Special Project Management
GPT
Total years of experience :17 years, 3 Months
GPT Special Project Management Oct 2010 - Present
SATCOM Programme Manager. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Accountable for the management and delivery of ongoing tactical and deployable projects supplied to the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) . Providing a new Satellite Communications capability to enable a new customer owned and managed system, covering the Middle East with resilient expansion for future customer needs.
Duties;
• Identification and procurement of Subject Matter Experts (SME)
• Preparing and managing bid and implementation programme documentation / process
• Responsible for ensuring best value is obtained for the programme including supplier base, pedigree and the use of internal and external resources
• Managing multi disciplined and cultural teams in Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom
• Conducting sub contractor analysis and contract negotiations
• Writing detailed and summarized programme development reports
• Tracking activities against the Project / Programme plans
• Monitoring and control of actual expenditure figures against project budgets (EVA)
• Organizing and facilitating programme steering / operating committees meetings
• Compiling detailed programme reports to meet business acquisition strategy.
Key Achievement: Satellite Communications Capability, initiated, planned, executed and managed requirements and expectations to meet contractual milestones. Provided programme stakeholders with accurate reporting including cost CPI and Schedule SPI performance. Regular detailed programme presentations delivered to board level stakeholders. Assisting with the career development of three Saudi Nationals to be promoted from Project officers to Project Managers
ATLAS Consortium - EADS (Defence and Security Systems) Oct 2005 - July 2010
Project / Programme Manager Dii (F) Networks & Communications - UK & Worldwide
Programme Manager, responsible for the Initiating, planning and phased scheduling of highly secure network topologies for government agencies in intelligence and security across worldwide sites. Technical Project Manager, accountable for the Network and Communications rollout of 18 Data Centres across UK and Europe, ensuring the critical timescales for delivery were achieved. Enabling Wide Area Network (WAN) connected military sites access to the LAN / MANs ensuring site completion to meet the Programme and contracted schedule
Duties;
• Responsible for resource and SME forward load planning through matrix management for above secret 2 Data Centre's and 65+ fixed element sites in highly secure locations worldwide
• Managed Programme in excess of $80m
• Ensuring the Programme and projects were designed and executed using current industry approved standards, JSP 440 / 480 and TIA 942
• Regular Programme risk management meetings
• Network and Communications primary liaison within consortium board level directors
• Maintaining and completing Project Key Performance Indicators
• Organizing and facilitating Programme Steering / operating committees meetings
• Construction and management of Work Breakdown Structures
• Writing detailed and summarized Programme development plans and reports utilizing PMI methodology
• Identifying, costing and processing any contract variations
Key Achievement: Successfully Delivered 18 Restricted/Secret collocated Data Centre's ahead of scheduling and allocated budget by 5.4%
Delivered 2 above secret Data Centre's infrastructures in highly secure challenging locations that were adaptable for future expansion to accommodate the evolving system hardware, this enabled the Programme to be leveled across the consortium partners.
HM Forces - Royal Corps of Signals Aug 1996 - July 2005
Telecommunications Engineer / Team Leader - Class 1
• Team leader, Responsible for a number of trade roles and multi disciplined tradesmen and soldiers, active duty during Kosovo, Sierra Leonne, Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns
• Telecommunications Project Management Association (TPMA) • Data Centre Project Manager (DPM) • Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI exp 2012 • City & Guilds 3466/02 - Fibre Optics Installation and Testing (multimode)
• City & Guilds Public Service (Armed Forces) • Telecommunications Engineer - Class 1 (Royal Signals) • CDM 2007 Awareness Trained • First Aid - 3 Day course • CSCS Health and Safety (Communications Tech Manager)
• City & Guilds 3466/03 - Fibre Optics Installation and Testing (single mode) • City & Guilds 3466/04 - Data communications cable installation and testing (copper)
• City & Guilds 201 & 228 Mechanical Engineering.
HALIFAX HIGH SCHOOL 1996 Halifax, West Yorkshire • A - levels: Design and Technology General Studies • Ten GCSE's grade C+ including Math's, English and Science. Computer Literacy • MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Outlook, Visio • MAC OSx • SAP ERP • AutoCAD 2007 • Share point • Star team