A Senior Project Leader working for WSP to deliver opportunities for our Clients. My roles since joining WSP in January 2017 have included: Programme Manager leading our Programme, Project and Commercial Consultant team during mobilisation and masterplanning for a major redevelopment programme at the Parliamentary Estate, Westminster; Project Manager leading development during RIBA3 and procurement of the Main Contractor for the new Marshgate campus for UCL, a 35,000m2 academic and research… Show more A Senior Project Leader working for WSP to deliver opportunities for our Clients. My roles since joining WSP in January 2017 have included: Programme Manager leading our Programme, Project and Commercial Consultant team during mobilisation and masterplanning for a major redevelopment programme at the Parliamentary Estate, Westminster; Project Manager leading development during RIBA3 and procurement of the Main Contractor for the new Marshgate campus for UCL, a 35,000m2 academic and research facility at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and as Project Manager leading a multi-disciplinary WSP Engineering team to develop a modular housing solution in partnership with a major blue chip construction company. Show less

Leading a team of Multi-Disciplinary Engineers to support a Blue Chip Construction company in the development of a modular housing solution and planning to deliver the first project opportunity for the Client in their ambitious programme.My role is in leading the team, establishing the design and delivery programme, working with Client specialists to facilitate weekly technical reviews and programme progress reporting.Responsibilities: - Agreeing the scope, fees and… Show more Leading a team of Multi-Disciplinary Engineers to support a Blue Chip Construction company in the development of a modular housing solution and planning to deliver the first project opportunity for the Client in their ambitious programme.My role is in leading the team, establishing the design and delivery programme, working with Client specialists to facilitate weekly technical reviews and programme progress reporting.Responsibilities: - Agreeing the scope, fees and programme for the delivery of the services. - Establishing the project processes and procedures for the D&E development. - Weekly technical and project progress reviews. - Change control: facilitation of change control and alignment to project reporting. - Contract administration. - Facilitation of programme development, ensuring alignment for modular D&E and construction project milestones. - Facilitating alignment of all test planning with Engineering development and Client business requirements. Show less

The project, a 35,000sqm, 9 storey academic facility, is the first phase of a billion pound university campus development for University College London (UCL) located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park East London. Reporting to the Assistant Director at UCL I led a team of WSP Project Managers and integrated the Client appointed commercial, architectural and multi-disciplinary design teams with the Client team to progress development through RIBA2 and 3 stages.My appointment was… Show more The project, a 35,000sqm, 9 storey academic facility, is the first phase of a billion pound university campus development for University College London (UCL) located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park East London. Reporting to the Assistant Director at UCL I led a team of WSP Project Managers and integrated the Client appointed commercial, architectural and multi-disciplinary design teams with the Client team to progress development through RIBA2 and 3 stages.My appointment was specifically focussed at leading and managing all activities for the two stage procurement of the Main Contractor to provide Pre-Construction Services and Design development leading to the second stage appointment for Construction. My key responsibilities included:• Managing the design and commercial teams and reporting on the overall project.• Programme scheduling and reporting.• Contract Administration support to UCL (NEC3).• Managing change control and wide-ranging stakeholder engagement. • Leading the procurement activities for the two-stage tender of the Design and Build Contractor, including the preparation of detailed Works Information and Site Information, facilitating all tender processes until the appointment of the successful Contractor. Show less

Leading a team of Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers to provide Programme, Project and Commercial Management services on behalf of the Client and integrating the multi-disciplinary Design and Engineering Consultant teams during the mobilisation and ‘Preparation and Brief’ stage. The Northern Estate Programme is a large-scale, multi -year programme involving extensive refurbishment and redevelopment of five of the most historically significant buildings on the… Show more Leading a team of Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers to provide Programme, Project and Commercial Management services on behalf of the Client and integrating the multi-disciplinary Design and Engineering Consultant teams during the mobilisation and ‘Preparation and Brief’ stage. The Northern Estate Programme is a large-scale, multi -year programme involving extensive refurbishment and redevelopment of five of the most historically significant buildings on the Estate. Key Responsibilities: • Leadership of the team to establish programme cost, risk, schedule and contract change forums in support of Client requirements. • Programme reporting – weekly & monthly. • Contract and change management. • Cost and risk management. • Schedule integration of Parliamentary programmes to align strategic milestones. • Definition of the brief, testing stakeholder requirements, development of innovative masterplan options supported by pragmatic logistics and construction phase plans, detailed programmes, cost plans and risk analysis to enable option selection. • Integration and consideration of wider parliamentary programme impacts. Show less

