Simon Crook Email & Phone Number

Aberdeen, Gb

Teesside

Senior Site Planner – Dogger Bank C• Hitachi Energy are the principal contractor for the construction of three HVDC convertor stations. • First 6 months, assisted in the development of the DBA & DBB Hitachi construction plans located at Hull• Thereafter transferred to the Teesside site full time to plan the Site Enabling Works and review third party Tender Ground Works / FRC programmes and supporting planning deliverables• Further developed the Primavera DBC - Hitachi Energy Master (Level 3) Programme to reflect more construction detail for all phases of the project consisting of Ground Works, FRC, Steel Erection of Buildings, Roof and Wall Cladding of Buildings whilst cross checking for SIMOPS issues with ongoing Ground Works, Building Works (Internal Blockwork Walls / Mist Coat of Walls / Flooring and installation of various types of doors) / Install False Floors for cabling, Building Services M&E Internal and External Works, Installation of HVDC Equipment, Above Earth, Grounding, Site Wide Cabling Pulling and Glanding & Terminations and plan various commissioning aspects of the project. • Assist Hitachi commercial site team with reviewing bid plans, review and analyse Early Warning Claims from our Sub-Contractors and assess impact of Hitachi issued Site Instructions for additional work scopes.• Chair Site Planning Meetings and attend various Weekly Operational Site Meetings with sub-contractors and the client• Monitor Site Related Project On-Time Delivery Milestones, Issue 3 Week Look Ahead Plans and Produce a wide range of S-Curves, KPI Dashboards and Ad-hoc Reports for the Hitachi Site Management Team, Head office in Sweden and our client• Advise Site Management Team of any impacts to the programme and proactivity communicate any new critical path areas of concern and SIMOP issues arising from multiple companies working on the site.• Review overall site manning levels, at it’s peak 190 people at the DBC site in the summer of 2024

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

EPC Lead Planner – Subsea Xmas Tree and Controls • Baker Hughes have been contracted to manufacture 19 off Deep Horizontal Xmas Trees and associated Production Controls Systems for a new Greenfield Subsea Development in the Gulf of Mexico. The overall contract value for Baker Hughes is worth between $150 to $200m.• Responsible for the overall management, development and internal company and client performance reporting of the EPC project plan (c.15,000 tasks) whilst using various company in-house reporting tools. (KPI dashboard style reporting, CPM and risk management methods are being utilised on a project of this scale)• Report directly to the Project Director based in Houston and take planning guidance from the UK based Planning Manager. Within my project planning team, I have four product line planners based in various Baker Hughes offices across the UK • Completed extensive inhouse product line training courses in support of EPC planning process

Aberdeen

Repsol Contract: Sept 2020 to Sept 21• Responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning projects planning and offshore campaigns for Claymore, Piper B, Bleo Holm, Montrose and Arbroath Assets (Lead planner responsible for a small team). Similar planning and reporting duties as listed below for Apache Contract.Apache Contract: May 2019 to Sept 2020• Jointly responsible for engineering & procurement planning of circa.200 fast-track projects across the Beryl and Forties Assets (One of two senior planners assigned to the team, and mentored a junior planner)• Track project engineering & design deliverables and material long-lead deliveries • Update project plans with engineering & design progress each week • Monitor offshore jobcard progress performed by a third company• Liaise with Apache asset planners to ascertain when projects are scheduled to take place offshore• Chair weekly onshore planning meeting and make any necessary scheduling changes to the project plans• Chair weekly onshore resource meeting, and resource level plans based on agreed priorities • Produce and issue associated planning reports to the client and in-house PD&MS management• Assist in-house PD&MS tendering team with bid planning support as required

Blyth, Uk

ABB - Now Hitachi Energy - North Sea Link project for National Grid client:• Transferred onto the North Sea Link (NSL) project in December 2018 to construct a bi-pole 1,400MW HVDC converter station in Blyth for National Grid. One of the longest connecting projects of its kind. The 720 km NSL interconnector will stretch from Blyth (Northumberland) to Kvilldal in Rogaland, Norway. The overall project investment is $2.2bn and ABB project delivery is scheduled for 2021• Immediate responsibilities were to monitor the civils sub-contractor’s programmes and performance over a 63-week period onsite at Blyth. Further develop the resourced ABB master programme from the current circa 100 tasks at level 2, and expand the plan to circa 1,300 level 5 tasks for civils construction phase• Produced level 5 ABB equipment installation, sub-system test and final commissioning phase tasks based on site team input as technical information becomes availableCaithness, Moray & Shetland (CMS) project for Scottish Southern Electric (SSE) client:• Monitored progress associated with 22km of land cable trenching and jointing operations from Port Gordon to Keith substation. (Includes land-based drilling operations 1,500m out to the sea to allow cable products to be pulled onshore in conjunction with ABB subsea cable laying vessel).• Updated the ABB project master plan and monitor programme progress / productivity performance on a daily, weekly and monthly frequency associated with Moray operations.• Evaluated subcontractor programmes.• Specialised ABB equipment installation workforce requirements are scheduled around access interface windows of opportunities, so as minimise civils subcontractor delays.• Attended client and subcontractor monthly governance meetings for land cables and converter station elements of the project.• Provided forensic planning information to the ABB commercial team to support or dispute NEC3 compensation events with the client / subcontractors

