Mahyar

Senior Project Manager with 16+ years' experience delivering high-value infrastructure, mission-critical, pharmaceutical, energy, and industrial construction projects across the UK and Europe. Proven track record managing complex CAPEX programmes through full project lifecycle delivery including feasibility, design coordination, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover. Strong background leading multidisciplinary teams across civils, structural, MEP, process, and commissioning workstreams within highly regulated and safety-critical environments.

Experienced operating under NEC3/NEC4 contractual frameworks with responsibility for programme acceptance, compensation events, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and commercial oversight. Technical delivery experience includes mission-critical pharmaceutical facilities, hydrogen infrastructure, smart buildings, renewable energy assets, utilities, highways, and industrial manufacturing environments. Skilled in commissioning strategy, integrated systems delivery, BMS infrastructure, QA/QC management, construction sequencing, contractor coordination, and operational readiness within live and high-risk environments.

Commercially focused with extensive experience controlling CAPEX budgets exceeding £390M while maintaining programme certainty, safety compliance, and technical quality standards.

Senior Project Manager - Balfour Beatty - Hull, UK

(2022-09)

Leading delivery of large-scale infrastructure, pharmaceutical, mission-critical, and industrial construction projects across multidisciplinary technical environments.

• Managing NEC4 contracts including programme acceptance, compensation events, commercial reporting, subcontractor coordination, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Responsible for delivery oversight across civils, structural, process, MEP, commissioning, and operational integration workstreams.
• Managing CAPEX budgets exceeding £390M with responsibility for forecasting, earned value reporting, procurement coordination, and cashflow management.
• Utilising Primavera P6, BIM 360, Aconex, and Power BI to monitor programme performance, technical assurance, and construction sequencing.
• Driving Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen-based operational improvements to increase delivery efficiency and reduce programme delays.

Senior Project Manager (Selected Project) - ExxonMobil

Leading delivery activities associated with the construction of a new hydrogen production section within a live ExxonMobil operational environment.

• Managing ground-up civils, reinforced concrete foundations, structural steel, underground services, process pipework interfaces, hazardous area coordination, and mechanical installation activities.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary subcontractors across process engineering, utilities, instrumentation, E&I, lifting operations, and commissioning disciplines.
• Overseeing installation interfaces for hydrogen process systems including high-pressure pipework, process skids, gas handling systems, hazardous area equipment, and safety-critical infrastructure.
• Managing permit-to-work systems, SIMOPS planning, isolation procedures, and construction activities within COMAH-regulated and high-risk operational environments.
• Supporting commissioning and pre-startup safety review activities including pressure testing, flushing, mechanical completion certification, loop checks, and operational readiness planning.
• Ensuring compliance with ATEX requirements, DSEAR regulations, CDM 2015, HAZOP actions, and ExxonMobil site safety standards.
• Delivering strict QA/QC controls including ITP management, welding inspections, NCR closeout, redline documentation, and turnover dossiers.

Senior Project Manager (Selected Project) - Balfour Beatty

Delivered a GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facility from feasibility through commissioning and validation.

• Directed HVAC and clean utility systems including WFI, clean steam, compressed air, nitrogen distribution, and BMS integration.
• Managed cleanroom delivery to ISO 14644 standards including HEPA integrity testing, room recovery testing, and validation protocols.
• Coordinated commissioning activities including DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ validation, pressure cascade verification, and environmental monitoring integration.
• Delivered BIM-enabled asset management and digital handover documentation.

Senior Project Manager (Selected Project) - Balfour Beatty

Directed complex highways and infrastructure modernisation works including smart infrastructure integration and stakeholder coordination.

• Led NEC4 administration, acceleration strategies, programme recovery planning, and contractor management.
• Managed batching plant operations and large-scale concrete placement activities.

Senior Construction Project Manager - Siemens Gamesa - Hull, UK

(2020-04 - 2022-08)

Managed industrial and renewable energy construction projects associated with onshore and offshore wind farm expansion programmes.

• Directed construction sequencing, heavy civils, structural works, lifting operations, and commissioning activities.
• Managed £185M CAPEX budget and implemented predictive risk mitigation strategies reducing programme delays by over 22%.
• Delivered preservation, commissioning, and hydraulic pressurisation activities for offshore infrastructure systems.

Project Manager - RWE Utilities, Renewables & Energy

(2019-09 - 2019-12)

Managed renewable grid integration and substation expansion projects.

• Directed NEC3 contract administration, FEED reviews, construction sequencing, and compliance auditing.
• Oversaw life safety systems implementation and high-voltage infrastructure integration.

Project Manager - MPB Newcastle

(2017 - 2019)

Senior Appointed Person - Siemens Denmark

(2016 - 2017)

Lift Supervisor / Appointed Person - Siemens

(2014 - 2016)

Rigger - Babcock / Doosan

(2008 - 2014)

MEng - Civil Engineering - Newcastle University

BEng - Engineering - Newcastle University

BSc - Finance - Newcastle University