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Career Overview

Ben is an accomplished project manager with over a decade of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects across Government, client-side and contractor environments. He specialises in project delivery, stakeholder management, and interface management, coordinating multidisciplinary teams to achieve program objectives in complex and constrained environments.

He has strong stakeholder engagement capabilities, working across Government, delivery partners, and executive leadership to build alignment on complex initiatives and provide clear, strategic advice to support decision-making.

Underpinned by an MBA, Ben brings strong commercial and transaction capability, with experience supporting procurement processes, developing delivery models, and preparing market-facing documentation. He combines analytical problem-solving with a practical understanding of project delivery to develop strategies that are both commercially viable and implementable.

Ben has extensive experience operating in interface-heavy, networked environments involving multiple stakeholders, with a focus on managing risk, aligning parties, and enabling efficient, integrated outcomes. He is motivated by contributing to system-level transformation in complex, policy-driven environments.

Benefits Ben provides to clients

Project Management – leads complex infrastructure works and strategic workstreams from planning through delivery, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing interfaces across stakeholders to ensure aligned and efficient outcomes.

Commercial & Financial Management – advises on commercial arrangements, contract models, and risk allocation within major infrastructure programs to support informed decision-making.

Delivery Strategy Analysis - develops and assesses delivery strategies, including optioneering, market engagement approaches and risk allocation, to identify commercially viable and implementable solutions.

Stakeholder Management – builds collaborative relationships with utilities, operators, Government agencies and delivery partners, managing complex interfaces in live environments and maintaining alignment across competing priorities.

Construction & Delivery Management – experience delivering major station and tunnel works in constrained urban environments, ensuring safe and efficient operations while driving constructability and delivery improvements.

Selected Key Experience

February 2026May 2026

Bruce Highway (Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road) (Stage 2)

Project Manager - TMR Delivery Strategy Analysis

IAG was engaged, via TMR's Program Management and Delivery (PMD) Division, to analyse the project's Delivery Strategy options using TMR's Delivery Strategy Analysis (DSA) framework. Ben lead engagement with the Project team to produce materials and prepare for a workshop to enable internal and external specialists to critically assess shortlisted delivery strategies and build confidence in their preferred option. 

January 2026Present

Mackay Port Access Project, Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR)

Project Manager - TMR Delivery Strategy Analysis

Ben was engaged, via TMR's Program Management and Delivery (PMD) Division, to help 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. 

January 2026Current

The Collaborative Project

Transaction & Commercial Manager

Ben is supporting TMR as its external delivery partner for The Collaborative Project, embedding collaboration as standard practice across procurement and delivery and address industry challenges such as adversarial contracting, cultural issues, and delivery inefficiencies. Ben 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 has been 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. 

April 2022November 2025

Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Area Manager

Ben was the client-side lead for Roma Street Station, part of the $6.3B+ TSD contact within the Cross River Rail program. He oversaw delivery of the new underground station at Roma Street 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. Led 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 ETI) contract for the Roma Street Station Enhancement Project, working alongside Delta Advisory.
June 2020April 2022

Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Area Engineer / Project Manager

Ben was the 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.