Lisa Tight (nee Thom)

Experience

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  Various Hospitality Roles

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2012

  Customer Service

  Lisa’s strength in public speaking and client focused attitude has developed through many years in the hospitality industry. She was often employed for her ability to create conversation and put a smile on everyone’s face. Lisa was awarded Customer Service Champion whilst at Moorebank Sports Club, the year they were awarded NSW Customer Service Club of the Year. - Function Food and Beverage Attendent, UTS Aerial Function Centre (Nov 2011 – Jan 2012)- Receptionist, Trivia Host, Gaming Host, Bar and Gaming Attendent, Moorebank Sports Club (Mar 2010 – Apr 2011)- Waitress and Bartender, AquaBlu Café Nelson Bay (Oct 2010 – Feb 2011)- Staff trainer, Waitress and Bartender, Hogspitality Specialist, Hogs Breath Café Liverpool (May 2009 – Mar 2010) Show less

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  University of New South Wales School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  Jan 2011 - Oct 2013

  Professional Demonstrator

  A member of the academic staff tutoring first and second year university students in Mechanics of Solids, Numerical Computations and Engineering Construction.

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  Parsons Brinckerhoff

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2012

  Asbestos Monitor

  Lisa was employed to monitor the asbestos levels and advise about the removal of asbestos on construction sites. It was through this role she developed her own presence on site and communications skills.

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  UNSW Faculty of Engineering

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  Student Ambassador

  As a student ambassador for the UNSW Faculty of Engineering I was able to share my passion for Engineering with the broader prospective student community. Not only was I able to speak one on one with students about the possibilities presented by a degree in Engineering but I was able to inspire others to find what was right for them. Through my role as a student ambassador I was also able to practice my public speaking by MCing many events and became the key student speaker for the UNSW Student Parent Information Evenings. Show less

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  Lindsay Dynan Consulting Engineers

  Jul 2012 - May 2014

  Structural Engineer

  Lisa was lucky enough to be employed by Lindsay Dynan part time through her final 18 months of university before becoming a full time structural engineer at the end of her degree. Lindsay Dynan has a broad capability in structural engineering and as a result Lisa has been able to work on many projects varying from small residential renovations to large scale mining projects including timber residential design, concrete multi-residential design, structural steelwork and plate work in industrial and mining fields, electrical and grandstand detailing, temporary works design for demolition and maintenance and piling and retaining wall design. Being a small firm, Lisa was given responsibility to look after her own jobs and clients, complete her own inspections and work closely with directors and management. Lisa has always believed to be a well-rounded engineer the non-engineering work needs to be just as important as the engineering work. Through her time at Lindsay Dynan Lisa has payed close attention to the business side of engineering developing new marketing materials, playing a role in quality assurance and being conscious of time and cost management. She is also a strong team member of the Sydney office looking after WHS (WHS representative, First Aider, Fire Warden) and organising team events and the Ultimate Sportsman Competition. Show less

