Ray Plasto

About

Current and selected past projects: Jeff Pezzutti Park Upgrade Smithfield Library Refurbishment Forest View Cemetery Mausoleum Rainy Mountain Bike Park Smithfield Red Arrow Renewal Cairns Priors Creek Development Atherton Barlow Park Tv Lighting and Video Replay Screen Upgrade Cairns Mulgrave Gallery Refurbishment Cairns Esplanade Dining Precinct - Cairns Esplanade Cairns historical courthouse refurbishment Barr Ck Bridge Machans Beach to Holloway’s Beach Florence Street Upgrade - Grafton St to The Esplanade, Cairns Martyn St Netball Centre Roof, Cairns International Tennis Centre Roof, Munro Martin Parklands Cairns, Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Tobruk Memorial Pool Redevelopment Cairns, Cairns City Centre Alive: Lake St & Shield St Heart, The School of Arts Refurbishment - Cairns Museum, Lake Street Carpark Building Upgrade Cairns, Walker Road Sporting Precinct, Griffiths Park Sporting Precinct, Alley Park Sports Field and Clubhouse, Collins Avenue Bridge Replacement Project, St Andrews / Redlynch Intake Link - Portelli Road, Ma:Mu Rainforest Canopy Walkway, Green Island Groyne Wall replacement, Ninney Rise Restoration Bingil Bay, Lake Eacham Water Entry Retaining Wall Structure, Cairns Transit Network Planning, FNQ Principal Cycle Network Plan, Cairns Southern Cycleway, Cairns Northern Cycleway, Northern Beaches Leisure Trail (various stages), Lake St Extension to Airport Ave, Machans Beach Rockwall, Moody Ck Detention Basin.

Experience

• Engineers Australia (2 yrs 2 mos)
  • CPD Audit and Practice Reviewer
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • CPD Auditor and Practice Reviewer - Independent Practice
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Manager (Acting) CPD Audit and Practice Review
    Feb 2026 - Mar 2026 · 2 mos

    Acting National Manager while John Bretz is on leave - enjoying the challenge and appreciate EA for the opportunity

• Director at Tropical Reef Project Office
  Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  Infrastructure Contract Superintendent Services to the Government Sector

• Cairns Regional Council (Contract · 11 yrs 5 mos)
  • Executive Manager - Project Management Office
    May 2013 - Sep 2024 · 11 yrs 5 mos

    Executive manager leading a team of 80 Technical Staff responsible for the delivery of Council's capital works program (excluding CWSS1) and associated project management systems and processes

  • Manager - Capital Projects Delivery
    May 2013 - Sep 2022 · 9 yrs 5 mos

    Management of a team of 40 professional staff for the Design and Delivery of Assigned Capital Works Program for Cairns Regional Council - Infrastructure and CSCS

• Program Director at Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts
  Jan 2013 - May 2013 · 5 mos

  Director of land development infrastructure program across Queensland

• Department of Transport and Main Roads (3 yrs 1 mo)
  • Manager - Integrated Transport Planning
    Apr 2010 - Jan 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Managed the multimodal transport planning program for North Queensland key projects included: Various area and network studies in support of the FNQ Regional Plan Cairns Transit Network Principal Cycle Network Plan FNQ

  • Principal Engineer
    Jan 2009 - Apr 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Urban network road planning and project management