Peter has been in the civil engineering industry for over 33 years and is experienced in the delivery of large scale, complex infrastructure projects across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
For the last 16 years, Peter has held Director level responsibility for managing regional businesses with annual turnovers exceeding $800 million across transportation, energy, resource and industrial process plant sectors.
Peter is a passionate about the organisational and individual benefits of industry leading safety culture and is known amongst his peers for his leadership in being able to manage programmes of positive change.
An advocate for collaborative contracting, Peter has an affinity for the Alliance form of delivery and how it can produce superior project outcomes as well as enhancing individual careers and organisational relationships.
Peter is known for supporting projects and programmes through a hands-on approach and being prepared to directly support project teams when in need.
Finally, Peter is passionate about training the next generation of engineers and has invested a huge amount of his career recently in the development of practical skills in project management. He was the Founding Chair of Constructionarium Australia, an industry wide initiative that provides new industry entrants with practical skills in the execution of civil engineering projects.
His industry volunteer experience includes his tenure as the President of the Queensland Major Contractor’s Association where he led a programme of organisational reform and the supporting of two major charity events in 2018 and 2020 attended by over 1200 industry delegates.