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Manager, Integrated Systems Planning

Sydney Water Corporation is a utility store which specializes in backflow prevention,blue mountains, and illawarra.

I am passionate about making the expectations of our customers, business partners and government stakeholders a reality through the development and delivery of our most strategically and commercially important infrastructure investments. I lead a team of people who are committed to realising the water and place making outcomes that define the Sydney, Blue Mountains and Illawarra of today and tomorrow. We make the visions for urban water management and place creation a reality. Sounds straightforward, right? Turns out communities have all sorts of ambitions for the places in which they live. Water provides so many services: drinking, showering, greening, cooling, sanitation, stormwater, recycled water, ecosystem health and many more. It’s a scare resource that needs to be well managed, from initial capture through to reuse over and over again in the economy. Working out how best to manage this precious resource, which is what planning is all about, is a gloriously messy process of working with customers and stakeholders to understand what we value about water and how best to invest to deliver desired services. We then take those plans and create the assets required to realise the desired service outcomes. This involves designing, building and handing over complex large scale infrastructure, piloting and deploying new technology and striking new partnerships to deliver outcomes in an integrated fashion. I thoroughly enjoy leading a large team of development and delivery specialists: engineers, scientists, economists, contractors, quantity surveyors, risk advisors, environmental, engagement and commercial professionals, delivering for over 5 million customers. What we do together makes a quiet difference to the everyday lives of citizens and the vibrancy of our waterway city. That energises me every day. And as luck would have it, I’ve had the opportunity to do this work everywhere from London to Longreach, from consulting, to regulation and utility operation. I believe in contributing beyond the day to day as well, investing time in my industry association, diversity and inclusion and reconciliation action. But, you can’t always be at work. So, if you can’t find me here, you might spot me pounding the pavement photographing the ever-changing galleries of art in the street. If you’re ever in need of a plan, or advice on how to bring it into reality, don’t be shy on reaching out. Specialities: leadership | management | utilities | infrastructure | planning | strategy execution | delivery | water cycle | circular economy |