CV, Henry Chapman, 12 Jul 16

Henry Chapman CV/Resume Page 1
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ADDRESS: 7 Old Beecroft Road,
CHELTENHAM NSW 2119
PHONE/FAX : +61 438 594 140
EMAIL : bronte88@optusnet.com.au
NATIONALITY: UK and Australian
HEALTH: Good.
QUALIFICATIONS: Master of Science (M.Sc)
from Surrey University, England
Computer & Control Systems
I.E.E. (Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK)
REFEREES: Dr. Bob Brownell Consultant +61 413 582 667 Mobile
Ralph Pickering ex Alstom, 0404 003 138
Terry Chapman ex Alstom +61 419 283 958 Mobil
Robert Mahood UGL +61 457 528 961 Mobile
Leo Cooper ex Origin Energy +61 467 727 817
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Quick Summary
95% Success rate. On time and Cost better than budget. Projects up to $250M
1. Safety:
Record Lows for Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) better than 3 per 1.047,431
Million Hrs worked.
Total recordable cases Frequency (TRCFR) better than 7 per 1 Million Hrs worked.
2. Companies:
Origin Energy. Alstom (Projects, Signalling and Switchyards), Leightons. UGL. Defence (UK
and Aus.) SECWA. NSW Rail. Ford. Telstra. GEC. VicRail. Marconi
3. Infrastructure:
Process improvement of Procurement and Engineering and QA for Origin Energy.
M&E for Tunnels. Switchyards. 50Tonne Cranes for Port of Pennang. Paint Systems for Ford
Motor Co. SSE for NSW Rail. Comms. for Telstra.
4. Engineering:
Design of Comms Network Equipment for Telstra. Direct involvement in design and process
innovation in all projects.
5. Defence:
Transmitters. Submarines (Collins class) and Mine Hunter switchboards.
6. Contractual:
Never incurred LDs. Pro Active resolution with Clients and Subbies.
7. Management, and Computer integration:

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Design, Production, Cost and Reporting/Reviews, Construction, Commissioning, OHS,
Integration of SAP and Primavera 6 with Engineering, Procurement and Planning. Also Oracle
MRP software for Procurement by Origin Energy.
Personal Details and Experience commentary follow:
Jul 2012 to
Dec 2013 Origin Energy, Coal Seam Gas Project approx. $5 Billion
Process Improvement Manager
 Prepare and execute Project Improvement Processes for Planning,
Engineering, Procurement and Construction
 Investigate and resolve detailed site Construction processes with Poly
Pipe and logistics in outback Queensland
 Research and Implement the introduction and implementation of an
Oracle based MRP procurement and material management system to
replace a vast array of spreadsheets.
 Minimise waste in the material budget of$600 Million from an estimated
15% to a target of 5%
 Change the ISO 9000 QA implementation by making it more meaningful
and actively useful and better integrated with the day to day Project
requirements. Eliminated unnecessary forms, multiple signatures and
approvals.
 Rework over 200 engineering drawings to improve their usefulness and
integration of Engineering and Oracle based Procurement and site
material Management.
 Motivated QA, engineers, Supervisors and other staff to enthusiastically
undertake continuous improvement. A most satisfactory and lasting
legacy.
Jan 2012 to
May 2012 WDS Brisbane, Coal Seam Gas
 Tenderpreparation for CSG Gathering Pipe Line works for Origin energy
in central Queensland
Aug 2010 to
Jan 2011 Doha, Qatar, Al Habtoor/Leighton
Commissioning of Al Shaqab Equestrian Centre for the Emir of Doha
 Prepare and execute Commissioning Plans
 Recruit 8 person commissioning team
 Interface with Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Control engineers
 Returned to Australia. Commissioning held up due to incomplete Civil
and Mechanical/Electrical Works.
Nov 2007- United Group Ltd, Infrastructure, N. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Mar 2010 Project Manager, M&E Systems, M7(Clem 7 Tunnel, Brisbane,
Queensland
 Project Management of a 4.8 km dual bore road Tunnel under the
Brisbane River from April 2006 to April 2010. I joined the Project in Nov
2007.
 Contract value $206 Million
 Profit almost doubled from $22M to $40M. Completed 3 months ahead
of schedule. Material waste was near zero.

