PRIVATE
AND CONFIDENTIAL
JULIAN
HARRIS ‑ CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
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Julian Christopher Harris |
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DATE OF BIRTH:
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December 1959 (age 47) |
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MARITAL STATUS:
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Single |
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NATIONALITY:
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British/ EU |
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DRIVING LICENCE:
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Full British |
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CURRENT ADDRESS:
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8 rue du Clos de Beauce Cangey 37530 France |
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TELEPHONE:
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+33 627 355 984 +33 247 231 741 |
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E-MAIL:
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EDUCATION:
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COURSE |
ESTABLISHMENT |
ATTAINMENT |
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Secondary School Education. |
8 ‘O’ Levels 3 ‘A’ Levels |
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HND Mechanical Engineering. |
HND Mechanical
Engineering. (Higher National Diploma) |
WORK EXPERIENCE (in reverse chronological
order):
Location ‑ Amboise,
France
Company business ‑ World’s largest
pharmaceutical company
Position ‑ Chef
de projet technique – Technical Project Manager
Period of Employment - February 2006 to Current
Responsibilities
‑ Project manager for major infrastructure
works at Pfizer’s R&D establishment at Amboise. Reporting to UK European
centre. Project management involved initiating technical studies, securing
approvals, cost analysis and control, project programming and tracking and
reporting.
Company business ‑ Manufacturers of large
Commercial & Military Aircraft
Position ‑ Facilities
and Manufactured Components Controller at Filton
Period of Employment - July 2005 to February 2006
Responsibilities
‑ A dual role planning, managing and
expediting the production of Wing Ribs for the A400M and also carrying out the
same roles building the facility and providing tooling for the construction of
the wings. Gained a useful overview of the entire wing build. The team has
encountered significant technical, chronological, commercial and chronological
challenges in finalising a quality end product.
Company business ‑ Importer and UK agent
for ‘Jabiru’ range of light aircraft.
Position ‑ Technical
Manager
Period of Employment - September 2004 to June 2005
Responsibilities
‑ Testing, development and approvals for
the ‘J400’ model into the UK and managing subsequent fuel system modifications.
Technical support for customers. Initiating the approvals process with the CAA
for the ‘Calypso’ model into the UK.
Location ‑ Central
London
Company business ‑ UK Railway Strategy and
franchising organisation (seconded to the Strategic
Rail Authority - SRA)
Position ‑ Project
Manager
Period of Employment - October 2003 to September
2004
Responsibilities ‑ Project Manager
for processes up to and beyond the introduction of the new Integrated Kent railway franchise,
incorporating high-speed trains running on the CTRL. Franchise value up to
£800m. Work includes project planning and control of critical path activities
using P3e to ensure on time delivery of the franchise. I was also responsible
for the delivery of detailed tender documents for the bids on this franchise.
Location ‑ Central
London
Company business ‑ Project Management
Consultancy (seconded to Tube
Lines)
Position ‑ Senior
Project Manager.
Period of Employment - January 2002 to September
2003
Responsibilities
‑ Project Management Consultant.
Responsible for the design, construction and delivery of Lift & Escalator
projects to defined cost, quality and time constraints. Was selected by Tube
Lines to be trained on Six Sigma process development methodology. Focus on risk
management, cost & schedule control and safety issues.
Location ‑ Central
London
Company business ‑ Project Management
Consultants
Position ‑ Senior
Project Manager.
Period of Employment - December 2000 to December
2001
Responsibilities
‑ Project management for a proposed £418m
design redevelopment of a major London railway terminus and various M&E
projects. Planned and resourced in P3e. Managing
project teams of up to 20 other consultancy organisations.
Railtrack PLC - West
Coast Route Modernisation (now
Network Rail)
Location ‑ Euston,
London
Company business ‑ Maintenance, Renovation
and Running of National Railway Network.
Position ‑ Senior
Planning Engineer for the Core Project Team.
