Event Details

The Wellington Chapter of the Women's Infrastructure Network is pleased to present the WCC Sludge Minimisation Facility Showcase on Wednesday 28 February, sponsored by Wellington City Council, Beca, KPMG and the McConnell Dowell and HEB Construction joint venture.

Wellington City Council are constructing a world-class facility, the first of its type in Aotearoa, adjacent to the existing Moa Point Waste Water Treatment plant to reduce the amount of sewage sludge created though the wastewater treatment process and turn it into a safe, reusable product. This will allow Wellington to reduce carbon emissions and waste to landfill. A HEB-McConnell Dowell Joint Venture, with Beca as Design partner, started design and construction planning in an ECI arrangement in 2022 with construction on site started in June 2023. The three speakers will provide a strategic, tactical, and operational perspective of this project followed by questions and answers.

Presenter Details

Siobhan Procter, Chief Infrastructure Officer, Wellington City Council

Having spent over 20 years in the electricity industry specialising in investment analysis, asset management and project engineering and delivery, Siobhan switched from moving electrons around the transmission grid to moving people around the capital city taking on the role of Transport and Infrastructure Manager at Wellington City Council in 2018.  A secondment to Let’s Get Wellington Moving as the Three Year Programme Director was followed by her current appointment as Chief Infrastructure Officer at Wellington City Council which sees her accountable for around $10 billion worth of roading, property, waste and water assets.  Her team is also tasked with the delivery of $3 billion of capex over the coming decade with a strong focus on transport, water, waste minimisation, resilience and tackling the climate emergency.  She is also accountable for the Project Management Office and the Asset Planning function, both of which are focussed on lifting capability across the organisation so we can make better decisions on behalf of our ratepayers.

Siobhan has children and spends much of her spare time ferrying them to their various extracurricular activities and when she is at home, you will find her in the garden.

Janet Molyneux, Project Director, Wellington City Council

Janet Molyneux is Project Director for the Sludge Minimisation Facility, Wellington City Council, joining the project a little over 12 months ago.

With extensive experience in leadership management throughout her career Janet has a history of delivering stakeholder focused strategies and project solutions that align with, and support, business and community needs.

Janet has a MBA a work history that includes executive management, and a strong understanding of strategic decision-making, financial management, risk management methodologies and project and change management.  With a reputation for successful delivery of positive outcomes within a context of change Janet believes relationship-management and communication are key to success, she describes herself as a curious big-picture thinker who loves to work with people and organisations to identify opportunities to develop new approaches to driving improvement.

Chloe Cross, Project Engineer, HEB Construction 

Chloe Cross is one of the Project Engineers for McConnell Dowell HEB Joint Venture, contracted to construct the Sludge Minimisation Facility, joining the project in February

From the UK, Chloe relocated to Wellington in 2017 to work in the structures team on Transmission Gully building bridges, followed by a project to reinstate the damaged container wharf at Centreport which had been impacted by the Kaikoura earthquake. Since joining the SMF project last year she has been working on planning and early construction works, which is now transitioning into the main structural build which will carry through 2024. 

She enjoys the opportunities that working in Engineering has afforded her, being able to work in different countries and different sectors; tunnelling, structures and now wastewater. It is exciting to be a part of projects that improve different types of infrastructure and will last for future generations.