THOMAS CHARGROS
Address: 32 Baldursgata / 101 Reykjavik / Iceland
DOB: 08/04/1984
Phone: +354 625 3038
Driver licence: C class / Construction site 4wd
~~~~~~~~~~ PROFILE ~~~~~~~~~~
Over 8 years experience in Project Management in France, Australia, UK & Iceland. Thomas Chargros is an experienced, skilled and well-rounded professional who has worked in the Energy, oil & gas, and Pharmaceutical sectors. He has an in-depth knowledge of project management best practices and is highly skilled in planning and controls systems.
His Positions include Project/Program Scheduler, Project Officer, Consultant, Project Controls Executive and Senior Planner.
~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMARY ~~~~~~~~~~
Depth of knowledge & experience in project/ programme portfolio management & controls,
Adept leadership abilities with a team player mentality,
Strong analytical, negotiation, influencing and interpersonal skills,
Developed commercial knowledge & strong business acumen,
Determined and driven with a strong work ethic.
~~~~~~~~~~ EMPLOYMENT HISTORY ~~~~~~~~~~
Senior Project Planner
Biosimilars facilities, Upstream, Downstream and Fill and Finish.
Thomas Chargros Limited at Alvogen | REYKJAVIK | ICELAND
July 2016- Present
- Development of the WBS construction baseline schedules for the four areas: API Upstream, Downstream, Fill/Finish and Facilities throughout the Biosimilars Project,
- Creation of S-curves and management of the team leaders for a full support of the qualification IQ/OQ/PQ in all key critical areas,
- Provide accurate reporting to the Project Director throughout the schedules,
- Generation of free of float, task priorities and resource assignment throughout the program and accurate communication to the project director and board members,
- Advise on critical task management in order that effective decision making can be implemented,
- Maintain a two week look ahead daily task plan and assign tasks to individuals/Daily Meeting Boards,
- Run the task orientated daily meetings centred around the specific work package,
- Provide problem solving solutions for implementation within the team,
- Creation, implementation and execution of project control procedures in conjunction with the Project Manager.
Project Controls Executive
OSD Micronisation stream 2, Purified Water Plan & R building refurbishment.
Gardiner & Theobald at GlaxoSmithKline | WARE | UK
January 2015 – July 2016
Achievements:
- Foster a close working relationship with all site contractors to drive positive change to the management and control of GSK's sizeable programme portfolio and WBS,
- Ensure successful delivery of monthly schedule, cost and ultimately Earned Value reporting for GSK's senior management,
- Ensure successful delivery of a weekly reporting regime that informed both senior stakeholders & key project/programme staff of programme status & progress,
- Develop design for changes to the centralised reporting system;
- Lead a senior project controls team to modify and upgrade key processes to drive key change initiatives;
- Provision of strategic advice and supported key change management initiatives to increase controls capability across GSK Ware site,
- Manage the development of a yearly resource roadmap for the Ware WBS programme to realise key benefits and improve decision making,
- Managed the execution of a risk/opportunity management system,
- Liaise, communicated with and developed strong relationships with stakeholders & clients both local & international,
- Review the central reporting framework and developed a series of recommendations for improvement of project controls capability across the business,
- Manage and lead the validation SAT/IQ/OQ plan with engineers for final facilities sign off requirements,
- Manage relationships with contractors to ensure win-win outcomes.
Consultant planner
National Grid | WARWICK | UK
June 2014 - December 2015
Achievements
- Preparation of Pre-Tender Project Plans in Primavera P6 for National Grid’s construction projects which includes substations, overhead lines, cables and tunnels with focus on the modelling of the time distribution of project costs and milestones,
- Implementation of an integrated and resourced Primavera schedule baseline that manages the delivery of key programme milestones and supports the tracking of programme costs,
- Bid/ Change Management of new opportunities to ensure the continued inflow of new business and coherent organisation of change within a programme management framework,
- Configuration & Data Management of key deliverables to ensure trace-ability in support of programme objectives,
- Liaised with key stakeholders to project & track project performance to support timely delivery of agreed scope.
Project Officer / Planner / FIFO
Narrows Crossing & QCLNG Export Pipeline projects
CCC & McConnell Dowell | Gladstone | AUSTRALIA
August 2011 - December 2013
Achievements
- Ensured the effective and timely production of all project reporting; maintenance of associated records registers and management of clients reporting requirements,
- Managed Horizontal Directional Drilling crew and report progress,
- Ensured the applicable contractual requirements for project reporting are met,
- Assisted with the effective management of the commercial and contractual activities on the project,
- Managed preparation of daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly progress report for manager, including the necessary inputs from the project team,
- Materials controls and follow up of the keys procurement item,
- Provided planning and forecasts to the project team. Activities Planned Vs Actuals, Earned value, S-curves and maintenance of current budget,
- Undertook reviews, analyzed results, recommend improvements / Corrective actions and report to management on project reporting,
- Monitored and report costs, time and progress status against baseline plans highlighting deviations,
- Monitored and updated engineering and procurement deliverables register,
- Prepared and participate in continual improvement & training.
Junior Project Manager
QLD Flood Recovery Project - Contract
Nilsen Electrics | Brisbane | AUSTRALIA
April 2011 to July 2011
Achievements
- Report and assist project managers / 35 sites involved,
- Development and maintenance of project schedules,
- Team progress tracking, actuals and weekly reports,
- Purchase orders and quotation. (Procurement),
- Managing compliance and 60 hired vehicles,
Consultant planner
Coal mine safety scheme 2011 plan - Contract
Xstrata Coal | Brisbane | AUSTRALIA
January 2011 to March 2011
Achievements
- Set up and organised tasks, phases and resources in MS-Project for the Safety Project 2010/2011,
- Created and maintenance of milestone plans in Microsoft Project Sever,
- Created key performance indicators (KPI’s) of project achievement,
- Coached colleagues on MS Project and project scheduling,
- Wrote procedures for monitoring and project tracking.
Part planner
Engine Euro 6 - Contract
Volvo Powertrain | Lyon | FRANCE
November 2009 to December 2010
Achievements
- Identified the critical parts of the engines for Euro 6 - Turbo compound 11, 13 and 16 Litre engines,
- Created a main schedule for the planning and development of critical parts,
- Produced various management information/reports for senior management,
- Provided process support and facilitate reporting and review of Issues, Risks and Change Requests,
- Co-ordinated design and Volvo gate reviews.
- 350 Parts scheduled (70 to 100 lines each) with Ms-Project with milestones to avoid any drifting of the project,
- Monitored project progress to ensure deadlines are kept.
~~~~~~~~~~ KEY SKILLS ~~~~~~~~~~
Technical Skills
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Office Pro
- Microsoft Project
- SAP
- Visio
- Adobe
- VBC Dashboard
Certificates
- Prince 2 Foundation
Languages
- English (fluent)
- French (native)
~~~~~~~~~~ EDUCATION ~~~~~~~~~~
- Master of Management Business Administration,
Major in Project management
University Lyon 3 / Ecole Centrale de Lyon / France
- Bachelor of Project management
Sup la Mache / Lyon / France
~~~~~~~~~~ PERSONAL INTERESTS ~~~~~~~~~~
Cooking | Art | Traveling | Ski | Narrow boats
~~~~~~~~~~ REFERENCES ~~~~~~~~~~
References are available on request.