PROFILE_______________________________________________________________________

A highly experienced, self-motivated, proactive Senior Planning Engineer with the ability to work alone, with minimal supervision as well as being an excellent team player.

Good interpersonal and communication skills to deal with staff and contractors at all levels. A logical thinker with the ability to apply a systematic and reasoned approach and willingness to question where necessary to ensure clarity. Creative and innovative and able to directly contribute to the development and implementation of new ideas and processes, to support the delivery of the site programme. ________________________________________________________________________________

SKILLS & QUALITIES

• Ensuring that the site develops, prepares, maintains and implements a robust, comprehensive, integrated programme (Lifecycle Baseline and Life Time Plan).
• Assessment of technical issues.
• Ensuring that all necessary programme controls are in place.
• Determining and monitoring programme risks.
• Undertaking Of Earned Value Analysis.
• Usage of Project Financial Information.
• Undertaking Of BCWP Process.
• Monitor, Control & Expenditure Reporting.
• Estimate Preparation.
• Contingency Appliance.
• Baseline Variance Analysis.
• Schedule Variance Analysis.
• Critical Path Analysis.
• Monitor, Update, Analyse & Report on Schedule Progress.
• Manpower Usage.
• Impact Assessments.
• Implementation Of Change Control
• Resilient, with an ability to work under pressure, to constant deadlines.
• Demonstrable track record in completion of tasks / duties to relevant standards, time & quality.
• Excellent Communication, influencing & interpretation skills.
• Co-ordinated & controlled in a multi-discipline /multi-customer environment.
• Well mannered and motivated.

EXPERIENCE

British Nuclear Group

Senior Project Controls Engineer.

Vertex Centre, Whitehaven.

B30 Projects.

July 2005- Present.

Main Responsibilities

To co-ordinate, devise and lead the development of the annual submission of the Lifetime Plan and Performance Based Initiatives for various B30 projects. Ensure that work is prepared in a controlled, planned fashion with robust procedures & process's in place for all activities. Having a sound understanding of scope, activities & project logic.

Duties:

· To deliver LTP for various B30 projects and associated PBI's as a part of a multi discipline team to deliver scope, schedule and cost documents to meet deadlines in line with submission to NDA

· Challenge current LTP production process and identify and implement improvements.

· Formulate long term strategies for B30 projects, interfacing with Clean up Projects lead team.

· Embed the current LTP annual production cycles into routine business activities.

· Co-ordinate the review process with external stakeholders on behalf of B30 projects.

· To assist in the management of the risk and opportunity process.Provision of a project service, to functional and O.U. heads, Senior Project Managers and Sponsors.

· Production and maintenance of integrated multi-disciplined project plans and schedules.

· Production and maintenance of valid multi-functional resource information to support cost estimates.

· Preparation of project reports, including earned value and critical trend analysis.

· Identification and analysis of variances to cost and schedule.

· Identification of risks and opportunities, mitigation and improvement strategies/action plans.

· Guidance and assistance to Senior Managers in Formulation of planning strategies.

· Extract/Receive activity & work details from SAP database into Primavera P3e & process data.

· Attend planning review meetings, agree progress, discuss slippage to programme & resolve.

· Produce & publish, 1 month, 6 months programmes for Operational Unit head.

· Produce integrated programmes.

United KingdomAtomic Energy Authority.

Senior Project / Cost Planning Engineer.

Windscale Site Piles 1 & 2.

August 2004- July 2005.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the Windscale Planning Manager in the development and maintenance of the overall Site Programme for Windscale.
• Responsible for the integration of all projects into a coherent fully interfaced Site Programme using critical path analysis techniques applied through planning software packages. Summary Schedules and Milestone Listings produced for reporting to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
• Support Project Managers in the preparation of Work Breakdown Structures and the subsequent development of detailed resource loaded schedules. Involving carrying out the regular statusing of projects to determine, assess and challenge project progress in terms of time, cost and resources.
• Mentor and coach trainee planning staff within the Windscale Planning Office.

British Nuclear Group.

Senior Project / Cost Planning Engineer.

Waste Retrievals / Treatment & Decommissioning

August 1998 - August 2004.

· Responsible for the preparation & maintenance of project programmes for capital & corporate funded projects within Primavera P3 / SAP R3.

· Setting up of CWBS / PWBS structures, aligning with project programmes to track / collect both progress & cost.

· Facilitate Estimating Workshops.

· Compilation of project reports, including earned value & critical trend analysis.

· Identification & analysis of variances to schedule & cost.

· Identification of risks, opportunities & subsequent mitigation & improvement strategies/action plans.

· Provide detailed recovery cost estimates / programmes.

· Key user in the site migration from Primavera P3 to Primavera P3e.

· Key user in the development and rollout of the Sellafield Lifecycle Baseline/ Detailed near Term Work Plans, Primavera P3e.

· Primary planning input to support the Sales & Operations Planning Management Review.

· Control and monitoring of achievable programme schedule adherence during planned plant shutdowns

· Integration of preventative planned maintenance and operational activities to nuclear Safe Systems of Work (to include all aspects of SMS's, MI's and PMP's).

· Development of Key Performance Indicators to support Operating Unit Management Committee.

· Comply with legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and procedures applicable to the role/project.

Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd

Planning Team Leader.

Operations Planning Dept.Jan 1998 - Aug 1998.

· Supervise a team of 12 Project Planning engineers to ensure provision of integrated planning.

· Responsibility for the design, implementation & development of planning/cost control systems.

· Responsibility for provision of rapid tender response requests in respect of build methodology & workshop capacity.

· Responsibility for material control & planning.

· Control of staff in accordance with relevant company procedures.

· Maximise and enhance the use of computer based systems for planning processes, prevalent in the selection/migration process from Artemis 9000 to Artemis Project views.

Operations Planning Dept.

Senior Project Planner. May 1996 - Jan 1998.

· Produce integrated & multi-disciplines programmes in accordance with relevant company procedures.

· Liase with production management in proposed build logic.

· Create programmes and resource profiles using Artemis 7000 for tender projects, including breakfall tower, vacuum flasks, and fast cat car ferries.

Operations Planning Dept.

Project Planner Dec 1986 - May 1996.

·Production of in-house fabrication & ships outfit programmes.

· Production of manning levels/histograms etc.

· Modular ships unit fabrication & outfit installation.

VSEL Shipbuilding.

Shipwright Jan 1981 - Nov 1986.

· Setting / checking of ship units.

· Installation of machinery rafts / outfitting components.

VSEL Shipbuilding.

Apprentice Shipwright Sept 1976 - Dec 1980.

Served a comprehensive 4-year apprenticeship covering all aspects of fabrication/installation of ship components.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Qualifications:

Certificate in industrial management & NVQ 4.

City & Guilds 'B' Certificate

Courses Attended:

Introduction to Health & Safety

Personal Protection Equipment

Manual Handling Awareness

Nuclear Building Controller

Nuclear Classified Worker

Fire Safety

COSHH Awareness

Primavera Enterprise P3e.

Primavera Project Planner (P3)

U.K.A.E.A. Project Management Reporting System

U.K.A.E.A. Electronic Data Management System

U.K.A.E.A. Project Management Manual

Artemis 7000 / Artemis 9000 / Artemis Project View

Business Management with MRP II (MML)

Project Management Certificate - foundation

Cost Schedule Control System

SAP Version R3

Facilitators Course

Basic Problem Solving Skills

Design Access Course

Activity Sampling Awareness

Microsoft Office

Tools & Techniques

DIPS. Data Image Processing System