Phil Knowles

Experience

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  Costco Wholesale

  Oct 2001 - Jul 2005

  Inventory Control Auditor
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  RDS - Drilling Engineering Specialists

  Aug 2005 - Feb 2009

  • Planning engineer

    Aug 2007 - Feb 2009

  • Planning assistant

    Aug 2005 - Aug 2007
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  WorleyParsons

  Mar 2009 - Feb 2013

  Senior Planning Engineer

  Senior brownfield construction planner responsible for delivering the brownfield construction programme

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  Xodus Group

  Feb 2013 - Feb 2016

  Lead Planning Engineer

  Lead Planning engineer responsible for all aspects of project planning and cost reporting for large projects within Xodus group. Supporting all hubs across the globe.

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  Amec Foster Wheeler

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  Senior Construction Planning Engineer

  Resident offshore on a 3 on 3 off rota basis. Responsible for the construction element of the work- scope. Building, maintaining and being responsible for all daily/weekly progress updates to a 5000 activity fully logic construction plan. Actively involved in daily platform morning calls, chairing weekly progress meetings and scheduling updates, interfacing with onshore team discussing progress and productivity, reviewing validity of job card’s and scope being incorporated in work-packs. Carrying out critical path analysis, identification of potential simops on platform and integrating a major fabric and maintenance campaign alongside a hook-up team who are installing additional living quarters on the ETAP platform. Working closely with the onshore engineering and construction teams developing JMS, AMEC’s bespoke Job card Management System. Responsible for capturing and reviewing all growth up to 100 hours offshore, anything greater than this requires onshore approval.Duties include:• Daily scheduling and progression of the construction schedule• Managing and performing quality checks to changes/growth raised offshore in line with the project change control process ensuring the schedule and jobcard management system align correctly.• Providing information to the Offshore Management Team of current project work scope status.• Preparing and compiling of weekly Manpower histograms for issue.• Preparing and distribution of daily and weekly project progress, productivity and current project status reports for issue to the client• Chairing planning meetings with the offshore work teams to finalise the construction schedule for the following week ensuring that it is accurate and achievable and in line with client expectations Show less

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  Fairfield Energy

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

  Planning and Risk Advisor

  Short term secondment at Fairfield Energy to assist Dunlin Alpha Decom. project with landing a deterministic schedule, Carrying out schedule risk workshops.

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  PD&MS Group

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2024

  • Planning Team Lead

    Jan 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Senior Planning Engineer

    Oct 2016 - Jan 2022
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  GDi

  Apr 2024 - now

  Project Control Specialist