Ife Ugbaja
London,United Kingdom
Summary
A professional with strong verbal and written communication skills, adept at preparing clear and concise reports. Demonstrates initiative and thrives under pressure, consistently meeting tight deadlines. Possesses good interpersonal and team-building skills, fostering effective relationships across all levels. Well-versed in engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up processes, with familiarity in Primavera P6 and construction methods. Committed to leveraging expertise to drive successful project outcomes while pursuing opportunities for growth within the industry.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
6042
6042
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Project Controls Manager
NEOM – MAGNA Projects
NEOM, Saudi Arabia
11.2022 - Current
- Develop and implement program controls monitoring and reporting frameworks tailored to the specific requirements of the programme ensuring alignment with overall programme objectives and contractual agreements.
- Collaborate with delivery directors and other stakeholders to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and establish benchmarks for monitoring project progress, schedule adherence, budget performance, quality assurance, and risk management.
- Develop and consolidate various status reports with the ability to effectively communicate and document key messages.
- Managing on an ongoing basis the integration of the project cost control, schedule, and progress management systems.
- Facilitate regular progress reviews with team, track progress and ensure stakeholders are aware of forthcoming activities.
- Supports the programme risk management to capture risks and mitigation plans and follow through to full implementation.
- Provide necessary intelligence and data to inform project decision making, and to support control and management of the project.
- Develop and consolidate various status reports with the ability to effectively communicate and document key messages.
- Identify and provide innovative solutions to cost engineering and planning and scheduling problems.
- Undertake quality review of reports and coordinate with PMCs to provide feedback and improve quality.
Programme Reporting and Oversight Manager
Tideway London – Thames Tideway Tunnel Project
06.2018 - 11.2022
- Design and maintain databases, dashboards, and other tracking tools to capture and organize project data, including schedules, budgets, procurement activities, resource allocations, and stakeholder communications.
- Conduct regular assessments of project data to identify trends, deviations, and potential risks, and communicate findings to senior management through comprehensive reports, presentations, and executive summaries.
- Provide necessary intelligence and data to inform project decision making, and to support control and management of the project.
- Monitor compliance with project requirements, contractual agreements, and regulatory standards, and ensure that all monitoring and reporting activities adhere to relevant policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
Project Controls Manager
Capita Plc - Brent Cross Thameslink Project
03.2017 - 05.2018
- Produce and maintain a robust schedule with critical paths in Primavera P6 to help ensure that all key milestones are achieved.
- Support the development and implementation of a suite of project controls procedures and rollout across the project.
- Manage the change control process and ensure changes to the project's performance measurement baseline are controlled.
- Prepare accurate and timely progress reports, KPIs and other technical reports to the senior management and key stakeholders.
- Maintain project baseline schedule in Primavera P6 and track changes to the baseline as the project progresses.
Project Management Consultant
High Speed 2 - Phase 2B Project
10.2016 - 03.2017
- Support the delivery of the hybrid Bill project requirements as specified in the Programme Requirements Specification.
- Provide management support through effective integration of planning, cost management and risk management activities.
- Project manage elements of the project, adhering to the project lifecycle requirements in terms of schedule and cost.
- Lead on the monitoring, challenging, and reporting of individual Project progress, and overall Programme health.
- Support the delivery and maintenance of the project planning / scheduling, and related progress monitoring and forecasting.
- Assist in identifying, assessing, and managing risk, making sure these risks are actively managed using Advance Risk Manager
- Monitoring, control and reporting of performance against project plans and contractual deliverables related to the project.
Project Controls Manager
Transport for London
04.2015 - 10.2016
- Monitoring, control and reporting of performance against project plans and contractual deliverables related to the Project.
- Provide management support through effective integration of planning, cost management and risk management activities.
- Develop and maintain NEC contract standard schedule identifying potential programme impact of Early Warnings, Compensation Events and Variations
- Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs and goals.
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
- Manage and resolve project issues in an efficient and effective manner to control and minimise risk.
Project Delivery Consultant
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
06.2014 - 04.2015
- Manage the delivery and maintenance of the project planning / scheduling, and related progress monitoring using Primavera P6
- Manage the creation and maintenance of the project dashboards and other reporting requirements.
- Manage the change control process and ensure changes to the project's performance measurement baseline are controlled and formally approved prior to implementation.
- Facilitate regular project progress reviews with team, track progress and ensure all issues are tracked and closed out.
