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Dick Trimmer

First Name: 
Dick
Last Name: 
Trimmer

Dick Trimmer - August 2019

Working as an Executive Planning Manager with hands-on experience of over 46 years around the world for Developers, Client’s Engineers, Architects, Project Managers, Construction Managers and Contractors.

My Project involvement has encompassed a wide and varied spectrum of activities in design, construction and project management. I have experience of Commercial Offices, High Rise, Residential, Buildings, Refurbishment, Hotels, Resorts, Leisure Facilities, Theme Parks, Events, Retail, Heavy Civil Engineering, Bridges, Tunnels, Railways, Airports, Infrastructure, Production Facilities and Factories.

 

NATIONALITY / DATE OF BIRTH

British   -     14 / 6 / 54

KEY SKILLS

Strategic Planning / Initiation / Baselining

Establishing & Maintaining Project Plans

Project  Management Information Systems

Project Start Up / Project Support Office

Project Control Systems & Procedures

PROFESSIONAL / ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Honours Degree in Engineering                               June 1975

Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers             October 1981

Member of the Chartered Instituteof Building         October 1989

Member of the Association of Project Managers      April 1990

 

CAREER SUMMARY ;

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

April 2020 to Present:

Director of Planning & Scheduling - Misk City

Mace International, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

Feb 1989 to Present:

Managing Director

Matrix Project Management

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

 

December 2014 to March 2020:

Schedule Director - Delivery

Jacobs / Mace International JV, EXPO 2020, Dubai, UAE

 

April 2013 to October 2014:

Head of Project Controls

Mace International, St. Petersburg, Russia

 

January 2013 to April 2013:

Planning Manager

Rose Rock Group, Tianjin, China

 

March 2009 to December 2012:

Planning Manager

Leighton Asia Contractors, Hong Kong

 

October 2004 to February 2009:

Executive Planning Manager, Cotai, Macau

Hsin Chong / MACE Joint Venture, Macau

 

Feb 1982 - Jan 1989:

Planning & Programming Manager

D Y Davis Projects

 

Feb 1982 - May 1985:

Section Programming Engineer

Mass Transit Railway Corporation,

Hong Kong

 

Sept 1975 - Jan 1982:

Civil Engineer

Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd.

 

COUNTRIES EMPLOYED

UK, Nigeria, Hong Kong, India, Dubai (U.A.E.), Russia, China, Lebanon, Armenia, Portugal, Cuba, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Macau, Saudi Arabia.

 PROFICIENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

AMS Realtime

PrimaVera / SureTrak

Power Project           

Microsoft Project

Professional Since: 
Nov-1975 (48.5 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
May 2009 (15.0 yrs experience, WARNING: 33.5 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
12
Guild Accreditation: 
GPC Member
GPC Member Since: 
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