Julianne Ferres
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
Talented professional brings proven abilities in end-to-end project management. Expert in identifying and mitigating risks, reaching milestones, and managing deliverables. Highly organized leader with great attention to detail.
Results-driven Senior Project Manager known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in strategic planning, risk management, and team leadership. Excel in negotiation, communication, and problem-solving to deliver projects on time and within budget. Committed to fostering collaboration and driving project success with a focus on continuous improvement.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
UBS
Carrum Downs, Victoria
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Monitored internal financial budgets to measure against projections.
- Identified project needs by reviewing project objectives, schedules, and variations.
- Managed over 30 domestic and commercial insurance property projects valued between $50K and $2.5M.
- Appointed and supervised all trades, facilitating effective coordination between clients and insurance companies.
- Led the management of a portfolio of legacy projects, addressing longstanding issues.
Project Manager
Court Services - Built Environment. Dept of Justice and Community Safety. Dept of Family & Fairnes
Melbourne CBD Hybrid, Victoria
01.2021 - 05.2024
- Furnished project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Reviewed budget and subcontractor estimates in detail and analyzed for accuracy with scope of work relevancy in mind.
- Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
- Drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong leadership.
- Court Service VPS5 -plus. Finishing the Dandenong New Children's Court Building. $23 million managing three different builders.
- Defects from the original four-story building. Fit-out Builder 3/4 to complete the 3 courtrooms and public spaces.
- In the basement, a new adolescent six-cell jail was to be built.
- Department of Justice VPS5 - Plus - Middleton Prison Infill Project - $46 million.
- Working in a fully operational existing prison—low-level security prison—building a construction zone within the fence line.
- Extending and refurbishing a recreation building, completed in October 2022.
- Commercial kitchen in an existing building, completed June 2022.
- Managing clients, contracts, time, and two teams of consultants with the COVID constraints.
- Department of Family and Fairness, VPS6, SPM. Managing five new Refuge community care facilities for domestic violence survivors. $4.5m each.
- Three projects are in the construction phase, and two are in design documentation, managing consultants and builders.
- Initiatives off lessons learned for previous teams, to ensure we are learning from past mistakes.
- Improving design from firsthand experience living in a refugee house.
Project Manager / Facilities Manager
Melbourne University
Melbourne CBD Hybrid, Victoria
09.2019 - 12.2020
- Made changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up to date.
- Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
- Submitted project deliverables to clients, consistently adhering to quality standards.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
- Presented findings from data analysis in a clear, concise manner that was easily understood by stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Operations and Maintenance Manager for five buildings for the Physics and Chemistry departments. Two heritage buildings.
- Managing the construction phase of chemistry labs for academics, for research projects, or student labs, PC2 $700K.
- Master planning for assets.
- Solving nitrogen problems across existing labs and bringing forward essential works
Project Manager
Bayside City Council. Department of Treasury and Finance. VSBA
Melbourne CBD Hybrid, Victoria
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Furnished project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Bayside City Council, 6-month contract.
- Manage the construction of three new football pavilions, finding cost-saving initiatives to enable the user group to have a more beneficial pavilion.
- Barton Park Masterplan and Community Hub Planning with PCG's.
- Department of Treasury and Finance, 6-month contract.
- Capital Works Program of 30 projects at VCAT, Premier's Office, Ministry of Finance, Treasury Place.
- Victorian School Building Authority, 6-month contract.
- Footscray Learning Precinct Phase 1 and 2, and Footscray High School, have soil contamination issues and fumes in the school because it was built on a previous council tip property.
- Working with the Maribyrnong City Council, as there is a council park next to the school, impacting the school.
- Both parties were not engaging in any solutions, so I brought everyone to the table to discuss this important issue. A solution was created and implemented.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Construction Project Management
University of Tech Sydney
Sydney, NSW11-2005
Diploma of Applied Science - Majoring in Architectural Drafting
Box Hill Institute of TAFE
Melbourne, VIC12-1990
Skills
- Project scheduling
- Client relationship management
- Meeting facilitation
- Scope management
- Project planning
- Technical monitoring
- Multi-project management
- Specification review
- Client liaison
- Cost control
- Quality control
- Documentation management
Accomplishments
- National Australian Women in Construction, Achievement award for a 1000sq commerical Kitchen for the Nepean Hospital, Sydney. 1999. adversity in an important health project. Airline Strike, Wharf Strike, CFMEU site shutdowns.
Certification
- National Police Check annually 2020 - 2024
- Working with Children
- White Card
- Justice Department Courses. Code of Conduct, Health and Safety, Security Awareness, Fraud and Corruption Awareness, respect in the workplace.
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
UBS
08.2024 - 01.2025
Project Manager
Court Services - Built Environment. Dept of Justice and Community Safety. Dept of Family & Fairnes
01.2021 - 05.2024
Project Manager / Facilities Manager
Melbourne University
09.2019 - 12.2020
Project Manager
Bayside City Council. Department of Treasury and Finance. VSBA
01.2018 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Construction Project Management
University of Tech Sydney
Diploma of Applied Science - Majoring in Architectural Drafting
Box Hill Institute of TAFE
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