Period of Employment - December '99 to December ‘00
Responsibilities
‑ Responsible for participating in
shaping the planning strategy for the entire £5.8billion project. Due to the
enormity of this project, I proposed and developed a database (MS Access)
method of analysing the prodigious project data in order to produce a
resourced, consolidated project plan providing earned value and key resource
usage data. Data capture and presentation in P3.
Glaxo-Wellcome Operations Limited
Location ‑ Dartford.
Company business ‑ Design, construction and
operation of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.
Position ‑ Senior
Planning Engineer for a SAP
implementation project.
Period of Employment - May ’99 to September '99
Responsibilities ‑ A global Implementation of a fast track MRPII
strategy (fastest ever) and involved multiple SAP modules: (Finance, Material
Master, Warehousing, Planning, Production & Procurement). Project planning
& tracking carried out using Primavera via a Citrix ICA client on an integrated
schedule, which encompassed 7 sites. Training, procedural documentation and
data accuracy were highly critical due to the closely controlled nature of the
Pharmaceutical industry by the FDA. Substantial critical path analysis was
carried out to maximise total float and minimise risk. In addition, resource
levelling was required to minimise manpower bottlenecks.
Raytheon Engineers and Contractors (UK)
Location ‑ New
Malden, London.
Company business‑ Design, construction
and validation of pharmaceutical, food, power and manufacturing facilities.
Position ‑ Project
Controls Engineer
Period of Employment - January ’98 to May '99
(originally 9 months, but extended)
Responsibilities‑ Responsible for the development, progressing and
implementation of design project schedules and project progress monitoring
& measurement on a milestone basis. Planning mainly carried out using
Primavera, P3 and MS Access. Also provided implementation, expediting and project
managerial advice and assistance. Projects included the complete
multidiscipline design of a Process Development Facility for Pfizer in the UK. Other projects included
CCGT Power Generation plants and substantial pharmaceutical laboratories in
Eastern Europe.
Location ‑ Westminster
& Docklands, London.
Company business ‑ Building Services Engineers,
in this instance working on the Jubilee Line Extension Project.
Position ‑ Project
Planning & implementation Engineer
Period of Employment - October ’97 to January '98
Responsibilities ‑ Responsible
specifically for the development of multi-discipline project plans and project
management functions such as expediting, for Westminster Station on the Jubilee
Line Project. The Westminster part of the project had an extremely high profile
and the successful outcome of this station was crucial to trains running early
on the Jubilee Line extension. Duties included interfacing with the client,
operatives and other contractors at all levels.
Glaxo-Wellcome Operations Limited
Location ‑ Dartford.
Company business ‑ Multi-discipline design,
construction and operation of pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.
Position ‑ Project
Support Engineer
Period of Employment - June ’96 to October ‘97
Responsibilities ‑ Responsible
for the development and maintenance of major project planning systems and the
provision of project support in terms of advice and assistance. A key project
was the expansion of a Zidovudine
(Retrovir) plant careful planning demonstrated (& achieved) possible
completion 5 weeks ahead of previously planned. Responsibilities include the
integration of planning systems with project databases. Also accountable for
the support, development and maintenance of project programmes for major
project work within Glaxo-Wellcome Operations Ltd. Projects included both
primary and secondary pharmaceutical production. Developed an interface between
planning systems and projects database.
WS Atkins Power Track
Engineering Limited, now Atkins Rail
Location ‑ Paddington
& Croydon.
Company business‑ Electrification of all
UK Railways, including EPS.
Position ‑ Planning
Manager
Period of Employment - Jan ‘95 to Jun ‘96
Responsibilities‑ Manager
of Project Planning department executing major railway electrification
projects. The Planning department provided planning, contract monitoring,
estimating & customer liaison back up to the contract engineering and
commercial departments. In addition, a major function was the forecasting of
manpower requirements across all projects for senior management. I was also
involved in advising contract engineers as to the commercial aspects of project
management. Most planning work was carried out in Primavera for Windows, with
additional project monitoring in MS Project & Suretrak.
