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Planning Team Leader

Planning Team Leader, Mott MacDonald Ltd., South East Electricity Substations Alliance

Current Role:

Planning Team Leader for SEESA (South East Electricity Substation Alliance - JV of National Grid, Mott MacDonald, Skanska and Alstom)

Team consists of 13 planners and senior planners.

Roles and Responsibilites include:

1. Team development, time keeping and work allocation.

2. Responsibility and accountability for the quality of output from the SEESA planning team

3. Peer Reviews to analyse plan integrity and compliance of planners

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Experience start date: 
August, 2011
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Planning Team Leader, Cubic Transportation Systems Limited, Prestige Project (Oyster Smartcard System for London)

Planning Team Leader

Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd. (1998 – 2005)

Employed by Cubic, at Contract Award in September 1998, to work on the Prestige project as part of the TranSys consortium (Cubic, EDS, ICL and WS Atkins). The project involved the design and supply of the ‘Oyster’ contactless smartcard system for London covering tube, trains, buses and trams over a 17-year franchise period. The project was, at the time, the largest PFI contract in the UK transport sector. Responsibilities included:

Experience start date: 
September, 1998
Experience end date: 
March, 2005
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Planning Team Leader, Aker Kvaerner, Multiple EPC Projects

Responsible for all planning within the organisation, supervising the planning department both internally and on all projects.  Also responsible for the recruitment of planning personnel, the development of corporate procedures and a member of the steering group responsible for the development of the Aker Kvaerner Integrated Management System (AKiMS).

Experience start date: 
August, 1996
Experience end date: 
September, 2004
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Planning Team Leader, Mott MacDonald, South East Electricity Substations Alliance

National Grid South East Electricity Substations Alliance (SEESA) - Planning team leader for a team of planning engineers based in SEESA HQ, Stokenchurch. Responsible for day to day team management, periodic team peer reviews, ownership of the alliance planning process, Primavera database administrator, full lifecycle planning, earned value analysis and reporting and portfolio planning (including ‘what if’ scenario planning). Deputise for the Planning Manager to provide ongoing cover for leave periods.
Experience start date: 
October, 2008
Experience end date: 
June, 2010
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Planning Team Leader, BP AzSPU, Marine

BP, Marine Operations Group

•Developing and maintaining the integrated Master Schedule for the Marine Operations Group.
•Responsible for overseeing development of the detailed level 4 schedules for Marine and Underwater Operations.
•Responsible for liaising with other AzSPU groups to ensure interfaces are managed and the latest information is incorporated into the overall Marine Operations Group schedule (drilling, marine, Major Projects, etc).
Experience start date: 
January, 2009
Experience end date: 
June, 2009
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Planning Team Leader, Rolls Royce PLC, Various

Team Leader for Rolls-Royce Planning Team and Subject Matter Expert

Experience start date: 
June, 1988
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