Matthew Walton-Knight

Director, Capital Projects @Synagro

Vancouver, BC, CA
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WORK HISTORY

Jan 2018 — Present

Director, Capital Projects @Synagro

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Victoria, BC, CA

Pursuing and delivering capital projects in British Columbia and beyond, including:Sacramento, CA: 2024+Mentoring the Construction Manager, designers, and contractors through a two-year US$12M end-of-life equipment replacement program.Honolulu, HI: 2022+Concessionaire’s Representative and Project Manager for the US$170 million capital cost digestion capacity expansion of Sand Island WWTP residuals handling and drying facility producing thermally-dried biosolids delivered under a design-build-operate-maintain agreement by Synagro as the Concessionaire and Operator.Project Delivery Manual of Practice: 2023Author for corporate capital projects delivery policy, procedures, and standards.Vancouver, BC: 2020+Engineering pursuit lead for a water resource recovery facility producing thermally-dried biosolids in Vancouver, BC, with an estimated CA$340M capital cost and a procurement start of 2024.Victoria, BC: 2018-24Hartland Resource Management Group - a P3 Project Co / Concessionaire’s Representative and Operator\'s Project Manager for the CA$130 million capital cost now operational water resource recovery facility producing thermally-dried biosolids delivered under a design-build-finance-operate-maintain agreement with a CA$80 million 20-year service contract. See 3:28 to 4:10 in the video b••••••••@synagro.com |

EDUCATION

2001 — 2003

Cranfield University

Master of Science (MSc) degree, Water Management

2013 — 2015

UBC Sauder School of Business

Executive Certificate, Strategic Management & Leadership

1989 — 1990

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Military leadership and management studies

1986 — 1989

University of Birmingham

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) honours degree, Civil Engineering

1993 — 1995

Royal School of Military Engineering

Post graduate civil and structural engineering studies

SKILLS

ProcurementFinancial ModelingProject ControlBridge DesignTeam LeadershipProject GovernanceRoadway DesignDesign-BuildDesign ManagementCapital ProjectsQuality ManagementProgram ManagementCommercial DivingProject EstimationConstruction ManagementConsultingLeadershipInfrastructureRoadProject ManagementContract ManagementProject DeliveryRisk ManagementPublic WorksRailProcess ImprovementProject EngineeringChange ManagementSafety Management SystemsConstructionPublic-Private PartnershipsEngineeringMentoringTrainingCivil EngineeringManagementProject PlanningLeadership DevelopmentMicrosoft OfficeProject Finance

ABOUT MATTHEW WALTON-KNIGHT

A gifted design-build-operate project director, Matthew Walton-Knight is a skilled leader with a record of procuring and improving operational infrastructure for the C-Suite.For 25 years, Matthew has delivered complex physical infrastructure projects in over 20 countries for owners, operators, designers, and constructors across the full project life cycle. Primarily working within the design-build-operate model, delivering programs of projects in the $5 to $500 million bracket and leading teams of 2 to 200 staff, Matthew is known for his collaborative, objective, and people-centric approach. As Director of Capital Projects at SYNAGRO - a Senior Management Engineer, Matthew delivers water resource recovery facilities producing thermally-dried biosolids and oversees the largest capital works projects undertaken by the company. With a passion for project development and a vision to deliver projects right first time. He builds project teams with the right partners. He establishes appropriate governance and ensures risks are correctly identified so that project budgets work. He knows that well-planned, well-managed projects are safe projects that deliver the right quality. He is the author of the company project delivery policy and procedures. He teaches and mentors project managers. He is the former Chair of the Chartered Engineers Pacific. Chartered Water & Environmental Manager UK (CWEM)| Chartered Engineer UK (CEng)| Professional Engineer Canada (PEng BC) and USA (PE ID)| Project Management Professional (PMP)| Master of Science (MSc Water Management)| Bachelor of Engineering (BEng Civil Engineering)m••••••••@synagro.com | 16•••••••63

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