Reporting to the Delivery Director for Terminals 1, 2 and 4. Leading a team of client Project Managers and the extended commercial and procurement team for the development and implementation of a portfolio of projects - known as the T4 Volume Works - supporting a number of Programmes at Heathrow to upgrade the infrastructure and passenger facing terminal areas.Responsible for managing the relationship with the Programme Development teams and ensuring a smooth transition of projects… Show more Reporting to the Delivery Director for Terminals 1, 2 and 4. Leading a team of client Project Managers and the extended commercial and procurement team for the development and implementation of a portfolio of projects - known as the T4 Volume Works - supporting a number of Programmes at Heathrow to upgrade the infrastructure and passenger facing terminal areas.Responsible for managing the relationship with the Programme Development teams and ensuring a smooth transition of projects through the APM project lifecycle into delivery and operation.Significant achievements include:- Terminal 4 'Low Voltage and Emergency Lighting Replacement', close engagement with the Programme team and Designers to scope, survey and progress through the Programme Gateway and instruct works in contract. £34M (2016).- Terminal 4 Volume Works Delivery - a portfolio of projects with £92M of capital spend for upgrades to security area, arrivals concourse, retail shell and core development, new airline lounges and other passenger and asset replacement improvements. Currently achieving 3% savings to date on capital spend. (Portfolio 2015-2018). Show less

Reporting to the Delivery Director for Terminals 3 and 5. Leading a large strategic project (budget £38M) to improve the capacity and operations for Departures security in Terminal 5 and leading a team of client Project Managers, and the extended commercial and procurement team, for the development and implementation of a portfolio of projects providing passenger experience and commercial improvements in the Terminal.Responsible for the development of the Terminal 5 Security Capacity… Show more Reporting to the Delivery Director for Terminals 3 and 5. Leading a large strategic project (budget £38M) to improve the capacity and operations for Departures security in Terminal 5 and leading a team of client Project Managers, and the extended commercial and procurement team, for the development and implementation of a portfolio of projects providing passenger experience and commercial improvements in the Terminal.Responsible for the development of the Terminal 5 Security Capacity project from Options development through to site delivery, responsible for mangaging the resources and leading the team for the implementation of all other projects in Terminal 5, managing and reporting on the project performance using Earned Value Management, ensuring safe systems of work in place, managing contract performance with the appointed Contractors and all typical APM project responsibilities. Managed the monthly forums for external stakeholder engagement (Stakeholder Programme Board) and internal cross functional engagment (Integration Meeting). Significant achievements include:- Terminal 5 Transfer Security Capacity, Led standback reviews to redefine and rescope the project objectives, Led the virtual team of Programme Designers, Contractors and internal specialists to scope, survey and progress through the Programme Gateway and instruct works in contract. £38M (2013-2015).- Terminal 5 Delivery - a portfolio of projects c £50M of capital spend for upgrades to the airside departures concourse and retail offerings, media screen replacement, lift refurbishment, passenger lounge and VIP suite refurbishment. (Portfolio 2013-2015). Show less

Reporting to the Programme Director. Leadership of the Programme team for T4&T5 Passenger Experience in developing projects from concept sheet to operational use, following the APM lifecycle in order to implement passenger experience improvements and infrastructure upgrades in the respective terminal areas.With line management responsibility for the team of client project managers and additionally responsible for mangaging the resourcing, succession planning and team development to… Show more Reporting to the Programme Director. Leadership of the Programme team for T4&T5 Passenger Experience in developing projects from concept sheet to operational use, following the APM lifecycle in order to implement passenger experience improvements and infrastructure upgrades in the respective terminal areas.With line management responsibility for the team of client project managers and additionally responsible for mangaging the resourcing, succession planning and team development to support the project portfolio. Responsible as the single point of contact for all Capital projects in Terminal 4 and managed and facilitated all internal and external stakeholder engagement in the monthly forums. Further responsiblities included managing the competitive procurement, contract administration, management of risk, opportunities and change management for projects and performance reporting using Earned Value Management to support Programme and Project Management Office requirements.Significant acheivements included:- T4 International Departure Lounge refurbishment, with budget of £24M and achieved 17% procurement savings and further 6% capital budget savings (2011-2012).- T4 Airbridge replacement (£12m 2013), - T4 Portfolio of projects including Airline Lounge shell and core and CatB fit out, Security area improvements, lifts refurbishment, retail (food and beverage) redevelopments and gate area improvements, (2011-2013). Show less