Weybridge, Uk

CPS is a significant division within the Cameron Group portfolio responsible for providing Meg, Oil, Gas, and Water process equipment solutions for worldwide clients. • Hired to improve the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) planning for the region• Remit was to ensure Primavera EPC planning, KPI, earned value performance reporting and schedule risk management met reporting deadlines each month, and followed global & regional corporate procedural guidelines for projects ranging from $5 to $150 million USD• Mentored a team of 5 planners across various countries and cultures, resulting in better problem solving and lessons learned knowledge sharing and collaboration• Working with worldwide project managers, reinvigorated a positive can-do-approach amongst planning team ensuring projects being brought in on time and within budget• Collaborating with project managers, the planning team improved best practises & introduced new tools• Performed hands-on planning, critical path and risk analysis for the BP Rumaila (>$100m) project• Produce proposal / bids plans for various Meg, Oil, Gas, and Water product ranges• Ensure plans continually met contractual delivery dates to ensure LD’s were not going to be incurred• Perform quality checks on cost loaded schedules, earned value & KPI reports for circa 40 live projects• Conduct schedule & cost risk analysis sessions on projects greater than $10 million USD

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Responsible for planning drilling package upgrade construction projects/campaigns for the CNR drilling and completions department ensuring the North Sea (UK) drilling packages were well maintained and met operational and health & safety legislations in order to allow drilling operations to be undertaken. • Reintroduced rig reactivation projects/campaign planning and performance reporting back into CNR• Annual drilling package upgrade budgets exceeded £100 million for the Murchison and Ninian platforms, careful planning and cost control of multiple campaigns was essential to meet business objectives • Ensured third party engineering deliverables, work packs and long-lead materials were on schedule • Developed project & campaign Primavera P6 plans with team members and third party companies• Reviewed offshore manning requirements utilising histograms (Typically 30-40 POB) for each campaign• Provided critical path and risk analysis updates on live 8 to 14 month offshore campaigns • Produced weekly and monthly performance/productivity and earned value reports • Travelled offshore with project engineers to conduct planning and work scope reviews• Trained project controls assistant to become a planner and jointly improve project control tools• Created and update drilling projects group planning procedures/ guideline documents

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

BP Andrew Platform Area Development multi-billion dollar project was multi-faceted and consisted of a newly fabricated 1,000 tonne process module that was heavy lifted onto the platform and needed hooked-up and commissioned by Wood Group PSN. Installation of new subsea manifolds & pipelines, and completion of all remaining BP operations & asset upgrades / minor modifications projects to enable safe start up in Q4 2013. (Flotel accommodation allowed a 500-man work force). • Liaised with BP project engineers in client’s office to plan over 700 jobs ~ 157,00 Direct Man-hours• Tracked completion of BP multi discipline construction work packs up to mechanical completion readiness• Ensured construction jobs were planned with detailed task steps and fully resourced using work packs• Attended various weekly onshore and offshore readiness & SIMOPs meetings • Provided performance reports to the BP management team associated with project remits• Undertook offshore planning support trips when required

Aberdeen

Responsible for the planning and performance reporting of the offshore implementation phase associated with the Dunlin Fuel Gas Import (DFGI) project. Working with the AKER Topsides division onshore project team on a six-month window to achieve first gas by the end of December 2011. Worked closely with the client to proactively overcome challenges and reduce the programme to a minimum to keep the client’s shareholders satisfied leading up to first gas completion.• Planning liaison focal point for AKER, reporting to the client (Fairfield) and main EPC contractor (AMEC) management teams• Ensured planning, s-curve, histograms and earned value reporting met AKER corporate requirements• Managed planning workloads and deadlines amongst the project planning team • Mentored senior planner and train planning assistant with relevant job related planning skills

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing the Wood Group planning team associated with the TAQA Cormorant Alpha, Cormorant North, Eider and Tern platforms. Planning team consisted of x5 engineering & construction planners based in Aberdeen & Glasgow offices, x2 Maximo maintenance planners and x2 shutdown planners located at TAQA• Reported to the Wood Group project controls manager and worked closely with the cost and estimating lead engineers on multiple projects across each platform for TAQA• Managed team requirements to ensure EPC planning met with TAQA business objectives and deadlines• Attended 14, 28 and 90 day planning meetings chaired by TAQA representatives• Prepared and issue monthly Wood Group KPI planning / contract performance data • Gave onshore presentations on the importance of planning to Wood Group offshore supervision• Chaired awareness workshops for onshore discipline leads in order to improve engineering deliverable completion milestones• Developed a planning step change charter for the client so they could monitor continuous improvements