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 Tasks included directing the Planning, Engineering Design, Material
procurement, Construction and Commissioning and handover activities
associated with the Mechanical, Electrical, Control, Ventilation and
Drainage design.
 Introduced a factory MRP approach to material management and Job
Control with SAP and Primavera managed from a central Project Control
Centre which is unique to M&E Project Work sites.
 Management of the commercial and Financial interfaces with the Client
and Subcontractors, and the forecasting activities within UGL.
 Major departments organized, and new systems developed and
introduced.Active Departments for the project, with 60 professionalstaff
and 300 trades persons, were:
o Safety
o Engineering Design
o Material Management
o Quality
o Planning and Programming
o Production Control
o Construction
o Human Resources
o Finance
o Commercial
o Project completed in March/April 2010.
Sep 2005 to
Oct 2007- Voluntary work performed at zero cost in Cambodia for a New York
based charity.
Contract and Project direction:
 Completion of building a 100 children orphanage including reclamation
and riverbank protection along the Mekong River in Phnom Penh.
 Sort out a disastrous Contractual and Subcontractor situation.
 Provide assistance annually for ongoing Riverbank protection
Dec 2004- Alstom Transport, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
Sep 2005 MIS Information Systems Management
Manage the IT department during the sale of this business to united Group by Alstom in
France.
May 2004- Transfield Services, Kent St, Sydney
Nov 2004 Manage construction of Cobalt Plant
Project Manage the building of a Cobalt Refinery in Townsville, North Queensland for
BHP/QNI
June 2003- Visit UK and Europe on holiday/retirement.
Jan 2004
March 2003- ALSTOM Australia, Sydney
June 2003 Review Operation of Switchyard Design Group
Analyse and recommend a course of engineering actions and strategies for the High
Voltage Projects group.Involved investigating the repeatability of the tendering and design

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process and the resourcing or Project teams to maximise the efficient use of engineers and
resources.
May 2002- Period of Retirement. Travel around Asia and UK
March 2003
March 2001- Marconi Australia, North Sydney, Sydney
April 2002 Project Manager for Fibre Optic Link between Melbourne and
Perth.
Contract was with Amcom-IP1 in Perth, W.A.to be executed in 2 phases.Responsibilities
include the planning and implementation for the installation and commissioning of the
DWDM equipment into the 9 nominated remote sites. Completion of phase one expected
by end May 2002. Extensive period spent in the U.K. to project manage the transfer of info
for factory and site testing. Phase 2 is now under way, equipment is in final test and
completion is expected in November 2002. Now completed and the network was sold to
Telstra Australia.
May 2000- Fairlight ESP, French’s Forest, Sydney
Jan 2001 Project Manager
This company produces high quality sound recording and synthesiser systems for the
recording, film, television and video industry worldwide. Introduction of a new product
resulted in an untidy and painful overlap with the previous equipment I was made
responsible for providing the interface between the R and D team of 20 engineers and a
variety of subcontractors that manufactured the designed components that comprised the
new M4 system. The major task was to introduce certain disciplines that resulted in a
smoother and more predictable output that allowed substantial back orders to be met, at
the same time ensuring the R and D effort continued in a sensible manner. At the end of
my term Fairlight was awarded a Hollywood Oscar for the performance and innovation of
their dubbing systems.
May 1999- ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd. Milperra, Sydney
May 2000 Project Manager
Alstom Wide Area Network. Responsibility for the specification, and tender evaluation
for this network. Over 26 sites in all of the Australian states were connected togetherover
a wide area network that was ultimately let to Telecom Australia. Approximately 1000
users are connected to this network through major hubs is each capital city. A combination
of Frame Relay and ATM systems were used and the appropriate firewall and security
systems were chosen in conjunction with the Alstom CHQ personnel in France. The
network is now complete to the satisfaction of users and management.
Investigation, direction and reorganisation of the IT systems in place at Milperra and to
transition this to new management personnel. This is now complete.
More recently I am involved with the transition phase of the take over of the Ballarat
workshops from the PTC in Victoria that have been bought by the ALSTOM group. The
workshop repairs and refurbish train and tram assemblies and will be involved in the fit
out of new trains and rolling stock since the Alstom group purchased the franchise for
Hillside trains in Melbourne from the PTC of Victoria.
October 1997- Ilid Systems, Collingwood, Melbourne
May 1999 Project Manager
Principal responsibility was to set up and supervise the development of an Electronic Shelf
Label systemfor Supermarkets. This includes the initial financial and engineering analysis
of each of the main engineering elements from the design of the low power LCD display

