Guild of Project Controls: Compendium | Roles | Assessment | Certifications | Membership

Warwickshire (EU.UK.WAR)

Sam Lander

First Name: 
Sam
Last Name: 
Lander

Senior Project Controls Engineer with over 10 years experience in a Project management environment spread over both Project Delivery and Controls. I am originally from Nottingham, studied at LoughboroughUniversity successfully completing a year at Xerox working in the Bids and Tenders team. Hobbies include football and running.

I am qualified in business management, lean management and project management. Further to this i have completed training on Oracle Business Intelligence reporting, Primavera, Report writing, Leadership and coaching training.

Professional Since: 
Sep-2017 (6.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Oct 2005 (18.6 yrs experience, WARNING: 11.9 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
12

Project Controller , MidlandHR, HR projects

START Date: 
October, 2005
END Date: 
January, 2012

Responsible for the delivery of iTrent HR & Payroll software to smaller businesses in the U.K.

Project Management of 50 projects including a number with aggressive timescales

Budget management of accounts

Scheduling of resources

Processing expenses and timesheets for the Project Managers

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
400
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
400
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
100

Performance Excellence practitioner , National Grid, Project Contols department

START Date: 
January, 2014
END Date: 
August, 2015

Role as a Performance Excellence / lean practitioner working on a change management programme in deploying a lean, performance focussed culture to teams within the Project Controls department. This included leading a number of process improvements, coaching employees anad managers on performance and facilitating problem solving sessions.

1) Lead process improvements in reducing reporting cycle times between the Planning teams and improving change implementation lead times for Cost Engineers

2) Supported a Capital Delivery wide process improvement on Project Review meetings

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
200
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
200

Project Controls Engineer , National Grid, National Grid Project Controls Department Support

START Date: 
February, 2012
END Date: 
December, 2013

Supporting the production and analysis of the performance reports for over 100 consutruction projects

1) Improving daya quality in project reporting

2) Producing management information for the Investment team

3) Supported publication of the programme control guide

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
50
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
50
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
450

Senior Project Controls Engineer, National Grid, Nuclear New Build (Hinkley Point C)

START Date: 
October, 2015
END Date: 
September, 2017

1) Implementation of reporting strucutre for PMO Programme reports

2) Led and facilitated the change in the monthly project review meeting process

3) Project lead on Risk management enterprise system buisness case sign off

4) Providing data for key corporate strategic objectives

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
50
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
50
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
500

Portfolio Reporting Manager , National Grid, Nuclear New Build (Hinkley Point C)

START Date: 
October, 2017

1) Production and further analysis of the Major Projects PMO Reporting

2) Delivery of the PMO for the Project Controls Improvement plan

3) Delivery of the Corporate Executive reports for Capital Delivery

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
50
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
50
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
1000

Ian Foster

First Name: 
Ian
Last Name: 
Foster

NG Ehub Estimator

Professional Since: 
Sep-1975 (48.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jun 2014 (9.9 yrs experience, WARNING: 38.7 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
3

Estimator, National Grid, 400/275/132kV Substations

START Date: 
June, 2014

eHub estimator

Creating estimates for 400kV, 275kV and 132kV Substation construction projects

Vincenzo Caruso

First Name: 
Vincenzo
Last Name: 
Caruso

Present: 4 years Project Controls Programme Manager  leading a team of P6 Planners building cost loaded programmes for all capital schemes starting in the development phase of NG's gated process  including Major Infrastructure schemes requiring a DCO (Development Consent Order)

Responsible for updating planning policy for the planning element of Project Controls.

Previous roles:

Change Control Manager: Set up and managed capital delivery change control board for all governance changes and the release of programme and project contingency.

Professional Since: 
Jan-2013 (11.3 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Apr 2013 (11.1 yrs experience, WARNING: 0.2 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
4

Emma Longbottom

First Name: 
Emma
Last Name: 
Longbottom

Workbook Project Planning Engineer

Professional Since: 
Dec-2016 (7.4 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Dec 2016 (7.4 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
2
Guild Accreditation: 
GPC Member

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