Contract Senior Commercial manager for London Borough of Barnet’s Brent Cross Cricklewood Development Master Plan; including a new Thameslink Station, enabling works, which consists of the demolition of existing warehouse, sidings, construction of New waste transfer station, reconfiguration of A5 junction, transfer of existing waste transfer station to new site and demolition of existing waste transfer station to enable the construction of new Thameslink station, sidings and Train and freight operator Facilities. Review Commercial processes and procedures to ensure efficient and effective use of resources to provide commercial support to the business, development and improvement of relationships within Project Teams and with Client, subcontractors and suppliers, management of dispute resolution and contributed to the achievement of Corporate strategy, targets and budget.Develop procedures which meet business requirements, and which reflect actual practice as well as encouraging the project to deliver significant improvements in these areas. Working collaboratively across multi-disciplines fostering excellent relationships with our Partners, supporting the risk management process to ensure effective identification and control of Engineering and Business risks impacting on the project.

Key consultancy highlights: Management of Engineering, Construction and Commercial aspects of the project, developed suitable delivery strategies to meet project requirements, proactive in meeting client’s requirements, process improvement, identifying, developing and progressing opportunities with the client, ensuring systems are in place to monitor, control and account for project costs, ensuring that cost to completion forecasts are maintained for each project / stage works, delivering within margin, acceptable timescale, safely with acceptable environmental performance, development of key staff, apprentice and undergraduates and achieve client satisfaction on completion.Working as the Lead cost Planning Manager in the National Support Service Team Network Rail.Oversee and/or interrogate Network Rail Cost assurance for Unit cost data for all asset types.Provide support to all parties were required to enhance benchmarking studies, selecting and prioritizing benchmarking projects, identifying and selecting benchmarking partners, implementation and monitoring of benchmarking through understanding business drivers and Performance measures, completing final outputs, lessons learnt, how to improve productivity, effectiveness and cost.Develop processes and procedure for dealing with benchmarking request Improve commercial management relating to cost planning, Target cost and BenchmarkingDevelop an effective audit plan for cost assurance encompassing, Engineering, Quality and supplier audits. Oslo Railway completing assurance review of cost to completion following the collapse of the tunnel boring joint venture.LHR Airport Senior cost planning Manager for on and off airport demolitions, new build / existing Hotels, warehousing and lorry parking, street reconfigurations, traffic lights and related utilities (including IoT, AI & data centres).

Undertake the role of Estimator on projects, taking responsibility and leading the estimating function on assigned tenders.Where no Bid Manager is appointed and if required by the relevant Business Stream, lead the bid process to ensure that tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner. Oversee and/or interrogate design options and ‘value’ solutions, and if appropriate, identify the attractiveness of a project based on sound estimating principles. Review customer’s drawings and specifications to prepare accurate costing sheets for materials, labour and equipment. Review tender documents and submission requirements, ensuring all financial information is identified and provided and accurate compliant design proposals are included. Ensure the efficient operation of all systems in accordance with the Business Management System (BMS). Analyse enquiry contents, extracting commercial requirements and advising all interested/participating departments of the requirements. Interpret the “Scope of Work” and where necessary, formulate and place Sub‐Contract Enquiries and appraise subsequent responses. Attend “Pre‐Tender Meetings” and “Site Visits” and assessing all salient features. Establishing working conditions and ensuring completion of the necessary Site Reports. Perform “Quantity Take‐Offs” of materials and labour operations from G.A. Drawings, Schedules and Specifications. If necessary, establishing “Bills of Quantities” and providing Bills of Materials to facilitate material supply pricing.

Integrated stations programme, a collaboration of the following programmes to deliver commercially viable and self sustaining underground to keep up with the needs of an ever growing London; programmes consolidated are Stations stabilisation, commercial revenue, fit for the future, lifts and escalators and energy efficiency.Application Portfolio Management – Database Data Centre A Obsolescent devices and platforms. This project migrated eight LU business services of the originally scoped ten from Fujitsu hosted data centre into the Newly built Woking data centre. Also incorporated the computerised Track Access Control, a service used by the maintenance engineers on the Underground. Data Voice and Data Network – core migration from LAN to MAN The Metropolitan Area Network project delivered 69 migrations. 35 core sites, 34 non-core sites.End User Computing The migration of more than 14,800 users and 12,500 devices to the One London. Worked on the replacement of legacy desktops with Neoware thin client units. Migration of eight London Underground applications from an external hosting solution (Fujitsu Services) into TfL’s Woking data centre and the completion of the programme of network migrations across 70 TfL sites and services. Delivery of the network zones in the Data Centre IM Service and Operations including site control, management and installations and the delivery of key tools and equipment to site. The Enterprise Platform which will deliver functionality to support migrations into the Data Centre. Delivered internal hosting capabilities for Your IM. Cost planning future works, completing feasibility studies for sponsors, liaising with stakeholders, contract and project risk identification, valuation avoidance, management, design out and transference.ITSO (Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation) Head office processing system operational and completion of changes to back-office systems for full implementation.