Reporting to the Programme Director. Leading the Client team to implement major infrastructure upgrades to the Baggage system and passenger facing areas enabling the relocation of airline partners (Qatar Airlines, Air Mauritius, Saudia and Air India) from other terminals to Terminal 4 in support of strategic airport programme objectives.Responsible for managing the development and delivery of the programme including team leadership, engagement with baggage specialists, procurement of… Show more Reporting to the Programme Director. Leading the Client team to implement major infrastructure upgrades to the Baggage system and passenger facing areas enabling the relocation of airline partners (Qatar Airlines, Air Mauritius, Saudia and Air India) from other terminals to Terminal 4 in support of strategic airport programme objectives.Responsible for managing the development and delivery of the programme including team leadership, engagement with baggage specialists, procurement of strategic baggage and infrastructure delivery partners to implement the portfolio of projects with budget of £64M. Responsibilities further included managing cost and schedule performance, reporting to the Programme and Heathrow governance forums, managing change and contract administration, all stakeholder engagement in a complex stakeholder environment and all integration with the Operations. The projects included: expanding the Arrivals reclaim hall and providing two added baggage reclaim belts, renewing baggage screening equipment to meet mandatory requirements, providing additional flight departures baggage capacity, conveyor route changes to optimise capacity and provide resilience, terminal infrastructure upgrades such as toilet relocation and upgrades, passenger lounges and operational accommodation.The project was successful in delivering a challenging scope of work to meet programme schedule constraints. Show less

Reporting to the Programme Director. Appointed to Terminal 4 as the Client Project Manager to lead the team and turnaround the delivery performance in order to deliver a porfolio of projects in support of fixed schedule constraints to enable wider Airport Programme objectives.Responsible for a portfolio of projects (c£50M) to modernise and increase the capacity of Terminal 4 enabling the relocation of 28 airlines from other terminals to Terminal 4 following the migration of British… Show more Reporting to the Programme Director. Appointed to Terminal 4 as the Client Project Manager to lead the team and turnaround the delivery performance in order to deliver a porfolio of projects in support of fixed schedule constraints to enable wider Airport Programme objectives.Responsible for a portfolio of projects (c£50M) to modernise and increase the capacity of Terminal 4 enabling the relocation of 28 airlines from other terminals to Terminal 4 following the migration of British Airways to the new Terminal 5 in 2008 and to support future Airport redevelopment in Terminals 1, 2 and 3.Responsible for redefining and 'rebaselining' the overall (integrated) schedule to support programme constraints, confiriming the total cost commitments to redefine the target, implementing a structure for change management, reporting to Heathrow governance and other senior leadership forums and all associated project management responsibilities. The role included leading all stakeholder management with the Programme, Operations and Heathrow Baggage specialists.The projects included: replacing strategic baggage infrastructure, upgraded security screening equipment to meet mandatory requirements, increased departures capacity, added operational process capacity, capability and resilience. Show less

