SUMMARY

Over 20 years experience in construction and engineering documentation management covering a range of international and UK based projects, including pharmaceutical laboratories, oil and gas platforms, underground and train stations, tunnelling and rail track,

through all stages, from design and procurement to handover and maintenance.

Fluent in French, Spanish and English (at technical interpretative level), Portuguese and Italian. Understanding of Russian, German and Finnish.

Experienced in the use of a variety of proprietary computerised document control systems, including Assai, Infoworks, RSUK, Delve/Vendoc, Prosys EDMS,etc. At the moment learning to use Primavera P3.

Knowledge of CAD, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel and Access.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK

December 2002 - Present

CENTRAL DCC Section 2

C576 SYSTEMWIDE ACT JV

Document Control Manager

Management of all the documentation generated by Contractors, Sub-contractors, Vendors and providers of ancillary services in this multimillion pound project, covering the whole length of Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, for all the telecommunications, rail track, overhead catenary system, power and related disciplines. Management of the documentation interfaces with Network Rail and Rail Link Engineering.

Duties include assisting the (French) Main Contractors (Alstom and Travaux du Sud Ouest) in the production and presentation of their deliverables, and technical interpretation from French to English, and English to French, as well as handling all document movements, external and internal. Liaison agent with traceability controllers for all national and foreign suppliers and manufacturers of equipment and materials involved in this contract.

Supervision of Document Controllers, Technical Clerks and Scanners.

JACOBS ENGINEERING

2001- November 2002

Site Genentech Pharmaceuticals Laboratory Refurbishment, Porriño (near Vigo) Spain

Manager of the Document Control Centre

Responsible for the management of all documentation on a multimillion dollar refurbishment project, including vendor, design and construction, Jacobs' documents, commissioning and validation documents, site queries, O&M manuals and as-builts, in both Spanish and English.

Introduced computerised tracking and library systems and trained and managed 6 document controllers and 2 technical clerks.

Other duties include technical interpretation (English-Spanish-French) for site meetings and visits and document translation Spanish to English and vice-versa, liaison with Portuguese and French vendors, sub-contractors and local providers of ancillary services.

CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK

1999-2001

Sites C440 & C350/410 Senior Document Controller

Site based responsible for the management of all incoming and returned site documents, between main office, contractors and site personnel, from design, approval and tender status, through construction to as-builts. Management of technical queries, non-conformance reports, system defect reports, site progress photographs and correspondence control, using Assai, Gates and Infoworks. Management and training of contractor employed document controllers and tech clerks.

JUBILEE LINE EXTENSION

1997-1999

Technical co-ordinator (Document Controller)

Responsible for the production of building maintenance reports, operating and maintenance manuals, health and safety files, as-built drawings and specifications, quality assurance and compliance documentation, liaison with contractors, architects and engineers of all disciplines, within the project and the appointed designers' practices of architects and engineers.

EAJ PARTNERSHIP

1995 - 1996

Document Controller

Responsible for control of all the documents for partnership of building services engineers handling projects. Projects included Direct Line Insurance, BZW, DLI accident repair centres, refurbishment of Gatwick airport terminal and Hong Kong airport.

TRANSMANCHE LINK

1991 -1995

Documentation Analyst and Controller.

As the only bilingual member at technical interpretative level in the documentation team based on the UK site, liaised with both UK and French sides fixed equipment engineers and documentalists. Analysed Commissioning and As-built documentation in French and English for all engineering disciplines of the project in order to compile the client's lifetime records. Participated in the production of procedures for As-built submission. Analysed requirements for both UK and France based engineers and produced lists of documents and drawings required to be archived for each discipline, using Artemis 9000 and Unix based programmes.

FOSTER WHEELER LTD.

1990 - 1991

Vendor Document Controller

A senior member of the vendor document control group on the Amerada Hess project. Responsible for the processing of the complete cycle of vendor engineering documentation, using the Foster Wheeler computer system. Liased with engineers of all disciplines and had particular responsibility for interface with vendors in Italy, France and Spain.

CENTRAL TECHNICAL UNIT

1986 - 1989

Documentation Co-ordinator

Responsible for document control and archiving for the organisation that took over all local authority engineering and architectural GLC residuary projects after abolition.

Monitored document flow and provided narrative and statistical information for progress reports, site and office queries and contractual documents.

AUSTIN COMPANY OF UK LTD.

1978 - 1985

Document Controller

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Responsible for the establishment and operation of the document control system for all architects' and engineers' drawings, specifications, data sheets trade literature and operating and maintenance manuals for large pharmaceutical design and construction projects.