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units to the Power modulation systems.Management Cost structures were established,and
major engineering development, production and installation tasks were identified. Contact
and negotiations with suppliers and manufacturers in Singapore were established..
Engineering standards and design procedures were established and all engineering and
documentation activities were planned under my direction. The design and trial was
successfully completed and a 15000-label trial was instituted in a Kmart store for the Coles
Myer group at Chadstone in Melbourne. Since that time negotiations are now in progress
for in excess of 6 million labels to Coles Myer who are under pressure to introduce an
automated price update scheme to cope with the forthcoming introduction of the GST.
.
April 1995- ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd., Milperra, Sydney
October 97 Operations Manager
Principal responsibility is to set up and supervise Project Managers on all projects
undertaken by the Division. This included the initial financial and engineering analysis of
each project after contract award. Management Cost structures established, and major
engineering and development tasks identified. Thereafter, personnel requirements are
identified and the necessary staff hired under my direction. The smooth running and
profitability are important part of this activity. Contact and negotiations with clients are
undertaken regularly. Subcontractors are selected and approved to my satisfaction, this
includes price and Commercial Conditions. Engineering standards are established to ISO
9001 and all engineering and documentation activities were planned and carried out under
my direction. I was responsible for major projects, each of which has a dedicated Project
Manager.
The following Projects were established and completed.
Northbridge Tunnel, Perth, WA. Project value $35 Million. Client: Baulderstone
Clough.
Project Manager
Electrical and Mechanical fit out of a new road tunnel in Perth. Project was the
best project set up and successfully completed by the company.
New Paint Facility, Ford Motor Co., Victoria, Project value $55 Million
This was undertaken with a French counterpart and required time to be spent in
France to establish the appropriate contractual, engineering and documentation
outcomes from this technology source. Project works included Civil Buildings,
Paint robots, Hazardous areas, and all Building Services and facilities. Industrial
relations and site agreements were a significant achievement. Completed in January
1998.
Minehunter Switchboards, ADI Newcastle, Project value $9 Million
Apart from the similar activities described above,the use ofnon welded Aluminium
structures was developed as a world first in meeting the Defence standards for
vibration and shock. Computer modelling facilities were established to simulate
the requirements that proved satisfactory when physical tests were done.
Production of switchboards, distribution boards, and starters have been
satisfactorily made to ADI strictly to schedule. The financial prospect for the
remainder of this project is more than promising.
Aug 1993- ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
May 1995 Project Manager, Penang Cranes Project, PPSB, and Penang, Malaysia
Value $27 Million