Aberdeen

Assigned to the Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) contract. Responsible for the planning and cost reporting of circa £10M to £20M worth of drilling package equipment upgrade projects and rig reactivation campaigns.• Reported to the Operations Director, working closely with project engineers and multi-discipline leads• Introduced Primavera P6 planning to the company (Previously only using Microsoft Project Software)• Developed new project control tools to meet PD&MS and CNR reporting requirements• Planned CNR offshore projects and rig reactivation campaigns and tracked associated costs• Provided critical path analysis and what-if scenario plans and cost projections • Tracked engineering deliverables and long-lead fabrication and equipment milestone

Aberdeen And Dubai

Lead Planning Engineer (Promotion achieved in Oct’06)• Marathon. Planning £14 Million worth of Brownfield Platform Projects/Repairs Orders for Brae Field. • Dubai Petroleum in Dubai (Rotational secondment in client office). Multiple projects undertaken for client were Asmari Gas Improvements, Fateh Pipeline Replacements and Falah B – Redevelopment. • Venture. Planning construction activities for the installation of two new MOL Pumps, Chemical Injection Package and various spools and E&I upgrades on the Kittiwake platform. • “WaGE Project”, a 1,000 tonne Gas Export Module installed on the side of the Montrose Platform. Senior Planning Engineer - Montrose and Arbroath Platforms. (Rapid promotion achieved in Jan’05).Planning Engineer - Montrose Main Field Development Program (MMFR) project. Planning duties whilst at Petrofac:• Produce various plans, s-curves and associated onshore / offshore resource manning histograms• Produce weekly onshore and offshore man-hour reports and compare actuals against agreed budgets• Issue corporate monthly productivity and earned value reports for various projects / client or contracts• Work with the corporate planning manager to continuously improve the planning project control tools • Create project specific planning and reporting procedures / guidelines• Travel offshore and review projects to be planned and conduct planning audits with supervisors• Ensure planning and performance reporting met Petrofac and client business objectives• Mentor and train planning team members, e.g. planning assistants, planning engineers and project control business graduates (Encouraged offshore trips and visits to fabricators and equipment suppliers).• Critical path and risk analysis reviews undertaken for all phases of projects

Aberden

Worked within the drilling and completions department, responsible for producing drilling rig upgrade plans and cost reports associated with the Ninian North, Central, South and Murchison platforms. • Track project costs against agreed budgets• Produce 2-6 week mini campaign plans for offshore multiple projects to be implemented in-between drilling operational windows of opportunity• Liaise with drilling contractors engineering/maintenance team in order to develop the plans with the correct stepped-out task durations, logic and resource allocations• Baseline plans and produce weekly performance s-curves and associated manning histograms

Stavanger Area, Norway

Contracted as a consultant to educate the airline management team on the advantages of project planning. Braathens Airline had a fleet of 35 old and new generation Boeing 737 aircraft. The project planning was set-up to improve productivity and turnaround times, thus enabling more third party work into the Hanger. • Evaluate planning requirements with management team and provide best practise advice• Come up with a planning model to meet the clients business objectives• Roll-out benefits of project planning to company employees at various stages of project • Develop 20 to 30 D and C check aircraft maintenance plans for company and third party planes• Introduce Primavera P3 planning to company and train people to use software for shift % reporting• Monitor aircraft maintenance performance on a daily basis and forecast completion dates• Refine future plans at the end of each aircraft maintenance service using actual performance data• Train two aircraft technicians to become planning engineers

Usa And Uk

Atwood Oceanics – Houston & Alabama (Contractor) Jan 2001 – Oct 2001 Client Planning Engineer – Drilling Rig Upgrade Project Joint Venture International (JVI) – Aberdeen (Contractor) Mar 2000-Jan 2001Planning Engineer - Banff FPSO Upgrades & Coryton Refinery TARSonsub Ltd – Aberdeen (Contractor) May 1999 - Feb 2000Senior Project Controller – Cost & Planning on various ROV projects Brown & Root - Aberdeen Roles (Contractor)Planner – Final Phase of Shell ETAP Oct 1998 – May 1999Assistant Planner – Various Projects Oct 1997 – Oct 1998Assistant Cost Controller Elf ISC Contract Oct 1995 – Oct 1997Project Technical Assistant - Engineering/Construction Department Nov 1993 – Oct 1995

Education record

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Activities and Societies: Family Life (Two Children) Cycling Gym Obstacle Course Races (Running through lots of mud)Career related summary.