Michael Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Queenstown, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Specialising in Project Management and Project/Program Planning and Controls working both above the line and below the line within the Defense industry.

Australia

• Day to day management of a dedicated team of Project Controllers and Planners• Supporting the Supply Chain Project Managers and Control Account owners in understanding Schedule and Cost performance across multiple accounts• Staff development and periodic performance reviews including the setting of performance objectives and KPI’s• Providing support during major Contractual reviews• Driving best for program results by ensuring that both cost and schedule are robust and workable

Australia

• Managed Key and Payment Milestone adherence through multiple float path analysis and weekly SCAM/CAM/PM reviews to ensure all stakeholders were committed to achieve the Milestone.• SRA Schedule development to support risk analysis for both the D&P phase and through to First of Class delivery• Management of a small team of Planners to deliver a fully costed Ship 1 schedule as part of the Bid tendering process• Development and maintenance of Level 0 and Level 1 schedules along with producing Cartoon and Project on a Page reports.

Adelaide

• Develop and integrate the Combat System D&P level 2 schedule into P6.• Manage and implement the level 2 schedule cost accounts and work pack level budgets along with establishing and maintaining Earned Value Techniques.• Help support the development and mentoring of the Planning and Controls team.• Contribute to the reporting and support to the Department Manager, Cost Account Managers, Team Leads, Engineers and the wider HCFP community and customers.• Help support the Project Planning & Controls Manager to develop project reporting and analysis data for the HCF program.• Assisted and lead the balancing of the Combat Systems PMB to the TCE alignment, identifying discrepancies at an Activity level with corrective action requirements

Adelaide, Australia

Experienced Team Lead specialising in Project Control within the Engineering department of ASC Pty Ltd. Skilled in both Schedule and Cost Performance using a variety of tools including Open Plan, Cobra, P6, Excel and SQL. Working closely with Project Managers and a small team to create and maintain schedule and cost for a portfolio of projects ensuring accurate performance reporting. Helping Project Managers maintain the correct drumbeat through forward planning and budgeting, providing them with Cost Performance Reports and analysis to help them identify schedule and cost issues. Maintaining High Level Work Program budgets for projects within the Engineering department and helping with cost and schedule data to support actuate EAC reporting.

South Australia, Australia

A professional Master Scheduler with 7 years’ experience in the defence industry, Michael has worked on block construction and ships completion schedules including critical path analysis, baseline control, weekly product heath checks, working closely with stakeholders including CAMs, Area & Department Managers to align the Contract Master Schedule for ship 3 with best practices and lessons learned. Proven experiences in developing and integrating new schedules, schedule resource and baseline management, risk integration and management, mentoring and motivating teams, a thorough understanding of Earned Value (EV) principles, Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) along with extensive experience in developing Excel reports utilising Structured Query Language (SQL) and macro skills to combine multiple data bases into comprehensive reports. He has completed the certificate IV in Project Management and will be graduating to the Diploma in Project Management on 6th February 2018.•Proven record in the creation and maintenance of CMS within Open Plan Professional (OPP) using an understanding of scope sequencing for construction, consolidation and on-board planning activities including PMO management plans.•Proven record in effectively communicating schedule plans to stakeholders to ensure correct sequencing of scope and on time delivery of deliverables. •Proven record in developing effective working relationship with various stakeholders; e.g. customer, engineers, CAM/Area Managers and PMO.•Proven record in management of Risk to major milestones within the CMS and communicating any potential problems to stakeholders through the creation of reports to explain the area of concern.•Proven record in logical linking of activities within a Schedule and the creation of critical paths by using tools within OPP to ensure product processes are efficient and effective.•Proven record in linking and managing multiple schedules in a Master

Adelaide, Australia

Manager to NATA accredited testing laboratory for the testing and accreditation of wood heating appliances.Accomplishments:• Regained laboratories NATA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 and appointed NATA signatory • Updated the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025• Created a calibration record system to ensure calibration of equipment met standards• Created a work book using Excel to take raw data collected during tests and convert into reports to record measured conformance as required by the governing standards resulting in streamlining of the processRole:• Supervise and oversee testing of appliances• Calculate test results and check data for accuracy from tests conducted in the laboratory. • Write test reports for submission to the customers on completion of testing.• Sourcing and purchasing of materials and equipment required by the laboratory.• Estimating and providing quotes to customers on their requirements• Scheduling workloads to ensure testing completed on time. • Supervision and training of staff.• Reporting to and liaising with CEO’s, managing directors and board members• Communicate with government bodies and community groups regarding the setting of particulate emissions regulation for the industry.• Member of the standards committee CS 063Accomplishments:• Regained laboratories NATA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 and appointed NATA signatory• Updated the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025• Created a calibration record system to ensure calibration of equipment met standards• Created a work book using Excel to take raw data collected during tests and convert into reports to record measured conformance as required by the governing standards resulting in streamlining of the process

Adelaide, Australia

Development of new gas heating products, testing of alternate components from suppliers for suitability in products.• Redesigned high efficiency gas heater range and reduced production costs by over $100 a unit (a saving of about $200,000 a year). Improved product reliability and reduced warranty costs to the company.• Purchase and maintenance of testing equipment, prototype materials and tools.• The testing of new less expensive components for suitability on company products leading to greater profits and better competitiveness. Design and testing of products to various Australian and world standards. Service call outs to problem installations to check for correct installation and to rectify any problems encountered.

Adelaide, Australia

Production Planner, plan and coordinate production schedules based on sales forecasts, entering of monthly sales forecasts into the MRP system, ensure smooth running of production around shortfalls in supply of parts, planning changes in production due to labour availability, back flushing of components used in production, and the entering daily build quotas.

Certificate Iv In Responding To Project Complexities, Project Management

Diploma In Project Management