Planner

Planning on various subsea projects in the Asia Pacific region

David's first employment as a planning engineer was as part of his industrial placement in 1977 then subsequently he began his career  proper as a planning engineer in 1978 with Sindall Construction both head-office based pre-tender and contract planning for a number of projects and site-based leading planning teams on major hospital projects.

Planner Network Rail -Thameslink (Outer Areas) July 2007 to March 2008 (Planning software P6)

Thameslink project – working to deliver additional capacity on Key routes within the south east specifically planning platform extensions at more than 20 stations between central London and Bedford.

Building of project plan, baseline of project updating & scheduling of plan each period.

Cost and Resource loading of plans in line with current Budget management plan & current authority.

Detailed review of sli

Greater Manchester Public Travel Executive (GMPTE) March 2008 to December 2008 (Planning software P6)

Working on the planned congestion charging for the wider Manchester area and proposed transport upgrades (Planning software P6)

Provide planning support to the 7 project managers covering 22 small to medium size programmes.

Provide all reports and any corrective actions to maintain key programme dates.

Review of contractor’s programmes from tender/contract award to period submissions and review

Birse Metro Step Free Access (Bank of four) London Underground December 2008 to June 2009 (Planning software P6)

Working to provide Step Free Access to four London Underground sites (Greenford, West Kensington, Newbury Park, Amersham) (Planning software P6)

Initially working on two programmes covering installation of Lifts stairs and bridge at Amersham & Newbury Park

Working under an NEC contract to London Underground.

North London Line Route Improvement Programme (Network Rail) July 2009 to April 2010 (Planning software P3e V5)

Working to deliver improvements to the North London line (Overground) as part of the 2012 Olympic works

Working on large integrated programme of works from Design, Construction into Commissioning

Covering multiple disciplines Civils, Telecoms, E&P, Signalling

Providing reporting of variance to baseline and key dates review of critical path

Minimising delay to programme by managing key interfaces between

(Current) Independent Contractor - Project and business controls consulting.

Contractor at MOX Project (Savannah River Site - D.O.E.) - Progress system design and prototype development.

Humaneering International, Inc. - Project Manager, driving performance improvement, Contracts with Fluor, Parsons-Brinkerhoff; serving company & individual projects. (2003-2008)

in the branch of the Civil Construction, Portugal, Libya and Mozambique. Acting in the area of Contracts, Works and Projects, with senior emphasis in Projection; senior as Designer; senior in note of works, budgetary control, preparation of financial-physical reports for the "board" of the enterprises and, consolidation of the advancements of any undertaking

Role : Planner

►Establishing Detailed Project Component Schedules – Level IV / Level V – Both Manpower & Cost loaded

►Prepare Resource Loading Charts, S Curves, Look Aheads, Activity Record Sheets, Planned Aftercares

►Prepare detailed study into design components and prepare execution plans and method statements for execution 

►Involved extensively in Co Ordination Meetings, Client-Consultant-Contractor Progress, Designs & Methodology Reviews

►Prepare In