Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
An Auckland based Business Consultant - Professional Sales Engineer, and MBA. Over the past 15 years, Nick has worked in both Canada and New Zealand as an engineering design and sales professional in the construction industry. Nick dives into the technical detail, while connecting with people and driving to tangible results.
Leading the Pipe & Infrastructure Ltd (P&I) team importing and distributing to the Civil and Infrastructure Three Waters (drinking water, wastewater and stormwater) sectors.
Working with Design Consultants, Mechanical Contractors and Facility Owners to meet their heating, ventilation, cooling and acoustic needs. Cooke Industries is a NZ family owned HVAC manufacturer and supplier that has been operating in NZ since 1923.
Alberta Commercial HVAC Manufacturers Representative – Daikin, Taco, Modine, Peerless Boilers, Novatherm, IEC, Aermec, ClimaCool, ClimateCraft, Mafna.
Advised clients in the mining, oil & gas, commercial and transportation sectors, on areas of importance to capital projects, such as: cost estimation, budget, procurement, scope creep, project controls, scheduling, roles and responsibilities, and organizational structure. Provided a nuanced approach to client investigations and analysis that culminated in change management and performance improvement recommendations that go beyond industry best practice in project management. Indicative project descriptions include: • Project Audit and Framework Review of capital projects ($300 million) - Supported the development of improvements in project governance and management processes, project controls (especially estimating and cost control), and supply chain management for an Alberta-based client that had recently expanded its services to major project construction. • Organizational Structure Review of capital project program ($3 billion) - Improved the governance mechanisms and organizational structure of a major oil and gas company’s capital project program by facilitating the development of organizational structures, and roles and responsibilities that supported effective operation of the program. • CAPEX Review of mine site concentrator ($350 million) - Identified costs incurred to-date, potential construction risk and price escalation, concerning the CAPEX estimate for a new concentrator. The review included: conducting CAPEX benchmarking, escalation calculations and construction market research, and reviewing contingency models, vendor quotes, value engineering, and work- breakdown-structure iterations.