john harten

queensland university of technology

About

John Harten has a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a Master of Engineering and Technology Management. John has over 30 years experience in the Energy Industry in the delivery of major projects including power stations and fuel resources. John’s most recent roles include Project Manager for the Swanbank E Power Station, a 385 MW GT 26 combined cycle gas turbine; Project Manager the 750MW Kogan Creek coal fired power station and coal mine and Acting General Manager Business Development. John has accountabilities for the carriage of major strategic projects that deliver long term value to the organisation. John brings to the projects highly developed skills in the delivery of innovative and effective project management, risk management and change management strategies.

Country

australia

City

brisbane

Industry

utilities

Skill

power generation, energy, gas, maintenance management, engineering, power plants, commissioning, contract management, procurement, change management, project management, project planning, project engineering, analysis, coal, construction, energy industry, gas turbines, mining

Experience

queensland university of technology

site contract engineer tarong power stn

qegb

1980-1 - 1984-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

group manager strategic projects

cs energy

2011-6 - 2013-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

manager project development

austa energy

1996-1 - 2000-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

* The role required the identification and securing of: * Profitable investment in Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects * Active participation roles in the IPP investment projects * and * Identification of opportunities and procurement of engineering consultancy services and power station joint ventures. * The role involved significant travel across Australia and Asia including China, Korea, India, Phillipines and Indonesia. * The role extended to delivery management of all project tasks through to financial close including: * Project technical due diligence and commercial assessment * Financial analysis * Negotiation of project documentation for Power Purchase Agreement, Fuel Supply Contract, Engineering Procurement Construction Contract, Operations and Maintenance Agreements * Project financing * and * Project staffing.

engineer wholesale market

queensland transmission and supply corporation

1994-4 - 1995-1 · 10 mos

* The position required: * negotiation of the Assignment of the Gladstone Agreement from the QEC to the new electricity entities * manage all aspects of the operation of the Gladstone Power Station Agreements * negotiate and prepare the contract documentation for the interconnection of a consortium of Sugar Mills to the State electricity grid.