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Lead Planner Stations, EC Harris LLP, Station Stabilisation Programme
London Underground Station Stabilisation Programme - Lead Planner Stations
The remit of Stations Stabilisation Programme is to modernise 70 stations to make them safer and improve the customer experience. The actual works involve IT & Communications systems upgrades, improving energy efficiency and refurbishing the buildings while maintaining heritage features.
The role covers 4 stations and I am responsible for the schedules through the entire lifecycle from Feasibility through to Delivery. I write period reports on the status of the projects and attend the monthly period meetings with the Project Manager to update the directors on progress, any areas of concern and the solutions for them. The role also involves running a weekly planning meeting with the subcontractors to look at rolling 3 week plans to resolve any clashes before they are actually out on site and also look at any site specific requirements like permits that may need to be applied for in advance
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Planning & Project Controls Engineer, EC Harris LLP, Heathrow Airport Terminal 2A
Project Controls Engineer, EC Harris, May 2013 – December 2013
Heathrow Terminal 2A The Queen’s Terminal – London, UK
The areas of responsibility for this role cover reporting on three key packages Civils, Facades & Roof on the Ancillary Buildings and several Fit Out packages. As this is an NEC Option A contract the principal contractor submits their programme for acceptance each period. The progress must be validated and challenged from a physical progress and cost perspective with the commercial lead. This is then reported to the Delivery Lead highlighting areas of concern. The interfaces with other disciplines must also be monitored along with making sure the contractors are all working to the agreed programme and validating the KPIs on site every 2 weeks. The final responsibility is producing the monthly Project Dashboard which covers all aspects of the project – Health & Safety, Quality, Earned Value and Risk which is presented to Heathrow senior management
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Project Controls Engineer, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, T2B Heathrow
06/2011 – Present Balfour Beatty Major Civil Engineering - Project Controls Engineer: Fit Out
Balfour Beatty Group is constructing Heathrow Terminal 2B as part of the reconstruction of Terminal 2 which has been demolished. The Terminal 2 project consists of 3 phases A, B & C of which I am employed on Phase B as part of the Project Controls team which consists of 5 Engineers.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements
§ Responsible for the entire Internal Fit-Out of Terminal 2B which involves the monitoring and reporting on 19 subcontractors working on the Fit Out phase of the project
§ Developed agreed schedules for each subcontract with the Planning & Commercial teams along with the Construction Managers used for the Earned Value Analysis and Reporting each period
§ Developed KPIs for each subcontract to monitor progress and as an input to the Earned Value reports each period along with daily progress reports to senior management and the client
§ Presenting Earned Value data to senior management each period for approval prior to client presentations
§ Responding to client queries at monthly Q&A sessions
§ Reconciling costs and forecasts with Commercial Managers between the commercial accounts and Earned Value Analysis costs and forecasts
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CONTROLS & PLANNING, Carillion, London 2012 Olympic Park
06/2010 – 06/2011 Carillion PLC Project Controls Planner
London 2012 Olympics
Carillion is responsible for construction of the Main Press Centre, International Broadcast Centre, Catering Village and a Multi Storey Car Park each of which has its own construction programme. The Client requested that Carillion start providing Earned Value Reports as part of their reporting requirements each period. As a team we are employed to implement Earned Value into 4 weekly reporting cycles based on the existing programmes of works.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements
§ Working with the Commercial team to obtain accurate cost breakdowns to use in the EV programmes
§ Analyse each of the 4 construction programmes in order to create individual EV programmes for each building. Each programme is loaded with costs and linked to the originals construction programme to track progress and measure earned value
§ Creating charts for EV reporting highlighting both good performance and problem areas
§ Sharing planning best practice with the existing planning team to help improve their construction programmes and also to aid us with producing quality EV reporting each period
§ Tracking the cost of change via separate change programmes and reporting on it
Documented our complete process for the production of the EV programmes and reports
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CONTROLS & PLANNING, Kier Construction, Heathrow Terminal 3 Baggage Reclaim and Immigration Hall Refurbishment
01/2010 – 06/2010 Kier Airports Lead Planner
Heathrow Terminal 3 Baggage Reclaim and Immigration Hall Refurbishment
Short term contract to set up then hand over a program that would satisfy both BAA and Kier Airports planning and reporting procedures. This involved providing a fully cost loaded end to end construction program that could be used to measure program performance using Earned Value Analysis. The program was created to have minimal impact on airport operations as the Terminal would still be operating as normal for the duration of the project.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements
§ Submission of a fully cost loaded construction program that broke work down into phases that were agreeable to the Airport Operations with minimal impact to all the project stakeholders
