Kerry Polkinghorne has over 30 years of experience in operations, engineering, project and construction management for heavy industry. They have extensive experience leading large technical teams and delivering projects in resources environments. Their career highlights include managing multi-million dollar projects in LNG, chemical manufacturing, aluminum smelting and more. They are skilled in technical support, planning, team leadership and safety. Currently they work as an independent consultant providing expertise to engineering firms.

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RESUME Email:kpolky@bigpond.net.au
Kerry Polkinghorne Mobile:(+61) 408 742 644
Carbrook, Brisbane,Australia
PROFILE
An operations, engineering, project and construction management expert with over 30 years’ experience spanning
heavy industry including Upstream LNG, CSG gathering and compression facilities and a raft of chemical
manufacturing and processing facilities. I am also highly experienced leading and developing large and diverse
technical teams in high pressure resources environments towards high quality project / construction delivery.
KEY SKILLS
 Providing technical support and troubleshooting problems in fast paced and high profile project environments.
 Fertiliser/ chemical experience through the construction of a plant for the fabrication, storage, packaging and
transportation of Ammonia Nitra Prill.
 Highly experienced with hydrogen, chlorine, cyanide, ammonia nitrate, HCL and electrolysis.
 Extensive experience in molten metal handling and casting operations including VDC, HDC, billet and block
production, both Aluminium and Magnesium.
 Strong production planning,forward planning and metal flow control skills.
 Highly developed interpersonal skills yielding an advantage in the consist development of high performing
teams and zero harm initiatives.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 WorleyParsons: Concurrently managed and delivered upon 3 key roles - Senior Project Manager / Project
Start Up Manager;Manager of Domestic Scope and Manager of Compression, Ponds & Pumping Stations – on
the head Contractor side for QGC’s QCLNG project;
 Orica Gladstone: Managed the removal of equipment from redundant Cyanide plant equipment, including
structure steel and instrumentation.
 Australian Magnesium Corporation:Implemented and designed systems, improvement initiatives and
management strategies for efficient operation of the Demonstration plant.
CAREER SUMMARY
Proprietor Construction Manager(Early Works) Senior Project Manager
Polkinghorne ProjectManagement WorleyParsons WorleyParsons
March 2015 – present Sept 2014 - Feb 2015 Aug 2013 – Aug 2014
Regional Location Manager Senior Project Manager (QCLNG) Area Manager Cast House (EPCM)
WorleyParsons WorleyParsons EMAL Smelter (Dubai)
June 2011 – Aug 2013 July 2010 – June 2011 Nov 2008 - June 2010
Construction Manager Project Manager / Leader Construction Superintendent
Boyne Smelters WorleyParsons Orica Gladstone
Jan 2008 - Nov 2008 Aug2006 - Dec 2007 July 2005 - July 2006
Construction / Project Manager Cast House Manager (Operations) Owner / Operator
Orica Gladstone Australian Magnesium Corporation Ultratune
Nov 2004 – June 2005 July 1998 – Oct 2004 July 1996 - June 1998
Director / Owner Acting Superintendent Cast House Aircraft Refueler / Quality Inspector
CQ Truck & Ute Rentals Boyne Smelters Limited Caltex Fuel Distributors
July 1996 - June 1998 June 1983 - June 1996 1979 – 1982

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DETAILED CAREER HISTORY
March 2015 – present Proprietor
Polkinghorne Project Management (PPM) - ABN: 93 111 448 045
Brisbane, QLD
Consulting to Hatch regarding a Cast house review. The contract has included site visits, data gathering, analysis,
reports on operability, sustainability, CAPEX and OPEX analysis, and equipment OOE analysis.
Sept 2014 - Feb 2015 Area Manager & Construction Manager Infrastructure (Early Works)
Worley Parsons
Brisbane QLD
Manager for the areas of Infrastructure, Early Works, Demolition, Tie Ins, 400 man accommodation camp, 200 man
change house, Piling works, Civil works, Demolition and upgrade to existing site workshop facilities. Associated duties
included:
 Manage tender packages from development to award including TBE’s TCE’s.
 Finalise engineering SOW and detailed design.
 Standard, budget, cost, planning, and performance management.
 Construction Manager (Early Works) site.
 Team selection and development.
 Operation readiness planning, team selection and mobilisation.
 Development of Safe Permit to Work, JSEA, and Work packs.
