Project Manager Management Consultant
Resume:
KEY SKILLS NICHOLAS RIVERS
MRICS
PROFILE
A qualified chartered surveyor and experienced senior manager
(part of the ELT). An enthusiastic, conscientious, and positive individual who enjoys; responsibility, rises to a challenge / problem solving and works exceptionally well under pressure. A commercially astute professional, strong team player with extensive experience of senior team management roles. I am now looking to further develop my management and professional skills in a more diverse role.
WORK EXPERIENCE
OCEAN INFINITY DEC 2019 – PRESENT
Global Head of New Markets:
My role here is to expand the Group commercial presence into new markets and presenting opportunities to the board at Ocean Infinity for new regions (Far East
& West Africa). This includes;
• Researching the various countries in regions as to suitable target countries for operations including local requirements (tax’s/personnel etc) to operate and provide real commercial value to the company.
• Developing new service lines and, in this element, I have developed a mobile AUV system, a pilot seeps MCS using a nonstandard approach
• Managing the strategic deployment of assets and office locations for the company in new and existing regions.
• Writing strategic company development plans for regions and products.
• Supporting with Business development plans for new areas.
• Strategic development growth for Seeps MCS, AUV strategic Deployment and business plan.
• Developing Armada expansion plans and market sector growth. Projects Director/Global Commercial Lead:
Assisted the CTO with the commercial management of the group (survey) and sales team in transition period between CCO’s. The primary focus was strategic contract and vessel deployment planning for existing vessels and the upcoming Armada fleet.
• Reviewing and drafting costings for projects worldwide, managing the sales team and introducing new targets and regions for the team. o This also included the overall review of all opportunities and risk review for the group.
• Tender management and negotiating contractual terms and rates were also part of my remit.
• Setting dayrate costs for equipment/personnel and vessels.
• Assisting the Armada team with preparing the payloads and requirements in developing the vessel payloads and services to be offered in a stage methodology for optimum operations.
• Driving Business Growth & Value
• Managing Regional P&L
• Managing Integration
• Project Leadership
• Change Management & Mentoring
• Commercial, Tendering & Sales
leadership
• Strategic Development Planning
C O N T A C T
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London, UK
E D U C A T I O N
PMP – Project Management Professional 2016
RICS - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Diploma 2000
University of Plymouth - Postgraduate Diploma in
Hydrographic Survey (CAT A)
Institute of Marine Studies 1992-1993
Anglia Polytechnic - Diploma of Higher
Education in Surveying 1992
College of North East London - National
Diploma in Building Studies 1987
In this role, I had overall responsibility for project delivery for the entire Ocean Infinity Group. Managing the project managers to achieve required results for clients and company.
• I undertook contractual review of ongoing contracts which led to existing unsuitable contracts in a sustainable way and a more focused approach to wining new contracts.
• Managed a fleet of 3x construction vessels setup for deep water AUV and ROV surveys with salvage capabilities.
• Preparing business cases for equipment development and purchasing based on market research and winning projects to present to the board of directors.
Senior Project Manager
In this role, I managed the largest deep water Multiple AUV contract to an oil major’s specification to date. This was completed during the Covid pandemic. I also dealt with all technical operations and contractual management; including variation orders, invoicing and all client interfacing. Freelance 2017 - 2019
Project/Commercial Management Consultant:
Project and commercial management of survey project and technical expertise for the following clients Saipem UK (Nord Stream 2 & NNG), Subsea 7
(trenching and rock dumping-BP Egypt) and Next Geosolutions IFA2 inter connector route/UXO survey and various wind projects. Saipem America (Houston) Jan 12 to Dec 16
Regional Survey & Positioning Coordinate/Survey Manager Management of all survey related topics & sub-contractors for Saipem America. Including commercial/contract management, analysis for tenders/selection of, variation orders/claims and requests for ongoing projects concerning change of scope.
Project Manager Fibre Optical Cable Installation (Perla Project) Commercial/technical management of FOC sub-contractors, including contract negotiations, project scheduling, permitting and budget control. Identifying critical paths for installation activities from cable collection to installation planning. Cable lay including shore approach, trunk line, SDU installation, infield lines and hook-up to platforms. Lead Survey Manager (Perla and Dragon Cigma Projects) Management of surveys/survey sub-contractors throughout the EPIC contract from tenders to final submission of all as built survey documentation. Client liaison concerning all survey matters at senior management level. The projects were full EPIC contracts, including survey support to the entire project team
(subject matter expert).
Saipem UK (London) Dec 08 to Dec 12
Senior Survey Project/Package Manager (Nord Stream) This role included technical, project and commercial management of all survey subcontracts and inhouse companies. Supplying technical expertise for our own vessels and other major subcontractors to the project. The survey works were valued at 80 million euros. Client liaison concerning all survey matters at executive management level.
Wolton Chartered Surveyors Dec 06 to Dec 08
Traditional Firm of Chartered Surveyors working in London. (Commercial) KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Development of New Business
Lines
• Refinement of Company setup
Americas
• Vessel Management
• Commercial Negotiation
• Contractual Management and
recovery
• Integrating & Mentoring teams
• Strategic Planning and
influencing
• Offshore Personnel Cross training
• Upselling Contracts
• Selective Contracting
• Global team management
experience
ADDITIONAL COURSES:
• FIDIC contract engineering course
(in house Boskalis 2002)
• Project Management Course 3 day
(in house Saipem 12/06/12)
• Project Management Course PMI
(March 2015 – 5 day)
Project/Works Manager Boskalis - Latin/South America Jan 03 – Dec 06 Management of dredging projects teams. including local and international staff. Commercial/contractual management of project including subcontractors and full client billing and negotiations. Chief Surveyor Boskalis – World Wide Aug 99 – Jan 03 Leading/managing survey teams for dredging, reclamation and trenching projects (team of up 15 surveyors and additional local staff), production of feasibility studies for port expansions.
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