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Kim Irvine

Perth

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Kim is an insightful engineer and leader with international rail experience who thrives on a challenge where her technical and business skills can add value to an organisation while offering an opportunity for enhancing professional growth. Kim is collaborative with strengths in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced operational, asset management and project environments. Kim is dedicated to promoting an engaged, empowering work culture, while developing capability to enhance performance through the delivery of complex rail projects across the asset lifecycle.

Results-driven management professional with proven ability to lead teams to success. Strong focus on team collaboration, operational efficiency, and achieving measurable outcomes. Adept at strategic planning, process improvement, and fostering culture of accountability and excellence. Known for adaptability and consistently meeting changing organizational needs.

Managerial professional with proven record of streamlining processes and leading high-performing teams. Known for strong analytical skills and commitment to achieving results. Teams rely on collaborative leadership and adaptability to changing needs.

Experienced with team leadership, strategic planning, and operational management. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to drive project success. Track record of fostering productive work environments and achieving set goals. Knowledgeable [Desired Position] with solid history of managing teams and driving operational success. Skilled in implementing strategic initiatives that enhance productivity and efficiency. Demonstrated ability in problem-solving and decision-making. Talented Manager with expert team leadership, planning, and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach. Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. 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Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager, Rail, Maritime and Freight Group Capability and Delivery Performance

WSP
05.2021 - Current
  • Company Overview: WSP is a global engineering and professional services firm that provides management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment
  • This role is a member of the National Leadership Team for the Rail, Maritime and Freight Group, with accountability for driving value for clients, staff and stakeholders, through continuous improvement in service delivery, quality and capability nationally
  • I am responsible for leading the Rail Capability Leadership Team (CLT) providing strategic direction to Capability Development Leads and drive initiatives to build capability within the Rail Team, including India
  • The rail infrastructure and advisory market is evolving rapidly
  • WSP seeks to sustain its competitive advantage through innovation, and driving efficiency in project and service delivery
  • This includes the application of technology, systems and by leveraging data to enhance client and project outcomes, and enable and inform client insight and decision making
  • For staff, improved career pathways and development opportunity is paramount
  • You will also ensure CLT connection with relevant WSP Global Practice Area Networks, and work closely with the Transport Group’s Director for Technical Excellence & Innovation to ensure a coordinated approach across the broader WSP business
  • Regionally you will work collaboratively with Client Directors, Key Account Managers, Regional Rail Executives, Commercial Executives and other key staff to identify continuous improvement opportunities, and improve service delivery efficiency, and quality
  • This includes opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing, as well as tender, project and design management processes and workflow, client, project and design reporting, and the implementation of digital technologies and automation
  • You will work closely with the National Rail Executive, Director for Rail Projects, and the Transport Group’s Director for Technical Excellence & Innovation in linking with relevant Global initiatives
  • To be effective in this role, you will engage and inspire your colleagues, staff, and clients
  • You will maintain a three-year strategy, and a rolling 12 month plan, that is aligned with Section, Regional and Transport Group Strategy
  • You will drive client satisfaction through your work with the broader team, and foster a collaborative, imaginative and entrepreneurial culture that embraces innovation and creativity
  • Safety and staff well-being are key accountabilities for everyone within WSP
  • Including this role
  • You will be a role model in bringing WSP’s Guiding Principles to life
  • WSP is a global engineering and professional services firm that provides management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment
  • Key Result Areas and Accountabilities are (but not limited to):
  • Clients: Ensure clients, are at the centre of our focus in service delivery, and business improvement initiatives
  • Drive, champion and report on Rail Group performance in delivering consistently high Quality of service for clients
  • Ensure alignment in expertise with client needs today, the pipeline of opportunities, as well as with the medium- and long-term horizons
  • Maintain a high brand profile and reputation for WSP with clients and in the market
  • People: Role model leadership of WSP’s Guiding Principles, ensuring the diversity, safety, health and wellbeing of staff and teams
  • Actively seek staff views on challenges and issues encountered in service delivery, and seek their input and contribution into service and quality improvement opportunities
  • Engage effectively and work collaboratively with staff and the broader business to drive initiatives and achieve desired outcomes
  • Communicate effectively with staff (including on project sites), to ensure their awareness of, and gain their insight into strategy and key operational initiatives
  • Provide leadership (direct and indirect reports)
  • Operational Excellence: Lead by example in driving Safety, Health, Quality and a Client Centric 'Consulting' Culture across the business
  • Agree strategy and a rolling twelve-month action plan with the National Rail Executive, and the National Rail Leadership Group encompassing role accountabilities and priorities
  • Drive effective knowledge sharing and application of lessons learned across the business
  • Capture and report on outcomes achieved in client satisfaction, project performance, Quality and efficiency improvement
  • Expertise: Ensure capability strengths, weaknesses and opportunities are identified, and that appropriate and targeted strategies are developed and implemented against agreed priorities
  • Align expertise and people development strategies with current and future regional market, client and operational requirements
  • Work collaboratively with WSP Learning and Development, to ensure focused and aligned Training and Career Development Plans are in place across the Rail Group
  • Work collaboratively with relevant staff in commercialising innovation and embedding new value in core project and service delivery
  • Key personal attributes: Effective as a trusted advisor, with a capacity to engage, coach, communicate and influence
  • Thinks strategically, with a pragmatic capacity to drive performance and achieve results
  • Balances innovation, quality and technical excellence with delivery to timelines and budget
  • Open to and actions feedback
  • Presents professional image
  • Adopts 'Best for WSP' approach in day to day activities and is a role model for WSP’s Guiding Principles
  • Acts with integrity and the highest ethical standards

