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Project Management & Planning Engineer, Network Rail, Infrastructure Investments - Power Enhancements

START Date: 
April, 2009
END Date: 
August, 2010

Worked  for Infrastructure Investments within the largest asset, Power Enhancements. My day to day duties included, but were not limited to:- 

  • Preparation of project work breakdown structures and plans in accordance with the requirements of the Guide to Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) procedure and which are capable of delivering the project objectives.
  • Ensuring the plan is fully cost & resource loaded, monitor progress to the plan and make changes as required.  With these changes in mind develop recovery programmes and contingency plans where applicable in order to meet ever changing objectives & timescales/deadlines
  • Input the planning issues into the project’s critical issues risk log, review planning risks and monitor whether the risk register is updated accordingly and how these risks will effect progress & costs.
  • Provide reports on actual performance and variance against plan and forecast outcomes. This includes highlighting key milestone and critical path issues to members of the project team, providing an assessment of the impact of such issues and recommend solutions to correct the position.
  • Monitor, auditing & interrogation of contractor plans. This includes, cost & schedule performance period on period and against agreed baseline dates in line with contractual obligations, KPI’s & payment milestones.
  • Monitor & identify key possession requirements for construction stages. Produce, in conjunction with PM & CM a workable & relevant possession strategy within agreed timescale. 

Additional duties include provision of monthly cost, schedule, QSRA, possession & resource reports for the ECML as a whole. Regular interfaces with the DFT, ORR, TOC’s and any other interested 3rd parties’ providing any information requested at any given notice.