- Assessing and defining logistical aspects of the project execution plan in collaboration with project delivery team.
- Manage project risk through the facilitation of risk workshops at all levels from strategic level to function/task level.
- Regularly review and identify potential programme impact of early warnings, compensation events and variations
Project Controls Manager
Transport for London
01.2014 - 06.2014
- Manage the delivery and maintenance of the project planning / scheduling, and related progress monitoring using Primavera P6
- Support the project teams with all planning related responsibilities associated with the management of their contracts and reporting requirements.
- Support programme and project planning, progress reporting, risks and issues, review and approval and actions management.
- Set up change initiation to identify potential change and progress the potential changes through a Change Notification process.
- Establish procedure for formal change requests including definitions, process, assignment of a potential change, evaluation process and formal approval.
Project Information Manager
African Minerals Ltd - Tonkolili Iron Ore Project
05.2011 - 12.2013
- Provide the necessary intelligence and data to inform programme decision making to support control and management of the programme.
- Deliver a cohesive programme dashboard (and supplement reports) giving analysis and insight in support of decision making across the project.
- Manage the programme’s change control process applying rigor and challenge on inputs and ensuring programme management are sighted on all changes being submitted.
- Oversee the implementation of applications that support the project planning and cost management activities on the project.
- Implement and maintain change control and cost handling systems that facilitate the progression of the project.
- Provide management support through effective integration of planning, cost management and risk management activities.
Project Controls Manager
Balfour Beatty Rail Limited
04.2007 - 04.2011
- Ensure robust project controls are in place to provide client assurance on, risk, opportunities and issue management, schedule management, governance compliance, change control, information management and assurance tracking.
- Undertake quality review of regular management reports, including status reports submitted to the Project Controls Function, and liaising with reporting resources in projects to provide feedback and improve quality.
- Support the development of the Monthly Dashboard Report and the population by the Project teams.
- Ensure that the Baseline Scope Book is aligned to project, budget and schedule using Primavera P6.
- Maintain and manage registers of project drawings/documents, RFI’s, ERI’s, PMI’s and Site instructions.
Project Controls Specialist
Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited
04.2000 - 03.2007
- Develop and maintain the programme of works for the BTIP, including Engineering, Procurement and Construction phases though to commissioning and client takeover.
- Produce regular management reports to support the Programme Director and Project Controls Manager.
- Manage and coordinate the necessary processes, procedures, and systems for information control.
- Prepare various reports to senior management and communicate programmes in the required format.
- Supports the Project Implementation and Engineering teams on schedule change management and pro-actively identifies and highlights linkages, dependencies and impacts (positive and negative) on project, programme and portfolio levels.
- Manage the receipt, filing and distribution of documents, drawings, schedules, specifications in paper or electronic format.
- Ensure project documentation is available to the entire project team on a global basis.
- Proactively plan for a phased, system-oriented handover of data and documents to the operations team.
Education
Master of Science - Construction Project Management
University of Portsmouth
PortsmouthAPM – Certified Project Management Practitioner -
Association of Project Management
LondonBachelor of Science -
Edo State University
Ekpoma, NigeriaSkills
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills and ability to prepare clear and concise reports
- Ability to successfully take own initiative, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Good interpersonal and team building skills with the capability to build effective working relationships at all levels
- Good Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes
- Familiarity with primavera p6
- Knowledge of construction methods
References
References will be provided on request.
Timeline
Project Controls Manager
NEOM – MAGNA Projects
11.2022 - Current
Programme Reporting and Oversight Manager
Tideway London – Thames Tideway Tunnel Project
06.2018 - 11.2022
Project Controls Manager
Capita Plc - Brent Cross Thameslink Project
03.2017 - 05.2018
Project Management Consultant
High Speed 2 - Phase 2B Project
10.2016 - 03.2017
Project Controls Manager
Transport for London
04.2015 - 10.2016
Project Delivery Consultant
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd
06.2014 - 04.2015
Project Controls Manager
Transport for London
01.2014 - 06.2014
Project Information Manager
African Minerals Ltd - Tonkolili Iron Ore Project
05.2011 - 12.2013
Project Controls Manager
Balfour Beatty Rail Limited
04.2007 - 04.2011
Project Controls Specialist
Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited
04.2000 - 03.2007
Master of Science - Construction Project Management
University of Portsmouth
APM – Certified Project Management Practitioner -
Association of Project Management
Bachelor of Science -
Edo State University