Engineering Manager, Network & Infrastructure

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
04.2019 - 05.2021
  • Company Overview: The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia
  • Leading the development and implementation of PTA’s Engineering Management Framework, including safety assurance and in-house design
  • Managing the strategic relationship with consultants engaged in work to support PTA engineering projects, and responsible for the coordination of engineering resources to support capital projects across the PTA
  • Key responsibilities included: Development, implementation, and continuous leadership and change management of PTA’s Engineering Management Framework
  • Development and implementation of effective governance and change management framework for engineering and design to ensure technical risk is properly managed for PTAs operation
  • Development and continuous management of the competency assessment frameworks and technical performance of project engineering resources
  • Leading the management of the integration across engineering disciplines, including the application of a system wide approach to solutions
  • Development and implementation of an engagement strategy that optimises the value of the supply chain
  • Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement to maximise efficient and effective program delivery
  • Participation on various industry steering and working groups, including ACRI, RISSB, ARA and National Railway Interoperability
  • The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia

Infrastructure Control Manager

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Company Overview: The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia
  • Leading the development, implementation and operational leadership of PTA’s Infrastructure Control facility, providing a centralised team for infrastructure fault and incident response
  • Development and implementation of relevant processes and procedures to support incident response in alignment with stakeholder requirements to meet strategic goals
  • Development, implementation of an automated SPIR process to support the review of major incidents to identify lessons learned to drive continuous improvements
  • The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Developed a strong company culture focused on employee engagement, collaboration, and continuous learning opportunities.
  • Achieved departmental goals by developing and executing strategic plans and performance metrics.
  • Built high-performing teams through effective recruitment, onboarding, and talent development initiatives.
  • Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal financial performance while investing in necessary resources for business growth.
  • Managed budget allocations to prioritize spending on high-impact projects, optimizing resource utilization.
  • Developed comprehensive risk management plan, minimizing potential disruptions to business operations.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
  • Planned, created, tested and deployed system life cycle methodology to produce high quality systems to meet and exceed customer expectations.
  • Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.

