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Advantage Project Solutions

Our people. Your project advantage.

Qualified engineers working alongside project leaders, commercial specialists and stakeholder practitioners. Practical capability for engagements across Australia.

Our directors

Leadership that stays
close to delivery.

APS co-owners and directors Odette Hooton and Kim Dempsey
Odette Hooton and Kim Dempsey, co-owners and directors of Advantage Project Solutions.

Odette Hooton

Odette on LinkedIn

Co-owner & Director | Project, Programme & Portfolio Leadership

Odette brings more than 27 years of project, programme and portfolio management experience. A former Townsville City Council General Manager of the Project Management Office, she combines senior governance experience with hands-on infrastructure delivery, contract administration and commercial support.

Qualifications & credentials

  • Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
  • Certified Practising Portfolio Executive (CPPE)
  • Advanced Diploma of Project Management
  • Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction
  • PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner
  • Advanced contract management training

What Odette brings

Clear project structures, practical delivery controls and commercial discipline. Her experience spans infrastructure delivery, PMO development, portfolio prioritisation, assurance and project management frameworks.

Kim Dempsey

Kim on LinkedIn

Co-owner & Director | Stakeholder & Community Engagement

Kim connects project teams with government agencies, communities, businesses, Traditional Owners and landholders. Her experience combines stakeholder engagement and project communications with project coordination, contract administration and sensitive landholder negotiations.

Qualifications & training

  • Diploma of Project Management
  • Managing Construction Contracts training

What Kim brings

Practical engagement planning, clear communications and on-ground consultation that keep people informed throughout delivery. Kim also supports regional businesses through tender readiness facilitation and mentoring.

Meet our engineers

The people behind
the technical decisions.

Giulian FicheraEngineering & delivery

Giulian Fichera

Project Manager & Senior Project Engineer

Giulian combines mechanical engineering qualifications with practical delivery experience across ports, civil infrastructure, resources and renewable-energy early works. His experience spans live operational environments and remote sites.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Mechanical Engineering, James Cook University
  • Minor in Mining and Minerals

Additional training includes mining supervision and risk management.

What they bring to your project

He brings constructability and design review, construction leadership, procurement, programme and budget control, and quality verification together. His technical delivery experience includes pavements, drainage, bridge and culvert structures, inground services and non-process infrastructure.

Selected project experience

Giulian is the Engineer on the Etheridge Shire road recovery project. He has also worked on the East Port Development Precinct and GEMCO J Quarry and Eastern Leases.

Madeline (Maddy) TaylorEngineering & delivery

Madeline (Maddy) Taylor

Civil Project Engineer

Maddy brings both client-side and contractor-side experience across roads, pipelines, water, utilities and subdivisions. Her field engineering background is supported by local-government project controls and transport asset management experience.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours), University of Southern Queensland, 2023
  • Associate Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, 2020
  • Diploma in Project Management, Primal Solutions, 2018
  • Certificate III in Business

Additional training includes the role of construction superintendent and administration of construction contracts.

What they bring to your project

Her work connects construction staging and technical queries with inspections, testing, material traceability and as-built records. She coordinates designers, surveyors, utilities, supervisors and field crews, while tracking quantities, productivity and upcoming constraints.

Selected project experience

Maddy has worked on Riverway Drive Stage 2 and Cairns Water Security Stage 1.

Field capability

Experience at the work front.

Daniel Olsen

Daniel Olsen

Senior Civil Foreman & Roadworks Surveillance

Daniel brings extensive civil construction experience across road widening, pavements, asphalt and seals, drainage, culverts and live-traffic delivery. His earlier foreman appointments include Bruce Highway safety upgrades and Flinders Highway overtaking lanes.

Certificate IV in Civil Construction Supervision
Certificate III in Concreting
Certificate III in Environmental Sustainability

Matthew Dempsey

Matthew (Matt) Dempsey

Civil Surveillance & Plant Operations

Matt brings practical experience in civil surveillance, machinery operation, embankment rehabilitation and flood-recovery works across North Queensland. His work supports field observations, drainage and erosion-control checks, and clear records of work completed.

Qualification

Certificate IV in Building and Construction

What Matt brings

GPS and chainage-based photographic evidence, quality observations and field records for disaster-recovery and environmental restoration works. His hands-on plant knowledge supports remote access, earthworks, drainage and rehabilitation delivery.

Selected experience

His recorded project experience includes Little Brown River streambank remediation, Strathalbyn Station gully and embankment rehabilitation, and Station Creek restoration at Havilah Station.

Business support

Vanessa Maes, APS administration, accounting and business assistance

Vanessa Maes

Administration, Accounting & Business Assistance

Vanessa supports APS with administration, accounting and bookkeeping support, and day-to-day business assistance. She helps keep the business organised and supports the team behind project delivery.

Qualification

Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping (FNS40222)
Monarch Institute · August 2024

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