alasdair hicks

About

Project Manager (client services) at Network Rail

Country

united kingdom

City

york

Industry

railroad manufacture

Skill

project delivery, business process improvement, project management, rail, stakeholder management, risk management, contract management, procurement, process improvement, budgets, commercial management, management, change management, construction, project planning, program management, railway, project control, team building facilitation, facilitation, large group facilitation

Experience

network assurance manager

east coast mainline improvement project

2003-1 - 2004-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

project manager

network rail

2016-10 - 2008-3

* Responsibilities * Manage the relationship between the sponsor and project management business units * Define and agree the scope of multi-disciplinary engineering projects in East and North England. Ensure delivery on time, within budget and to required quality and safety. * Key Achievements * Successfully managed the relationship between the project management organisation and a demanding sponsorship team, delivering requirements and negotiating agreements; * Led on efficiencies, setting the benchmark for the Enhancement Programme nationally; * Developed and implemented business improvement initiative for the National Programme Director, resulting in substantial improvements in project delivery * Grew the development portfolio from 15 projects worth around £100m to over 50 projects worth over £330m; delivering to time, cost and quality; Built and managed a team of seven