NAME OF PERSON E H WAGSTAFF YEAR OF BIRTH 1954
NATIONALITY British PROFESSION Mechanical Engineer
POSITION Planning / Programme Manager and Senior Planning Engineer
SPECIALISATION Project Management
QUALIFICATIONS HND Mechanical Engineering (T5)
C & G 747 Computer Science
Diploma in the Institute of Production Control
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT
OCTOBER 2008 – PRESENT
NETWORKRAIL – PROGRAMME CONTROLS MANAGER
The management of Planning Engineers on the major projects for the South East Area Signalling Power & Controls Section. The debriefing of planning procedures down into the individual projects so that the centre can produce standard global reports for senior management. Responsibility for the recruitment and selection of planning engineers to fill vacancies as projects come on line with in the portfolio allocation. Identification of areas which need attention and feed them back into the reporting section for further inclusion into the Oracle Database system.
Experience Prior to Present Employer
JANUARY 2008 - SEPTEMBER 2008
COLAS RAIL – SENIOR PLANNING ENGINEER (CONTRACT)
The creation of project programmes on various tenders and projects for Colas Rail Limited. These vary from tenders for Manchester Metrolink Phase 3a and Thameslink to track possessions for the East London Line and Grays Platform Extensions. The production a Planning Procedure / Guideline for the project contol function of the company with a general steering document for planning engineers who start with Colas Rail in the near future.
Reason for seeking further employment is the 3 month contract is coming to an end and there is no movement from Colas rail to extend it.
JULY 2006 – NOVEMBER 2007
VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS – SEnior planning engineer (CONTRACT)
Working within the Virgin Atlantic Projects Division on various projects. Providing varying levels of Planning Support to the different projects. Administration of the Primavera P3e Planning Application.
Project Darwin (Project to introduce an Integrated Operations Control Centre) has full planning support which includes provision of a programme, baseline targets and programme monitoring to provide earned value calculations from Primavera P3e Version 5, assessing programme risks and issues including the management of the register and the instigation of Risk / Issues Workshops. Assessment of programme recovery in the instance of major programme slippage.
Project WFMS (Work Force Management System) and LIMO (Introduction of an online booking system for cars) has reduced planning support to include the provision of programme, baseline targets and programme monitoring with resource analysis to check for over allocation.
Project The Base (provision of an internal Training Facility) and Remote Working (Introduction of Service Centre Staff working from home) has planning support to include the provision of programme, baseline targets and programme monitoring.
DECEMBER 2005 – JULY 2006
VECTRA – Senior Planning Engineer (CONTRACT)
Secondment by Vectra to Alcatel at Greenwich to provide Project Services to support numerous projects and bids. Nominated as the Project Controls Manager for Control Centre Communications Project. Therefore responsible for the Planning, Cost Control and Document Schedules including the reporting of progress and spend on the contract to Tube Lines Ltd. Preparation of negotiation programmes for CE’s on the main Train Bourne Transmission Control contract for the Jubilee and Northern Lines specifically Signalling Principles. Bid preparation and programmes for the Option to upgrade the Piccadily Line TBTC and Docklands Light Railway. Identifying major programme issues and highlighting the area’s of risk within the programmes so that measures could be taken to mitigate the risks.
Part of the function included the recruitment of other Planning Engineers suitable for the type of work they were expected to undertake as a member of the Alcatel Planning Team.
OCTOBER 2005 – DECEMBER 2005
HONEYWELL. – Senior Planning Engineer (CONTRACT)
Provision of Planning Services for Honeywell to enable a co-ordinated programme to be put in place the for the design, installation, test and commissioning elements of the programme for the Terminal 5 contract at Heathrow Airport for BAA. The areas that have been investigated to date are the Multi-Storey Car Park, Landside Infrastructure, Tunnel Transport System, Rail and Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower. The identification of outstanding elements of the programmes and the instigation of a plan of action to cover the tasks requirements. Analysis of the sub-contractor programmes on use of structure, progress data and format for rolling up into the main contract programme.
NOVEMBER 2004 – SEPTEMBER 2005
JACOBS ENGINEERING. – Seniorr planning engineer (CONTRACT)
Based at Waterloo in the E & P Team and the Estates Department at Euston for the migration of programmes from Primavera P3 into Primavera P3e. Preparation of programme planning templates in P3e to follow the “Guide to Railway Investment Projects” (GRIP) process for numerous types of different products. The assessment of the existing project programmes and their suitability for transfer into the Primavera P3e following the guidelines set by the IMS Team. Implementation of the coding to enable project manager’s to easily identify the project needs.
