Louis Rattray

Experience

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  Waitakere City Council

  Jan 2003 - Oct 2010

  Facilities and Services Manager

  Responsible for community centre operations and West wave Aquatic Centre, contracts with service providers, new facility planning and development, community grants and community wellbeing initiatives

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  The University of Auckland

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2018

  Director of Sport and Recreation

  Employed in a start up capacity to grow and improve the student experience through sport and recreation initiatives. The portfolio consisted of Management of a 7,000 member gym and fitness facility, sports programmes and tournaments, events, national and international sporting tournaments and travel, new facility planning and developments, student support and leadership programmes, wellbeing programmes.

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  Self-employed

  Nov 2018 - Mar 2021

  Project Manager

  Specialising in house renovation and minor capital works project management

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  Maincom NZ Limited

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

  Project Manager

  Maincom is New Zealand's leading builder for the insurance industry. My role is to manage projects from start to finish delivering excellence results to the home owner and value to the insurer

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  FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™

  Oct 2021 - Sept 2023

  Training Facilities Infrastructure Manager

  The FIFA Women’s World Cup is the biggest women’s sporting event on the planet. The World Cup will attract the best female players and a global audience of 2 billionI project managed the upgrades and preparation of 28 training sites in New Zealand. The programme included renovation and preparation of pitches, installation of floodlighting, gender neutral upgrades to dressing room facilities and general facility improvements to meet FIFA requirements. I was also responsible for the $2m procurement of training equipment for both Australia and New Zealand. Working with various stakeholders including FIFA Zurich, Central government, local government, NZ Football, facility owners, local clubs, and various functional areas of FIFA to deliver on FIFA’s exacting standards. Key skills required to deliver this project and contribute to the successful delivery of the of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 included:• Project management• Contract management• Procurement and tender management• Customer relations • Stakeholder management • Budget management• Report writing and presentation Show less

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  Whangarei District Council

  Sept 2023 - now

  Manager Parks and Recreation