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London, Gb

Capenhurst, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Providing bespoke leading industry insight across the entire project lifecycle, reporting to senior managment. Projects are typcially in excess of £100M. Highlights include:• SME for Uranium enrichment process plant for major functional audit (~1B GBP). Successfully challenged contractor progress reporting resulting in an adjustment of percent complete, a realistic completion date, and improved schedule quality.• SME on new $3.2B cracker & refinery project. Conducted review of… Show more Providing bespoke leading industry insight across the entire project lifecycle, reporting to senior managment. Projects are typcially in excess of £100M. Highlights include:• SME for Uranium enrichment process plant for major functional audit (~1B GBP). Successfully challenged contractor progress reporting resulting in an adjustment of percent complete, a realistic completion date, and improved schedule quality.• SME on new $3.2B cracker & refinery project. Conducted review of employer’s controls and systems and provided strategic contract advice to align reporting and systems.- Served as PMO Director for large complex transformational program for RAF. Coordinated multiple stakeholders with competing priorities to progress the delivery of the program. - Created new reporting dashboards and improved others used for several clients different phases of project lifecycle. Streamlined and automated reporting reducing reporting time from days to hours.- Expert working knowledge with scheduling software and schedule assessment software Primavera P6, MS Project, Acumen Fuse, and Acumen Risk. Working knowledge of Predict! and @Risk.- Experienced in all phases of: project scheduling, CPM, and resource and quantity loading.- Align cost, schedule, resources, and quantities.- Experienced developing WBS, cost, quantities, earned value measurement, and the integration of tools.Claims and Dispute Experience- Abu Dhabi, UAE – 1B+ USD multi-use property development.- Confidential Global Oil Company – Development of claim against contractor for delay in underwater pipe line.- Global EPC Contractor – contractor claims defense (x2). Successfully demonstrated impacts of delays stated in claim were ultimately due to client direction.Apologies for not stating specific companies as much of work conducted was for clients wishing to remain anonymous. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

Claims & Disputes: Utilised forensic scheduling techniques to assist both project owners and contractors with claims offense and defense including providing strategic advice for a mining company against an EPCM for mismanagement of engineering and construction management which resulted in cost overruns of 200% from $2bn – $6bn and extension of time claims in excess of 12 months.Significantly improved visibility of over 15 corporate functions to support 250+ projects resulting in a… Show more Claims & Disputes: Utilised forensic scheduling techniques to assist both project owners and contractors with claims offense and defense including providing strategic advice for a mining company against an EPCM for mismanagement of engineering and construction management which resulted in cost overruns of 200% from $2bn – $6bn and extension of time claims in excess of 12 months.Significantly improved visibility of over 15 corporate functions to support 250+ projects resulting in a reduction of delayed projects, significant cost savings (my estimate of millions per annum), and improved resource planning for a US & Canadian oil pipeline distributor.Scheduling: Assessed controls for a company taking on a new $3.2B cracker & refinery project. Assisted with negotiating advice and strategy of the prime contract and assisted the owner with mitigating and transferring project risk.Assessed the robustness of the annual capital asset budgetary process for a global mining company’s operations in three countries. Examined the budgetary process from the top down (corporate perspective to the operating mines) and bottom-up (from the operating mines to the corporate office), identifying areas of weakness and proposing solutions to the mining company.Developed the methodology to streamline the time keeping process for contractors and employees of a nuclear power plant while strengthening financial controls related to contractor billing to satisfy provincial government audit requirements. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for and developed the critical path, resource loaded, integrated engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up schedule for 10B+ USD LNG Project on the Texas Gulf Coast during the FEED stage. Worked closely with, and held schedule workshops with all phases and appropriate functions (construction management, project management, project controls) during the development of the integrated schedule. Developed major equipment movement schemes, worked closely with… Show more Responsible for and developed the critical path, resource loaded, integrated engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up schedule for 10B+ USD LNG Project on the Texas Gulf Coast during the FEED stage. Worked closely with, and held schedule workshops with all phases and appropriate functions (construction management, project management, project controls) during the development of the integrated schedule. Developed major equipment movement schemes, worked closely with group developing project execution plan. Worked with subcontractors to capture, align, and integrate resources, equipment movement, timing, and duration of work. Developed project WBS. Develop project level policies and procedures as well as reporting requirements.Reported to and convinced senior management and owner that project would take 50% longer than indicative models used. Then set about reducing cost by working with engineering and construction groups to develop methods of constructing differently. Show less

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Performed all manner of Project Controls for Dominion Virginia City Hybrid Energy, VA including:• Updated and maintaining project schedule for 1B+USD super critical coal and biodiversity boiler.• Maintained, monitored and trended cost accounts• Managed, monitored and trended Earned Value system• Monitored productivity and implemented appropriate changes to cost and schedule• Managed change management system implementing changes to cost and schedule• Prepared weekly and… Show more Performed all manner of Project Controls for Dominion Virginia City Hybrid Energy, VA including:• Updated and maintaining project schedule for 1B+USD super critical coal and biodiversity boiler.• Maintained, monitored and trended cost accounts• Managed, monitored and trended Earned Value system• Monitored productivity and implemented appropriate changes to cost and schedule• Managed change management system implementing changes to cost and schedule• Prepared weekly and monthly reports to client and for internal corporate reporting• Streamlined quantity tracking and earned value reporting systems reducing reporting time by 75%Lead auditor for the Environmental & Infrastructure business line supervising audits from $500M - $8B. Helped to transition the audit department from a purely financial audit department to an operational project audit department. Developed and led new cost, schedule, risk, procurement, and subcontracting audit work programs and implemented a continuous monitoring program reporting on an $18bn project portfolio. Regularly analyzed project planning, performance and progress data assessing Estimate at Completion, Actuals, and Estimate to Complete. Example projects include: China State Utility, Westinghouse Nuclear AP1000 x 2 locations, Shanghai: complete/operational and internal audit with KPMG as external audit on a project with a $10B scope. Reviewed project from 20% complete to 40% complete for engineering, procurement, construction, and management.Industrial Projects: Exxon Olefins Parallel Train, Singapore: complete/operational and internal audit with KPMG as external audit on a project with a $2B scope. Reviewed project from 20% complete to 60% complete for engineering, procurement, construction, and management. Show less

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• Lead a division of 30+ personnel for communication, operations, and engineering work centers.• Planned multi-million training exercises for US Navy ships. Carried out logistic planning. Worked with international fleets including NATO countries, and Central and South American navies.• Operator, maintenance professional, and Scheduler for US Navy nuclear power plants. Scheduled performed and trained personnel to conduct preventative and corrective maintenance.• Manager of work… Show more • Lead a division of 30+ personnel for communication, operations, and engineering work centers.• Planned multi-million training exercises for US Navy ships. Carried out logistic planning. Worked with international fleets including NATO countries, and Central and South American navies.• Operator, maintenance professional, and Scheduler for US Navy nuclear power plants. Scheduled performed and trained personnel to conduct preventative and corrective maintenance.• Manager of work center consisting of 15 employees. No operational or safety incidents during tenure.• Developed outage maintenance plans.• Developed customized training plans for employees.• Met or exceeded all operational training standards• Performed much, much more. Extracted relevant experience related to planning and operations to demonstrate:• 20+ years of scheduling experience.• Learned scheduling from the old paper method before software, from the group that created PERT methodology. Show less

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, With Concentration In Audit

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Geology, B

Activities and Societies: NROTC

Nuclear Engineering And Operations, Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician, Pass