
Aiden Martin
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Senior Programme Development Manager at Network Rail
Education

University of Warwick
2009 - 2010Master’s Degree Programme and Project Management PassOn a scheme sponsored by Network Rail, I gained:• The academic foundations for a career in project management• A broad understanding of the railway business• A good understanding of the structure of the rail industry and its contractual relationships• An engineering understanding of rail maintenance through a dissertation investigating how current maintenance best practice from aviation could be applied to railways. I also worked closely with maintenance teams to implement… Näytä lisää On a scheme sponsored by Network Rail, I gained:• The academic foundations for a career in project management• A broad understanding of the railway business• A good understanding of the structure of the rail industry and its contractual relationships• An engineering understanding of rail maintenance through a dissertation investigating how current maintenance best practice from aviation could be applied to railways. I also worked closely with maintenance teams to implement recommendations from this dissertation, once I was working for Network Rail, and was asked to promote this in South America in the Rail and Metro: Latin America conference. Näytä vähemmän

University of Leeds
2006 - 2009Bachelor’s Degree Aviation Technology with Pilot Studies 2:1 (Hons)Here I was able to gain skills in two key areas:• A theoretical grounding in the field of engineering through modules such as thermodynamics and aircraft reliability and maintenance, in addition to gaining an understanding of the transport industry through modules such as surface and air transport policy and airline economics.• The practical skills involved in piloting light aircraft including keeping cool under pressure and making safety related decisions.
Experience

Network Rail
Jan 2010 - Mar 2012Scheme Project ManagerWorking on the development and delivery of major enhancement projects including FTN/GSM-R and Resignalling, my responsibilities included: • leading an internal multi-disciplinary team, as well as managing external contractors to ensure design and delivery phases were completed on time, to budget and to quality; • negotiating contract and scope creation with multiple contractors to support project delivery within the required timescales and budget;• producing project risk assessments and making decisions or detailed recommendations to mitigate risk;• understanding and ensuring project compliance with the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2007; and• ensuring safe working practices on site. Näytä vähemmän

CTC Aviation and easyJet
Mar 2012 - Jan 2015Wings Cadet and First OfficerOn an integrated course for entry into a First Officer's position with an airline, I gained the practical skills to safely and efficiently fly a variety of aircraft types both solo and as part of a team. After first series passes in all flight tests, I flew airbus A320s for easyJet across Europe in the busy environment of international air travel. Here I managed the flight as a process, including: time management, cost savings, safety, and passenger satisfaction. I worked as a part of the flight deck team and integrated carefully with numerous other teams to ensure safe and efficient air travel. Näytä vähemmän

Network Rail
Jan 2015 - nowResponsible for the development of the projects in the North West and Central Region including Midlands Rail Hub programme (£1.5bn – £2bn AFC), my responsibilities include: • managing the production of business cases for submission to the DfT that balance the needs of the funder, value for money, network availability, capacity for future development and whole-life-cost;• identifying the scope for funding proposals and reviewing and interrogating remits from the supply chain to deliver that scope;• establishing the requirements for the programme in an output based way that reflects what the funder and the industry really values;• leading multi-disciplinary teams to meet those requirements and holding the supply chain to account for delivery to cost, time and scope parameters;• ensuring programme compliance with corporate and public governance; • identifying and agreeing solutions that minimise disruption to passengers and freight end-users; and• building relationships (internally & externally) through effective stakeholder management at various levels. Näytä vähemmän Responsible for leading the assurance processes of Peer Reviews and Tender Assurance, my responsibilities included:• agreeing the schedule of assurance for both processes with programmes and senior stakeholders around the business and managing changes to the schedule;• performing assurance on enhancement programmes as a Peer Review Team Member and a Tender Assurance Reviewer (representing Programme Management);• leading direct reports and working closely with programmes to deliver our committed schedule of Assurance; • training senior leaders across the business to perform assurance; and• improving both assurance processes to make them more robust, efficient and customer focussed. Näytä vähemmän Responsible for the development of Enhancement projects on North West and Central Region, including the Midlands Rail Hub project (circa £2bn AFC), my responsibilities included: • leading the production of business cases as per the HMT 5 case Model for submission to funders to secure further project funding, including the Economic Case using MOIRA and PDFH modelling (although I don’t personally do the modelling);• establishing the project scope, assumptions and delivery options that optimise value for money and considering whole-life cost;• influencing teams to meet those requirements;• ensuring project compliance with corporate and public governance, including managing public money; • identifying project risk and agreeing mitigations; • building and managing relationships (internally & externally) through effective stakeholder management to balance the requirements of the Government, NR and the industry as a whole; and • facilitating the discharge of duties as per the Construction, Design and Management Regulations. Näytä vähemmän
Senior Sponsor
Jan 2020 - nowProgramme Manager (Assurance)
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020Senior Development Manager
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019Customer Manager
Jan 2015 - Mar 2017
Licenses & Certifications

Chartered Project Professional (CHPP)
Association for Project ManagementJun 2024
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