Pipeline Business Unit

The Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project is being managed by its own team of skilled professionals both from within and outside the region. This team is based at a Piping It office at 42-44 Kalkee Road in Horsham.

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Project team
To deliver the pipeline within budget and on time, GWMWater is drawing on the experience of long-time GWMWater staff, people who have been involved in the project for many years and skilled engineers and project management consultants who have national and international experience.

Project Members
Last, first name

Adams,Kate
Altman,Kristy
Bourke, Jo
Burns, Max
Cariss, Stuart
Davidson, Rose
Dedini, Trevor
Every, Bruce Van

Harvey, Maggie
Inkster, Gavan
Irons, Peter
Jackson, Peter
Jakobi , David
Jose, Warren
Leckie, John
Le Roux, Stephan

Melis, Tony
Mintern, Fleur
Murphy, David
Parsonage, Adrian
Sinn, Andrew
Spence, Ian
Schier, Andree
Wundke, Andrew

Bruce Van Every
Project Director
Bruce brings his extensive experience from senior roles in Vicroads and Local Government to the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project. He is responsible for the management of the project, including the reporting of progress and achievement to the Project Control Group and GWMWater Board, and to the Project Council representing the Australian and Victorian Governments.

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Andrew Wundke
SS6 Design Engineer
Andrew is responsible for the preliminary design and hydraulic modeling of Supply System 6. This includes identifying the needs of customers, through identification of houses and properties, and determining the location of the new pipelines, pump stations and storages. Andrew has five years of design and construction experience with the Technical Services division of GWMWater.

Max Burns

Max Burns
SS5/6 Project Manager/Land Access Manager
Max is a highly-experienced GWMWater staff member, with more than 40 years experience in the water supply industry. His knowledge of the Wimmera Mallee region, its landholders and the water supply system are extremely valuable to the project. He is managing the SS5 construction processes, the planning and design phase of SS6, and WMPP Land Access. Max also brings experience from his involvement with the Northern Mallee Pipeline Project.

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Peter Jackson
Engineering Manager
Peter has worked in the water industry for over 30 years and has a wealth of experience in water resources engineering and on major construction projects. Prior to joining the project group, Peter was GWMWater’s General Manager of Technical Services. Peter coordinates the project’s professional engineers to ensure the pipeline systems provided meet all necessary engineering standards and functional requirements. His role includes engineering input during the design and tender process, construction and commissioning.

Peter Jackson

Trevor Dedini
Customer Liaison Manager
Trevor is responsible for coordinating liaison activities with GWMWater customers during the design phase of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project. With an extensive knowledge of the region and the people living in the region, Trevor works closely with landholders to work out pipeline routes through properties. Trevor supervised the project's first pipes being laid at Delleys Bridge and Brambuk car park at Halls Gap in late 2005

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Andrew Sinn
Pipeline Project Infrastructure Manager
Andrew is involved in developing the engineering design of the new pipeline system, ensuring that the system design achieves the engineering and operational performance standards that are required when the works are built. His extensive knowledge of the region and his involvement in planning and building of the Northern Mallee Pipeline will be extremely valuable for the Wimmera Mallee project.

John Leckie
SS1 & 7 Project Manager
John is responsible for administration of major contracts and coordination of construction activities with other disciplines and external authorities. John has over 30 years civil engineering experience mainly in the water industry, including major dam construction and rehabilitation, town water supply and construction and operation of irrigation systems.

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Jo Bourke
Pipeline Liaison Officer
With a long history of involvement with the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project, Jo will liaise with and update the project's key stakeholders including local government agencies, catchment management authorities and the community.

Ian Spence
Environmental Officer
Ian is responsible for the development of Project Environmental Management Plans, liaising with environmental stakeholders and monitoring and advising on environmental management throughout the construction of the pipeline. He joins the team after graduating in Countryside and Environmental Management from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2005.

