Sarah Williams

Experience

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  MWH Global

  Feb 2004 - Dec 2006

  Environmental Planner
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  Taupo District Council

  Apr 2009 - Aug 2010

  Planner
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  Contact Energy Ltd

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2020

  Within the Innovation and New Ventures Team at Contact, I was responsible for creating and leading a process for discovering and exploring: sustainable opportunities, alternative ways of working, new technology and data driven insights to move towards a zero carbon future.My role involved connecting and supporting these initiatives and in particular I helped teams develop healthy behaviours for effective team culture and work delivery. I used design thinking, agile and continuous improvement principles and collaborative approaches to discover improvements and innovative opportunities. Show less Led several process safety improvement projects as part of a significant operational safety improvement programme at Contact Energy. Successful because of the purposeful attitude and behavioural improvement journey supported by a safety leadership focus.Projects: Management of Change (plant, people, process and procedures). Information Management/ Controlled Documents, and Safety Visibility.Philosophy: Co-create the solutions with the in house experts, build trust and alignment, and grow a sustainable safety culture through leadership development. Show less

  • Innovation and Improvement Lead

    Dec 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Continuous Improvement Lead

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Project Manager, Operational Safety Improvement Programme

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Environmental Advisor

    Aug 2010 - Jan 2015
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  Amplify (Taupo District Economic Development)

  Nov 2019 - Sept 2022

  Board Trustee

  Board member guiding the Taupō Economic Development Agency.

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  Simply Energy

  Oct 2020 - Feb 2024

  Innovation and Improvement Lead

  At Simply I was working with customers to find the best options to reduce energy carbon footprint. This involved building real relationships and partnerships. Within Simply I helped our team articulate and bring to life the culture and values required to help drive Aotearoa's pathway to carbon zero.

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  Both

  Jan 2023 - now

  Director

  With Both, I get to help organisations create a culture where their people thrive, and objectives delivered. I offer bespoke solutions that leverage strategic objectives such as safety, sustainability, and operational excellence to build trust in teams, develop leaders, improve process, and deliver innovative solutions. I facilitate team workshops, run external stakeholder engagement programs, coach & support leaders & craft purposeful strategy and implementation roadmaps with teams.

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  Sentis

  Feb 2024 - Feb 2025

  Principal Consultant

  With Sentis I'm enabling NZ business to transform their approach to safety where keeping people safe is the baseline, and people thriving is the objective. Focusing on trust, development and growth of people produces the safe and high performing teams business is looking for. I work with business to understand each unique challenge and together we find the right solutions which are often bespoke, because that is just what is needed.