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Bristol

• Provide MS project support to weekly supplier integration scheduling meetings• Produced and maintained a single file summary of the programmes master schedule• Worked with co-suppliers and government staff to fulfil customer scheduling requirements• MS Project SME within the ESN Programme• Innovative use of MS Project 2010 to produce national network coverage deployment schedules• Provide schedule and dependency governance, direction and support to a team of 3-5 planners• Produced a suite of quality assurance measures and standard template for the ESN Programme• Produce high-level management views directly from the MS Project files

Corsham, Wiltshire

Project planning support to business change programme and project, using MS EPM 2010 systemParticipation in an AGILE methodologyResourced activity and high level resource planningHigh level MSP reporting views/roadmaps, including service maturity & time agnostic milestone matrix showing BRAG status (against both timescale and maturity)

Bristol, United Kingdom

Supported Programme resource planning by producing multiple resource projects within the client's MS Enterprise Project Management toolset, including compilation of resource assumptions and month-end close activitiesProduced end-to- end technical change implementation schedules with priority based resource levelling using MSP and including a +2000 line schedule for a major variant projectPopulated customised SAP reporting modules with data to generate design KPIsCo-ordinated preparation for and represented the WP at the customer's Project Review Meetings, which involved key management stakeholdersRepresented the WP at the customer's weekly status review of a major variant projectOrganised the weekly WP Outstanding Workload (Issue mgmt.) meeting Organisation of monthly WP risk reviews, risk register updates and distribution of review minutes.Suggested improvements to programme resource planning; leaner holiday and absence process, utilisation of master projects and deployment of EPM time booking to the WP teamSupported the evolution of the programme risk management toolSupported the development of the programme standard change impact matrix

Bristol, United Kingdom

Supported the Airbus UK Landing Gear Research & Technology TeamCompilation of monthly operation reports that included SOFT report, financial data, risk assessments, technical progress measures, patent and external funding informationOrganisation of monthly operational review and Technical Readiness Level reviews, including presentation preparation, evidence collection, logbook preparation and minutesSuggested improvements to project reporting and clarified reporting requirementsPromoted the use of monthly accruals to improve the value of monthly financial reportingPlanisware, Microsoft Project 2007 and SAP as well as standard Microsoft Office applicationsEstablished visual management practices despite reluctance from within the team

Bristol, United Kingdom

Deployed into Airbus Application Services team (responsible for application service management)Financial tracking and control of expenditure using Microsoft Excel with pivot tablesCompilation of monthly financial reportCo-ordination of service delivery reportingCo-ordination weekly operational review and associated reportCo-ordination weekly team escalation review and associated reportProduced application status portfolio

Newport, United Kingdom

Supported System Integration & Test, Security Data Management, Training and Infrastructure Rollout teamsCost control, monitoring and purchasing using SAPUsed SAP PM module to generate CBS and booking codesL3 Schedule maintenance using MPSE 2007 (Microsoft Project)

Newport, United Kingdom

Jointly administered MPSE 2007 (Microsoft Project) system and resolved many technical issuesSupported programme, project and technical managers with developing high level programme and detailed integrated work package schedulesIntegrated multiple schedules into a master schedule to generate first view of the programme’s critical pathPerformed quality assessment and analysis of schedulesOvercame a steep learning curve to understand an unfamiliar engineering discipline

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for promotion and deployment of PM practices and tools and support across seven work packages, four suppliers and an industrial partner.Co-ordinated a team of three project controllers; giving direction, support and guidance.Led the deployment of a new planning and reporting initiative across the several work-packages of the Integrated Design and Build Team (IDBT), overcoming significant resistance to change, especially in the supply chain.Transitioned the management of component modifications within the IDBT from disparate methodologies and spreadsheet to a common database.Deployed a refreshed risk management process across the IDBT to give a coherent and structured approach to managing risk.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Worked in a matrix organisation with multifunctional collocated teams.Interface with strategic suppliers to produce and maintain level 4 integrated steering schedules in Microsoft Project in accordance with AUK requirements.Provide planning support to the teams, analysis of plans and recommendations for action.Produce weekly and monthly reports for Component Design Build Team (CDBT)/IDBT and Component Management and Integration Team (CMIT) reviews.Risk management including organisation of regular risk reviews, facilitation of mitigation plan production and estimating the associated costs.Cost control including production of monthly reports with risk and ops, monitoring of off-site packages, managing monthly accruals, budget phasing and GEAC code management, utilising PMITS.Responsible for interface delivery management utilising the PIMS Process.Worked within the AUK design change process.Represented the team on behalf of the CDBT leader on several occasions.

Bristol, United Kingdom