Sam Black

Experience

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  Olympic Coordination Authority

  May 1999 - Oct 2000

  Civil Engineer

  Involved in various projects and control of day-to-day operations to ensure the readiness of the Olympic Public Domain for events prior to, during, and post-Olympic Games

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  London Borough of Hounslow

  Jul 2001 - Mar 2002

  Traffic Engineer
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  Faber Maunsell

  Mar 2002 - Sept 2002

  Consultant for Transportation

  Worked on the London Bus Initiative implementing articulated bus routes throughout London. This involved the amalgamation of routes and reassessment of bus priority and bus infrastructure on those routes. Developed designs for the required infrastructure adjustments.

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  WSP in Australia

  Jan 2003 - now

  Sam is a technical lead with over 20 years’ experience across a broad range of local and international projects within the transport infrastructure and operations space. He is a WSP accredited Senior Project Manager specialising in leading advisory, transport engineering and planning teams for major projects. His experience includes traffic engineering, operational and design solutions for all road-based transport modes, transport planning work for feasibility studies and environmental assessments; planning and design of public transport networks and facilities to improve and connect town centres; civil design and development of construction traffic management schemes. Show less Sam led the NSW & ACT Planning and Mobility team for 6 years. He led a team of approximately 40 staff, responsible for providing transport policy, planning and infrastructure advice. The specialist engineers, planners and geographers work on projects in ITS, transit design, traffic engineering, transport modelling and transport planning.In the role, Sam was responsible for client service through leadership in technical and operational performance of the team. He was accountable for the formulation of bid submissions; project performance and quality; strategy development; and staff welfare. During his tenure, he doubled the size and revenue of the team by expanding capacity, capability and improving quality of client delivery. Show less

  • Technical Executive, Planning and Mobility

    Oct 2020 - now

  • NSW Regional Executive, Planning & Mobility

    Oct 2014 - Oct 2020

  • Senior Transport Engineer

    Oct 2006 - Oct 2014

  • Transport Engineer

    Jan 2003 - Oct 2006
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  Parsons Brinckerhoff

  Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

  Planning and Design Manager for the Manila Bus Rapid Transit Feasibility Study

  Sam was seconded to PB Manila (Philippines) to manage a team of planners and engineers. The project involved design development and detailed engineering design for a 30 kilometre BRT network operating in on-street and elevated right-of-way between Taguig central and Makati CBD, through the Bonifacio Global City.

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  Sydney Metro

  Sept 2009 - Feb 2010

  Metro Network Strategy

  Sam was seconded to Sydney Metro to work on long-term corridor planning for the Sydney Metro Network Strategy and feasibility studies for potential Metro corridors throughout greater Sydney.

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  Hunter Expressway Alliance

  Feb 2010 - Mar 2012

  Sam managed the design of the Cameron Park Drive Zone for the Hunter Expressway ($22million construction value). The design was delivered under budget and 3 weeks ahead of schedule.The project involved the upgrade of an existing dual lane roundabout at the intersection of Cameron Park Drive and Newcastle Link Road to a fully signalised intersection, with significant road widening on all legs (up to seven lanes). Due to the success on the Hunter Expressway Alliance, part of the design team was retained to deliver the detailed design of the intersection. As the adjacent Hunter Expressway project was already under construction, there were design time pressures and coordination challenges for the construction interface and staging. Show less The biggest highway project at the time in NSW, this project was part of the $1.7 billion 40 km dual carriageway Hunter Expressway, between the F3 Freeway near Seahampton and the New England Highway west of Branxton. The HEA team (RMS, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Thiess, Hyder) designed and constructed the eastern 13 km section of expressway from the Newcastle interchange on the F3 Freeway to near the proposed Kurri Kurri interchange.Sam managed the delivery of the traffic assessment, road furniture, road lighting, road safety auditing, construction traffic staging and temporary access design packages. Show less

  • Design Zone Manager

    Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Traffic Design Team Leader

    Feb 2010 - Oct 2011