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Paul Letchford

First Name: 
Paul
Last Name: 
Letchford

Role: Onshore Projects Performance Director BP

Paul has a total of thirty years post apprenticeship experience in project management, planning, estimating and cost engineering functions within the oil and gas industries in both home office and field locations. The last fifteen years have been in supervisory / managerial positions.

Paul is extensively experienced in all phases of project management and controls work from pre-planning to project close out on both LSTK and reimbursable projects. This experience has been gained within the UK, USA, and Middle East and has involved working closely with client and contractors representatives of many nationalities. This has included the following:

  • Management of multi-disciplinary teams Development of execution plans, strategies and schedules.
  • Performance of Schedule Risk Analysis and development of Risk mitigation plans
  • Development of prime and subcontract packages.
  • Claims/change order analysis and negotiation.
  • Preparation of estimates & cost reports for construction works and PMT services.
  • Client and Joint Venture Partner Management
  • Client and Senior Management presentations
  • Development of business specific Planning & Cost procedures
  • Enterprise wide Corporate reporting
  • Facilities Management
Professional Since: 
Aug-1972 (51.7 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jun 2012 (11.8 yrs experience, WARNING: 39.8 years variance with Professional Since)
Years Experience: 
46
Guild Accreditation: 
GPC Member

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