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Senior Planner/ Planning Engineer, Vinci, Costain, Nottingham Tram Phase 2, National Grid London Cable Tunnels, Highways Agency MAC 7

START Date: 
June, 2008
END Date: 
September, 2013

Vinci Construction (UK)                                                                                                      Jan 2012 – Present

Planning Engineer – Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2

Opportunity to relocate back to Nottingham to work on the new phase of the Tram Line extension, joining the Planning Team on a £570million project. Achievements to date include producing £8million Service Diversion programme for both Clifton & Beeston Lines, breaking down activities to form a level 3 programme on the Clifton Line, loading the main programme with resources and financial information and producing and monitoring a 6 week look ahead programme with input from section heads and transmitting to the client and relevant stakeholders on a weekly basis. Since August 2012 I have been solely responsible for the Line 1 & Depot Extension Programme and the 6 Week Rolling Programme for the entire project. Valuable experience gained in planning techniques on a large project together enhancing further experience & knowledge of using web based Primavera P6 version 7.

 

Costain Ltd – Civil Engineering                                                                                       June 2008 – Jan 2012

Planning Engineer – National Grid London Tunnels (Costain/ Skanska Joint Venture)    (Feb 2011 – Jan 2012)

Joined project at commencement of Construction Phase on a £200 million, 5 year contract to construct 16 deep

segmental shafts and 36km of Tunnelling (4 & 3mf). Duties include Monitoring 3rd Party Trackers where the

proposed tunnel crosses a 3rd party line e.g. LU Piccadilly Line, Value Engineering & LEAN, Updating 4week look

ahead programme onto main Programme on Primevera P6, Construction Logic flow Charts, Implementing ‘Planning IBP’,

Progress Monitors and As Built Programme using TILOS software.

 

Planning Engineer– Highways Agency Maintenance Contract (Area 7)                          (Apr 2009 – Feb 2011)

Joined the mobilisation team for the new commission of MAC Area 7 in April to carry out handover from previous commissions moving onto mobilising Planning Dept. Responsible for creating, updating and interrogating a continuous programme of works for the Highways Maintenance Commission using Primevera P6 and TILOS Software applications. Duties also include holding weekly meetings for different elements of the contract – Structures, Environment and Network Maintenance and searching for opportunities to utilise the network with maximum proficiency for job sharing opportunities on a Network with nearly 800 miles of motorway and dual carriageway.

 

Senior Engineer – A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton (Costain/ Skanska Joint Venture)         (June 2008 – Apr 2009)

As a Senior Engineer my roles included Management of Statutory Diversions at C2 (Scheme Identification) and C3 (Budget Estimates) for a 36km Road Project together with the Management of Pavement Investigation and an overview of the Ground Investigation projects. Duties included liaising and holding meetings with Statutory Companies, valued engineering input into proposed diversionary works, management of Health and Safety, Traffic Management and programme for on site works. I have also had input into general scheme valued engineering and producing orders.