1. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
1. SUMMARY
Craig has a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and over thirty-years of experience in
the management of multi-discipline engineering projects to develop, engineer, procure,
fabricate, construct, commission, asset manage, maintain and operate plant in heavy
power, process, mining, refinery and hydrocarbon industries. Craig’s power experience
includes fired-boiler and waste-heat steam plant, open and combined cycle gas turbine
plant, wind, solar and diesel plant. Projects have been to all Australian states,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, China, Thailand and Vietnam.
Commencing as a cadet engineer with the Electricity Commission of NSW, Craig
progressed to the contracting side of the delivery chain. For six years he was the
principal of and engineering consulting practice based on the NSW Central Coast
where they completed design and construct projects in the power generation,
pharmaceutical, food, agrochemical and mining industries. In 2000 Craig returned to
the EPC arena where he held a number of senior positions culminating most recently
as PM for the EPCM of two utility CCPP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Understanding the business and project drivers and determining where and how value
can be added to maximise performance has been the constant focus of Craig’s career.
Key attributes of Craig’s capability can be summarized as follows:
• Creating and communicating a vision and strategy for the team through
gaining an understanding of the project’s drivers, assumptions and
constraints, commercial entitlements and obligations, risks and
opportunities and, performance criteria
• Experience in company management gained from operating in both
small companies and corporate enterprises.
• Experience in the management of large multi-discipline projects and
business teams.
• Building and development of high performing teams.
• Track record in international projects delivery; including a business unit
start-up in China.
• Delivery of safety performance through a focus on the safety practices
and leadership to establish an underpinning culture of safety.
• Determination to plan and manage the basics of business and project
management including: teamwork and communication; scope and
quality; time and progress; cost and cash; safety; risk and opportunity;
and, environment.
• Contract, commercial and claims management.
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Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
2. PERSONNAL DETAILS
Name: Craig Raymond MARSHALL
Address: 59 Sunrise Ave Budgewoi NSW 2262
Mobile: +61 419 649 039
Home: +61 2 4390 8703
Email: craigmarshall13@gmail.com
Date of birth: 13 April 1962
Family: Married with adult child
Qualifications Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)
University of Technology Sydney
Engineers Australia membership of Mechanical College and
NPER, #1179794.
Training: Electricity Commission of NSW cadetship
ECNSW Contract Administration
ECNSW Power Plant Engineering I & II
Quality Management Systems, Assessor/Auditor.
AS 4000 General Conditions of Contract
AS 4305 Minor Works Contract Conditions
AS 4303 Design & Construct
AS 2124 General Conditions of Contract
Hazard Analysis
Hazop Study
Confined spaces
AutoCAD introduction
Risk Facilitation
UGL Future Leaders Program
WorleyParsons Business Leaders Program
Function Safety for the Mining Industry (SIL)
Employment
history:
Nov 14 to present Solar Systems
Sep 08 to Nov 14 WorleyParsons
Jul 07 to Aug 08 United Group Water & Energy
Aug 04 to May 07 Downer Energy Systems
Sep 01 to Jul 04 ALSTOM Power
Mar 00 to Aug 01 Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited
Aug 94 to Feb 00 Marshall Murray & Associates
Jun 91 to Aug 94 Craig Marshall Engineering Consultants
Jul 89 to May 91 Rico Pty Limited
Mar 80 to Jun 89 Pacific Power (formerly EC NSW)
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Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3.1 Solar Systems
June 2014 to
present
Programme Manager
Programme Manager reporting to CEO to lead the programme of
projects to deliver the engineering, procurement, supply chain and
manufacturing for the Solar Systems CS1000 Mk.7 HCPV Dish
System.
Nov 2014 to
present
Project Manager – Critical Projects
Project Manager reporting to CEO to develop scope and lead a
portfolio of technology development projects for Solar Systems
HCPV technology.
3.2 WorleyParsons
October 2013
to Nov. 2014
Project Manager – SEC PP1314 Power Plant Projects
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project Manager reporting to Project Director for EPCM of two off
1980MW combined cycle power projects for Saudi Electricity
Company. Took project from pre-layout freeze through to award of
majority of equipment purchase contracts, completion of earthworks
and award of civil foundations contracts.
Duties encompassed all aspects of project leadership and
management including: leadership of engineering and construction
teams, close cooperation with procurement, contracts, HSE and HR
teams.
