David Fairbairn

Experience

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  Colorado Group Ltd

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2013

  Construction Planner - Construction Project Management Company

  Employed as a Construction Planner based at the construction site of a new grain whisky distillery near Livingston, West Lothian. Responsible for organizing contractors and planning works.

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  Constructionarium

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2012

  Undergraduate Student

  Took part in a week long, voluntary attendance project organised through my course at Heriot-Watt University. This was an excellent opportunity to gain hands on practical experience of the construction/engineering industry. I was part of a multi-disciplinary team of students from the university, tasked with constructing a cast in-situ concrete and steel framed bridge. My particular responsibility was for the erection of formwork, liaising with team members and organising the concrete pour.

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  Wood

  Sept 2013 - now

  Leading the project controls team on the BP ROO contract, covering all aspects of planning, cost, estimating, time writing, invoicing, resourcing requirements, contract management and reporting.Acting as the customer interface point and ensuring client expectations for project controls delivery is met while making sure that the contract is recovering all available costs from the client.Successfully implemented the Wood work management system (Imperium) on ROO and carried out the contract transition from old to new contract without disruption to current project delivery while increasing the capability and size of the project controls team so as to manage the increased future workload.Ensuring monthly invoices are submitted on time, DSO is kept to targeted levels, unbilled is reduced and cleared off in a timely manner, margin improvement plans are baselined and implemented, business cases for increased overhead costs supported so as informed decisions are made for best outcomes, ensuring contract success. Show less Leading a team of 4 Wood planners on the BGC E&P contract. Managing direct reports andproviding support to the project director and delivery team daily.Customer interface point between the client and Wood planning teams, connecting engineering deliverables with in-country site requirements to ensure work packs and materials are available when required for the BGCconstruction programme.Deliver the overall contract histogram, interfacing with BGC planning and ensuring that the Woodhistogram is a true reflection of the BGC master control schedule. Reviews carried out with the Woodleadership team to ensure resourcing requirements are met to achieve the current and future workloadon the contract.Lead delivery of the planning package on the BGC contract, ensuring weekly project reports, includingschedules, xer’s, project level s-curves/histograms, are accurate, leading the planning team to achieveweekly targets.Assembled the current planning team on the BGC contract through hiring the right candidates for theroles, training and guiding as to the ways of working, empowering them to lead their own assets/projects and assisting where required.Responsible for leading the role out of the Imperium work management system with P6 integration onthe BGC contract and implementing planning process, procedures, resulting in a consistent way ofworking.Lead the BNGL greenfield gas processing plant project planning effort since FEED, currently in detaileddesign phase. Responsible for successful implementation of the project in P6 and Imperium workmanagement as well as the weekly progress updates, change control, s-curves/histograms andschedules of work production and analysis, productivity through earned value, total float, review ofschedule slip and impact analysis. Forward and backward pass planning was used to arrive at aschedule that met the client ROS requirements for materials and work packs that was deemedachievable by Wood & BGC. Show less Working on the EnQuest (Previously BP) mid-stream contract covering the Sullom Voe terminal, planning using Primavera P6. Tasks involved include managing progress input, reporting of upcoming milestones, production of histograms and schedules of work, productivity analysis through earned value, reviewing schedule slip and potential impacts, attending project meetings and holding interactive planning sessions.Additional support is provided to the business when required. Completed a mobilization plan for a new project in Alaska. This was updated weekly with progress, and summary of issues/movement provided by plan analysis. Due to the schedule not being resourced, earned progress was generated through the use of weighting factors and globals. Show less (Sep 2015 - Aug 2016) Corporate Project ControlsWorked with the cost and planning managers for the UK, providing planning support and producing the WGPSN UK corporate performance reports.Planning support given has included being mobilised to Shell Brent Charlie for two three week trips to report progress of a construction campaign back onshore, supporting the offshore management, timekeeping, attending progress meetings and advising where necessary.Produced bid plans for jobs in Canada and Oman, from team selection/new country entry, through to site set up and implementation, as well as a mobilisation plan for our recently set up Baku project.Reporting requires collating performance data from all UK contracts, productivity, cost, headcount, change, indirects/non prods and reporting them per business stream on a monthly basis. UK histograms are produced, both on and offshore, for current and future manning. These reports are issued to all senior management in the UK. (Nov 2014 - Aug 2015) Project ImperiumPart of a small, collaborative team tasked with assessing the current project controls systems used across Wood globally and specifying and creating a new toolset. This resulted in a new project controls system being developed and is being rolled out across the business.(Sep 2013 - Oct 2014) Planner and Cost Controller – TAQA Contract Initially responsible for planning and cost duties across all of TAQA’s North Sea assets. This involved working closely with the project engineer and engineering disciplines, creating, modifying and keeping the plans up to date, monitoring the plans and cost spend and reporting this to the PE.Made planning focal point for the Tern shutdown, involving creating plans down to shutdown level, learning the job by attending client meetings, visiting the vendor yard to see a mock build and liaising with the TAQA shutdown planner to align plans. Show less

  • Project Controls Manager - Harbour Energy

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Project Controls Manager - BP ROO

    Sept 2022 - Nov 2023

  • Lead Planning and Project Controls - Basrah Gas Company - $1.2B TIC

    Feb 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Planner - BP Mid-stream

    Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  • Planner - Simpler Solutions

    Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Planner - Project Controls

    Sept 2013 - Aug 2016