring, service support and dispute investigation services. • Build relationship and create rapport with stakeholders via physical meetings and written communications.

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  Exyte

  Nov 2021 - now

  Pmo project coordinator

  • Company level manpower mgmt. system administrator• Assist Regional Director and PMs on daily resource data management• Champion of Foreign Worker department (260 pax), coordinate workers transferal and welfare monitoring• Organize and participate in stakeholder meetings• Provide training and administrative support as needed