Principle achievements included:
• Layout freeze, design progression to 60% internal and
customer design reviews
• Project delivery strategy development and implementation
• Risk management
• Purchase contracts let for all major plant
• Constructability reviews and implementation
• HSE plan development with HSE Manager
• Recruitment of multi-national project and engineering team
• Daily liaison with customer, including integration of customer
team within project team
• Schedule development, including contingency and recovery
scheduling
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4. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
March 2012 to
Sep. 2013
Manager Operations – East
Transfield Worley Power Services
Operations management of maintenance, asset, operations and
outages contracts reporting to General Manager. The contract
portfolio was valued at $284M with an annual turnover of $63M.
Contracts were Loy Yang Coal Mine Maintenance, Loy Yang Power
Station (2,000MW coal fired) Maintenance, Sydney Water
Cogeneration Operation and Maintenance, Victorian Hospital
Cogeneration Operation and Maintenance, Vales Point Power
Station (1,320MW coal-fired) Outages and Maintenance.
Principal achievements included, in consultation with Executive
Manager HSEQ, implementation of transformational safety initiatives
to deliver a step-change in business safety performance. The
themes of the initiative included safety culture and leadership,
employee engagement, hazard identification and, control and
learning. Success was demonstrated in the 12-month movement in
TWPS safety statistics: TRIFR 4.66 down from 19.12 and LTIFR
0.58 (zero within portfolio) down from 9.1.
Performance improvements were also delivered in areas of cost
forecasting, cash management and KPI. Also managed through to
favourable resolution a major outstanding contractual claim with
Customer.
September
2008 to
February 2012
Manager Power – Hunter, WorleyParsons
EPCM Project Manager, Kurri Kurri Switchyard Upgrade Project with
a TIC of $85M.
Project Director, AGL Newcastle Gas Storage Facility where
WorleyParsons provided the project management team for the
project with a TIC of $320M.
Various projects in ventilation air methane area including: Project
Director, Select Phase Study for VAM abatement and generation
project for with a TIC of $100M; Project Sponsor for VAM pilot plant
duct design; Project Manager of study into VAM abatement and
generation technologies and applications. (Client names withheld).
Project Director, AGL The Bluff Wind Farm Project Management
contract where WorleyParsons provided the project management
team for the project with a TIC of $125M.
Redbank Power Station (150MW coal-fired fluidised-bed)
development, implementation and delivery of project portfolio system
to scope, value and rank improvement and capital projects and, with
maintenance program, and provided a costed life-cycle asset
management plan for the Board.
Project Director of study for biomass co-firing conversion of coal-fired
utility power plant (customer name withheld).
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Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
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As Global Renewable Energy Delivery Lead projects included:
• Technical and project development and bid preparation for
Q Cells Solar Flagships Program Proposal.
• Lake Turkana Wind Farm, Kenya proposal support.
• Canadian proposals support.
WorleyParsons Business Leaders Program completed
3.3 United Group, Water & Energy
July 2007 to
August 2008
Operations Manager – Power Generation
Program Manager Tamar Valley Power Station project including:
• Target Cost Estimate and contract development and successful
negotiation and award of contract.
• 60 MW OCPP: EPC of Balance of Plant and construction of free-
issue GT.
• Water Treatment Plant: plant EPC.
• 200 MW CCPP: plant construction with limited EPC scope.
Operations Manager portfolio also included:
• Weddell Power Station, Northern Territory.
• Stratford Power Station, New Zealand.
UGL Future Leaders Program completed
3.4 Downer Energy Systems
August 2004
to May 2007
Project Manager, then Manager Projects
Operations and project management of engineering, procurement
and construction projects for gas turbine air intake and gas exhaust
projects.
Projects:
• Kemerton Power Station, WA;
• Laverton Power Station VIC, both Siemens V94.2 GT;
• Pinjar Power Station, WA;
• Zhengzhou and Zhongyuan Power Stations PRC, both V94.3.
Manager Projects of all projects whilst program managing China
project portfolio directly. Role included design development, design
office management, procurement, fabrication and erection.
Responsible for all aspects of project management including
personnel recruitment, programming, cost control and forecasting,
cash flow et al.
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6. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
Managed fabrication for Kemerton and Laverton in Thailand and
Vietnam from subcontractor letting through to completion. Managed
entitlement claim for Kemerton.
