David Goldfinch

Experience

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  BHP Engineering

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1998

  Mechanical Engineer and Project Engineer

  Commencing as a Graduate, I held a number of positions throughout my 8 year tenure including Mechanical and Project Engineering roles managing project resources, budget and schedule for steel plant construction activities in Malaysia and Thailand.

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  CSR

  Feb 1999 - May 2003

  Engineering Manager

  As the Engineering Manager of the CSR Bradford Glass Wool Insulation factory in Ingleburn NSW, I was responsible for the management of the engineering development and maintenance activities on site. In this role I had 23 engineering and trade personnel reporting to me and managed an annual budget of $8m. During this time CSR implemented their SAP system and I was the site subject matter expert for the implementation of the Maintenance Management processes on site.My key achievement in this role was improving the site daily throughput by 20% through the implementation of numerous equipment reliability improvements. Show less

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  Sony DADC Australia

  Apr 2004 - Dec 2005

  Engineering Services Manager

  As the Engineering Service Manager at Sony’s CD and DVD disc production factory in Sydney, I was responsible for all maintenance and engineering development activities on the site. In this role I had 34 engineering and trades personnel reporting to me and managed an annual budget of $10m.My key achievement in this role was the implementation of cultural change to provide customer focussed delivery of engineering input though the delivery of an effective preventative maintenance system.

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  Kinetech Pty Ltd

  Jan 2006 - Feb 2007

  Director

  As the Director of Kinetech, I established Engineering Consulting services for computational fluid dynamics analysis to the Resources and Energy industry. Successfully completed projects within agreed timeframes and budgets.

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  Transfield Services

  Feb 2007 - May 2013

  General Manager - Implementation and Transition

  As the General Manager - Implementation and Transition I was responsible for managing the process for establishing all business requirements for all new Contracts across the company. This included Governance of the Contract Implementation process, developing effective strategies for cost effective and risk free Contract transitions, leading and promoting effective change management of all new contract and business transitions.One of my key achievements in this role was applying a consistent approach to transition management and governance to all new Contract bids. This enabled the organisation to transition new contracts with Sydney Ferries ($800M), Santos ($500M) and the Department of Immigration ($2.2B). Show less

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  Transfield Services Qatar

  Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  Project Director- SAP Maintenance Data Acquisiton and Update Project

  As the Project Director for the SAP Maintenance Data and Update Project for Qatar Petroleum in Qatar I was responsible for the implementation of a remediation plan to complete this poorly performing project. In this role I was required to rebuild the relationship with the client stakeholders, develop a detailed schedule for the completion of the project and manage the commercial impact of poor project delivery performance.My key achievement in this role was increasing the agreed project completion from 32% to 85% in six months and negotiating an agreed plan for the completion of the project scope. Show less

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  Broadspectrum

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2016

  Business Program Manager

  As the Business Program Manager I was responsible for managing a portfolio of business transformation and organisational restructure projects. This included the development of the business case, managing stakeholder engagement and business relationships, managing a team of consultants developing the organisational design, implementation of change management plans and delivery of the business benefits. Project management tools were applied throughout the program to manage the budget, schedule, opportunities and risks.One of my key achievements in this role was the transformation of the site support services, directly impacting over 500 personnel working at more than 100 locations and resulted in savings of $4m per annum. Show less

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  First 5 Minutes Pty Ltd

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Integration Manager

  As the Integration Manager, I was responsible for the integration and merge of two concurrent acquisitions into single new subsidiary company. This included; development of the integration strategy and plan; managing the internal and external stakeholder engagement; reporting progress to the executive team and board; managing interdependencies and issues; design of the combined organisation structure; managing all change and communication activities and; tracking business synergies. Project management methodology was applied throughout the integration project.My key achievement in this role was the formation of a new entity under a new brand, that provides high quality height safety services, from the amalgamation of two existing companies. Sharing of core back office functions such as finance and human resources delivered annual savings of $200K. Show less

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  Kinetech

  Sept 2017 - now

  Director

  As the Director of Kinetech I am responsible for the overall management of the company. Working with various clients to manage large and complex business transformation programs and new service Contract transitions. Taking end to end responsibility for development of the overall strategy, establishment and confirmation of business benefits, preparation and execution of management plans, engagement of internal and external resources, establishment of governance processes and management of the delivery of required business outcomes and benefits. Show less

