Ryan Oakes
Senior Project Manager, 15 years
CrossSpan Engineering · Brisbane, QLD · 15 years experience
About
Infrastructure project manager with fifteen years delivering transport and heavy-industrial projects across Queensland. Background in structural engineering (B.Eng, University of Queensland). Has managed design-construct packages for regional rail-corridor upgrades, bridge replacements, and brownfield mine civil works totalling more than $180m in delivered value. RPEQ; PMP; member AIPM.
Expertise
Sector Experience
Qualifications & Registrations
Academic Qualifications
Graduate Certificate in Project Management, Project Management
2015University of Queensland
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Civil Engineering
2010Griffith University
Professional Registrations
RPEQ
#67890
Board of Professional Engineers Queensland
PMP
#PMP-2016-88432
Project Management Institute
Experience
Senior Project Manager
2020–PresentCrossSpan Engineering
Manages multi-discipline design delivery for road and rail infrastructure projects.
Project Manager
2016–2020Aurecon
Project management for transport infrastructure design projects.
Design Engineer / Project Engineer
2010–2016Cardno
Progressed from design engineer to project engineer.
Project History
Bruce Highway Upgrade - Detailed Design Delivery
2024Dept of Transport and Main Roads · Transport & Infrastructure
Project managed a multi-discipline team delivering detailed design for a 12km highway upgrade.
Projects / Case Studies
Standout projects from Ryan's career, with the challenge, approach, and outcome for each.
Delivery of a regional rail-corridor signalling upgrade
2024Queensland Rail · Government & Public Sector
Program manager, signalling and level-crossingsOversight
Program management of a $95m brownfield signalling and level-crossing upgrade across 120 km of regional corridor.
Challenge
Works required coordination with 17 level-crossing closures and a constrained four-month possession window.
Solution
Led the integrated project team, staged the possession schedule, and chaired fortnightly stakeholder forums with council and operators.
Outcome
Program delivered on schedule and within 3% of budget; zero safety incidents across 180,000 site hours.
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