About
Established in 2014, 1st Choice People provides specialist consulting services in people management, industrial relations, tendering and social procurement across Australia's major infrastructure sector.
About 1st Choice People
1st Choice People provides tender strategy, industrial relations, social procurement and people advisory to infrastructure and construction contractors.
Our work covers public and private sector tenders, as well as the full project lifecycle from bid development and mobilisation through to delivery and demobilisation. We focus on developing winning strategies and practical commitments that can actually be delivered on site.
Professional profile
Michael Howden, Director
Michael has more than 20 years in HR and industrial relations in infrastructure and construction. He has led HR and IR on EastLink, Sugarloaf Pipeline, the South Road Superway, Metro Tunnel Early Works and the North Western Program Alliance, where he was General Manager, People and Performance.
Since 2014, he has developed and led the people, industrial relations and social procurement strategies for major infrastructure tenders involving ACCIONA, FCC, Gamuda, Kinetic and Go-Ahead.
Organisations we've worked with
Includes previous employers and consulting engagements.
