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Bombardier Transportation

Director, Planning and Progress Control, Bombardier Transportation, Various

START Date: 
March, 2013
Head of Planning and Progress Control, reporting directly to the VP Group Project Management, with representatives from each Division and Business Unit of Bombardier Transportation (BT) in a dotted-line network.  The purpose of the Planning and Progress Control function is to develop planning, scheduling and progress control competences across BT, using a newly created process which aims to standardise the way this work is carried out across all projects.
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
500
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
750
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
250

Lead Planner / Senior Planner - London., Bombardier Transportation, SSR ATC

START Date: 
October, 2011
END Date: 
July, 2012

Main clients/Projects:

  • SSR ATC (Automatic Train Control project for LU) signalling upgrade  – NEC3 contract

 

Responsibilities:

  • Acting as a lead planner on circa £350 million signalling project
  • Coordination of planner's work across 3 main sites in Europe and US
  • Managing the programme of over 12 000 activities comprising of 3 major workstreams and incorporating subcontractor’s schedules
  • Monitoring and updating progress of the project (EV, Dashboards etc.)
  • Managing

Project Scheduler, Bombardier Transportation, diverse projects

START Date: 
December, 2011
END Date: 
October, 2013
Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
3500

Ashley Smith

First Name: 
Ashley
Last Name: 
Smith

Currently working as a project planner for a rolling stock (train) design and manufacturing company. Working upon some very large and complex projects delivering rolling stock and signalling systems to customers such as London Underground, Porterbrook, connex, etc Working within project management and design departments giving planning and project control support including: Detail planing Budget control Resource loading Earned value analysis Progress reporting Delay management

Professional Since: 
Jan-2002 (22.3 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jan 2002 (22.3 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
6

Project co-ordinator, Bombardier Transportation, Connex 376, Victoria line upgrade LUL

START Date: 
January, 2002
END Date: 
March, 2005

Project co-ordinator - working within the engineering department for the design and manufacturing of the Rail vehicle carbody. Duties include scheduling the workload, resource management, progress reporting, recovery programmes, communication of issues to project management. This role also involved some international travel to other sites.

Project Planner, Bombardier Transportation, SSL (Sub surface lines) London Underground

START Date: 
March, 2005
END Date: 
September, 2008

Lead project planner reporting to the project control manager Bombardier Transportation within London Underground Projects Division. Rolling stock and signalling integrator. Role involved managing all programme matters for the Sub Surface line contract for the delivery of 1300 underground vehicles and the re signalling of the applicable lines of London Underground.

Project Planner, Bombardier Transportation, LERL, SBB, Southern

START Date: 
September, 2008

Currently a project planner within the engineering/ design department at Bombardier Transportation (rolling stock and systems integrator) train design and manufacturing company. Developing programmes to deliver the design/engineering of rail vehicles usually to very tight timeframes. Manage programme for engineering team for the LERL project for new vehicles to operate from Stansted. This project was a significant amount of man hours and a two year duration from project start to first vehicle into service. This project was successfully delivered on time.

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