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Three off, 750 Tonne Cranes were ordered by the Port of Penang. I was responsible for
the Design, Manufacture, Installation and Commissioning. Challenges on all aspects were
unique for our company. The logistics of manufacture and installation were particularly
difficult in view of the practices and customs in a foreign country. In spite of the many
problems encountered, this project was successful and profit exceeded budget.
Nov 1992-ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
Jul 1993 Project Manager, Solid State Manufacture for SRA
Completed the tender negotiations for the manufacture and bulk supply of Electronic
Signalling systems. This required the UK based SSI system components to be
manufactured in Australia. Factory was fitted out and all processes and MRP systems
established.Environmental systems were set up and manufacturing processes scrutinised.
Units produced were 30 % cheaper than UK produced units and reliability improvements
were at least double that of UK units.
May 1992- ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
Nov 1992 Project Manager, Liverpool Resignalling for State Rail Authority
This project had deteriorated and was out of control. I was appointed to rectify this
situation. Engineering and site activities were reviewed and software development halted
until proper procedures and staff were reassigned. Client confidence was re established
and the project was successfully completed on time and cost.
Mar 1991- ALSTOM Australia Limited, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
May 1992 Project Manager, Submarine Switchboards For ASC, Adelaide.
The Client was GEC Marconi Defence. Project was behind schedule and out of control. I
was asked to get this project back on track and under control. Until then it had been
running for more than a year. Engineering and production processes were introduced that
established the predictability of all the necessary outcomes. Schedules were successfully
re-established and all switchboards for all shipsets manufactured. Profits exceeded the
budgeted expectations.
May 1989- GEC Marconi Defence, 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
May 1991 Project Manager, FATS Contract.
Contract with the Department of Defence for the supply of Frequency Agile Transmitters
at Harts Range, Alice Springs. Value approximately $14 Million.
Production and Installation of Marconi UK designed High Frequency 20kW power
amplifiers.
July 1988- GEC Projects Division - 373 Horsley Rd. , Milperra, Sydney
Dec.1989 Project Manager, Goldfields Project for SECWA, Perth, WA
Contract with the State Electricity Commission of Western Australia (SECWA) for
Augmentation of two 220KV Switchyards (at Kalgoorlie and Merriden). Value
approximately $14 Million. Design and Procurement and Installation was undertaken,
Project of fourteen months was completed on time and better than budget.
Nov 1984- GEC Plessey Telecommunications, 4 Slough Avenue, Silverwater, Sydney
July 1988 Project Manager, TDCC and DDN Projects.
Similar but considerably more complex than the previous DDN project. The TDCC project
exceeded $70 million in Telecom Australia contracts up to 1990. The requirement was for
advanced digital switching equipment, which will enhance Telecom's Digital Data Service

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by use of this Time Division Cross Connect (TDCC) equipment. Design and production
in the UK and GEC in Australia.
Establishment and control of development costing systems.The totalbudget undercontrol
exceeds $7 million.
July 1983 GEC Plessey Telecommunications, 4 Slough Avenue, Silverwater, Sydney
Nov 1984 Project Manager, DDN Project.
The DDN involved the design and development of advanced data communications
equipment for national use for Telecom Australia. The production contract for GEC is
expected to be approximately $50 million over 5 years. Design and production was carried
out jointly between Marconi in the UK and GEC in Australia.
March 1982- GEC Defence Division –Giffnock Avenue, Noth Ryde, Sydney
July 1983 System Designer
Preparation of tenders for large communications Projects for evaluation by the Defence
Department. Included close co-ordination with UK companies. Tender presentation to
Defence personnel in Canberra.
Marketing of advanced Automatic Test Equipment to local electronic industry,and setting
up a sales and service group for product and customer support.
July 1979- GEC Digital – 323 Reserve Rd, Artamon, Sydney
March 1983 Project Manager
PLC Software System Design for Vales Point Power Station
Software development for programmed logic controller (PLC) for controlling ash and dust
plant using a specialised March 4 PLC. Technical specification, programming, testing and
installation.
$500,000 Display System for Central Station, Sydney
Responsibility for a project that was similar to MURLA but on a smaller scale. Completed
in June, 1982 on schedule. Profitability was in excess of 25%.
$5 Million MURLA Display System contract in Melbourne
Control of several engineers and programmers in the implementation of an extensive
microprocessor based passengerdisplay systemand the MIDEF temporary train controller
system. Over 30 Intel SBC microprocessors are used and were delivered to schedule.
Aug 1975- AWA Pty Ltd –Talavera Rd, Sydney
July 1979 Systems Engineer/Project Manager, Traffic Control Systems
Design and manufacture of Delta traffic Controllers.
Project Manager, Newcastle Jockey Club Totalisator Project
Planning and implementation of a totalisator systemusing AWA produced betting
machines (QTIMS) and Perkin Elmer computers. Extensive experience gained in
determining customer requirements and achieving satisfactory solutions to
problems involved in:
Project Manager, Sydney Racing Clubs Totalisator Project

