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Alex Chang
Mobile: 0423 825 028
Email: alexckchang@yahoo.com
SUMMARY Over 20 years of experience in high risk construction, maintenance and heavy manufacturing
industries within infrastructure, utilities, resources and industrial markets with over 12 years
of experience in senior HSEQ management positions with expertise in strategic / operational
management, risk management, management system, program implementation and
governance.
CAREER HISTORY
December 2013 –
Current
National Manager – Quality and Systems (Zinfra Group)
The business operates in Australian utilities construction and maintenance markets and employs more
than 2,500 people including contractors with revenue over 600 million.
Key
responsibilities
HSEQ MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 Led a team to develop a fit-for-purpose management system to meet legislative and industry
requirements and the system consisted of:
- HSE legislative / risk management processes and critical safety risk control requirements
- Quality management processes to minimise cost of poor quality
- HSEQ management processes to meet industry standards including contractor management,
plant & equipment management and incident management
- Successfully maintain third party industry certifications, OFSC, VEDN and AEO
SAFETY CULTURE PROGRAM
 Led a working group to improve the company safety culture through:
- A companywide safety climate survey
- A 5-year safety pathway program
- HSEQ governance program
- Low severity & high frequency Program
HSEQ COMPENTENCY
 Managed two companywide training programs to implement the HSEQ Management System
- HSE risk management training programs to >300 project, construction and operation
managers
- HSEQ management system training to >250 project and construction managers
 Led 4 working groups to improve HSEQ practices and systems on
- Quality improvement for construction sector
- Quality improvement for network maintenance sector
- Business management system
- Human factor
Recruited and managed up to 6 HSEQ professionals
COMPANY APPLICATIONS
 Managed projects to implement:
- A HSEQ Dashboard and Reporting System
- A document management system platform (SharePoint)
- Enterprise-wide incident management application replacement (SAP EHS)
- HSEQ community of practice portal x 3
- Knowledge management portal
Key
achievements
 Advisian (Worley Parson Group) benchmarked Zinfra Group HSEQ Management System as best
industry practices in legal compliance and risk management.
 Nominated as top 20 leaders in the business

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May 2011 –
December 2013
Group Manager – Risk and Compliance SQE (Tenix – Downer Network)
The business operated in construction and maintenance industries within infrastructure, resources
and utilities markets in Australia and New Zealand and employed more than 4,500 people including
contractors with revenue of AUD 800 million.
Key
responsibilities
SQE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 Led a team to develop a corporate SQE system including:
- SQE risk management systems and critical safety risk management processes
- An SQE legislative compliance framework and processes
- An SQE management system framework and corporate standards
- Key corporate HSEQ processes including HSEQ reporting and internal audit.
- Project Life-Cycle HSE Risk Management Process
- SQE governance program
- Successfully maintain third party industry certifications and OFSC.
HSE COMPENTENCY
 Managed a companywide training programs to implement the HSE Risk Management by
delivering HSE risk management training programs to >400 project, construction and operation
personnel
OPERATION SQE MANAGEMENT
 Led teams to implement recovery actions as the Divisional HSEQ Manager to:
- Bring unprofitable minor projects to a safe completion
- Implement system to meet legislative compliance and contractual requirements for Network
Division
- Implement system to meet WH&S legislative requirement on safety in design for Engineering
Division
COMPANY-WIDE APPLICATIONS
 Managed projects to implement:
- A HSEQ Dashboard and Reporting System
- Enterprise-wide incident management application
Key
achievements
 Winner of National Safety Council of Australia’s’ Annual Safety Awards Program on Category 1:
Best Continuous Improvement of a Safety Management System
 Winner of Tenix Chairman Award for teamwork as a result of successful $800m tender
September 09 –
May 11
Group Manager – Health & Safety System (Leighton Contractors)
The business operated in Australian and New Zealand construction and maintenance industries within
infrastructure, resources, telecommunication and industrial sectors with more than 20,000 employees
and revenue over AUD 6 billion.
Key
responsibilities
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 Led a team to improve Safety Management System to meet OFSC requirements for Leighton
Construction Division and retained OFSC accreditation
 Executed safety audit program across the group
 Implemented group-wide process for:
- safety risk review on high risk construction projects
- monitoring on the implementation of safety alert and lessons learnt
- monitoring on the close out of signification safety incidents
COMPANY-WIDE APPLICATIONS
 Enterprise–wide applications such as ChemAlert and SAI Global legal compliance
 Group wide safety reporting process