§ Weekly progress reporting to the client via meetings and program submissions in addition to meetings with the directors to report on progress and delays to the project
§ Weekly meetings with sub-contractors to discuss targets, progress, planned works and site works co-ordination based on the program
§ Providing the Stakeholder Manager with simplified drawings each week that represent program works. These show current ongoing works with summaries of works being carried out and the durations of the works
§ Working with the design, commercial and site teams to get progress as well as highlighting upcoming works and opportunities to accelerate works
§ The program works involve quite a lot of relocations for the airlines at different stages so we keep them updated weekly with when and for how long they will be temporarily relocated and when their permanent accommodations will be completed
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Planner or Senior Planner, Balfour Beatty Carrilon JV, EAST LONDON LINE - VALUE: 450m GBP
10/2008 – October 2009 LogiKal Programme Management Consultancy – Planning Consultant
East London Line Refurbishment - Balfour Beatty Carillion Joint Venture (value £363m)
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
§Creation of a schedule for Line side Civils works to cover the works being done for Power, Signalling and Telecoms based on available designs. Working with the design team by creating a schedule to show which structure designs are required and outstanding. Weekly and period reporting both written and graphic with KPIs
§The role of Electrification and Power delivery planner involved working on the schedules for the construction of 2 Bulk Supply Points, 3 Traction Substations, 3 Station Transformer Rooms and a Track Paralleling Hut. The construction works covered all works from design through to completion. Subcontractor plans were integrated into our construction programme after being checked and challenged where necessary. Liaising with both construction and installation contractors, planners, commercial teams and managers.
§Included in this work was the installation and commissioning of all the switchgear within the buildings and also trackside. Installation and commissioning was done by subcontractors - progress was tracked with their daily reports and site visits and where necessary any extra resources needed were passed on to the commercial teams for procurement. Checking, integrating and monitoring the subcontractor’s schedule for the SCADA system. The schedule also monitored installation of 166,484 linear metres of HV, LV and DC cabling which carried the power through the project.
§Creation of the Critical Paths and analysis for the project. This was used by all project managers and directors so delays could be mitigated where possible before passing the critical paths on to the Board of Directors. This was done as part of the 4 weekly reporting cycles which required communication with everyone from Directors down to site managers.
§Creation of a one off programme for the Testing & Commissioning of all project works. The works covered all M&E for the construction and refurbishment of all stations new and existing, Signalling, Telecoms, Electrification and Permanent Way.
§Created the schedules for Electrification and SCADA and an improved risk register
§Improved reporting tools to make sure all works were tracked properly from design through to final handover of installed equipment with KPIs and better information for Board Meetings
§Created Schematics for the entire job to track Electrification works
§Trained up other planners on Critical Path Analysis which was done for both Interim and Period End reporting
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Track Enabling Works Planner, Balfour Beatty Major Civil Engineering & Metronet, London Underground PPP
01/2007 – 10/2008 Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering/Metronet Track Enabling Works Planner
The job involved using the Track Renewal Programme for the London Underground to make changes to the Track Enabling Works schedule. Failure to deliver on time cost millions of pounds making our working environment fast paced and high pressured.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
§Making sure the schedule was properly resourced for the financial year and highlight potential areas of increased need
§Progress reporting each period, earned value analysis and monitoring
§Bi weekly meeting with project managers and track designers to discuss changes to the track renewal programme and any other issues that could affect Track Enabling Works
§Create revised plans to cover changes in the Track Renewal Programme and report on the impact on current works
§Keeping engineers informed of changes to the programme
§Use change control procedures to keep track of changes to the programme and maintaining a change log
§Automated & improved Summary Programme used by Engineers to make it easier to track changes to the Track Renewal Programme
§Improved programme layout and set up to make updating the programme easier and also tracking progress
§Worked on cleansing asset and structure databases from the two main structures programmes thus greatly reducing duplicated work between teams
Improved programme progress reporting by making changes to the team progress trackers
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Planner, Network Rail, Various
Key Responsibilities & Selected Achievements:
Project planning for renewal projects carried out at depot level
Planning maintenance work for routine as well as cyclic maintenance
Migration from multiple legacy systems to one standard maintenance capturing system and planning system
Successfully created databases for the weekly production of performance against planned works reports
Getting project managers buy in to use the new planning system
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