Government / Energy
Making ten projects move as one program
SA Government: Hydrogen Jobs Plan
The SA Government's Hydrogen Jobs Plan was an ambitious, first-of-its-kind program: a global-scale hydrogen production, storage and power facility in Whyalla. With ten inter-related projects needing to move as one, PQ was engaged to bring the structure, governance and leadership to give it the best chance of success.
10
Inter-related projects
1
Integrated team
1
Set of State objectives
The challenge
Ten projects, one program
Programs of this scale don't fail for lack of ambition. They lose momentum when the pieces don't move together.
Each of the ten projects had its own team, contractor and timeline, with no shared structure to keep them aligned, and aggressive cost and schedule targets to meet.
What we did
Structure and leadership, not just a system
PQ brought both the structure the program needed and the leadership to run key parts of it.
Established governance: executive steering and functional workstreams for clarity and accountability across the program.
Set the execution structure: clear roles, interfaces and boundaries for the Owner's team and each contractor.
Enabled teams to deliver: fit-for-purpose routines, dashboards, controls and reporting.
Led from the front: ran key process-step projects directly while guiding related infrastructure managers.
The outcome
A capable, ready, integrated team
With structure in place and momentum established, the program had what it needed to deliver.
The Steering Committee could make confident, value- and risk-based decisions; ten projects functioned as one integrated team with clear accountability; and a disciplined focus held even as cost and schedule pressures intensified.
“Not only do I not have any hesitation in recommending them, I have found they have been a pivotal part of our success.”