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Andree Schier
Administration Assistant
Andree is responsible for providing administrative assistance to the construction team. One of Andree's key roles is to process information and reports from Field Inspectors to track the lengths and location of pipe being laid each day. Her other duties include keeping track of truck driver information, spark testing and repairing of pipes, filing and other administrative duties..

Fleur Mintern
Quality Control & Risk Officer
Fleur is responsible for assisting in the coordination of the projects Quality Assurance, Risk and Document Control.
She has worked and studied in Adelaide for the past ten years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the pipeline team.

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Maggie Harvey
Administration Officer
Maggie is a Document Control Officer accountable for a couple of areas in the project. She is responsible for creating and input of all data into TRIM associated with the Land Liaison team. Maggie supervises two other data input staff. She is also responsible for all incoming and outgoing drawings. Maggie has previous experience in construction and development working at Multiplex and VicUrban

David Jakobi
Project Accountant
David has 10 years experience working as Senior Finance Analyst at the National Australia Bank's head office where he worked in a number of area's including Corporate & Institutional Banking, Business & Private Banking and Group Treasury. His role as Project Accountant includes management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, expenditure analysis and liaising with GWMWater's finance team.

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Stuart Cariss
Project Manager - Electrical and SCADA Systems
Stuart brings extensive project and operational experience in electrical, control and SCADA systems, and is working on the design, commissioning and operational phases of the project. Stuart has an electrical and control systems background across multiple industries including manufacturing, chemical, gas processing and hydro-electric power generation.

Kate Adams
Purchasing Officer
Kate works with the Finance team, responsible for processing all project invoices, purchasing procedures, travel and accommodation, and stationery orders.

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Adrian Parsonage
Contracts and Procurement Manager
Adrian has extensive international experience in contracting and procurement for major infrastructure development. He is responsible for the collation of tender documentation, the tender evaluation procedures and contract formulation, complying with Australian and Victorian regulation and project probity requirements.

Gavan Inkster
Manager Project Resources
Gavan has extensive experience in human resource management in the water industry and coordinates the resourcing needs of the Project Team. Gavan also has a role in assisting the functional integration of the Project Team with the normal operations of GWMWater.

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Stephan Le Roux
GIS Analyst
Stephan provides GIS support for WMPP, and is responsible for the maintenance of the GIS databases and data, Internal and external GIS websites, GIS Analysis, GIS and Customer linking, maps, plans for WMPP. He has extensive experience in geographical information systems for various organizations.

Warren Jose
Senior Project Engineer
Warren, an experienced engineer in geotechnical engineering, construction supervision and contract administration, has worked on a number of large civil infrastructure projects both in Australia and in Europe. Warren provides geotechnical expertise for pipeline design and construction, and will audit the contractor compliance to the specification.

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David Murphy
GIS Administrator
David provides GIS support for WMPP, and is responsible for the validation and audit of construction information, preparation of maps, plans and metadata for WMPP. He has extensive international experience in military mapping and geographical information systems for various organizations.

Kristy Altmann
Contracts Officer
Kristy works as a Contracts Officer with the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project Contracts & Procurement. Her roles include preparing & formatting technical documents (contracts, tenders, RFI’s); assisting in preparation of tender documents for specific items & services; administration tasks associated with tendering & contract award process for WMPP; and ensures accurate & timely input of data.

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Peter Irons
EHS Officer
Peter had previously worked for a concrete construction company for a period of six years and has three years experience as an OH&S officer and holds a degree in OH&S. Peter is the Environmental and Safety Officer for the pipeline team and is responsible for overseeing all operations required within this role.

Tony Melis
Field Inspector
Tony comes to us with 42 years experience in construction. Having 32 years superintendents work with Swan Hill City Council & Water Board and 10 years as Managing Director of Swan Construction. Tony with his experience in earthworks and pipeline is a valuable member of the team

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Rose Davidson
Administration Officer - Document Control
Rose is responsible for the registration of all documents relating to WMPP in the GWMWater record management system. She is responsible for the distribution of documents within the WMPP team. Rose manages WMPP mail and assists with other administration tasks.