Project planner

Oladimeji Alo

PERSONAL DETAILS

Telephone: 079********

Nationality: British

Email: *******@*******.***

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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Qualified and proficient in Primavera P6/MSP/ASTA Project/Advanced Excel

Earned Value Management and Pace Process

Good understanding and experience of NEC contracts

Prince2 Practitioner

Process management and improvement using six sigma methodologies

Strong Engineering background and experience in rail, highways, bridges, utilities and M&E

Good understanding of Project life cycle – Initiation/Planning/construction/Monitoring and Controlling/Closure

Good understanding of Project control process – Baseline/Progress/Change and Reports Managements

Management systems development – Policies, Strategies, Plans, Processes and Procedures

Preparation of comprehensive project status reports/dashboards and cost variance reports

CAREER OBJECTIVES

Continue to work with the project team to optimize and refine the programme, identifying and suggesting options- What-if scenarios until an agreed programme is developed

Finish project on time and ensure quality

Bringing expertise in collaboration with project team members

Work in a professional and enjoyable environment

Work within an industry-leading organization

EDUCATION

1998 BSc Engineering & Mathematics University of Abeokuta, Nigeria

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

July 2020 till Date Costain Senior Project Planner

Gatwick Station Upgrade (Budget £170M) Site based– Doubling station Concourse, Widening Platforms 5 & 6, Eight New escalators, Five new lifts and four new stairs

Responsibilities

Support project manager, construction manager in the development of programme to meet their objectives

Ensure project was planned to meet milestones and cost target

Prepare programme for submission in accordance with client requirements

Monitor project budget and spending

Frequent site visit to see physical work done

Coordinating with other team members including engineers and designers

Responsible for the Integrated programme reflecting all key interfaces with multiple stakeholders.

Identifying changes in scope of works and making sure appropriate planning measures are taken into consideration for Amendment

Establishing clear communication of deviation to schedule with the entire project team which might compromise the delivery of critical core deliverables and key milestones.

Daily maintenance of the robust schedule and timely delivery of constrained activities in the programme plan

Conduct critical path analysis and what if analysis of projects to propose corrective actions

Establishing required baseline plan against which progress is measured following monitoring, updating and changes to the project plan through its lifecycle

Produce variance report showing activities that has slipped from start and finish dates

Produce weekly lookahead reports and activities delay report

Providing technical advice and support to project teams

Maintenance of Integrated Master Programme on behalf of entire project team

Analysing risks and issues within the project plan

Organising and attending planning meetings with the planning team to diffuse planning issues

Analysing and mitigating schedules for impact and provide feedback to the Project Manager

Achievement

Significant improvement in the quality of project performance, forecasting, analysis and reporting

Jun 2016 to Nov 2019 GallifordTryProject Project Planner

Ilkeston Railway Station development, Ilkeston, Derby Budget £60M - New platform Installation, new footbridge Installation, new car parks (East & West), Highway works and M&E works

Responsibilities

Prepare and submitted tenders as part of Bid to carry out future works

Identifying and reviewing technical documentations in order to understand the project deliverables of all components

Identifying changes in scope of works and making sure appropriate planning measures are taken into consideration for Amendments

UseEarned Value Management (EVM) technique to provide integration of scope, schedule & costs thus facilitating responsive and reliable performance analysis

Contribute to the capturing of project risk and proposing mitigating action

Weekly Update of the programme and site visitation to check progress physically

Monitoring and reporting progress against baseline suggesting mitigation action where appropriate

Producing slippage report and recovery plans where necessary

Preparing presentation charts and reports and participate in project reviews

Analysing gaps and risks in the programme with Stakeholders and developed mitigating ways of resolving issues

Weekly progress meeting with Network rail and Derby council (Clients) to discuss slippages, Progress and Incidents and also update risk log

Highlight key milestones to the entire project team and resolve critical path issues and also discuss potential workload to the head of planning as soon as its apparent

Planning weekdays and weekend possessions and resources to support project workload

Achievement

Timely delivery of project

Oct 2013 to May 2016 Balfour Beatty Senior Planner

One Nine Elms, Vauxhall, London (Budget £56.5Million) Ground Engineering Works – Demolition, Piling, Coring and Diaphragm wall Construction – Removal and Coring of existing Piles, drilling new bearing Piles, Reinforcement cage placement, plunge column and Diaphragm wall Construction (Site based)

AFA Wales Llandaff, Radyr and Machynlleth Stations(Station refurbishment)Budget 15 million - Installation of new foot bridge, new lifts with track layouts, platform extension, decommissioning of old signal asset - testing and commissioning of new signal asset

Responsibilities

Prepare and submitted tender evaluations.

Maintaining a robust and cost loaded programme

Monitoring and updating the progress weekly

Analysing with the team, any risks and issue that may compromise the team performance or result and develop plans to mitigate them

Producing concrete daily peaks, piling, diaphragm wall monthly usage graphs and rig histograms showing plant standing times and breakdown times

Reporting actual performance and variance against plan and forecast outcomes

Preparing and analysing comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects and also performing productivity analysis of construction operations.

Establishing the productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with construction.

Reviewing labour estimates for reasonableness.

Preparing overlay programmes by baselining clause 14 programme to show the delay Impact against the Actual start and Actual Finish programmes for EOT to be granted

Producing reports on outputs and assist in re- planning the project when new requirements, change request or other exceptional changes occur.

Attending and conducting weekly progress schedule meetings that highlight area of risks and major concerns for each project and the way forward

Generating monthly S curve and critical path analysis report and advice PM of any variances in terms of schedule, budget and resource

Achievements

Provision of clear visibility and support to Programme management team in monitoring and controlling schedule, cost, risks, issues and constraints.

Nov 2012 to Sep 2013 Veolia Water Project Planner

Provided Planning and Scheduling services to the Veolia water programme by successfully delivering a large scale multi-million-pound capital programme of water service and sewerage services in Tidworth and Perham Down, Wiltshire

May 2008 to Sept 2012 Laing O’Rourke Project Planner

Farringdon Station Upgrade (Part of Thameslink programme £6.5billion) - Replacement of existing bridges and stairs, construction of new station entrance on turn mill street, utility diversions, demolition works and extension of platforms 3 and 4 plus new roof structure

May 2000 to April 2008 Jarvis Rail Project Planner

Planner responsible for planningthe second phase of Rugby station remodeling and the enhancement on the west coast mainline value around £20M

REFEREES

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