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Curriculum Vitae
Richard Charles McKeown
SPECIALIST FIELDS:
Project Management
Building Surveying
Building and Civil Construction Management
Building Maintenance Management
Community Infrastructure Development
P.O. Box 543
Manunda
Queensland 4870
AUSTRALIA
Mob: 61- 0417646653
Ph/Fax: 61-7-40322026
E-mail: senginus@bigpond.com.au
PROFILE
Richard Charles McKeown
Key skills
Hands-on Management and Supervisory expertise in Planning, Construction, both Commercial, & Civil, Building Surveying, and Project Management, with excellent experience and skills in all aspects of contemporary building construction & engineering principles, water and sewage treatment techniques and Timber Products Management.
Estimating, costing and tender and contract development processes, together with general business and financial planning and management
Planning and trouble-shooting to achieve established deadlines, service commitments and productivity forecasts.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills for company representation, client negotiations, service provision, job supervision and contractor coordination with the ability to liase and negotiate at all levels, including cross-culturally.
Highly developed problem-solving skills.
Implementing and monitoring policies, systems and procedures governing quality control and Occupation Workplace Health and Safety.
CONTACT DETAILS: PO. Box 543 Manunda, Qld,
Australia.
E-mail: senginus@bigpond.com.au
Phone: 61-0417 646 653
Fax: 61-7-40 322 026
QUALIFICATIONS:
Licensed General Builder & House Builder No: 19714
Attained 1984, Queensland Building Services Authority.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Building Surveying Technician No: 6418 attained 1990 Building Surveyors & Allied Professions Accreditation Board Inc. Building Certifier No: A920106 attained 1999, Queensland Building Services Authority. Building / Civil Inspector –2001.
SPECIALIST FIELDS: Project Management
Community Infrastructure Development
Building & Civil Construction Management
Building Maintenance management
LANGUAGES: English, fluent
Papua New Guinean Pidgin, moderate speaking,
good understanding.
Torres Strait, Creole, fluent.
COMPUTER SKILLS: Windows 98
Office 2000
Excel 2000
Word 2000
Internet and E-mail
MS Project
Project Manager Professional
LICENCES: HR Driver's Licence
All Heavy Equipment and Machinery Licenses.
Boat License.
OTHER Volunteer Fire Brigade Horn Island 12 years.
Fire Warden
I have developed valuable experience and skills in all facets of Project Management, and construction in a hands-on and supervisory capacity. I established my own Consultancy Specialising in Building & Civil Construction, Planning and Building Surveying, in 1984.
In addition to numerous ad hoc projects, I have won tenders and
successfully administered contracts on behalf of local authorities throughout
the Torres Strait, Cape York and Cairns region.
COUNTRY EXPERIENCE: Australia, all of life.
Torres Strait, last in 1997
Papua New Guinea, 2 years last in 1999.
North Queensland, 2 years last in 2001
EXPERIENCE: Self Employed-Project Management & Construction
Consultant Jan 2001 -November 2001
Turnbull Cooktown Pty Ltd Oct 2000 -Dec 2000
Cooktown Qld (Aust) Construction Supervisor
Waggamba Shire Council Mar 2000- April 2000
Goondiwindi Qld (Aust) Building Surveyor
Contd
EXPERIENC(Contd) Cook Shire Council Nov 1999- Jan 2000
Cooktown Qld (Aust) Building Surveyor
Hope Vale Aboriginal Council Feb 1999 - Nov 1999
Hope Vale Cape York Qld ( Aust)
Project Officer, CDEP Coordinator, Licensed Builder, Civil Construction Manager.
Senginus Pty Ltd (PNG) Feb 1997 Jan 1999
Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Partner/Director, sustainable timber production
Co, Community infrastructure, Roads, Bridges, Wharf Infrastructure.
McKeown's Project Management Jan 1984-
Jan 1997
Torres Strait Islands, Qld (Aust)
Operated own consultancy in Management,
Community Planning, Building Surveying, Civil- Commercial & Domestic Housing Contracting, domestic and trade waste disposal, water & sewerage planning.
Torres Shire Council Jan 1990 - Jan 1997
Thursday Island, Qld (Aust)
Part Time Building Surveyor (2 day per week)
Self employed Building, Civil & Plumbing Contractor, Jan 1974 -1997
AID AGENCY EXPERIENCE
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission
HIGHLIGHTS:
·Tendered for, gained, and successfully retained contracts throughout the above period
·Successfully won & completed Construction & Civil contracts Torres Strait Gold (Horn Island Mine) (Giant Resources Canada) (total project cost AU$ 37 million)
·Successfully completed fore shore reclamation and wharf groin Horn Island and wharf head.
·Supervised and inspected the construction of 1,600 homes and many Commercial and
Industrial Buildings in the following locations:
Thursday Island … Horn Island … Hammond Island, Seisa, Prince of Wales Island,
Papua New Guinea, Cape York Peninsula, Hope Vale and Cooktown.
HIGHLIGHTS (Contd)
·some of these were multi-million dollar projects the largest being the construction of the I.B.I.S. New Shopping Complex together with the T.S.R.A Offices on Thursday Island. (Project Cost in excess of AU$7 million)
·Managed all aspects of site works, including
Industrial Relations
·Fulfilled all responsibilities, including:
·recruiting, orientating and leading construction teams
·negotiating with and coordinating suppliers
·liasing with and coordinating various trades and
service
·managing and reporting on variations
·overseeing quality control and adherence to workplace
·health & safety policies and procedures
·Appointed and coordinated on-site supervisors
·Implemented QA systems and procedures
·Met all deadlines and service commitments
·Completed other projects in a private capacity, as a
Building Contractor, Project Manager and Construction
Manager through my own company between 1984 and 1998,
including:
·civil works and construction, BP Air Aviation Bulk
Fuel Terminal at Horn Island (project value
$1,120,000)
·construction of the Directional Global Positioning
Satellite Installation at Horn Island,
incorporating .75km security fencing (project value
$2,200,000)
·Managed all day to day business operations in respect
of my own company, including:
·financial and business planning and management
·strategic and logistical planning and management
ACHIEVEMENTS:
·Provided the only Building Surveying Service in the
Torres Straits until 1997
·Completed the BP Air Aviation Bulk Fuel Terminal in
12 Weeks (Horn Island) (1996)
·Completed the Directional Global Positioning
Satellite Installation in 11 week (Horn Island) (1995)
·Supervised the construction of the wharf facility at
Horn Island (1986-87)
·Completed plant site construction as Sub Contractor
to Gold Copper Exploration (1986-8) Horn Island Mine (Torres Straits) 15months.
·Build a timber processing company from scratch in 24
months (Wewak, Papua New Guinea) (1997)
·Civil Re-Construction of 40 km of roads, bridges and
earth works infrastructure for 1 million Litre Water
Supply Storage Tank (Hope Vale) 1999
REFEREES Mr. Tim Jaffer
Premiers Department - Cairns (Former, Council Clerk
Hope Vale Aboriginal Council)
Wk: 07 40 481 424
Mob: 0419 668 711
E-mail: tjaffer@capeyorkpartners.com
Mr. John Cavill-Jones
Principle - Cavill-Jones (Surveyors)
07-40382390
0417 750176
E-mail: astro_surv@bigpond.com.au
Mr. Ken Matson
Former Chief Executive Officer, Torres Shire Council
0419 741 471
03-5968 6002
E-mail: kenmat@net2000.com.au
Mr. Alex Dawia
Project Officer Department of Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander Policy & Development - Cairns.
Wk 07 40398802
H. 07 40 532185
E-mail: dowia@iig.com.au