Fiona Hudson
Brisbane,Australia
Summary
Dynamic Senior Facilities Project Manager with extensive experience at Boeing Defence Australia, recognized for exceptional stakeholder engagement and robust project governance. Successfully spearheaded a $40 million office refit, demonstrating strong leadership and strategic project management skills. Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams to consistently meet rigorous deadlines while maintaining strict budget oversight.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Facilities Project Manager
Boeing Defence Australia
Brisbane
02.2023 - 01.2025
- Senior Facilities Project Manager responsible for leading significant and major facilities construction and tenant fit-out projects within Australia and ANZSP region
- A recent project was a $40 million office refit - a high risk and complex project with numerous stakeholders that achieved very tight deadlines
- Led a cross functional team of internal business partners and external suppliers to deliver facilities construction projects
- Managed the engagement and performance of project consultants and contractors to deliver required project outcomes
- Prepared, maintained and disseminated project documentation including schedules, maintaining critical paths, budgets, and status reports
- Prepared and presented briefings to executive leadership
Senior Consultant Project Controls
SYSTRA
Brisbane
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Prepared detailed project reports providing financial and progress updates (burn rate, CPI, SPI, risks etc.)
- Updated Primavera P6 schedule, managed and ensured compliance with Change Management Process, maintained the Change Control Table
- Prepared briefings to guide and influence stakeholders in the evaluation of project performance from a fiscal and schedule perspective
- Worked with finance to ensure bookings aligned with corporate timesheet system
- Provided guidance on overall PMO functions in the project
Business Financial Manager
Royal Australian Navy (RANLO)/ DFAT
Sembawang Port Singapore, Singapore
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Managed relationships with defence members and other agencies from numerous nations under the FPDA (Five Power Defence Arrangement)
- Provided financial governance to a multidisciplinary team supporting timely and efficient turn-around services for visiting warships as well as program management of garrison assets
- Experienced in communicating with a diverse multicultural workforce with a wide range of languages and diverse competencies
- Development of Capex and Opex Projects for the ongoing maintenance and refurbishment of fixed assets including financial justifications for approval by relevant authorities
- Presented forecasts and regular briefings to Canberra
Business Process Consultant - Contract Project Management
UGL Limited
Brisbane
10.2014 - 02.2015
- Designed and facilitated project management in preparing monthly reporting to client on UGL FOAMM $286M Contract focused on delivering accurate reports on time
- Prepared Monthly Reports that included analysis and recommendations regarding project issues to the management team
- Developed KPI tracking and reporting system thereby improving profits
- Prepared and analysed maintenance data including preventative maintenance programs and corrective maintenance from the client’s Movex and Ellipse CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
- Reviewed asset management strategies and developed service delivery budgets
Portfolio Manager /Project Controls Manager
WorleyParsons
Brisbane
03.2010 - 12.2013
- Program manager for a portfolio of projects to the value of $30M
- Managed accurate and consistent performance reporting to the business throughout the project lifecycle with project management methodology, minimised exposure to contractual and commercial risk
- Provided Project Control support and guidance to 6+ ConsultSelect Project Managers in a diverse range of projects from $1M to $10M and rebuilt the team morale and effectiveness
Asset Engineer
SunWater
Biloela
02.2008 - 03.2010
- Prepared asset management plans, security management plans and facilitated the preparation of work method statements, particularly for work in remote and rural areas
- Prepared the “Renewals and Expenditure” plan for the upcoming five years for a program of projects
- Conducted asset condition surveys and operational risk assessments with a multi-disciplined team
- The results of which were entered into SAP as either corrective or preventative work packages
Senior Project Controls Engineer – Consultant
PSN (LMAP)
Melbourne
05.2006 - 11.2007
- Delivered cost control, planning, scheduling, and reporting on projects in the oil and gas, power generation and heavy manufacturing industries utilising Primavera, and Oracle
- Identified key stage approval gates, generated S Curves, man-hour histograms, liaised with clients
Civil Engineer
SurfCoast Shire
Victoria
04.2005 - 05.2006
- Reviewed planning applications to ensure compliance with planning regulations and engineering standards
- All facets of Shire Engineering including small civil projects relating to road and drainage design, project engineering review and evaluation of shire planning issues including developer negotiation and approval or rejection and recommendations to council
Planning & Business Systems – Consultant; Fixed Term Contract
Silcar Australian Paper
Burnie
07.2002 - 10.2003
- Project managed projects across three Australian Paper sites
- Designed and developed processes for tracking and managing business improvement initiatives using MS Project over three sites and states
- Facilitated the design and implementation of a risk based “Permit to Work” system with a team of diverse stakeholders
Senior Consultant – Contractor
LMAP
Hazelwood Power Station
08.1995 - 10.2000
- Utilised Primavera to deliver four major power station outages, with a 3-month timeframe for each outage with budgets to $8M
- Prepared the shut plan, created the ‘S’ curves, man hour histograms, liaised with client and subcontractors, monitored progress, analysed progress and presented management briefings
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil
Monash University
Skills
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Management
- Leadership and supervision
- Project Planning and Scheduling
- Project governance
- Budget maintenance and governance
- Development of High-Performing Teams
Timeline
Senior Facilities Project Manager
Boeing Defence Australia
02.2023 - 01.2025
Senior Consultant Project Controls
SYSTRA
05.2022 - 09.2022
Business Financial Manager
Royal Australian Navy (RANLO)/ DFAT
03.2018 - 08.2021
Business Process Consultant - Contract Project Management
UGL Limited
10.2014 - 02.2015
Portfolio Manager /Project Controls Manager
WorleyParsons
03.2010 - 12.2013
Asset Engineer
SunWater
02.2008 - 03.2010
Senior Project Controls Engineer – Consultant
PSN (LMAP)
05.2006 - 11.2007
Civil Engineer
SurfCoast Shire
04.2005 - 05.2006
Planning & Business Systems – Consultant; Fixed Term Contract
Silcar Australian Paper
07.2002 - 10.2003
Senior Consultant – Contractor
LMAP
08.1995 - 10.2000
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil
Monash University
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