Reporting to the Powertrain Operations Manufacturing Director. Leadership of a Powertrain Operations manufacturing project team through early development programme phases for the development of the new generation 'Puma' diesel engine, for the new Transit Commercial Vehicle Programme, up to Programme Approval gateway and first production prototypes.Responsible for managing the development of the engine manufacturing project activities within the time and budget constraints of the wider… Show more Reporting to the Powertrain Operations Manufacturing Director. Leadership of a Powertrain Operations manufacturing project team through early development programme phases for the development of the new generation 'Puma' diesel engine, for the new Transit Commercial Vehicle Programme, up to Programme Approval gateway and first production prototypes.Responsible for managing the development of the engine manufacturing project activities within the time and budget constraints of the wider Engine and Vehicle Programme the role included: Liaison with the Engine Programme Team to ensure alignment with programme cost and schedule constraints; working with the Product Development teams to ensure the feasibility of the design and 'release' of components and assemblies for manufacture; costing and developing manufacturing process and equipment proposals to support the Programme development; establishing roadmaps for cost challenges to meet the firm Programme constraints; leading virtual manufacturing analysis to validate and optimise process and component design and costs; leading a virtual team comprising the Powertrain Operations manufacturing team, Plant Operational colleagues, key Development colleagues and others; overseeing the on site trials and all representation to Launch Programme forums including Global Powertrain Operations Vice President level reviews.Significant achievements included: - Development of the manufacturing solution within time and budget constraints leading to the achievement of the Programme Approval Gateway for the Puma Diesel engine and support of the wider Ford Transit Vehicle Programme (2008). - Introduction of Virtual Manufacturing techniques (applied learning from my experience in Vehicle Operations) to trial and validate packaging solutions leading to a reduction in the packaging complexity and costs for the new programme (2007). Show less

Reporting to the Vehicle Operations Manufacturing Director. Leading a Vehicle Operations manufacturing team in support of Product Development and launch activities in multiple European plant facilities. Responsible for managing the project activities within the time and budget constraints of the respective Vehicle Programme the role included: Liaison with the Vehicle Programme Team; working with the Product Development teams to ensure the product was designed and developed for… Show more Reporting to the Vehicle Operations Manufacturing Director. Leading a Vehicle Operations manufacturing team in support of Product Development and launch activities in multiple European plant facilities. Responsible for managing the project activities within the time and budget constraints of the respective Vehicle Programme the role included: Liaison with the Vehicle Programme Team; working with the Product Development teams to ensure the product was designed and developed for manufacture; costing, developing, procuring and implementing all required facility, equipment, tooling, process changes necessary to launch the new product in the Operational Plant; establishing and leading a virtual team comprising the Vehicle Operations manufacturing team, Plant Operational colleagues, key supplier representatives and others; overseeing the onsite commissioning and launch of the product and all representation to Vehicle Launch Programme forums including Ford of Europe Vice President level Launch Stakeholder meetings.Significant achievements include: - Ford Fiesta development, including new B-Car platform, early prototype trials and achievement of the Programme Approval gateway for launch in Ford Germany and Spain, (2006). - Ford Kuga development and early prototype trials and achievement of the Programme Approval gateway for launch in Ford Germany (2006). - Ford Focus development, including a new C-Class platform, and launch across multiple Vehicle Plant locations in Ford Germany, Spain and Russia (2004 - 2005). - Ford C-Max development and launch, in Ford Germany (2002-2003) - Implementing virtual manufacturing opportunities to improve feasibility assessment and reduce launch costs - introduced for Ford Focus launch (2004) and subsequent Programmes. Show less

Various roles as engineer, senior engineer and team leader for process optimisation and the project management of new processes and equipment launch. Responsibilities included: New process development with Operations and suppliers; technical specification, procurement and implementation; commissioning and launch support; off site Factory Acceptance Testing and site System Assurance Trials; Quality Management; ....The roles required extensive stakeholder engagement within the… Show more Various roles as engineer, senior engineer and team leader for process optimisation and the project management of new processes and equipment launch. Responsibilities included: New process development with Operations and suppliers; technical specification, procurement and implementation; commissioning and launch support; off site Factory Acceptance Testing and site System Assurance Trials; Quality Management; ....The roles required extensive stakeholder engagement within the Vehicle Operations organisation and other internal Vehicle Development teams and Plant Operational teams and externally with suppliers. The role required regular, and sustained, international travel, an ability to be self motivated, to be sensitive to local requirements and to overcome language barriers.Significant achievements included: - Launch of new paint shop and product launch for Ford Transit in Istanbul, Turkey (1998-2001). - Launch of 'trim line' vehicle assembly process for the Ford Focus launch in St Petersberg, Russia (1999-2000). - Launch of new 'robotic' paint reciprocation application process in Ford Cologne (1998). - Launch of new North Paintshop in Ford Genk (1995-1996). Show less