Andy Royle Email & Phone Number

Bahrain

Whilst Working as a project manager in Bahrain I delivered in excess of 250 High Security Access Doors, including all Relevant Access Levels on behalf of Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs. In my time in the country I also delivered many CCTV, Access Control, ELV, Structured Cabling, SMATV projects and Car Park Guidance Systems. These were for clients ranging from Bahrain Marina Development and Mueller Middle East, District Tower Seef, Bahrain International Airport, Super Gate and Adlyia Car park. The varied requirements and clients I dealt with required me to use my extensive International Experience to compete these on time and to the satisfaction of the client.•Management of all projects from Cradle to Grave (Implementation to Handover) •Project manage all projects for both Governmental organisations and Private clients•Contract negotiation and management, including understanding clients requirements, and expectations•Full design for each project, from feasibility to detailed design•Full cradle to grave management of each project, including project plan updates and information dissemination•Financial management of all projects, and adopting an early warning system for clients to be fully aware of the progress and by aware of any issues/risks at any given time•Risk Management, and mitigation through many workshops•Understanding Financial risk and ensuring mitigation's where adopted wherever possible•Strategic Planning of all projects•Contractual variation management. Whilst minimising the effect on the end client•Project financial and resource forecasting for the financial years ahead•Organisation of engineers, from Design to Construction to Handover•Regular site meetings, and ensuring the correct information is handed over both discreetly, and correctly•User of Navision for all Project Management, incl. Ordering of equipment

During my time with the team at Rapiscan I was involved in the Bid Team for Egypt and the project team to deliver 16 Eagle G60 Systems to 7 different countries. Including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iraq, Algeria, Malaysia and Poland. This drew on my previous international experience to overcome any local, European and international regulations and requirements.• Extreme pressure environment• PMO (Project management office) development, Processes, procedures and Internal expectations• SRF (System Requirement Form/Specification) Creation and approval with clients, both Internally and externally• Project Management from cradle to grave projects Internationally• Prioritisation and direction of the Planning, Strategic purchasing and Manufacturing process through to the dedicated project team• Direct teams from project kick off, through regular progress meetings and dissemination of information• Manage all aspects from Engineering, BOM Creation, Manufacturing through to customer Installation, Commissioning and SAT•Full Financial management of projects, including forward forecasting•Understand and Manage financial risk, and exposure•Management and understanding of the SAP/Navision system•Produce, update and pro-actively manage project schedule•Manage sub-contractors and distributors worldwide•Liaise with other teams and disciplines worldwide•Sales support for new contacts, and developing client relations•Contract development and Management•Understanding and dissemination contract compliance •Adhering to international Export Compliance, both UK, and USA •Contract Commercial management•Understanding local rules and regulations and ensuring design/Installation compliance •Onsite support and training for Clients•Compliance adherence as per contractual deliverables, and demonstrate upon Client SAT•Direct reporting to Vice President, and client contacts•Controlling and understanding customer expectations•Bid/Contract document creation

International

Jenoptik Robot enabled me to expand on my previous Middle Eastern experience, I was the Camera Implementation PM for the Malaysia AES project planning for over 1000 installations, PM on the OMAN Project, Bid Manager for the London Tender for Enforcement camera upgrade. Part of the bid team for an enforcement deployment in Morocco and the Team Leader in PMO Development for the Jenoptik Robot company.• Project Managed from conception to handover, well in excess of 500 camera installations world wide• Recruit, Lead, inspire and direct an innovative project team• Manage all aspects of the installation life cycle from conception through to handover• Understand and Manage financial risk, and exposure• Risk Management• Produce, update and pro-actively manage project schedule• Manage sub-contractors and suppliers worldwide, including Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, GCC• Liaise with other teams and disciplines worldwide• Sales support for new contacts, and developing client relations• Contract development and Management• Commercial management• Understanding local rules and regulations and ensuring design compliance • Onsite support and training, for both clients and employees• Direct reporting to General manager, and board members both written and verbal• Liaison with various authorities, local police forces, and Municipalities• Ascertaining and controlling customer expectations• HATO, SIRIM liaison and product acceptance• Bid, Contract document creation• Project Documentation creation (reporting templates, and progress reporting• HR management of engineers worldwide