Tunnel Refineries Ltd.
(incorporated into Tate & Lyle
group)
Location ‑ Greenwich,
London
Company Business ‑ Major manufacturer of
Maize and Wheat Syrups and Sugars for industry.
Position ‑ Contract
Project Engineer.
Period of Employment ‑ February 1992 to October
1994.
Responsibilities - Project
leader directly responsible for in plant projects totalling £3 million.
Projects included primarily process plant upgrades Control systems, new product
lines, civil engineering and plant services projects. Work included all aspects
of specifying project scope, production of budgets & project programmes,
procurement, design responsibility, team direction, co-ordination, cost control
and commissioning. As project leader, I was responsible for the complete
execution of projects within the agreed time and budgetary constraints, whilst
observing all safety and company procedures. Disciplines included heat
transfer, structural, fluid mechanics and materials transfer.
Matthew Hall Merrol Fire
Engineering Ltd.
Location ‑ Borough,
London SE1
Company Business ‑ Fire Detection, Alarm,
Gas Detection, Sprinkler and Deluge systems.
Position ‑ Senior
Project Engineer then Project Manager.
Period of Employment ‑ May ‘89 ‑ Feb ‘92
Responsibilities
- Recruited as Senior Project Engineer, but promoted to
Project Manager. Duties include
production of detailed specifications, design, design management and estimating
as well as those of Project Manager. Project Managers within MHM are Solely
responsible for the completion of each project to achieve maximum profit
returns whilst taking into consideration health & safety, client
requirements, quality assurance (BS5750 part 1) and legal considerations.
G.P. Elliott Electronic
Systems Ltd. (Now part of ICS)
Location ‑ Merton,
London SW19
Company Business ‑ High reliability and high
integrity electronic Equipment Shutdown (ESD), and Fire & Gas detection
systems for the Petrochem Industry.
Position ‑ Area
Sales Engineer promoted to Area Sales Manager
Period of Employment ‑ May
‘87 to May ‘89.
Responsibilities ‑ Initially Area
Sales Engineer and subsequently Area Sales Manager for the Middle East
involving frequent travel to visit agents & customers in the area.
Responsible for specifying and introducing the concepts of high reliability and
high integrity Safety systems to clients.
Since
most of GPE’s systems were purpose designed and built for the Oil & Gas
industry, the initial engineering input was crucial to not only the client, but
also the company in order to ensure customer satisfaction and safety of
protected plant & personnel.
Salamco (Al Salamah Saudi Co.
Ltd.), part of Wasma Intl.
Location ‑ Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
Company Business‑ Design, supply,
installation, commissioning and maintenance of Fire, Safety and Security
systems.
Position ‑ Technical
and Sales Manager
Period of Employment ‑ 3 years.
Responsibilities‑ Official
title as above, but achieved the role of General Manager responsible for the day-to-day
running of the company. Involved in all major sales, as well as design,
purchasing and project management. In Salamco, the ultimate aim was to maximise
profitability whilst ensuring full customer satisfaction. Work included
security systems for the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS
Flying ‑ Aircraft
Jabiru UL
& builder. Record
holder.
Sailing/ Windsurfing ‑ In
all types of boats.
Travel - Substantial
International Travel.
Computers - Internet/
databases
Cycling
SPECIAL SKILLS
Six Sigma - Qualified
by Bechtel as a ‘Yellow Belt’ in Six Sigma business process improvement
methodology. Was hand picked from Tube Lines staff to receive this training.
Managerial- Good
lateral thinker, communicator (both written & verbal) and successful
negotiator.
Computing
‑ Fully
computer literate. Expert knowledge of Excel, Primavera 3.0 for
Windows, P3e, MS Access, MS Project, VB and Word. Familiarity with CAD and
DTP applications.
Electronics ‑ A
good understanding in the design & function of electronic circuits.
Languages - Conversational
French. Some Arabic.