OCTOBER 2003 – NOVEMBER 2004
BALFOUR BEATTY MANAGEMENT. – Lead planning engineer (CONTRACT)
Based at the Kings Cross Project on behalf of Balfour Beatty Management. Lead Planning Engineer for the preparation of programmes for reporting into London Underground Limited. Identifying the elements of work to be undertaken by the Sub-contractor and other 3rd parties for co-ordination purposes.
Analysing programmes for acceptance by the management contractor. This includes the use of the coding structure and progress data so that the programme could be summarised into the High Level Reporting Programme (Primavera P3 and Primavera P3e).
JUNE 2003– OCTOBER 2003
ABB / MOWLEM. – Senior planning engineer (CONTRACT)
Preparation of Programmes for the ABB / Mowlem team which were part of the Southern Region Power Supply Upgrade contract based at Southwark London. The provision of the programmes to assess, progress, extension of time and costs. Instigating procedures to allow the monitoring of interfaces between the work elements of the construction process.
Responsible for providing contractual reporting in accordance with Network Rail requirements. Analysis of the ABB/Mowlem programmes on use of project structure, progress data and format for summarising into the Network Rail programme (Primavera P3).
MARCH 2002 – JUNE 2003
LONDON ELECTRICITY SERVICES – PROGRAMME Manager (CONTRACT)
Provision of Work Breakdown structures with in the Programme Management Office for London Electricity Services applicable to the Terminal 5 contract at Heathrow Airport for BAA. The re-structuring of the contract programmes to allow changes and compensation events to be assessed for extension of time and cost on Primavera P3. The guidance of Sub contractors in the provision of programme information to achieve the elements of work enabling Earned Value to be monitored across the multi-disciplined environment of the project. Instigating procedures to allow the monitoring of interfaces between the major elements of the construction process to the systems commissioning requirements for operational use of the Terminal.
Responsible for providing contractual reporting in accordance with the clients needs in conjunction with contract terms and conditions. Analysis of the sub-contractors programmes on use of structure, progress data and format for rolling up into the main contract programme.
JULY 2001 – MARCH 2002
MOWLEM RAILWAYS – PROGRAMME Manager
Preparation of hierarchical structures with in the Programme Management Office for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link contract 434 at Ashford. The restructuring of the contract programme to enable Changes and compensation events to be assessed for prolongation purposes. The guidance of Sub contractors in the provision of programme information to achieve the elements of work in unison within the multi-disciplined environment of the project. Introduction of contract and programme change control procedures to ensure compatibility and co-ordination of effort.
Responsible for providing contractual reporting in accordance with the contract terms and conditions. Analysis of the sub-contractors programmes on use of structure, progress data and format for rolling up into the main contract programme.
OCTOBER 2000 – JULY 2001
PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF – PROGRAMME Manager
SECONDED TO RAILTRACK WCRM
Preparation of hierarchical structures with in the Programme Management Office for the Sub Programme elements of the West Coast Route Modernisation aggregation for reporting purposes. The Production of procedures for the Sub Programme element to follow on Change Control, Programme Revision Control, Milestone Work Instruction, and enhancement of the Interface Management Process.
Responsible for providing advice to the Sub –Programmes on use of the structure used for importing programmes into the Central Core Team. The analysis of Sub Programme data and central team reporting regarding time and progress for earned value against a baseline programme using the Primavera P3 application. Administration of a database containing each period’s submitted data for progress.
OCTOBER 1997 – OCTOBER 2000
WS Atkins Rail Ltd - Planning Manager
Preparation of programmes and Costs in support to tender submissions for Thameslink 2000 MFD, Leeds Remodelling, and Thameslink 2000 MFD pre-contract negotiations, East London Line, North London Line, Heathrow Express & Victoria Transportation Inter-change, Docklands Light Railway City Airport Station, CTRL Electrification Design, VictoriaLine Extension to Herne Hill.