• Project manage 3 separate areas of Saudi Arabia and pro-actively manage Subcontractors• Creating Strategy Document to aid successful completion of Contract (RFP)• Completing Audits of Investor Sub-Contractors in both Melbourne and Singapore• Completing Site Acceptance Testing on Investor Sub-Contractors• Design checking, to comply with Local Rules and regulations• Design Checking for Build ability• Continuous Liaison with Municipality and Ministry of Interiors• Control, Health and safety and Man-management of all Site Staff• Negations with Sub-Contractors and Investors on project costs and timescales• Risk Identification and Mitigation.• Continually identifying best practices, and striving to beat timescales• Providing Bid Support to Middle East bids.

• Continually striving for value management• Continually developing business opportunities, and seeking schemes both internally and externally• Effectively manages the challenging relationships, including both internal and external clients• Aids the client to progress further works within existing schemes, including add-ons to projects already on the ground• Effectively manages a team of 12 design engineers, within three separate offices around the UK• Undertakes design checks and reviews of all design documentation produced• Provides innovative solutions tailored for the Client’s requirements, ensuring value for money• Liaison with many separate design consultants• Attendance at conferences for innovative solutions• Developed successful working partnership with a wide variety of clients, including:• Costain• Skanska• MMB – as part of a Joint Venture on the Technology Framework Contract• Highways Agency• Transport/Traffic Scotland• Local authorities• Developing winning partnerships with other consultants and construction companies• Effective production of bid documentation, in partnership with other consultants and construction companies, resulting in the successful procurement of future works• Involved in the Senior Management team of Jacobs UK, entailing:• sharing works across 12 separate offices throughout Jacobs UK• business development to expand Jacobs UK• increase the client facing roles throughout all the existing clients in the UK• discussion of training budgets• Business development• Best practices

Increased revenue of team by 100k to over 6million in 2 yearsManaged multiple designer engineers across 4 separate officesEffectively managed a budget of £6m in the 2006/07 financial year, ensuring the timely delivery of all schemes, at extremely short notice, and to allocationSuccessfully project managed schemes of varying complexity and cost, ranging from low cost £15k schemes to those of a higher value of £2m+Presented excellent customer liaison, through a monthly reporting process to the Highways Agency, reporting both the financial and scheme delivery aspects of each scheme in a timely and professional manner Micro-managed projects to realistic costs and timescalesEnsured fast, efficient and effective problems solving to gain and maintain the confidence of the clientEnsured a constant line of communication was kept with the Client at all timesInterrogated NOMAD, HALOGEN and DATEL to fully understand the network deficiencies and to initiate ways to resolve issues that occurredEffectively managed sub-contractors and supply chain partners on a daily basis, ensuring their compliance with the DMRB and MCH requirementsCarried out full and detailed design checksDeveloped and maintained a knowledge of the National Motorway Communications NetworksDeveloped and maintained knowledge of all Health and Safety requirements. Carried out regular Health and Safety inspections and tours, and escalated any findings appropriately.Supported the Highways Agency's core values at all timesProject, and Financial Management of all Communications/Electrical projects for Design, Construction, Implementation, and Handover. An example of the schemes include:Design and purchase of 10no Mobile CCTV trailers.Ouse Bridge wireless CCTV, Including back room infrastructure.M62 CCTV scheme, including back room infrastructure.Humberside NMCS2 Upgrade.Multiple Ramp Metering sites.

Undertook site surveys of all Transmission stations within the Midlands and North WestUndertook the drafting and writing of Method Statements and Risk AssessmentsProcured equipment and storesLiaison with other companies and departments at all levelsProduced site survey documentation

Testing of all systems of the Motorway network, NMCS1 and NMCS2, including all message signs, Midas, signals, telephones, respondersMaintenance of all aspects of the Motorway networkTraining of all junior Engineers and TechniciansFault finding and repair of all aspects of the Motorway networkDaily Nomad reportingDaily paperwork for maintenance/fault records

Contract Law & Contracts

Nvq; Hnd, Telecommunications Engineering

CSCS trained - 2005 Supervisor Level in NRSW - 2004 First Aid Trained (Appointed Person