West Coast Mainline

I’m competent in developing and maintaining a detailed resource loaded schedule

 -developing the schedule in an agreed [WBS] work breakdown structure

-Activity coding

-resource loading

-cost loading

I assign resources and costs to activities {SPI & CPI}

I Set baselines and milestones to compare progress against

I Record actual progress against the baselines and making amendments where necessary [updating]

I create a 4 week look ahead [project plan forecast]

Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of project schedules for the Linespeed Enhancements, FTN, Civils, Plant & Machinery and Structures disciplines of the multi-million pound WCML contract. This involved long term planning of the works, identification of Key Milestones from Concept to Handback, activity logic and durations as well as the day to day management of the project schedules. Attendance at Progress Meetings with contractors and analysis of their programmes to capture progress and forecast.

After 5 years working as a metalurgist in Australian Nickel and Cobalt refining I moved to UK.

I worked for Carillion Rail and then Network Rail as Assistant Rail Manager and then Planniong and Resource co-ordinator helping found the WCML On track machine group.