SENIOR programme manager

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with a Master’s in Project Management and over 10 years of industry experience spanning Data Centres, Mining, Industrial, Energy, and Oil & Gas sectors. Proven track record in delivering complex, high-value projects across diverse geographies, including extensive international experience in EMEA & UK-wide programs. Adept at challenging established processes, predicting project risks, and devising innovative sequencing and scheduling solutions to optimize project delivery.

Highly skilled in production planning and supply chain management for mission-critical infrastructure, specializing in Owner-Furnished Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for hyperscale data centres. Experienced in developing, producing, and implementing production plans that account for lead times, demand forecasts, and supplier capacities, while maintaining rigorous oversight of manufacturing progress and executive-level reporting.

Expertise includes coordinating with global suppliers to ensure timely material deliveries, implementing asset tracking systems to manage the location, status, and condition of materials and components, and developing risk mitigation strategies tailored to specific suppliers, categories, and regions to secure supply chain resilience. Strong proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, and a solid working knowledge of construction methodologies.

Relevant Experience

January 2025 to Present

RLB / Confidential Edge Data Centre Developer OFCI Production Planning Manager – EMEA Wide

- Develop, produce, and implement production plans and schedules

- Consider lead times, demand forecasts, and supplier capacities in planning

- Monitor production progress across the entire portfolio

- Create and manage executive reporting on manufacturing status

- Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and components

- Implement asset tracking systems and processes to monitor the location, status, and condition of procured materials, components, and finished products throughout the supply chain

- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies tailored to each category, supplier, and region

- Minimize potential disruptions and ensure supply chain resilience.

May 2023 to December 2024

RLB / Confidential Hyperscale Data Centre Developer OFCI Production Planning Manager – EMEA Wide

Develop strategies on Data Centre OFCI LLE equipment to collaborate with the clients to develop, produce, and implement production plans and schedules, to consider lead times, demand forecasts, and supplier capacities, monitor production progress, create reports on manufacturing status, and coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and components. Implement asset tracking systems and processes to monitor the location, status, and condition of procured materials, components, and finished products throughout the supply chain. Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies tailored to each category, supplier, and region to minimize potential disruptions and ensure supply chain resilience.

September 2021 to May 2023

RLB / Confidential Data Centre Client OFCI Equipment Production Planner – EMEA Wide

Programme Manager for EMEA-wide OFCI equipment procurement program for client, acting as a primary point of contact for all supplier production schedules, manufacturing, delivery & overall execution across client portfolio of works. Live project experience in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, UK, Ireland, Italy & Greece. Annual equipment spends are estimated in the region of €2bn.

November 2020 to September 2021

Mercury / Site Planner Building Data Centre - Interxion Copenhagen, Denmark

Site planner for a large data centre project, responsible for baselining and maintaining the construction master schedule. To enable accurate forecasts, coordinated collaborative planning workshops with subcontractors, client vendors, and procurement, critically ensuring each schedule submission from the supply chain is to a high standard (including sufficient logic and detail before incorporation into the master programme. Conducted several site walks within a week with the different package managers to understand current progress and potential risks to the master schedule. Progressed the schedule weekly and provided a full monthly status update for the client team, including relevant progress analytics.

June 2019 to November 2020

Exceltic / Saudi Arabia – Yanbu

Project Controls

TSK Group / Durrah Advance Development Company

Reporting to the project management team on all planning activities, construction progress controls, weekly reports, physical progress control, production, and coordination of Subcontractors within an EPC form of contract on a sugar refinery project.

June 2017 to May 2019

Grupo Copisa / Guinee – Kamsar

Project Controls

TAKRAF Tenova – CBG (Company Bauxite Guniee) & Fluor

Reporting to the project management team on all planning activities, construction progress control, weekly reports, physical progress control, production, and coordination of Subcontractors on the following two projects:

- Construction Project of Handling System for Expansion Project CBG

- EPC Project for the construction of the Dryer System in the Project Expansion CBG.

January 2017 to March 2017

Isolux Corsan /Bangladesh

Project Controls

Reported to the project management team on all activities during the development planning stages (Level-IV). Sequencing and resources/man-hours allocations to ensure productivity was maintained at the highest level throughout the various stages of the project. This required detailed forecasting of the demands for the various types of resources, including labour, materials, and equipment throughout the project. During construction activities where preparation of daily reports, weekly reports, control of physical progress, production, and Earned Value Management, and the prediction of future economic cashflows.

Control of budget and certification to the client, revision of subcontractors for the EPC Project for the construction of Siddherganj 335 MW Bangladesh combined cycle thermoelectric plant.

November 2015 to June 2016

Elecnor / Spain-Madrid

Project Controls

Project Contributor (Internship) of the International Tender Department, Energy are, a and Engineering Management

August 2013 to September 2015

Montelecnor S.A / Uruguay-Montevideo-Peralta

Planning & Project Controls

Planning and monitoring work progress using Primavera and MS Project software. Review Sub-contractors Certifications. Prepared weekly and monthly monitoring reports.

Projects:

- Expansion Substation MELO 150 Kv. Client: UTE (Usinas Trasmisiones Eléctricas Uruguay

- Expansion Substation 150 KV Locations: Artigas, Arapey, and Tomas Gomensoro. Client: TEYMA Abengoa Group

- Construction Substation GIS 150 KV Punta del Este. Client: UTE (Usinas Trasmisiones Eléctricas Uruguay)

- Construction Substation and Overhead lines for Windfarm Peralta 100 MW. Client: Wobben ENERCON Windpower

July 2011 to June 2013

Elecnor de Venezuela S.A / Venezuela-Charallave

Planning & Project Controls

CORPOELEC ELECTRICIDAD CARACAS, “Construction of Generation Plant 136 MW open cycle

Planning and monitoring work progress using Primavera and Project software. Review sub-contractors' valuations. Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly monitoring reports, control of physical progress, and financial production of the project