Planning Manager (PMO) - TRANSPORT for LONDON (TFL)
(2025-10)
- Developed and managed project schedules aligned with TfL's business objectives, ensuring integration with wider transport and infrastructure initiatives.
- Established baseline programmes and oversaw planning processes for major rail and infrastructure projects.
- Ensured alignment of project milestones with TfL's strategic delivery timelines.
- Identified schedule risks, developed mitigation strategies, and performed robust what-if analyses to establish contingency plans.
- Ensured alignment between Operations, Commercial and planning resources on projects.
- Managed Earned Value Management (EVM) processes to assess cost and schedule performance indices, ensuring effective decision-making and corrective actions.
- Undertook audits and reviews to ensure planning requirements are followed, minimise non-compliance, drive high standards and ultimately improve project / business performance.
- Conducted critical path analysis, identifying dependencies and constraints to maintain schedule integrity.
- Worked closely with engineering, operations, contractors, and local authorities, providing progress updates, risk assessments, and solution strategies to senior management.
- Ensured accurate and transparent reporting of progress, challenge management, risk and opportunities in relation to the programme.
- Trained new team members and guide existing staff to grow their skills through regular performance reviews and provided feedback.
Senior Project Planner - TURNER & TOWNSEND (Consultancy) - Vantage DC UK- (DATA CENTRE EMEA)
(2023-01 - 2025-09)
The project involves design, construction, and commissioning of Data Centre with computer room air handling (CRAH) units with water utilization efficiency (WUE). Multiple diverse power feeds supporting the data centre 75MW power sub station.
- Proven experience planning data centre projects (construction, MEP, commissioning, or technical fit-out).
- Strong understanding of electrical construction methodologies, HV/LV installation sequencing, outages, commissioning phases, and grid‑connection processes.
- Managed and delivered engineering deliverables within agreed timescales and reporting status and deviations/variations to project manager and other stakeholders.
- Logically linked cost and resource loaded schedule, monitored and produced reports. Worked with project managers to review and update resource forecast.
- Supported the testing activities within projects, in particular, provided support for managing of defects and tracking resolution of defects.
- Gathered input from the business analysts and project managers to develop and maintain the detailed project schedules using BI Tableau.
- Provided interface and quality assurance to project functional groups and contractors regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance.
- Developed and maintained a detailed construction program schedule using Primavera P6 and Tableau for multi-project environments.
- Produced high level and 1, 3, 6 month look ahead from P6 for reporting.
- Analysed deviations from the baseline in the project master schedule highlighted bottlenecks, delays and proposed corrective actions, and highlighted overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.
- Actively worked with project managers, construction firms and subcontractor firms as necessary to maintain schedule integrity.
- Devised and implemented solutions to combat any identified delays to project progress, undertook regular site visits to identify issues swiftly and implement mitigating action.
Project Planner - TURNER & TOWNSEND (Consultancy) - House of Parliament Civil Infrastructure Project
(2023-01 - 2025-09)
- Provided interface and quality assurance to project functional groups and contractors regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance.
- Challenged and verified suppliers and sub-contractors programme against actuals.
- Coordinated and led planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
- Coordinated and organized multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
- Carried out Schedule risk analysis. Identify schedule slippages and potential slippages and develop and propose mitigation actions.
Network Rail Planning Consultant - TURNER & TOWNSEND (Consultancy)
(2023-01 - 2025-09)
- Managed and delivered engineering deliverables within agreed timescales and reporting status and deviations/variations to the project management in line with compensation event procedure.
- Developed project schedules at various Network Rail GRIP/PACE stages include track, OLE, civil and signalling, developing from first principles and ensuring the schedules are maintained effectively throughout the project lifecycle.
- Produced accurate reporting on work package progress, co-ordinate all functional activity on the project and ensured that problems and bottlenecks anticipated are resolved timely to prevent negative impact on the project.
- Highlighted and issued reports to management and sponsors as at when due to report on achievements, opportunities, failures, and threats on a period-by-period basis.
- Developed recovery schedules and contingency plans to meet changed objectives as required.
- Updated the plan/schedule and made changes as required within periodic progress reporting of Level 1, 2 and 3 schedules within CP5/CP6 framework.
- Ensured that all work packages are replicated to activity levels in Primavera P6 and Power BI reporting in line with job specifications and contractual processes and procedures.
- Prepared project work breakdown structure and plan/schedule to meet project delivery objectives for effective project performance measurement and reporting.
Regional Planner - GIGACLEAR TELECOM LIMITED
(2021-09 - 2022-12)
- Provided planning and scheduling expertise in support of project programme across wider regions with detailed understanding of all aspects of civil route of fibre network planning.
- Liaised and coordinated between construction, commercial account managers/project manager and design teams to ensure timely and effective delivery of works information and approval of baseline schedule.
- Updated all project cost information for approved change and track actual progress versus schedule on a monthly cycle along with commercial manager to determine payment request submitted by contractors for assessment for payment (AFP) align with actual tracked programme changes in line with NEC3/NEC4 Option A and JCT contract requirements.
- Established and maintained schedule components of performance measurement Baselines (PMBs) for all projects, including budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS) Monthly forecast and resource loading of schedules to facilitate production throughout the project life cycle.
- Participated in all contractor induction and project review meetings. Monthly forecast and resource loading of schedules to facilitate production throughout the project life cycle. Managed data capture and validation experience using visualising data reporting software such as Power BI.
- Experience working with NEC4 contracts and use of CEMAR software package for contractual communications.
- Ensured project schedules are appropriately cost and resource loaded, working in conjunction with the project controller. Provided a clear, visible, accurate and transparent account of the project critical path analysis (CPA).
- Supported project controllers in analysing work performed, schedule variances and determining budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP). Analysed critical path and constraints to determine effects of changes to schedule and recommend work around.
- Updated all project schedules with the actual progress and robust forecast on a monthly cycle resource usage profiles spread sheet.
Project Planner - MURPHY GROUP
(2020-05 - 2021-07)
For the reconstruction of Rail Bridge and design to provide an increased gauged clearance for the electrification of the railway, Earthling, Drainage, and general infrastructure improvement, also include demolition of existing bridges and installation of new slimmer-profile bridge.