China projects were engineered and procured from Australia for off-
shore manufacture and divided into 14 subcontract packages for
on-shore fabrication. Project execution required accent of steep
learning curve in Chinese project execution, with both the Customer,
Shanghai Turbine Company, various subcontractors, and
establishing an on-shore business unit. Control of project time, and
in some cases quality, were major hurdles to overcome.
3.5 ALSTOM Power
January 2003
to July 2004
Project Manager, Heat Recovery and Plants Sector
Alcan Gove Boiler No. 6 project
Project Manager on erection of 280 tph boiler at Alcan, Gove NT.
This project was experiencing problems with erection progress,
welding procedures and quality assurance generally and meeting
neither client and company expectations. Developed earned value
measure of project from existing bill of materials. Used subcontract
estimate, or re-estimated as required, to build resourced erection
programme in liaison with site management and subcontractor.
Instigated weekly look-ahead programming to focus site on
programme and to enhance job planning.
Undertook risk assessment with site management and
subcontractor to establish most prominent risks and implemented
mitigation strategies.
Developed ITP for mechanical site works. Reviewed and
implemented additional weld procedures and weld traceability
controls. Controlled a number of audits by client’s inspector.
September
2002 to
October 2003
Project Manger, Heat Recovery and Plants Sector
Mitr Phol Dan Chang and Phu Khieo projects, Thailand
Area project manager on two (concurrent) 30 MW industrial power
plant projects in Thailand, each comprising two boilers, process
steam supply and condensing steam turbine.
Role comprised monitoring of schedule and forecast and
coordinating design, drafting, procurement, manufactures, on-shore
fabricators and subcontractors to build schedule float and realise
cost saving.
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7. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
Managed the engineering and delivery of the following packages:
• Procurement packages included: valve, line item and piping.
• Thailand fabrication packages including: steelwork; pipework;
ducts, flues and scrubber; economiser; airheaters; chimney and
deaerator, flash and blowdown vessels.
• Mechanical / electrical erection packages.
September
2001 to
August 2002
Senior Project Manager, Service Sector
Project Manger of various capital renewal and maintenance projects
at Hazelwood Power Station (8x 200MW). Projects included new
turbine high pressure cylinders, new precipitators, boiler major
outages, turbine major outages and mine maintenance contract
start-up.
These projects totalled over $30M per year. Reports to the position
were 3 project managers, up to 30 staff and up to 300 employees.
The contracts for these projects were both fixed price and alliance
based.
3.6 Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited, Engineering Construction Group
March 2001 to
August 2001
Acting Project Manager, Project Controls Manager,
Kooragang Stage 3 Expansion, Structural/Mechanical
Contract
Initially assigned to project whilst project manager was on one-
month’s leave. Retained on his return to manage project controls,
including recovery strategies to re-forecast and re-schedule works to
completion. Developed and implemented earned-value and KPI
progress measures. Selectively retained project craft and staff team
and focused on measures that improved productivity. The project
compliment was 200 personnel including 20 staff.
March 2000 to
March 2001
Manager – Project Systems Development
Twelve-month appointment to develop and introduce project
management systems to Engineering Construction Group. Through
consultation with General Manager and Business and Service Unit
Managers developed project systems for: programme; key
performance indicators; forecasting; procurement package
management; reporting; project budgeting and work breakdown
structure; correspondence management.
Role involved extensive consultation and review of corporate
forecasting software and specification development for system
upgrade. A correspondence management system was selected and
implemented.
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9. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
August 1994
to February
2000
Principal
Marshall Murray & Associates engineering consultancy undertook
project development, project management and engineering design.
Based in Wyong on the Central Coast of New South Wales the
company provided a high level of technical expertise whilst
maintaining a cost effective and timely service. The areas of service
included:
• Project management of design and construction;
• Tender and contract preparation and management;
• Industrial design of plant systems, equipment and components;
• Finite element analysis;
• Production facility development, approvals and layout;
• Fluid, pneumatic and fire protection system analysis and design;
• Heavy plant design including materials handling;
• Structural detailing;
• Plant and equipment survey and remaining life analysis.
The company operated in a variety of industries including power
generation, pharmaceutical, food, petrochemical, agrochemical,
manufacturing, mining and heavy industrial.