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April 07 –
September 09
Divisional Manager –HSEQ (Leighton Contractor – Industrial & Services Division)
The business operated across Australia and employed over 3,000 people including contractors with
revenue over AUD 500 Million in two market sectors. The Industrial sector focused on infrastructure
construction in Energy, Transport, Process Industries and Resources segments. The Services sector
focused on infrastructure service and facility management.
Key
responsibilities
SAFETY CULTURE
 Worked with the leadership team to implement:
- a leadership program to engage frontline personnel
- behaviour modifying leading indicators to drive culture improvement
- HSE performance league table
- Annual divisional HSEQ plan
OPERATION MANAGEMENT
 Worked with operation general managers to:
- Implement change management to roll-out corporate initiatives
- Execute audit program to monitor compliance with corporate requirements
- Identify identified underperforming projects and implemented intervention measures
- Actively engage with potential and existing clients
- Improve their safety leadership skills
 Worked with project managers to:
- Manage and recruit project HSEQ resources
- Drive improvements through a series of applications on:
 HSE risk management
 workplace inspections
 hazard identification
 behaviour observation
 permit to work
 project HSEQ work activity schedule
 Inspection test plans
 Implement project start up and lesson learnt processes
 Worked with project HSEQ personnel to:
- Implement project HSEQ management system
- Mange injury management and rehabilitation process
- Build their skills and career
- Improve divisional HSEQ management system
Key
achievements
 Winner of Leighton Contractors Excellence Award – Safety & Health.
 Achieved 2 million hours LTI Free
January 05 –
April 07
Country Vice President – HSE (BlueScope Steel China)
The operation comprised of 7 steel processing facilities and numerous sales offices and warehouses
with approximately 2,000 employees across China and Taiwan with revenue over AUD 500 million.
Key
responsibilities
SAFETY CULTURE
 Worked with the leadership team to implement:
- a leadership program to engage frontline personnel
- behaviour modifying leading indicators to drive culture improvement
- HSE performance league table
- Annual divisional HSEQ plan
OPERATION MANAGEMENT
 Worked with operation general managers to:
- Implement change management to roll-out corporate initiatives
- Execute audit program to monitor compliance with corporate requirements
- Identify identified underperforming projects and implemented intervention measures
- Actively engage with potential and existing clients
- Improve their safety leadership skills
 Worked with project managers to:
- Manage and recruit project HSEQ resources

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- Drive improvements through a series of applications on:
 HSE risk management
 workplace inspections
 hazard identification
 behaviour observation
 permit to work
 project HSEQ work activity schedule
 Inspection test plans
- Implement project start up and lesson learnt processes
 Worked with project HSEQ personnel to:
- Implement project HSEQ management system
- Mange injury management and rehabilitation process
- Build their skills and career
- Improve divisional HSEQ management system
Key
achievements  Achieved 10 Million hours LTI free at the top of the Corporate HSE Performance League Table.
June 02 –
December 04
China Coating Project HSE Manager - (BlueScope Steel Asia)
The project consisted of construction and commissioning of a steel coils processing facility located at
Suzhou 80 km inland of Shanghai. The facility comprised on two metal coating lines, a paint line, a
slitting line and a shearing line and supporting services including waste water treatment plant,
warehouses and office buildings. The project value was 375 million AUD with 1500 workers at peak.
Key
responsibilities
SAFETY CULTURE
 Worked with Project Manager to:
- Implement HSE work activity schedule process to drive focus on HSE
- Establish contractor HSE forum and recognition scheme
OPERATION MANAGEMENT
 Worked with the Project Manager to:
- Implement Project HSE Management Plan
- Coached and mentored project operation management and supervision on HSE
 Worked with the Construction Manager to implement
- Project HSE management system
- Project HSE risk management process
- Working at height training program for contractors
- HSE contractor management process
- Contractor HSE coaching and mentoring process
- Hazard identification process
- Safe Act Observation process
 Managed site security and community
 Managed statutory approval process
 Coach and mentored 6 Project HSE professionals
 Managed Project HSE performance reporting process
 Managed injury and rehabilitation process
 Implemented an audit program in line with Corporate HSE standards
 Prepared HSEQ analytics and reports to identify underperforming contractors
Key
achievements  Achieved 3.5 million hours LTI free on China Coating Project
Other
Experience prior
to 2002
 Manager HSE & Training
 Operation Coordinator
 Process Control Engineer
 Project Engineer
 Process Engineer
BlueScope Steel
BHP Steel
BHP Steel
Unilever Thailand
Unilever Australia

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EDUCATION & TRAINING
Education  University of New South Wales - Graduate Diploma in Safety Science
 University of Wollongong, Wollongong - Master of Engineering in Steel Processing and Products
 University of New South Wales - Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
 30657QLD Certificate IV in On-Site Environmental Management
Training  DuPont safety trainings for front line supervisors
 DuPont safety trainings for operation managers
 ICAM (Incident Cause Analysis Method) training
 TapRoot Incident Investigation Methodology
 ENS International Professional Negotiation and Influencing
 KT analytical troubleshooting trainer
 KT engineering performance system
 KT stakeholder engagement methodology
 KT project management
 Leighton Contractor - Foundation of Management Course
 Leighton Contractor - Emergent Leader Course
 Leader Auditor HSEQ Management Systems
 SharePoint 2013
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 Safety Institute of Australia
 Construction Safety and Health Group
OTHERS
 VBA application developer in Microsoft Windows environment
REFEREES
Upon request