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  Lendlease

  May 2014 - Mar 2024

  Lisa moved to the San Francisco office to help grow Design-Build within America just before the pandemic in 2020. She was initially tasked with leading the successful bid and then the Design-Build team of 10+ internal and 50+ external team members on the McEvoy & Dupont Apartments project to GMP.Since this project, Lisa has led multiple complex affordable housing, commercial office and higher education bids across California and was seconded to the New York team to support the design and commercial management on the complex government project bid valued at ~$3b. She has also supported the Construction team in SF acting as a Preconstruction Manager on the Pacific Station project and is responsible for the development and management of the Design-Build Standard Operating Procedures and EH&S Safety in Design Principles. Currently Lisa is seconded to the Lendlease Development Operations team managing the design for the 3401 La Cienega project slated for construction commencement in 2023. She brings project management expertise and Lendlease understanding to provide process and leadership to the new team.Lisa’s strategic mind has allowed her to coach the West Coast Construction Team to review sectors and pipeline potential to develop the West Coast strategy and she set up the system and processes that now facilitate the West Coast Construction pipeline.Always focused on people and team, Lisa has instigated the ongoing focus on developing a successful culture for the team through team goal setting, team building events, review and action of people survey results, and the definition of culture to inform the recent hires as the team has grown from 5-15+people. She is an integral part of the team, and the go-to team member for all things Lendlease. Show less As the DesignMake team grew, Lisa’s role became a more traditional structural engineering role away from the commercial and project management responsibilities she enjoyed, so she instigated a move to the User Experience team, an agile part of Lendlease Building that works on a range of smaller projects with a focus on repetitive customer interactions rather than one off jobs.Lisa’s role began as a Project Engineer managing the construction of the fit out for Accenture’s new office in International House. She was responsible for the tender, management and coordination of 10+ trades and was successful in securing Accenture as a direct client on future projects.With her background in timber and prefabrication, Lisa has become a specialist within User Experience providing advice and input to various projects, joining co-creation sessions with clients and driving the implementation of prefabrication on projects. Over the last 12 months, Lisa has taken on a more strategic role supporting the Head of Innovation and Strategy for User Experience working on multiple complex bids for social infrastructure projects tendered as programs of work. She brings enthusiasm, design management, innovative thinking and customer focus to support teams to find the best solution for their client. Lisa has been instrumental in the adoption of Agile throughout Lendlease Building specifically User Experience and regularly acts as or train others to be Scrum Masters, hacking their productivity and team building all in one. In particular, Lisa has worked closely with the Senior Leadership Team to use agile methods to understand their position in the commercial sector and gather customer feedback to improve. Show less Noticed through her work with Cross Laminated Timber for her university thesis, joined the DesignMake team at Lendlease. Lisa works as a project engineer on a variety of timber solutions not limited to multistorey residential and commercial projects. Her role extends beyond the typical consulting engineer as she becomes involved in projects from the earliest design brief to close out ensuring the benefits of timber can be realised at every level. This includes design coordination, manufacturing and construction advice and the provision of orders of cost for timber projects. Lisa played an integral part in the following projects:- Barangaroo International House, seven storey engineered timber commercial office building in Sydney, NSW. The structure consists of a Glulam Frame and CLT floor and wall construction. Lisa was responsible for the design of the project from concept to completion, in particular capturing the lessons learnt during the construction phase. - Jordan Springs Community Centre, one storey engineered timber community centre in Jordan Springs, NSW. The structure consists of a CLT wall and floor construction utilised long span Glulam beams and columns within the community hall and independent steel roofs. Lisa was the lead engineer on the project responsible for the design and coordination from concept to completion. - RNA K5, 10 storey engineered timber commercial office building in Brisbane, QLD. The structure consists of a Glulam Frame and CLT floor and wall construction. Lisa was the lead engineer for the concept design and assisted with detailed design. Within DesignMake, which grew from 5 to 50+, Lisa made a significant contribution to building the structure, processes and culture that define DesignMake. Given her passion for innovative and lean methodologies, Lisa instigated a range of agile systems, hosted many strategy sessions, created a culture of defining problems first and grew a team of people sharing ideas, successes and failures. Show less

  • Senior Design Manager

    Feb 2020 - Mar 2024

  • Design Manager - Bids and Strategy

    Jul 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Structural Engineer

    May 2014 - Jul 2017
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  UNSW

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

  Timber Engineering Course Lecturer

  Given the lack of timber engineering teaching at universities in Australia, Lisa approached UNSW with a proposal to teach Timber Engineering as a Fourth Year Elective for Civil Engineering students. With the proposal being successful, Lisa is responsible for the content and delivery of the subject teaching students about lightweight and engineered timber construction from a practical structural engineering perspective.In addition to lecturing at UNSW, Lisa has undertaken guest lecture series and the University of Newcastle and University of Sydney. She further created the content for the online course at Wood Solutions, for those engineers already in the workforce. Having successfully tested and set up the online course and workshop delivery, Lisa has handed the course over to the university to continue teaching our future engineers about timber. Show less

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  Linesight

  Apr 2024 - Feb 2025

  Senior Project Manager / Regional Program Manager

  Lisa joined Linesight in a project management role servicing a global tech client on their national data center portfolio. Lisa was responsible for the Front End Planning and overall delivery of multiple hyperscale data center campuses across the US. She primarily focused on campus planning efforts and internal funding asks.

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  XL Construction

  Mar 2025 - now

  Program Manager