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On-site field evaluation and commissioning of microprocessor based betting and
totalisator system. A wide-ranging brief was given to improve the reliability of
betting machines and to implement these recommendations on site and in factory
production, this involved investigation into the microprocessors used and many
aspects of on line computer use. Further problems investigated concerned special
large systemFerranti-Packard displays, which were eventually jointly investigated
with the University of NSW, the Electricity Commission and myself to successfully
determine solutions to large-scale power switching problems.
System Engineer/Project Manager TAA Airports Information Display System
Negotiation with TAA on implementation of a computerised airport management
and display system for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports., Contract
negotiation. site planning and installation of PDP 11 computer systems.Design of
special interfaces to many existing airport systems including Autophon flap board
displays.
Design Engineer/ Project Manger NSW Ambulance Board, Scheduling
System
Design, installation and testing of special hardware interfaces for a PDP 11/35
computer systemthat enables ambulance locations to be maintained on a detailed
may systemfor the Eastern suburbs of Sydney.
August 1971- Australian Telecom, Kent St, Sydney
August 1975 Engineer, Network Systems
Supervision of Network Performance Analysis Centre for Metropolitan Sydney. collection
and analysis of network performance information from approx. 150 telephone exchanges,
also the publication of monthly reports highlighting network problems and exchange
performance.
Feb1971- British Aircraft Corporation, Stevenage, UK
June 1971 Design Engineer, Missile System
Design and development of a line driving circuit (used in a test sub-systemfor the Rapier
missile) for line lengths up to 100 feet at a frequency of 5 MHz for data transfer.
Dec1970- Phillips Electrologica Gmbh, Bremen, West Germany
Feb1971 Project Engineer, Character Display Unit
Assessing design and performance of inplant modems for long distance data transmission
at 9600 baud. Evaluation of signal to noise ratio against bit error rate. Measurement and
evaluation of multi-terminal configurations concerning eye-pattern distortion and
attenuation.
This contract was suddenly terminated by the parent company in Holland.
Jun 1970 to Pye TMC Co. Ltd., Orpington, Kent, UK
Dec 1970 Design Engineer
Design and development of automatic test equipment for PCM telephone production
equipment.

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Dec 69- Specto Avionics, Feltham, Middlesex, England
Jun 1970 Design Engineer
Design and development of digital to analog converters foruse in a cockpit head up display
systemfor the Royal Aircraft Establishment Blind landing Unit in Farnborough
Feb1969- Honeywell Controls, Canada Ltd., Don Mills, Toronto, Canada
Dec1969 Design Engineer
Design and development ofkeyboard units for Air Canada Raytheon terminals. Evaluation
of customer requirements, cost estimating, complete logic, circuit and test geardesign and
development. Extensive technical visits to the US parent company in Freeport, Illinois.
May 65- Development Engineer, Electronics.
Jan 69 Oct 67 to Jan 69 HF Transmission, STC, UK
Oct 66 to Oct 67 M.Sc Course Battersea
College of Technology (Surrey University)
Apr 66 to Oct 66 Computers, English
Electric, Willesden, London, UK
May 65 to Nov 65 Telephone Exchanges, STC Telecoms,
Basildon and New Southgate, London, UK

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