Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The University of Queensland
- Scholarship Recipient
- Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence
- Impact Academy Capstone
Ben Dudman
Associate Director
- Liverpool, England
- iag+examples@workstory.com
Ben Dudman
Associate Director
- Liverpool, England
- iag+examples@workstory.com
Career Overview
Ben is an accomplished Civil Infrastructure professional with over a decade of experience across both contractor and client-side project environments. He specialises in delivering complex infrastructure projects, demonstrating strong capability in stakeholder engagement, analytical problem-solving, and strategic communication. These strengths have been developed through his involvement in major projects and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
Having recently completed his MBA at the University of Queensland, Ben has further strengthened his skills in strategy, innovation, and leadership, enhancing his ability to navigate challenges and drive meaningful outcomes. He is passionate about contributing to complex, large-scale projects and continues to seek new and global perspectives to inform his professional growth.
Benefits Ben provides to clients
Commercial & Financial Management – experience in understanding financial drivers within major infrastructure delivery contracts and applies them to optimise decisions and approvals.
Project Management – leads complex, multi-staged infrastructure works through all delivery phases, ensuring projects progress efficiently while maintaining quality and safety outcomes and coordinates large multidisciplinary teams (client, contractor, designers, technical specialists), creating alignment and clear accountability for delivery.
Construction Management – experience managing major station and tunnel delivery works in highly constrained urban environments, ensuring safe and efficient site operations.
Advocates for practical constructability solutions that reduce rework, improve efficiency, and minimise disruption impacts.
Engineering– Strong civil and structural engineering background, able to translate technical issues into clear decisions for client and project leadership. Capable of reviewing and challenging design methodologies, construction approaches, and technical submissions to ensure buildability and compliance.
Stakeholder Management – Builds collaborative relationships with contractors, authorities, operators, councils and local stakeholders to maintain alignment and resolve issues efficiently. Adept at managing community and public interfaces, with proven experience coordinating works around live transport, public access and city impacts.
Selected Key Experience
January 2026Current
The Collaborative Project
Transaction & Commercial Specialist
In 2024, IAG was appointed as TMR's external delivery partner for the Collaborative Project, supporting TMR to embed collaboration as standard across procurement and delivery and address industry challenges such as adversarial contracting, cultural issues, and delivery inefficiencies. IAG worked with TMR to design and implement a collaborative procurement and delivery model, including a Guided Collaboration Toolkit to be integrated into TMR's project system. Ben is a recent addition to the embedded client team, providing specialist commercial and transaction advice, shaping solutions to industry barriers. His work has included delivery strategy analysis, program and packaging guidance, demonstration project workshop development and updates to the revised TIPDS. He continues to support TMR's client team and develop a reputation as a trusted advisor to TMR.
January 2026January 2026
Mackay Port Access Project, Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR)
Delivery Strategy Analysis (DSA) Practitioner
IAG was engaged, via TMR's Program Management and Delivery (PMD) Division, to validate the project team's Delivery Strategy using TMR's Delivery Strategy Analysis (DSA) framework. Ben worked with the project team to develop project profile documents and workshop materials to enable internal and external specialists to critically assess shortlisted delivery strategies and build confidence in their preferred option. The outcomes of the workshop to the project team in a finalised DSA Report.
April 2022November 2025
Cross River Rail Delivery Authority
Area Manager
Client-side lead for Roma Street Station, part of the $6.3B+ TSD contact within the Cross River Rail program. Oversight of station delivery in a highly constrained, live urban environment.
- Managed full station lifecycle from cavern excavation and TBM breakthrough through to M&E installation, architectural fit-out, and system commissioning.
- Coordinated with a 290+ strong site workforce, working closely with contractor-side Precinct Director. Lead client team of three and multiple functional support roles.
- Delivered key milestones including installation of 273 post-tensioned mezzanine units, 5 canopy truss lifts using an 800t crane, TVS and ventilation systems, and structural completion of all buildings.
- Navigated complex interfaces with live rail, busway, utilities, and public access; managed staging, shutdowns, and incident response at executive level.
- Championed constructability improvements, stakeholder alignment, and quality/program outcomes as an active member of the Innovation Committee and Change Board.
- Participated in procurement activities including tender evaluation/award of a $25M construct-only (with ECI) contract for the Roma Street Station Enhancement Project, working alongside Delta Advisory.
June 2020April 2022
Cross River Rail Delivery Authority
Area Engineer
Client-side engineer for Albert Street Station from site establishment through completion of excavation of the 290m-long cavern and two 50m deep entry buildings, as part of the $6.3B+ TSD Package.
- Oversaw major excavation of the station's cavern and two station entry building in a dense CBD environment; supported revised construction methodology enabling early TBM breakthrough and minimising program delays.
- Led design coordination across all TSD packages, controlling review cycles, facilitating comment resolution workshops, and chairing Safety in Design reviews.
- Acted as TSD representative on the project's Safety Leadership Group, contributing to incident response, risk mitigation strategies and site safety culture.
- Reviewed contractor submissions (NCRs, RFIs), liaised with the Independent Certifier, and addressed constructability and compliance issues.
- Engaged with Brisbane City Council on road use permits and organised interface planning for traffic, safety and community considerations.