Project
highlights
Bayer Australia, 1997 to 99
Engineering, procurement and construction of major installations
plant installation and upgrades as separate project for suspension
concentrates; emulsifiable concentrates and oil concentrates and
fume scrubbing plant. Scope included preliminary design, budget
estimates, final design, detailing, plant selection, control design and
construction.
Wambo Mining Corporation, 1997/98/99
Preparation of contract documents, tendering and contact
consolidation for major underground coal mine maintenance
projects.
Studies, contract and specification preparation, tendering,
evaluation and contract consolidation of capital plant procurement.
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10. Craig Marshall
Operations Manager
Programme Manager
Project Manager
Resume
Marshall Murray / Rico fire system and similar EPC projects for
power stations:
• Bayswater Power Station, 1996 - sprinkler fire protection system
to conveyors.
• Vales Point Power Station, 1995 - sprinkler and deluge fire
protection systems to hydrogen plant.
• Liddell Power Station, 1995 - industrial water pump system.
• Liddell Power Station, 1995 - cable tray fire protection sprinkler
system.
• Munmorah Power Station, 1994 - hydrogen generation and
storage facility deluge and sprinkler system.
• Munmorah Power Station, 1994 - ferrous chloride dosing system
Procter & Gamble, 1995 to 7
Development of a powder batching plant utilising both new and
existing plant at a new location incorporating process and product
improvements to achieve performance guarantees. Project
management, including construction management for Rico staff and
personnel, commissioning and performance testing.
Audit and analysis of compounding and packaging plant utilities
including steam, chilled water, tank jacket water and deionised
water. Preparation of design data and specifications for plant
upgrading.
Rico / Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd, 1996
Project manager, including shop and construction management of
Rico staff and personnel, for fabrication and erection of 12 tanks,
11,000 metres of pipework, and erection of 25 tanks, pumps, HEX
and associated equipment for Cobalt plant. Mackay workshop
developed from bare shed to workforce of 7 staff and 42 labour.
Townsville site 10 staff and 68 labour. Simultaneously managed
other activities as Queensland Manager included up to 3 other sites.
3.8 Craig Marshall Engineering Consultants
June 1991 to
August 1994.
Projects included:
• Vales Point Power Station (2,295MW coal-fired) – EPC Project
Manager Fire & Industrial Water Services Upgrade contract.
• Liddell Power Station Units 1 to 4 (2,000MW coal-fired) – EPC
Project Manager Boiler refurbishment and water wall
replacement outage contracts.
• Develop and implement Quality System for Rico.
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Project Manager
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3.9 Rico Pty Limited
July 1989 to
May 1991
Projects included:
• Eraring Power Station Units 1 to 4 (2,640MW coal-fired) – Project
Manager Tur-bine Auxiliary, Valve and Fabric Filter outage
refurbishment contracts.
• Mt Isa Mines Lead Isasmelt – Project Manager of Contracts for
Waste Heat Boilers erection and Pipework fabrication and
erection, Steam Mains erection, Superheater Boiler erection.
• Vales Point Power Station Unit 5 & 6 – Project Manager, Turbine
Auxiliary, CW Pump and Valve outage refurbishment contracts.
• Munmorah Power Station (1,400MW coal-fired) Unit 3
Rehabilitation – Project Manager, Turbine Auxiliaries and Steam
Mains Contracts.
3.10 Electricity Commission of NSW
March 1980 to
June 1989
Projects & roles included:
• Munmorah Power Station Unit 3 Rehabilitation – Preparation of
Outage Schedule, Superintendent of contracts for Boiler
Refurbishment, Fabric Filter Conversion, Ash Hopper
Replacement, PA Fan Replacement.
• Munmorah Power Station Unit 4 Rehabilitation – Superintendent
of contracts for Boiler Refurbishment, Fabric Filter Conversion,
Ash Hopper Replacement, PA Fan Replacement.
• Bayswater Power Station (2,640MW coal-fired) Construction:
Superintendent Turbine Auxiliary Contract, assisting Turbine
Superintendent.
• Eraring Power Station Construction: assisting Turbine
Superintendent.
• Vales Point Station Unit 2 Rehabilitation Project –
Superintendent of Valve Over-haul contract, assisting Turbine
Superintendent.
• Pyrmont Power Station (200MW coal-fired) plant engineer
• On-tools with maintenance team Tallawarra Power Station
(336MW coal-fired).
• Apprentice training workshop.
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