 Developing construction strategies for installation of Modulation development, large crane (1650 T) planning,
and coordination.
 Site planning for major construction upgrades including a new Sulphuric Acid plant, Oxygen injected lead
furnace and other upgrades.
 Constructability reviews.
Aug 2013 – Aug 2014 Senior Project Manager
WorleyParsons (NOP’s)
Brisbane QLD
Working as part of the Improve team my key deliverables included developing proposals; coordination of proposal
submission and development; providing construction and project management input; improve contracts development;
developing budgets, schedules and planning for input in bid submissions; and constructability reviews.
June 2011 – Aug 2013 Regional Location Manager
WorleyParsons
Gladstone Operations
Managing the Gladstone Engineering office and associated sub / site offices with overall leadership and development
of over 135 full time employees, my other key deliverables included:
 Coordination of domestic and international work share.
 Business planning, reporting, development.
 Improve contracts development.
 Budgets, schedules, planning.
 Direct reports included Operations Manager, Project Controls Manager, Engineering Manager, HSE Advisor,
QA Advisor, Improve Contracts Managers, and Business Development Manager.
July 2010 – June 2011 Roles as listed
WorleyParsons (QCLNG Upstream Project for QGC)
Brisbane, QLD
WorleyParsons was the EPcm Contractor for the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas Project (QCLNG). The
project included 1800 well sites; 6500 km’s of gas gathering; 19 Field Compression Stations (FCS’s); 4 Central

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Processing Plants (CPP’s); and 21 Blocks of around 16 km x 16 km. It was one of the largest single funded projects
underway in Australia.
Senior Project Manager (EPcm) / Project Start up Manager
 Coordinate the set-upof Business Management Systems for the project.
 Finance and Controls; Project Controls Systems; Procurement & Logistics Systems; Engineering Design
Systems; Document and Data Management and Communications; andP6, SPF, CMT, SPI, Share Point,
Oracle, Quest, etc.
 Initial coordination between Project and Client transferring FEED information.
 Coordination of initial transition meetings / data transfer and protocols.
 Define mobilisation plan, systems and procedures and locations.
 Assist with FEED documentation review structure.
 Define Organisation structures,WBS structures and interface management systems.
 Set up project office for 800 staff including mobilisation.
Manager of Domestic Scope (½ BTIC) of work:
 Mobilise sub teams to manage Domestic Scope of works.
 Includes all E & A Gathering systems for the plant; Ponds and pumping stations; Infrastructure upgrades;
Automation upgrades; andBrownfield upgrades.
Manager of Compression, Ponds & Pumping Stations:
 Requested to also to take over the management of the Compression Area.
 Includes design, procurement and management of 19 FCS’s and 4 CPP’s; Work Share management with
Beijing and Melbourne to achieve schedule targets; and full engineering management for compression.
Nov 2008 - June 2010 Area Manager Cast House (EPCM)
EMAL Smelter
Dubai (UAE)
EPCM contractors building an Aluminium Smelter in the United Arab Emirates ($7B).
 Lead the engineering team (EPCM) to complete the engineering and installation of the 1millon tpy aluminium
cast house facility located in the UAE.
 48 individual procurement, fabrication and installation contracts and16,000 construction workers site wide.
 Close out engineering for Melbourne, Mumbai, Canada offices.
 Manage generation of documentation related to all cast house tenders packages.
 Manage team of engineers, construction and POV groups for the cast house.
 Accountable for budgets, schedules, client interactions and overall cast house delivery to the client.
Jan 2008 - Nov 2008 Construction Manager (Boyne Smelters Development)
Boyne Smelters ($683m project)
Gladstone, QLD
Construction Manager as part of the owner’s team with the SSJV (EPCM) contractor to complete the following list of
work within a Brownfield operating plant:
 Removal of 14 large CTM cranes, install 12 new large CTA cranes.
 Repair / replace reduction lines 1 & 2 Rail, column heads, braces etc.
 Installation of a new dense phase Alumina distribution system into both reduction lines.
 Building a new Green Field Carbon Bake facility.
Aug 2006 - Dec 2007 Project Manager / Leader (through Polkinghorne Project Management)
WorleyParsons (Rolling Block Feasibility Study)
Gladstone, QLD
 Feasibility study for the installation of Rolling Block for Boyne Smelters.
 Table tooling upgrade, launder upgrade, overhead crane upgrade, upgrading the casting pit, scrap handling
process, removal of redundant equipment.
