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James Foxton

Project Management / Project Controls
Trinity Beach

Summary

Focused & enthusiastic project management professional with 13+ years of experience, specialising in Project Management, Primavera P6 project planning, detailed operations scheduling and performance analysis.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Senior Planner

Professional Cost Consultants
04.2024 - Current
  • Senior Planner on a major Ti0² Mine construction project, involved from the Feasibility Stages, through to Project Implementation & Execution phases
  • Maintaining a strong focus & communication around the project's critical path
  • Established processes for all planning, scheduling & reporting deliverables
  • Integrating subcontractors information into contract master schedule

Lead Planner - Asia Pacific

Flotation Energy
07.2023 - Current
  • Lead Project Planner for several fixed & floating offshore wind projects, across Victoria, Western Australia and Taiwan
  • Exposure to key life cycle phases and approaches, i.e. development, consenting, FEED, FID, execution

Lead Planner - Global Projects

Subsea 7
09.2022 - 07.2023
  • Responsible for all Project Planning deliverables for Major USD$1b+ Woodside tender
  • Key member in establishing processes for new multi-company consortium, producing work instructions & procedures covering project planning, progress measurement and project controls
  • Creation of detailed engineering offshore vessel schedules (Renewables, S-Lay, J-Lay, Reel Lay, Construction, Decommissioning)
  • Exposure to broad range of internal and client monthly reporting requirements e.g S-Curves, histograms

Project Manager - Digital

Charles Darwin University
09.2021 - 08.2022
  • Responsible for 7 concurrent projects, as part of CDU’s major Student Digital Experience initiative, from large scale (Learning & Curriculum Management system replacements) to smaller scale implementations
  • Major contributor to the development of new institution-wide PMO framework
  • Responsible for preparation of business cases suitable for review / approval by the Project Board
  • Maintained compliance with regulatory parameters in complex projects with overlapping policies.
  • Accelerated progress by continually reviewing performance, budgets and project timelines.
  • Planned, designed and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Grew team by hands on involvement in recruitment process, growing a team of 7 original team members to 60+ within 6 months

Digitalisation Project Manager

Subsea 7
03.2020 - 10.2021
  • Work with newly established PMO & change management teams to overhaul the company Work Breakdown Structure, plan & manage a global upgrade of project management software & reporting capabilities, and rollout standardised procedures to all regions and business units
  • Managed the development & rollout of a PowerBI-based dashboard tool with 300+ users
  • Identified key sources of company data & improved access & quality for relevant stakeholders, with a view to reduce duplication of effort, ensure single source of truth for data and aid decision making throughout the organisation

Global Lead - Project Planning & Vessel Scheduling

Subsea 7
11.2016 - 03.2020
  • Corporate Project Planning Lead for major Oil & Gas/Renewables engineering contractor
  • Global lead of a team of planners & schedulers based across nine countries
  • Primavera P6 super-user & company administrator
  • Responsible for producing & updating Group Project Planning and Global Vessel Scheduling procedures
  • Organiser & host for workshops for both Project Planning and Global Vessel Scheduling to encourage discussion, team development and knowledge sharing within Subsea 7’s regional planning management
  • Integration of several different companies & planning departments into the Subsea 7 Group as a result of acquisitions (Seaway Heavy Lifting, EMAS)
  • Project Planning integration lead between alliance businesses
  • Significant involvement in company’s annual budget & 5 Year business analysis & planning process
  • Essential contributor to company’s scenario planning to ensure optimal vessel utilisation throughout the fleet
  • Excellent communication skills established working alongside all levels of the business, with a reporting line to Vice President & Director level

Project Planning Engineer

Subsea 7
08.2013 - 11.2016
  • Experience on numerous substantial (USD$150m - $300m+) multi-year EPCI projects for major clients (BP, Repsol Sinopec) and several smaller fast-tracked projects & tenders
  • Conducted full re-baselining exercises throughout lifecycle of multi-year projects
  • Involvement in Project Risk & Opportunities Management
  • Renewables planning experience gained whilst working within the offshore wind farm division / Seaway Heavy Lifting on 3 major (USD$1billion+) tenders

Project Controls Specialist

Subsea 7
10.2010 - 08.2013
  • Managed development of offshore Norms recording processes across Subsea 7’s global fleet
  • Provided post project as-tendered vs as-built performance reports for Vessel Management
  • Creation / Review of offshore construction tender schedules for Vessel Support Team regions
  • Developed & led global roll-out of project as-tendered vs as-built man hours tracking
  • Liaised with Offshore Management Teams to ensure compliance of Norms processes

Education

BA (HONS) Management -

Robert Gordon University
Scotland
08.2005 - 08.2009

Skills

    Oracle Primavera P6 Super User

MS Project

MS Excel

Certification

Project Mangament Professional (PMI PMP Accreditation)

Timeline

Senior Planner

Professional Cost Consultants
04.2024 - Current

Project Mangament Professional (PMI PMP Accreditation)

10-2023

Lead Planner - Asia Pacific

Flotation Energy
07.2023 - Current

Lead Planner - Global Projects

Subsea 7
09.2022 - 07.2023

PRINCE2 Practioner

07-2022

PROSCI Change / Transformation Practioner

01-2022

Project Manager - Digital

Charles Darwin University
09.2021 - 08.2022

Data Science & Python short course, Robert Gordon University

04-2021

Digitalisation Project Manager

Subsea 7
03.2020 - 10.2021

Global Lead - Project Planning & Vessel Scheduling

Subsea 7
11.2016 - 03.2020

Project Planning Engineer

Subsea 7
08.2013 - 11.2016

Project Controls Specialist

Subsea 7
10.2010 - 08.2013

BA (HONS) Management -

Robert Gordon University
08.2005 - 08.2009
James FoxtonProject Management / Project Controls