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Master planning is the opportunity to get in right at the very front of a project – to shape it with the client by understanding their needs and values and injecting that into the concept. When you do that, you create a golden thread that runs all the way through delivery, ensuring the end result truly achieves its goals. For me, that thread has defined a career spent helping complex infrastructure move from design to safe operational readiness.
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Global lessons in naval infrastructure delivery
Over the past 20 years, I've worked across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, delivering multi-disciplinary infrastructure in defence, energy and significant urban developments. From spearheading ambitious concept designs in Saudi Arabia to serving as Chief Engineer at Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth, I've seen firsthand how to take projects from paper to operational reality. For me, that is the real reward, following a project through its entire lifecycle – from the first sketch on a drawing board to construction on the ground and ultimately, to seeing it fully operational and serving its purpose.
Why safety and systems define naval readiness
At Portsmouth, my responsibility was to ensure the entire base achieved its "safe to operate" status – leading engineers across civil, structural, electrical and mechanical disciplines, while providing technical support to operations and maintenance teams. Working in such a highly regulated, nuclear‑safety environment also reinforced how vital rigorous standards are to achieving true operational readiness.
That experience showed me that naval infrastructure goes far beyond concrete, steel, or even technical excellence. It requires creating living systems where every discipline connects – and where the end state is measured by confidence, safety and preparedness. You cannot compromise those fundamentals.
A systems approach to Australia's submarine enterprise
At AtkinsRéalis, we believe this systems approach is exactly what Australia's submarine enterprise will require. The mission is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Success starts with safety, resilience, and performance baked in from day one, ensuring the infrastructure is genuinely ready for decades of operation. By pairing proven experience from global naval programmes with the ingenuity and commitment of Australian teams, we can help create a sovereign capability that endures.
Enhancing sovereign capability through knowledge transfer
Our aspiration is to bring global expertise and make it meaningful locally – transferring knowledge, mentoring teams, and equipping them to sustain capability for generations. Diversity within teams – combining national insight with international experience – always leads to stronger results. Working side by side with local engineers, graduates, and colleagues from around the world brings fresh ideas and strengthens delivery on the ground. The role of our global engineers is not to parachute in and leave – it's to help embed standards that last.
Driven to deliver defence infrastructure that lasts
What motivates the team here at AtkinsRéalis is seeing projects come to life – watching ideas become real-world, resilient infrastructure that impacts society and strengthens national security. We're proud to empower those who protect us across land, naval, air, cyber, and digital domains by delivering resilient solutions that safeguard operations, enable transformation, and achieve critical missions.
Nationally and internationally, we bring deep engineering expertise, cross-sector insight and a client-first culture to every challenge. Through innovation, collaboration and dependable delivery – using tools like digital engineering and integrated systems thinking – we're securing a safer future.
Bringing together our global delivery know‑how with the mentoring and support we give to local teams is what I believe puts us in the best place to help Australia realise its sovereign submarine enterprise.
How do we support sovereign defence capability?
Learn more about our approach to naval infrastructure, systems thinking, and knowledge transfer.
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