Our People
The demonstrated mastery and leadership of our senior executives, combined with the passion and diligence of our emerging leaders, is what sets SJA apart. Together, our team is best placed to deliver exceptional client outcomes.
Our Leadership
Steve Abbott
managing director
With over 40 years’ experience in the Building, Construction and Engineering Industries, Steve Abbott has worked through the Construction Industry from Carpenter to senior management positions within some of the largest construction organisations in Australia. During the first 2o years of his career in construction contracting his responsibilities ranged from the delivery of individual major projects to the management of complete business units for major construction organisations. Steve is an accomplished and sought-after construction expert specialising in the areas of time (delay analysis), disruption, quantum, quality of product and construction process/project delivery. He has provided expert witness services in relation to Arbitrations (including International Arbitrations), Expert Determinations, Mediations and has authored expert reports and testified in most legal jurisdictions including the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Steve has provided expert witness services on some of the largest building, construction and engineering projects across Australia together with major projects internationally including New Zealand, Macau, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom. Steve is a qualified and practicing Mediator, Expert Determiner and graded Arbitrator.
- +61 2 9236 5000
- steve_abbott@sja.com.au
Mark Lincoln
General manager, ADVISORY Services
Mark has over 30 years’ experience in the building, construction, infrastructure and defence industries, successfully providing commercial management direction and support for a wide range of construction and service-based projects. Mark’s skills are complemented by his hands-on experience as a site engineer and planner and programmer. Mark has held management roles for ASX200 firms including a board member and chair role for a joint venture delivering a $600m capital works program across Australia.
- +61 3 9112 1800
- mark_lincoln@sja.com.au
Rob Foster
GENERAL MANAGER, PLANNING & PROGRAMMING
Rob has over 30 years’ experience in the building and construction industries with extensive experience as a construction planner specialising in areas such as preparation of contract and construction programs including master plans, reporting and evaluating projects as they are executed, resolving time related claims, construction methodology studies and providing innovative advice on strategies to meet client and project objectives.
- +61 2 9236 5000
- rob_foster@sja.com.au
Ben Marshall
GENERAL MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Ben is an accomplished Senior Project Management professional with over 20 years’ experience and has successfully delivered construction projects of varying types and sizes throughout the United Kingdom, Middle East and Australia.
He has gained an in-depth knowledge of the development and construction process through his repeated exposure to the whole of life cycle on numerous projects including large mixed-use, retail, commercial, education, residential and hospitality projects.
He has a great contractual and commercial understanding, excellent stakeholder management skills and brings a strong track record in project planning and approvals, procurement of consultant teams and works contractors to deliver best project outcomes. His technical skills are complemented with a strong ethic towards collaborative project environments and optimising project outcomes
- +61 2 9236 5000
- ben_marshall@sja.com.au
Graeme Hargrave
State MANAGER, Victoria
Graham has 30 years’ experience in the construction and engineering industries with extensive experience as a Commercial/Contracts Manager with Tier 1 International contracting organisations. Graham’s experience has been derived from working as the commercial lead on major building and infrastructure projects across multiple industry sectors and varied jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Ireland, North Africa, the Middle East and Australia. These projects have been delivered through wide- ranging procurement models, including lump sum, design and construct, remeasurement, construction management, EPC and BOT schemes, and through joint venture, and bespoke project arrangements. On these projects Graham has been responsible for leading large teams, working collaboratively with contractors, clients and consultants to deliver commercially compliant outcomes.
- +61 3 9112 1800
- graham_hargrave@sja.com.au
Lionel Poustie
State MANAGER, Northern Region
Lionel is an experienced and proven senior manager in ASX-listed businesses and privately-owned organisations in the construction, manufacturing and mining industries.
Lionel has worked internationally and across Australia, specialising in developing business process improvements and implementing practical solutions to complex issues.
- +61 7 3426 2100
- lionel_poustie@sja.com.au
Scott Patten
regional MANAGER, New Zealand
Scott is a qualified Charted Quantity Surveyor with over 20 years’ of experience in the engineering and construction industries.
Scott has a depth of expertise in all facets of contractual agreements, ranging from main contract and services agreements, through to actively leading change control, risk management, dispute avoidance and resolution.
He has worked across multiple sectors and geographies, including the United Kingdom, Dubai, Australia, and New Zealand.
- +64 21 494 912
- scott_patten@sjacs.co.nz
Tim Stevens
REGIONAL MANAGER, NEW SOUTH WALES
With more than 25 years’ experience in the construction industry in the UK and Australia, Tim has spent most of his career working for main contractors spanning public and private sectors. Tim’s expertise covers a range of procurement and delivery models for clients including self-delivery, design and construction, traditional construct only lump sum contracts and specialised management contracting contracts.
- +61 2 9236 5000
- tim_stevens@sja.com.au
Steve Hulme
REGIONAL MANAGER, QUEENSLAND
Steve has over 30 years’ experience in the building and construction industry in the United Kingdom and Australia, specialising in project planning & programming. He has played a vital role in the tendering and delivery of numerous projects and across many industry sectors including; health, defence, education, retail, telecommunications, infrastructure, commercial, airport and industrial.
- +61 7 3426 2104
- steve_hulme@sja.com.au
Kerian Sweeney
regional MANAGER, victoria
Kieran is an accomplished Quantity Surveyor and first principles cost estimator, with over 25 years of industry experience, which has been gained across a range of sectors including Transport (Road and Rail Infrastructure), Mining and Industrial Facilities, Water & Waste Management, Oil and Gas, and Commercial, retail and residential building, in private and public entities, both contracting organisations and consultancy practices at various stages of an asset’s lifecycle.
- +61 3 9112 1800
- kieran_sweeney@sja.com.au