Planning support, preparation of programmes and project controls for Docklands Light Railway Electrification, Thameslink 2000 Systems Designer, EECS, Class 507 / 508 Door Modifications, Blackfriars Station Refurbishment Feasibility (Thameslink 2000), Blackfriars Station Options Report (Thameslink 2000), Blackfriars Bridge & LUL Station Refurbishment (Thameslink 2000 ), North London Line Feasibility, East London Line, Thameslink 2000 Infrastructure System Designer and Ctrl Ashford Area Electrification. Planning Audit of WCML Electrification JV contract.
Responsible for the provision of the project implementationprogramme in Primavera P3 and feasibility assessment for the refurbishment of Blackfriars station as a part of the Thameslink 2000 project.
Planning Manager for the Thameslink 2000 Infrastructure Systems Designer Contract. Preparation of Project Control Systems, work scopes and project schedules. Providing a reporting structure to be used with fixed price and emerging cost contracts and variations.
WS ATKINS Project Management Division MARCH 1990 to OCTOBER 1997 All positions between these dates are secondments by the WS ATKINS Project Management Division
NOVEMBER 1996 - OCTOBER 1997
WS ATKINS, Epsom- Planning Engineer
Responsible for the planning, co-ordination and resource scheduling of the Greenwich Peninsular Millennium Project Site Enabling Works. This included the assessment of contractors’ progress to maintain the project requirements and objectives prior to transfer of the land for the construction of the exhibition buildings. Co-ordination of the site interfaces between the client bodies and the Land Owners to maximise the use of land for the construction of the proposed building.
NOVEMBER 1996 - DECEMBER 1996
WS ATKINS, Wales - Programme Management
Responsible for the initial start up of the Project Control Function for the LG Production Facility in Newport, South Wales, for the overseas client.
FEBRUARY 1996 - DECEMBER 1996
JOHNSON & JOHNSON CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS LTD., CARDIFF - PROJECT MANAGER for the new consumables element of the Gemini project. Responsible for the vendor selection, programme, budget, and co-ordination of Instrument Qualification. Liaison with the client and contractors to ensure requirements for use are met.
DECEMBER 1995 - FEBRUARY 1996
RAMPART, EPSOM - PLANNING ENGINEER. Responsible for the planning and resourcing for the PFI Tender to the MOD on DFTS.
DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996
CEDAC, KING’S CROSS, LONDON - PLANNING ENGINEER.
Responsible for the detailed planning on the West Coast Main Line station surveys and works for the European Passenger Services.
SEPTEMBER 1995 - DECEMBER 1995
RAILTRACK - PLANNING ENGINEER.
Duties include the instigation of the Project Implementation Programme together with the production and assessment of station rebuild and fit out programmes from architectural and structural designs. Endeavouring to achieve minimal disruption to the Operating Railways as a part of the feasibility studies for the Thameslink 2000 project.
JUNE 1994 - APRIL 1995
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (PE) LONDON.
Duties included the instigation of a Risk Management system that is used for assessing the impact of qualitative risks against a programme for mid life update of in service aircraft.
Liaison with the project officers to determine interfaces and dependencies that cause impact on areas of risk and programme.
Instigation of risk interviews and reviews that identify potential future risks and their probable solution. Reporting these areas to the project management team using a customised database of information located on a local area network.
APRIL 1994 - JULY 1994
CAA - Planning Engineer
Responsible for maintaining projects within the existing CMS environment for this organisation. This included reviewing justification documents, requirements and specifications to achieve project objectives, timescales and budget. The production of Safety Case requirements together with the relevant quality documentation to support this management function. Liaison with the client organisation and sub-contractors.
JUNE 1991- JUNE 1994
EUROTUNNEL - PROJECT PLANNING ENGINEER.
Duties include the co-ordination and integration of the individual sub-project plans of the Channel Tunnel project to produce the Eurotunnel Master Programme, progressing, monitoring and forecasting against this using the QWIKNET Project Management System environment.
Liaison with the sub-project elements of the project for the coordination of the interdependencies between each element.
Responsible for the investigation and identification for areas of concern or problems arise, taking into account the technical and logistical constraints of the multi-disciplined environment by using the Predict Risk Analysis Package and subsequent submittal of the results to the relevant review bodies with the probable working solutions.
Also responsible for the Industrial Commissioning Planning element of the project, identifying the relationships between each of the sub-systems to produce an overall plan in this area.