Infrastructure Performance and Reliability Engineer

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
09.2014 - 03.2019
  • Company Overview: The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia
  • Leading PTA’s Asset Management and Infrastructure Operations, providing maintenance planning, centralised fault and incident response, and performance management functions, while delivering asset management and asset information initiatives to meet stakeholder and budget requirements
  • Responsibilities included: Asset Management and Continuous Improvement
  • Leading the development and Implementation of PTA’s Asset Management System Framework in alignment with ISO55000
  • Senior Responsible Officer for Asset Systems Improvement Program driving the continuous improvement of PTAs critical asset systems through various projects including maintenance optimisation, remote condition monitoring, defining PTA’s alarm management strategy and implementing rationalisation, as well as driving specifications and asset management plans in alignment with PTA’s asset management system framework
  • Leading benchmarking for PTA through Imperial College London’s Railway Infrastructure Asset Management Benchmarking group, involving collaboration with other railways across Australia to benchmark against various asset management KPI’s over a 5-year duration
  • Leading the procurement and management of the Technical Advisory Panel, ensuring PTA build collaborative relationships with other international railway operators, sharing asset management knowledge and expertise
  • Delivery of asset performance reporting in alignment with customer service level agreements delivered to the client and PTA’s executive for ongoing review
  • Development and implementation and of PTA’s Trail Model, providing case studies to analyse the reliability and performance of PTA’s railway network
  • Driving the delivery of efficiencies in reliability analysis and performance improvements of infrastructure assets and PTA’s asset management systems
  • The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia is responsible for the planning, delivery, and management of public transport services in Western Australia
  • Optimized equipment life cycles by performing regular inspections, monitoring performance trends, and recommending corrective actions as needed.
  • Conducted failure analysis investigations to determine root causes, preventing repeat occurrences of critical equipment breakdowns.
  • Performed lifecycle cost analyses for various equipment alternatives, enabling informed decisions regarding long-term investment strategies.
  • Served as a trusted advisor to management on matters related to equipment reliability and asset management, providing valuable insights for strategic decisionmaking.
  • Conducted regular reviews of maintenance procedures and practices, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
  • Participated in capital projects from concept to completion, providing reliability expertise during design reviews and equipment selection processes.
  • Trained junior engineers on reliability engineering practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement cost-effective solutions for operational issues.
  • Conferred with engineers and designers to investigate and solve failure issues.
  • Prepared yearly and technical budgets for electricity projects.
  • Calculated amounts for designing and testing electrical systems and supplied finished costs to customers.

