Karl Richardson

Experience

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  STFC

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2024

  An integral part of the Hartree Programme Management Office, overseeing a diverse portfolio of internal, commercial, and grant-funded projects within AI, Scientific Research, Big Data, and High-Performance Computing. Consistently ensuring exceptional delivery standards within the STFC project management framework. Leading cross-functional teams, managing resources, and ensuring effective communication among stakeholders. Skilled in project planning, risk management, team coordination, and driving successful project outcomes. Some recent key achievements include: Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) Programme Support: Provided instrumental programme support for HNCDI, a £210 million, 5-year partnership between STFC and IBM. This collaboration aims to provide inventive digital solutions and assistance to various organisations throughout the United Kingdom. Meticulously planning projects alongside technical teams, ensuring comprehensive work plans with milestones and deliverables. Navigated stakeholder expectations through clear communication, adeptly adapting to change, and ensuring decisive issue resolution and robust risk management.Smart Manufacturing Data Hub Project (SMDH) Management: Project manager on behalf of STFC for the SMDH project, enhancing competitiveness for small and medium-sized manufacturers by leveraging the potential of data. Orchestration of the second-level plan, maintaining effective coordination with work package and innovation leads, ensuring alignment with milestones, deliverables, and objectives, driving results. Quality Management Proficiency: Holding Certification from CQI & IRCA as an Internal Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2015. Employing a methodical approach to conduct internal audits, ensuring adherence to quality management benchmarks and nurturing an environment of ongoing enhancement. Show less Effectively managed stakeholder expectations including transparent communication, cultivating customer relationships, and adapting adeptly to changes. Swiftly and decisively resolving issues and implementing robust risk management strategies. Additionally, overseeing comprehensive project planning in collaboration with technical teams, furnishing meticulous work plans containing milestones and deliverables, and ensuring sufficient project resourcing. Monitoring actual expenditures against the established budget, encompassing staff effort and facility utilisation ensuring timely and budget-conscious project delivery.The position also encompassed the ongoing enhancement and day-to-day administration of the Hartree Centre's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering. This service is pivotal for the center as it furnishes esteemed clients with access to world-leading High-Performance Computing (HPC) facilities. Serving as a representative of the Hartree Centre, both within departments and externally as a component of the Hartree Delivery Team, entails facilitating seamless customer onboarding through well-structured processes and procedures. Cultivating positive customer relationships and facilitating clear, effective communication. Show less Collaborating with external clients to facilitate swift and streamlined onboarding and user setup on High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. I partnered closely with the Hartree Helpdesk to ensure clients grasp the full scope of possibilities the Hartree Centre offers in achieving their objectives. Additionally, I contribute proactively as a vital part of the Project Support Office. My role encompassed the oversight and supervision of ongoing Hartree initiatives and access programs. This involves acquiring, scrutinising, and presenting data through utilisation statistics reports, which I was responsible for generating on a monthly cadence and disseminating to senior leadership and external stakeholders. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Project Support Officer

    Nov 2016 - Oct 2020

  • Level 4 APM associate project management apprentice

    Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

  • Partner Support Officer

    Oct 2013 - Oct 2016
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  BCN

  Apr 2024 - Aug 2024

  Project Manager
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  Sellafield Ltd

  Aug 2024 - now

  Project Manager