Louise Chick

Experience

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  Auckland Regional Council

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Responsible for all facets of managing the Hazard Management Team and its projects. Identified and developed risk treatment tools for managing impacts of natural and technological hazards that were applied by Council and utility companies.

  • Hazards Manager Team Leader

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Hazard Analyst

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002
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  URS Corporation

  Jan 2004 - May 2006

  Senior Risk Analyst

  Managed Risk Management projects of varying size for clients. Led the risk management process and used Monte Carlos analysis (QRA) to estimate risk cost for capital projects e.g. motorway extension, water infrastructure design, railway stations concept design and substation risk assessment. Some projects also required calculation of whole of life cost estimates and Net Present Value analysis to aid option selection.

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  Crossrail

  Jul 2006 - Oct 2007

  Senior Risk Analyst

  Developed and implemented effective risk management processes and practices within the Crossrail Project. Day to day tasks included managing risk consultants to the project, risk workshop planning and facilitation, conducting risk reviews and facilitating the development of risk mitigations, conducting quantitative risk assessments of capital expenditure and schedule risks.

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  Docklands Light Railway

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2012

  Project managed the delivery of an Integrated Management System (IMS) for DLRL. The IMS project delivered on time and to budget a suite of integrated governance and business management processes which are hosted on an extranet based SharePoint document management system. Key project management tasks included project schedule management, change management, resource management, Executive reporting, and project training and stakeholder communications on a technology never previously applied within the business. Show less

  • Olympics Program Manager

    Jun 2009 - Dec 2012

  • Project Manager

    Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

  • Risk Consultant

    Oct 2007 - Jun 2008
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  Department for Transport

  Mar 2013 - Nov 2013

  InterCity East Coast Project Manager and Risk Analyst

  Project managed the franchise procurement for InterCity East Coast. Provided risk and management consultancy support within the Rail Franchising Program. Note: I left this role to commence maternity leave and relocate to Australia.

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  Hauraki District Council

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Project Manager Team Lead

    Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
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  Taupō District Council

  Jun 2022 - now

  Leading the Business Excellence Team in delivering organisational wide improvements, robust procurement and health and safety practices, and proactive risk management.

  • Business Excellence Manager

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Program Manager Program Management Office

    Jun 2022 - Jan 2024