Management of contracts through all RIBA, TfL and NR stages Business justification, Feasibility studies, Project brief, Concept design, appointing the management contractor, Detailed design by (contractor or consultant) or integrated design team IDT, Production information, Tender works contracts, Mobilisation, Construction, Occupation and defects liability period and Post occupation evaluation. Contracts include PFI, NEC3; Option A, C, D, E and Term contracts and providing support and advice to the operations team on contract assurance.Management of manufacturing supply contracts for direct purchase by LUL for materials, product development, supply chain management, inventory management, logistics management, cost control and financial analysis. Management of application and credit control processes, all processes with regard to costing and forecasting, change control systems project risk, CTC and Op. Stats, sub-contract cycle, commercial advice to Project Teams, development and improvement of relationships with Client, subcontractors and suppliers, dispute resolution and training plans. Managing 5 station upgrades projects, from inception to close out, Signalling contracts on SSR, Depot FM management including building management systems remote telemetry and crane replacement, LU Property FM (retail, office and flats), L&E group framework procurement, Procurement through OJEU, Competefor and various tender portals.Depot Operations Management, upgrades and enhancements, sustainability reviews, energy, renewables business planning, solar panel; procurement and installations. MEP upgrades, Sub station upgrades, HVAC upgrades and facilitates management system installations.

Job Purpose:To oversee the delivery of commercial activities, processes and systems within the Capital Programmes Directorate, and its programme and project areas. Manage and orchestrate all the commercial stakeholder parties to develop and maintain commercial control of such programmes and projects. Management of all procurement activities including supply-chain analysis, development and implementation of sourcing and procurement strategies, pre-qualification, tender and negotiation of contracts and contact award recommendations using procurement processes and systems. Principal Accountabilities:• Managing the commercial activities and their inter relation on major work-streams, projects and programmes to deliver commercial control.• Plan, deliver and manage all procurement activities to deliver contracts and frameworks for works, goods and services contracts. • Management of estimating and cost planning using construction and engineering industry market economics and understanding their impact on cost and price.• Management of construction, engineering, supply and service contracts.• Preparation of detailed analysis of variances and explanations, and understanding of concept of, and ability to calculate earned value.• Formulation of negotiation parameters, analysis and interpretation of commercial data and demonstration of flexibility whilst achieving negotiation objectives.• Management of claims, mitigation and advising on defence of claims, including analysis of the various parties’ positions.• Identifies and assesses potential risks to commercial agreements and supplier performance.• Chair of performance meetings with suppliers, communicates performance data and agrees improvement plans. Able to differentiate between issues that can be managed locally and those that need to be elevated for either information, or resolution and action.

My current role as Commercial Manager and Commercial Lead requires me to deliver the objective of the Programme Management Office as part of the Capital Projects Directorate to support improvement in the Programme areas via Benchmarking.Programme management of Commercial & Benchmarking within the PMO. Providing specialist technical support to programme and project teams within London Underground Line Upgrade and Capital Project directorate.Managing the LU Cost Database through its early stage development of 270 projects spanning a 5-year period, developed the cost database to conform to a Work breakdown structure format to fall in line with SAP accounting system; the structure follows a three-level hierarchy which allows three levels of data capture. Provided advice and give guidance on data and analytical matters to the Benchmarking Analysis & Reviews team. Producing accessible and robust data fit for comparative analysis, identifying performance gaps, settings challenging but attainable targets, and adopting best practice so as to improve TfL’s & LU’s performance. Benchmarking the cost of project management with leading industry partners NR, ABB, LHR to name a few.

The purpose of this role is to provide specialist technical support to programme and project teams within London Underground Line Upgrade and Project directorates

Contract Estimator manging the production of general civil engineering tenders up to a value of £5m.Tenders ranged from Highways works to Town redevelopment, including Southampton Guildhall Square £4.5mIncluding but not limited to:• Embankment stabilisation• New/Refurbishment and decommission of Bridges• New roads• Road reconfigurations• Traffic ManagementTender estimates for Street Lighting £8million and measured term contract for the maintenance and improvement of street lighting £10 million. Other duties included but not limited to carrying out site surveys, preparation of detailed take-offs, calculating cost of works packages, examining tender documentation and advising commercial manager of bid prospects and alternative solutions. Developed an effective audit plan for the business unit encompassing systems that covers Engineering Quality and supplier audits.