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  Winc Australia

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Business Project Manager (Contract)

  I was engaged by Winc as a Business Project Manager to manage the consolidation of their Mascot head office from 5 to 3 floors - Winc is a large Office Supplies company servicing both Australia and New Zealand based in Mascot NSW. My responsibilities in this project included; development of the overall requirements, confirmation of business benefits, establishment of project budget, selection and engagement of the Contractor, managing the change and communication to personnel, progress reviews and the regular reporting to the CFO and Winc leadership team.This project was delivered on time and on budget, the new office design to accommodating 500 personnel with 30% reduction in floor space resulting in annual cost savings of $2m. Extensive change management and communication was provided to keep the site team informed of the changes and their office moves. Show less

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  Downer

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Transition Program Manager

  I was engaged as the Transition Program Manager in the Downer Oil & Gas division to manage the transition into their new Contract to supply Facility Maintenance services to the Chevron Gorgon & Wheatstone LNG Plant Non-Process Assets in Western Australia. The scope included the Site Buildings and Camp assets, plus the Water & Waste Water treatment and distribution assets. In this role I was responsible for; the development and execution of the Transition Management Plan, establishing and maintaining the project schedule, negotiation of resource and equipment requirements with the client, implementation of all business process and systems plus regular reporting to the client and internal leadership teams on the transition progress.My key achievement in this role was the on-time handover of services from incumbent contractors to Downer, recruiting and on-boarding over 320 new Downer personnel to deliver the services. Included in this was the establishment of a new Computerised Maintenance Management System to manage all maintenance activities utilising field-based technology for trades personnel to manage their work. Show less

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  Spotless Group

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

  Mobilisation Strategy Consultant

  I was engaged by Spotless to develop their Mobilisation Strategy and detailed plan for the BHP Village Services Facilities Management Contract tender covering 11 large mine accommodation facilities for BHP Iron Ore and BHP Olympic Dam. I was responsible for developing the mobilisation strategy and transition management plan, preparation of transition and mobilisation response schedules for the tender submission; and provision of detailed mobilisation resource requirements for input into the tender estimate.My key achievement was to create a scalable multiphase plan that minimised the overall mobilisation period across all sites, was scalable to match the sites won and matched the resource available to develop and deliver the business requirements over a large geographic area. Show less

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  Delivering 4 Customers

  Jan 2020 - Sept 2020

  Mobilisation Lead

  I was engaged by the Delivering 4 Customers (D4C) Consortium as the Mobilisation Lead to manage their mobilisation program as the Sydney Water Regional Delivery Partner in the Southern Region. D4C is a Joint Venture of four major Contractors to deliver the services including: Engineering Design, Construction, Maintenance and Facilities Management. In this role I was responsible for; development and implementation of all business processes and systems for the Joint Venture operations to meet the NEC Contract requirements, mobilisation of personnel and equipment required to deliver the services, liaison with counterparts in the North and West regions, and detailed reporting of progress and risk management in the mobilisation program.My key achievements in this role where; the on-time go-live of the integrated service delivery team for the South region with circa 190 people in the team, implementation of the systemised processes for all business functions providing easy access to information for personnel to do their jobs and successful mobilisation of the first major contract for an NSW Government Corporation using the NEC4 collaborative style of contracting. Show less

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  Downer

  Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

  Transition Consultant

  Downer engaged my services to develop the transition strategy and detailed transition plans for inclusion in their tender to provide Maintenance and Outage Services to APLNG in Gladstone, QLD. Key responsibilities in the role where the development and documentation of the mobilisation strategy with a detailed project management plan for the mobilisation and transition activities including a detailed project schedule and budget. Along with the development of detailed responses to tender schedules. Show less

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  Frontline Strategic Services

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  Asset Management Consultant

  Frontline Strategic Services were engaged by the Downer's Health and Education Division to review the asset management practices, processes and systems in use on 16 different Public Private Partnership Contracts covering both Health and Education facilities. The review involved detailed site visits for each Contract to review the Asset Management process andthen the development of potential improvement plans and a common Asset Management Operating Model across all Contracts.My responsibilities included conducting detailed site visits to 10 Contracts in the portfolio, then consolidation and detailed analysis of a report of the findings from all 16 Contract visits. The outcome was prioritised improvement actions for the development of the of Asset Management systems and process for each individual Contract as well as business wide improvement actions across the portfolio. Show less