Engineer/Design Manager/Engineering Manager

Atkins
09.2004 - 07.2014
  • Company Overview: Atkins is a design, engineering and project management consultancy that provides services to a wide range of sectors including transportation, infrastructure, and energy
  • Varied roles including a diverse range of skills where key responsibilities include: Contractors Engineering Manager delivering integrated multidiscipline designs, leading various work package managers for rail engineering and non-rail disciplines to ensure project deliverables are achieved to meet the client’s technical requirements and integrated design through the design assurance process
  • Projects include Borders Railway and Edinburgh to Glasgow Electrification (EGIP)
  • Design Manager responsible for leadership and management of the local electrical design team, including their welfare, safety, competence and technical performance
  • Resource and financial management including planning for the branch and multiple projects and overall engineering delivery assurance
  • Contractor’s Responsible Engineer delivering competent and compliant designs to meet the client’s project specification for various projects, examples include Staffordshire Alliance Improvement Program where Kim was also fulfilling the role of Work Package Manager responsible for budget as well as engineering delivery for the E&P element of the project
  • International projects including the preparation of Electromagnetic (EMC) Management Plans for the Makkah Metro project in Saudi Arabia
  • Based in Warsaw, Poland, responsible for managing the OCL & power sub-contractor (based in Poland), including the production of technical reports, managing the demanding and changing requirements of the client, resolving technical issues in liaison with other engineering disciplines, and reviewing the program and budget to ensure delivery
  • Stakeholder Consultations and Approvals Manager for Glasgow Airport Rail Link ensuring stakeholders associated with the GARL project were engaged and fully managed and that all stakeholder design requirements were captured and incorporated into the final multidiscipline engineering design following the engineering assurance process
  • Project/Contract Manager managing various projects and resources from engineering disciplines through the project lifecycle, including financial management, ensuring engineering assurance requirements were achieved, delivering internal and client reports, negotiating rates with clients through engagement, and client management for various packages of work
  • Tendering Manager on a range of multidiscipline tenders, which involved producing methodologies, cost estimating, and gathering resources from a variety of sources where engineering interfacing existed
  • Possession Management of site works, including planning and co-ordination of programme of works, liaising with engineering disciplines to discuss packages of works and regularly working with contractors to arrange activities on site
  • Atkins is a design, engineering and project management consultancy that provides services to a wide range of sectors including transportation, infrastructure, and energy
  • Managed and expedited complex projects worth $[Amount] in revenue.
  • Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
  • Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
  • Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
  • Reduced project completion time with efficient resource allocation and effective communication strategies.
  • Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed products and components.
  • Optimized engineering processes by implementing innovative solutions and streamlining workflow.
  • Developed cost estimates and project specifications for proposals.
  • Conducted rigorous quality assurance tests, identifying areas of improvement for product optimization.
  • Collaborated on interdisciplinary teams to develop creative, cost-effective solutions for complex projects.
  • Improved energy efficiency in manufacturing processes by redesigning mechanical systems and components.
  • Streamlined project delivery processes, implementing agile methodologies that improved team collaboration and efficiency.
  • Led cross-functional teams to innovate on product design, enhancing user experience and functionality.
  • Created detailed reports on engineering activities and findings.
  • Documented and developed engineering procedures and processes.
  • Implemented new strategies to reduce costs and improve efficiency of engineering team.
  • Monitored and evaluated engineering performance to recommend improvements.
  • Developed and implemented procedures to verify compliance with engineering standards.
  • Led engineering teams to successfully complete projects on time and within budget.
  • Designed and implemented quality control processes to facilitate customer satisfaction.
  • Developed high-quality engineering designs and plans to meet industry standards.
  • Built strong relationships with stakeholders through active listening, collaboration, and clear communication of design objectives.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure seamless communication and project delivery, meeting all deadlines and budget constraints.
  • Chaired design team meetings and issued action items.
  • Fostered collaborative environment that encouraged feedback and continuous improvement among design teams.
  • Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.

Education

Information Management Practitioner (BIM ISO 19650) -

Operam Academy
01.2021

Certified Asset Management Assessor -

Asset Management Council
01.2018

Masters Business Administration -

University of West Scotland
01.2009

Masters Electrical and Electronic Engineering -

University of Strathclyde
01.2004

Skills

  • Engineering leadership
  • Asset Management
  • Design Management
  • Engineering Assurance
  • Integrated project delivery
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Management
  • Framework strategy and deployment
  • Organisational Capability and Development
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Mentoring
  • Customer service
  • Team leadership
  • Time management
  • Decision-making

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
  • Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.

Certification

  • CPM - Certified Professional Manager

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Manager, Rail, Maritime and Freight Group Capability and Delivery Performance

WSP
05.2021 - Current

Engineering Manager, Network & Infrastructure

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
04.2019 - 05.2021

Infrastructure Control Manager

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
01.2018 - 03.2019

Infrastructure Performance and Reliability Engineer

Public Transport Authority of Western Australia
09.2014 - 03.2019

Engineer/Design Manager/Engineering Manager

Atkins
09.2004 - 07.2014

Masters Business Administration -

University of West Scotland

Masters Electrical and Electronic Engineering -

University of Strathclyde

Information Management Practitioner (BIM ISO 19650) -

Operam Academy

Certified Asset Management Assessor -

Asset Management Council

Professionalassociations

  • Institute Engineering Technology, CEng
  • Engineers Australia, Member
  • Railway Technical Society Australasia (RTSA), WA Chapter Committee Member
  • Australasian Railway Association (ARA), Steering Group Committee Member
  • Women in Rail Mentor, Member

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