Pre-construction PQQ, enquires review and recommendations, estimating rail related Civils and Mechanical & Electrical tenders.Ensure the proposal cost estimate is aligned with the proposal solution, the proposal cost estimate is submitted on time, proposal cost build up follows the Estimating procedures, generate cost build up documentation to meet governance rules.Successfully completed tenders thorough understanding of the tender documentation, the client’s requirements / aspirations, and the required tender deliverables, determining proposed subcontract(s) and material requirements, ensure that all necessary enquiries are secured via the Procurement Dept., and check/validate enquiry returns, working with the proposal team to ensure the timely production of the cost estimate, in accordance with both the proposal and corporate requirements.Formulating the proposed GE (General Expense) book, prepare / coordinate the proposal cost estimate in accordance with estimating procedures.Tenders undertaken include: Network rail S&T contract (Labour supply), LUL (Labour supply), Tube lines (Labour supply), Framework Network Rail route rehabilitation (Troughing & cable laying), Network Rail geotechnical stabilisation Frameworks packages ranged from £5k to £150k, tenders from £10k to £10m.City of London Data Centre Server upgrade and Fibre network upgrade (excavation, laying and splicing)

Implement new software estimating software system replacing the Bam Nuttall Finchpalm system and a new estimating process for Bam Nuttall Finchpalm. This included writing an estimating manual and software estimating manual. Identified new preferred suppliers including products and services, prepared terms and conditions for software procurement, reviewed tender enquiries, review and analyse return bids and completed financial checks.Managed supplier performance to ensure adherence to terms of negotiated contracts.Estimating input to Mechanical & Electrical, Minor/Major Civil and framework tenders for London Underground and Network Rail. Project experience included Metronet CRM Project (Cable route management) £3 million, Metronet Power Upgrade £35 million in various packages, including 22kV/11kV distribution transformers, Traction transformers, transformer rectifiers, plinths, and 59km of HV cabling.Network Rail projects varied from Signal gantries, Platform lighting and location case to walkways and level crossings.

Contract estimator; Three project tenders won with Metronet in excess of 100million poundsMetronet Civils Maintenance & Inspections 70millionGroundwork's Framework Agreement - Metronet Alliance 30millionMetronet Fault Rectification Works 20millionIreland Roads Service Street Lighting Tender Bid 8million Ireland measures term contract for the maintenance and improvement of street lighting 10 million Process owner for estimating, ensuring continuous improvement, managing the Estimating function UK wide, managing the Estimating function for individual proposals.Ensuring the proposal cost estimate is aligned with the proposal solution, the proposal cost estimate is submitted on time, ensuring proposed cost build ups follows the Estimating procedures, generate cost build up documentation to meet governance rules, establishing and maintaining the estimating process, acquiring a thorough understanding of the tender documentation, the Client’s requirements / aspirations, and the required tender deliverables, then determining proposed subcontract and material requirements, ensure that all necessary enquiries are secured via the procurement Dept., and checking/validating enquiry returns.Working with the Proposal Team to ensure the timely production of the cost estimate in accordance with both the proposal and corporate requirements, formulating the proposal GE (General Expense) Book, preparing and coordinating the proposed cost estimate in accordance with the estimating procedures.

Senior Design Estimator managing large quotation projects of £350k upwards portable water, wastewater multi utilities within Developer Services. Ensuring financial recovery on notified customer variations, developing and managing estimates, financials and design issues, value engineering, coordinating with other agencies, recruiting and ensure logical, structured mentoring and coaching of direct supports.Representing TW at procurement at meetings i.e., construction, tendering etc. Interfacing with key suppliers and conduct performance reviews, including forecasts, partnering, strategic planning, liaising and visit as necessary suppliers, negotiate deals and long-term arrangements, ensuring compliance with procurement and supplies procedures and working to drive procurement strategy forward.Ensuring that appropriate management systems are updated in an efficient and timely manner, prepare, record send appropriate sub-contract documents, complete contract and order reviews, manage customer queries, oversee weekly stores programme, capture and manage customer complaints, liaising with design/engineering on new methods, ensuring at all times there is a clear emphasis on safety, quality and environment. Direct and maintain effective systems and controls to ensure that performance objectives are met and continuously improved, comply with all Policies and Procedures regarding employment and associated legislation.Preparation of spreadsheets for expediting and costing, control of prelim BOQ for projects, early recognition of issues and managing them to a satisfactory conclusion, project estimation and planning using Microsoft Project.Initiating and arranging meetings with design on AutoCAD, construction and engineering, visit suppliers to progress materials due design/programme changes., preparation of progress reports and negotiate, manage, and review contracts with suppliers and internal customers, where goods/services are not covered by TW arrangements.