 Scopes of Work, budget estimates, hazard Studies, construction Estimates.

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July 2005 - July 2006 Construction Superintendent / Manager (through Polkinghorne Project
Management)
Orica Gladstone
YA3 Project: Ammonia Nitrate, Nitric Acid Plant ($>140m)
Managed the construction of the following areas across a site with 450 contractors. The new Ammonia Nitrate facility
included Bulk Store Prill tower; cooling tower; electrical infrastructure upgrades new sub stations; and installation of a
second-hand nitric acid plant from Denmark.The team included civil / structural engineers, field engineers, field
supervisors, schedulers / planners, document controls and safety officers. I also had indirect supervision of off-site
spooling fabricators and suppliers. The site was set up as both green-field and brown-field manning in access of 450
people working two shifts and including:
 Clearance / permit to work systems.
 Coordination of major contractors on site and day to day management of the construction teams.
 Weekly progress meetings, safety, schedule, budget, TQ’s, Variations and Site Instructions.
 Industrial relations issues.
 Involved in steering committees with major contractors and customer.
 Coordination of handover with commissioning team.
 Range of contracts (fixed, target, profit share, reimbursable).
 Punch listing ready for commissioning.
Nov 2004 – June 2005 Construction / Project Manager (through Polkinghorne Project Management)
Orica Gladstone
60K Sodium Cyanide upgrade
Key achievements:
 Managed the removal of equipment from redundant Cyanide plant equipment, including structure steel and
instrumentation.
 The removal project was completed under budget, ahead of time and with no incidents.
 Managed the refurbishment of equipment including Evaporators, Briquette Press, condensers, centrifuges and
all associated instruments ready for installation into the 60 K up rate.
July 1998 – Oct 2004 Cast House Manager (Operations) / Cell & Foundry Superintendent / Cell &
Foundry Supervisor
Australian Magnesium Corporation
Gladstone, QLD
Key achievements:
 Selected for the position of Cast House Manager for the commercial plant based on displayed performance
and management ability.
 At the Demonstration plant; played an integral role in the successful commissioning of the Electrolytic Cell and
Cast House Area, including the Cell, Rectiformers, Acid plant, Hydrogen plant, Metal Holding furnaces, HDC
caster and Ingot caster.
 Selected, recruited and trained quality staff for the commission and ongoing operation of the Gladstone
Demonstration plant.
 Developed KPI, Budgets, Operating Systems and encouraged cultural change and behavioural based safety.
 Led the Cast House team to the successful production of magnesium metal cast to ASTM approved
specifications at the Demonstration Plant.
 Implemented and designed systems, improvement initiatives and management strategies for efficient
operation of the Demonstration plant, including:
 Modular based training packages for the Cell & Cast House area
 Position Profiles and Performance Review Documentation.
 Utilisation of P&ID’s, PFD’s as a training tool and to broaden technician’s understanding of the plant
and process flow.
 Encouraged the use of JSA’s as an integral part of Work Procedures development.
 Restructured the Cell & Cast House roles to suit changed data collection and informational
requirement of the project design team.
 Led the installation of a casting machine from container to assisting with appropriate layout, design of
control systems, commissioning, training and the effective safe operation.
 Improved metal delivery flow control to the ingot caster by development of a tundish level control
system for molten metal delivery.

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 Provided the idea and managed the development of a hot dross treatment system and electrolytic cell
feeder system leading to the issue of provisional patents for the concepts. (Transferred into the
commercial plant design)
 Initiated and managed the development of a prototype metal tracking system for use at the Stanwell
Commercial plant.
 Worked strongly with the development of cultural objectives, selection and recruitment policy, OH&S policy,
and general site management policy for the new Stanwell plant.
Invention Title: Salt Furnace
Developed a Salt melting furnace for the recovery of Magnesium. Patent is registered under the name of AMO. The
furnaces were to be incorporated in the commercial plant at Stanwell. The operation of these furnaces made for a
reduction in dross generation of around 94%.
 Application No. 2002950585. “Griffith Hack Patent Attorneys”
Detailed Design Phase. (Commercial Plant)
 Worked overseas in Canada, France and other locations directly involved with the detailed design of the Cast
House.
 Reviewed all specification and vendor documentation ensuring the Cast House was functional, operational,
flexible, and cost effective and left with the ability to expand.
