2011 –Present | Senior Planning/Risk Engineer |
AMEC Foster Wheeler, Joint Research Centre | |
Reporting to the Deputy Head of Unit for the Nuclear Decommissioning Unit JRC – Ispra, Italy. ▪ Consultation, and Implementation of Strategic/Programme Planning, EV Management, and Risk Management to support the €900M Decommissioning Programme at JRC-Ispra Italy. ▪ Building a programme 30-40 project to support the Decommissioning, Waste Management, Nuclear Materials management, and New Build Sectors of the JRC NDU ▪ Providing review of and interface with Framework Contractors / Turnkey Contractors schedules, Providing liaison and alignment with Procurement, Licensing, Operations, and Laboratories Sectors. ▪ Providing Quarterly Risk Management analysis, Updating the risk register and action list analysing trends, producing the quarterly status report on current risk levels. |
2009 - 2011 | Project Controls Manager |
Sellafield Ltd | |
Responsible to the Infrastructure Director, for all Infrastructure Projects. Building the £300m annual contract programme, and the strategy programme for the next 17 years. This includes: ▪ Agreeing the project controls service, developing the staffing plan and working with the Project Controls Capability to assign appropriate resources. ▪ Facilitating an Integrated Project Team approach. Hosting, and chairing Interactive Scope, Planning and Cost Sessions. ▪ Leading the project controls team in the delivery of the service using standard PC systems, processes and procedures in a safe, cost effective and intelligently compliant manner, while meeting defined performance objectives and goals ▪ Defining, controlling, maintaining and monitoring accurately scope, schedules, cost baselines, and underpinning estimates at an appropriate level of detail and applying effective change management processes ▪ Ensuring the form, structure and frequency of Project Controls requirements is submitted with tenders and assuring subcontractors work to agreed T&Cs ▪ Identifying, maintaining and archiving the agreed methods of quantity tracking and earned value management ▪ Implementing performance monitoring, trending, analysis and ETC/EAC forecasting processes and providing periodic reports on performance and status issues in a timely manner ▪ Interfacing with internal and external customers as needed, including schedule integration of work activities within each area and providing financial assurance for actual, commitments and accruals. ▪ Ensuring the estimate/schedule incorporates risk mitigation activities, reflects total cost/schedule exposure and appropriate cost/time contingency from risk modelling, and overall alignment/communication to the Risk Management Programme |
2006 - 2009 | Project Control Lead |
Sellafield Ltd | |
Responsibility for a team of Planners, Cost Engineers, Risk Analysts, Estimators covering a portfolio of Projects ranging from £100K - £50M in the following areas. § Security Safeguards and Emergency Management § Analytical Analysis Projects § Utilities - Electrical, Steam Production, Water, Compressed air, Civil, and Pipe work § Transport and Logistics § Flask Refurbishment |
1999 - 2006 | Senior Project Planner |
BNFL Sellafield Ltd | |
Worked on many projects within the nuclear industry, from new build, refurbishments, and unique novel systems. Producing programmes and performance reports for the full lifecycle of a project, from inception, to commissioning/handover, with information from safety, design, purchasing, regulators, customers, contractors, etc.
Infrastructure Projects ▪ Sea line Pipe Bridge (£19M Refurbishment) ▪ Pipe Supports (£3M Refurbishment) ▪ Security Management System (£13.8M New Build) ▪ Special Nuclear Material Detection & Vehicle Recognition (£5M Novel) ▪ Worked closely with the Senior Project Manager to present periodic project reports, showing, spends to date, EV, SPI/CPI, cost/ resource usage/forecasts, and a roundup of work achieved/planned ▪ Responsible for onsite progress measurement, liaising with the principle and second tier contractors. Advising the PM on payment for work achieved (fixed price contract) ▪ Managing interfaces between Railway, Plant Discharges, and Project ▪ Advised PM on Life Time Plan, and reporting to NDA
Clean Up Projects ▪ Initial Decommissioning (£11.6M Novel) ▪ Maintenance / Asset Improvements (£43M Refurb, New Build) ▪ Retrievals Project (£53.7M Novel) ▪ Export Building (£31M Refurbishment, Novel) ▪ Prepared and maintained project programmes for the B30 Pond retrieval Project ▪ Produced monthly programme monitoring, along with EV, and forecast BCWP ▪ Advice on budgeting, change control, and estimating ▪ Worked as a mentor within the project delivery team, analysing project trends, advising on strategy, and critical path
B30 POCO Project ▪ Control & Surveillance (£1.1M Novel) ▪ Re-roofing (£0.4M Refurbishment) ▪ Civil & Structural Assessment (£0.8M Study) ▪ Working within Integrated Management System to ensure compliance with regulators ▪ Liaising and Communicating with Design departments, Safety, Plant and Contractors throughout all phases of the Project ▪ Providing programmes for Risk Management ▪ Producing and Maintaining the Work Breakdown Structure for B30 POCO |