Other tasks which have been included are the comparison of "As planned" and "As built" data with analysis of the results, for use during contractual arbitration.
MARCH 1990 - MAY 1991
CAA - PROJECT MANAGER.
Duties included the preparation of financial justification documents and requirement specifications to achieve the project's objectives within a quality assurance environment.
Liaison with the client and the control of contractors to ensure the 24-hour operational state of the station was not affected (London Air Traffic Control Centre).
To ensure the objectives, timescales and budget cost targets for the construction projects were adhered to by the issuing of instructions and advice to the design consultants and contractors. Where necessary arbitration in situations of conflicts to find workable solutions.
The chairing of all project meetings which include:
- tender evaluation
- contractual meetings
- client liaison meetings
Responsible for the supervision of planning, co-ordination and resource scheduling; configuration control of construction and refurbishment projects in the London Air Traffic Control Centre.
The projects were:
- Restaurant Facility Refurbishment and Expansion at a cost of £1.6m
- Equipment Room Refurbishment at a cost of £0.6m
1990
MATTHEW HALL ENGINEERING LTD - PLANNING ENGINEER. Responsible for the control, planning and co-ordination of a process plant refurbishment and redevelopment. This included the control of the sub-contractors with regard to maintaining the objectives of the project and its requirements:
- maintaining the operation of the existing plant for the maximum period of time before shutdown and transfer to the new installed plant
- ensuring that the work packages costs were maintained to within the estimated budget
- timescales for each phase of the project were met for the construction, installation and commissioning activities
Duties also included the training of other staff in the use of the Open Plan project management system, enhancing and customising reports.
1989-1990
FLIGHT REFUELLING LIMITED - PROJECT PLANNING ENGINEER. Responsible for the production and monitoring of project programmes using the Open Plan project management system.
responsible for the production of documentation to be included in bids and quotations. The initiation of formal Change Control procedures for design and contractual purposes.
1988-1989
FERRANTI INTERNATIONAL - PROJECT SERVICES, SECTION LEADER. Responsible for the supervision of the planning engineer, librarian and financial controller.
Duties also included the production of D.C.P. and quarterly financial reports on the planner spreadsheet system. The assessment of the systems at Ferranti, Weymouth and the integration of these to provide a management information system. This included the selection of a project management system suitable for their requirements after market research.
1988
DEVONPORT MANAGEMENT LIMITED - PROJECT PLANNING ENGINEER. Responsible for the production, co-ordination and monitoring of project programmes within the multi-disciplined environment of ship refit. The creation of reports giving the effect on programme of progress information during the period of the update cycle. He was also responsible for the enhancement of the Intanet80s.
1987-1988
PLESSEY DEFENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED - PROJECT PLANNING MANAGER. Duties included the supervision of 2 planning engineers and 4 data clerks using the Intanet80s project management system; liaison between project management and other departments to ensure that all were aware of the tasks and requirements necessary to achieve the desired budget and timescales. Responsible for the enhancement and use of the Intanet80s and Qwiknet project management systems and for the production of documentation as a support service for company bids and quotations.
1985-1987
MARCONI COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED - PERT ENGINEER. Responsibilities included producing project cost reports as an information service to senior management, using computer based estimates and information. The reports were produced using a P.E.R.T. cost system. Also responsible for the drawing of detailed network analysis charts.
1983-1985
CHUBB ALARMS LIMITED - ASSISTANT PROJECT EXECUTIVE. Duties included scheduling of materials and manpower from inception of completion of a project; budget control; the production of specs. for engineering design. Sub-contractor control and customer liaison.
Responsible for the co-ordination and control of on site work with the construction contractor for the installation of the security system within a new building in Saudi Arabia.
1977-1983
THORN-E.M.I. LIMITED - PLANNING ENGINEER. Responsible for scheduling machine shop loading on a project basis using economic batch Processing. Also responsible for the drawing of P.E.R.T. networks from inception to completion of a project; Jig and Tool Design; and the supervision of a workshop planner, 2 progress co-ordinators and 4 progress chasers.
1972-1977
PLESSEY RADAR LIMITED - PROGRESS CO-ORDINATOR. Responsible to the output manager for the monitoring of in-house manufactured items through their progressive stages to completion. Apprentice mechanical engineering.
LANGUAGES
English mother tongue