Steven Thomson, 🌿 Pmp® Email & Phone Number

Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for establishing/maintaining and adhering to the specific PMO governance, processes and procedures
• Oversight and Assurance of Project Controls
• KPI Monitoring, Reporting and Governance
• Establish the project baseline position in terms of scope/cost /schedule and the ongoing governance control
• Manage scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and analyse integrated Project schedules, including all phases of project execution.
• Manage project controls staff to provide cost management/change management/risk & opportunity management and document management provision.

Westlakes

• Accountable for strategic direction and oversight regarding control requirements
• Lead the production, maintenance and monitoring of integrated scope, schedules, cost baselines and underpinning estimates at an appropriate level of detail and the application of effective change management processes
• Implement timely performance monitoring, trending, variance analysis and forecasting processes and provide periodic reports on performance and status issues
• Accountable for the framework Performance Dashboard (Executive level)
• Maintain a project controls EVM forecasting accuracy of +-10%.
• Accountable for driving improvements in the project controls team

Whitehaven

• Key contributor, planner and programme tracker on multiple business-critical projects such as steam and electricity generation, water supply and onsite distribution, civil infrastructure, drainage network, sewerage.
• Served as high level support for all aspects of schedule recovery, expedited BCWP forecasting with accuracy level of +/- 10%, evaluated BCWP and resource profiles and complied strictly with agreed delivery schedule.
• Awarded pass on schedule quality assurance (DCMA) 14-point check.
• Reviewed and analysed entire schedule, evaluated critical and subcritical paths, highlighted potential risks and expedited risk mitigation through efficient problem resolution and detailed analysis of project float.
• Drove collaboration with commercial team and collated earned value analysis data in compliance with client and Morgan Sindall requirements, and served as key contributor during internal/external client meetings and.
• Trained, guided and supported project team and optimised team performance through effective engagement, improved innovation and problem resolution, yielding vastly improved productivity.

• Successfully led, managed and engaged a team of 11 planners through provision of effective leadership efficiently directed Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (epCc) integrated schedule for BEP.
• Executed all quality KPI aspects of schedule and awarded pass on DCMA 14 point check, on 10,000 line schedule.
• Achieved forecasting accuracy of +/-10% each period on BCWP/EAC KPI, resulting in seamless operational performance.
• Created highly effective schedule delivery strategy and BOS, highlighted areas of improvement for quality and output, reviewed and assessed Spend Profiles, and demonstrated in-depth comprehension of critical and.
• Drove schedule risk reduction through detailed analysis and provided comprehensive recommendations on critical and subcritical paths, including analysis on resource clash and expertly mitigated risk.
• Served as principal contact for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (epCc) and drove delivery of all critical systems and work streams and collaborated daily with client.

• Appointed as Senior Planning Engineer and served as an integral member of the Design Service Alliance (DSA), generated full baselined programmes for key client Sellafield Ltd., and collaborated with partners to secure.
• A key contributor during client progress meetings and coordinated onsite partner meetings to acquire regular progress handovers and updates.
• Ensured all programmes were adequately resourced, provided recommendations at resource meetings and generated detailed monthly financial reports, including project plan updates, progress reporting vs programme.
• Critical path/schedule reviews.
• Produced critical path and float erosion reports.
• Update Schedule with Early Warning Notices / Compensation Event Notifications.

Sellafield

• Operated as Project Planner on First Generation Magnox Storage Pond (FGMSP) plant, highest UK nuclear risk and second in Europe, effectively managed 130 decommissioning work programmes, valued at £5BN+, and projects.
• Served as Lead Integrated Work Management (IWM) representative for ROV In-Pond tactical plan, executed all facets of production for ROV Project programme, and pivotal in determining Pond inventory and retrieval.
• Collaborated closely with internal customers, drove Integrated Scheduling improvements, efficiently managed entire process, pioneered development of long-term integrated plan and executed Integrated Work Week.
• Achieved seamless implementation of Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), recognised by management as principal driver of integrated project team and accurately quantified scope.
• Integral member and contributor on planning team for FGMSP facility and expedited internal and external supply chain schedules, yielding flawless integration of all programmes.
• Efficiently collated, analysed and reported on performance data such as labour hours and quantifiable progress metrics for direct hire and subcontractors, for all Operations and Maintenance activity.