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Rio Tinto Project Controls Manager

START Date: 
September, 2008
END Date: 
February, 2009
Relocated from Perth, WA to Brisbane, Qld by Rio Tinto Alcan, my role as Project Controls Manager Systems and Support Services was to focus on key areas of development, most notably the re-structuring of Primavera P6.1 to bring into line with planning best practises, sole administrator providing mentoring and guidance to a team of planners. Implementation of a new cost control system called PRISM to replace Excel based cost reporting, this was a particular challenge as the software is complex due to it’s direct link to P6.1, achieved success on two smaller projects and successfully rolling out over all remaining projects of significant’s.
Producing procedures and system flow diagrams to establish common reporting across all projects.
Responsible for a team of 23 (planners, cost control, document control and estimating)

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