 Led a team to develop “Operational Readiness” for the commercial plant covering all aspects of early
operations including:
 Operating procedure; Commissioning Plans & Procedures; and Electronic Systems for Metal tracking.
 Training Systems and documentation; Hazop and Ergonomic Studies; Frontline Leadership
Development; and installing desired Cultural Philosophy into our ever day work.
 Developed long and short term budgets and on the Selection panel for the ERP, PIMS systems.
July 1996 - June 1998 Owner / Operator
Ultratune
Gladstone, QLD
Key achievements:
 Built the business over a three year period from a one-person operation to employ three additional staff, with
turn over around $300,000/annum with much improved profitability.
 Developed agreements with fleet vehicles under contract as well providing general maintenance for private
vehicles and the general public.
 Managed all the day to affairs of the business, including procurement, purchasing and stock control; customer
liaison and inquiries; work scheduling; and accounts and general ledger.
July 1996 - June 1998 Director / Owner
CQ Truck & Ute Rentals
Gladstone, QLD
Key achievements:
 Built the business over a five year period from scratch, to employ 8 full time staff, with turnover in excess of 1.5
million pa.
 Developed agreements with contractors for dry hire of Trucks and vehicles.
 Structured the business to cater for heavy machinery and building transport.
 Managed all the day to affairs of the business, including procurement, purchasing and stock control; customer
liaison and inquiries; work scheduling; accounts and general ledger; and developed a software package to run
the business, quotes, hire records, bookings, maintenance records etc.
June 1983 - June 1996 Acting Superintendent Cast House / VDC and Ingot Supervisor / Operator VDC
and Ingot Casting / Technical Officer Ingot Production / Operator – Carbon Plant
Boyne Smelters Limited
Gladstone, QLD
Key achievements:
 Worked and contributed to improve safety in the workplace by setting acceptable standards and following
approved work procedures and practices.

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 Due to his commitment to safety in the work place he was involved the implementation of new safety systems
within the cast house. This involved training of operators in root cause accident investigation and elimination of
a critical element to prevent future incidents.
 Developed the operating practices and procedure to successfully implement the Remetal under pour casting
system. This system removed the need for operators to work close to the pouring wheel (a higher accident risk
area) during casting.
 Provided shift leadership for both VDC and ingot casting teams in the successful operation of a 265,000 TPA
casthouse.
 Cast House equipment included 8 X 35 t furnaces; 4 X 25 t overhead cranes; 3 X 22 tph Gauchie Ingot
Casting machines; 1 X Vertical Direct Chill Casting pit (air-slip, maxi-cast and block); and 2 X Homogenising
furnaces, billet saw and a wide range of mobile equipment.
 Managed and facilitated the transition of his work team from award to staff conditions of employment. Thereby
opening the way for a more flexible involved and committed workforce.
 Hands on approach helped me clearly identify &articulate effective process improvements that moved the
profitability of the group to a new level.
 Work well as a team member and team leader at all levels in the operation. Proactive in planning as well as
reviewing.
1979 – 1982 Aircraft Refueler / Quality Inspector
Caltex Fuel Distributors
Mount Isa, QLD
Duties included:
 Transport of bulk fuel, Jet A1, Avgas, Petrol, Diesel and methanol.
 Handling and storage of the fuel.
 Quality inspection of the fuel transport and storage facility, and reporting to meet Govt. legislation.
 Effective management of the depot to maintain sufficient inventory, and to meet fuel receipts and deliveries.
Prior to 1982
 Manager - Retail shoe sales (Mt Isa)
 Rigger / Scaffolder (Simon Carves)
 Bricklayer
EDUCATION,TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES
 1974 - Junior Certificate (Thornborough College Charters Towers, Qld)
 Australian Institute of Management
 Supervisors Planning
 Effective People Skills
 Customer Relations
 Train the Trainer
 Employer Internal Courses
 SAP – Internal Auditor
 Basic Visual Basic
 Visual Basic Advanced
 Microsoft Project
 Microsoft Word, Excel, Access
 Safety Investigation -Tree Trunk methodology
 Hazop Leaders Course
 Permit to Work
 STOP Training
 Certificates
 St Johns, Senior First Aid Certificate
 Overhead Crane
 Forklift & FE Loader
 Semi-Trailer, B-double class
 Dangerous goods licensed
 Other
 (OES) Operation of Optical Emission Spectrometer