“I thrive on working alongside clients to tackle complex challenges, finding innovative solutions that make New Zealand’s communities safer, more resilient, and more enjoyable places to live.”
With more than 25 years in the civil engineering industry, Tim has built strong, constructive relationships across consultancies, iwi, contractors, central and local government, and special interest groups. His work is defined by collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to making a tangible difference.
Recently, Tim played a key role in helping Eke Panuku/Auckland Council deliver the award winning Karanga Plaza Harbour Pool. Drawing on his diverse experience, he led the development and wrote the Maintenance and Operating Plans, Safety by Design process, and the risk management framework. The pool has become a vibrant success story on Auckland’s waterfront, attracting up to 500 people a day in its first summer of operation.
Tim is passionate about projects that deliver meaningful change to how we move and live. He project managed the Auckland Transport’s Safe Speed Programme – Ka toa, ka ora, which sought to reduce road harm across the city, and worked with Puhoi to Warkworth Services and NZTA to safely raise the motorway speed limit to 110kph.
Since joining Resolve Group in 2021, Tim has broadened his portfolio beyond transport to projects that align with his interests in collaboration, problem-solving, and community benefit. He values Resolve’s shared commitment to improving New Zealand and is inspired by the opportunities to bring diverse elements and teams together to deliver success.
Earlier in his career, Tim served as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Owner Interface Manager/Project Manager on the Kaikōura Earthquake North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Delivery Alliance. He ensured the reopening of State Highway 1 on time, within budget, and under newly negotiated commercial terms. This project went on to win the Institution of Civil Engineers People’s Choice Award (2018) and the Safety Excellence Award at the 2019 Safeguard Workplace Health and Safety Awards.
As NZTA’s Highways Lead for the Speed and Infrastructure Programme, Tim focused on reducing fatalities and serious injuries through system-wide improvements. He helped establish the Standard Safety Intervention Toolkit, introduced a faster business case pathway for safety projects, and oversaw more than 70 level crossing upgrades alongside a national programme of safety works.
Tim takes a collaborative and pragmatic approach to every project, combining technical engineering expertise with strong leadership to achieve outcomes that work for all stakeholders.
Tim offers his clients:
- Specialist knowledge in Transport Safety Design – with leadership in safe system engineering, safe speeds, and safe infrastructure, guiding projects from funding to design. Tim is also a qualified Safe System Auditor.
- Proven experience across local and central government, confidently engaging with mana whenua, stakeholders, communities, senior management, and elected members.
- Facilitation skills for complex workshops and meetings, helping teams find clarity and direction where there is no obvious path forward.
- Commitment to Zero Harm and sustainability, championing both with confidence and integrity. Tim is also a STMS qualified and can assist road controlling authorities to transition to working under the NZ Guide to Temporary Traffic Management
Outside of work, Tim enjoys time with his family, often combining their love of cycling and travel. Together they’ve ridden iconic trails such as the Alps to Ocean, West Coast Wilderness Trail, and the Otago Central Rail Trail (memorable for its unexpected snowfall in October 2022). Feel free to talk to Tim about beekeeping, rewena sourdough breadmaking and low and slow BBQing, all of which keep Tim busy on the weekends.