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Kick-Start Your Career!

‘Networking Event for Newcomers to

Project Management’

10 Oct 2013

University of South Wales

Housekeeping

Fire Alarm

Smoking

Toilets

Mobiles

Food and drink

Agenda

Chairman’s Welcome

– Martin Gosden

What is Project Management?

– Paul Johnson, MoD

A Career in Project Management

– Mike Donnington, Babcock International Group

Breakout Sessions

Q&A Session

Networking (and buffet!)

Martin Gosden

– South Wales and West of England (SWWE) Branch Chairman

– Registered Project Professional

– 30 Years PM experience with the MoD

SWWE Branch

– Why are we here?

– For those new to project management as a potential new

career path

– An opportunity to take advice from experienced professionals


South Wales and West of England Branch

– One of the most active APM branches in UK

– Around 20 members events per year – suitable for all levels of

experience

– Extensive engagement with Academia and Corporate members

– Fantastic networking opportunities with employers across

many different sectors including Aerospace, Defence, Finance

– 2470 individual and 37 Corporate members

– APM Chartership


Paul Johnson, Ministry of Defence (MoD) – Chartered Engineer and Registered Project

Professional

– 10 years PM experience with MoD

– Deputy Head of Armoured Vehicles Programmes £10Bn expenditure over next 10 years

Creation of Hub Programme Office to support delivery


What is a project?

- A project is a unique, temporary endeavour, undertaken to achieve planned objectives (APM BoK Ed 6).

– Project management is an effective way of managing change, to turn

strategic intent into reality.

Uniqueness

– Projects are separate to business-as-usual activities, requiring people to

come together temporarily to focus on specific project objectives. As a

result, effective leadership and teamwork is central to successful projects.

Temporary

– A project has a specific start and end point and is set up to meet

specific objectives, to create a specified result, product or service.



Scope

– Projects need to be controlled to meet their stated objectives which will enable the delivery of the required benefits. Objectives are defined in terms of expectations of time, cost and quality.

The role of the Project Manager primarily involves controlling the

introduction of the desired change. This involves:

– Understanding the needs of stakeholders.

– Planning what needs to be done, when, by whom, and to what

standards.

– Building and motivating the team.

– Coordinating the work of different people.

– Monitoring work being done.

– Managing any changes to the schedule.

– Managing Risks

– Delivering successful results.


A Career in Project Management

Newcomers’ Networking Event

Michael Donnington BSc (Hons) MSc CEng CMarEng MIMarEST

Dismantling and Disposals Programme Manager

Babcock Marine and Technology Division

10 Oct 13

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What do you want

to be when you

grow up?

I want to be a

Project Manager!

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Babcock International Group: In Brief

Annual Revenue

over

£3.2 billion

Headquartered in

London

Delivering circa

600 services across

six continents

Employing a

workforce of

c.26,000 skilled

personnel

The UK’s

leading engineering

support

services

organisation

Order book

circa

£12 billion

Managing customer assets currently worth over

£40 billion

Established

in1891

FTSE 100 company listed on

London Stock Exchange


Babcock Group: Divisional Structure

Support Services

Kevin Thomas

Defence & Security

John Davies

International

Peter Rogers

Babcock International Group Chief Executive, Peter Rogers

Marine & Technology

Archie Bethel

• Africa

• Middle East

• Air

• Infrastructure

• Land and Sea

• Marine

• Technology

• Australia

• Education & Training

• Emergency Services

& Infrastructure

• Mobile Assets

• Network Engineering

• Nuclear


Airports

A leading position across all markets

Rail

Emergency

Services

Mining &

Construction

Education

Nuclear Training

Energy

Property

Management

Communications

Teach Vital Skills - Manage Critical Assets - Deliver Complex Programmes


Devonport


Submarine Business Unit


My Career Progression

Bachelors

Degree

CPD

Masters

Degree

CPD

CEng

CMarEng

CPD

APMP

APM Risk L1

CPD

Graduate

Scheme

2002

2004 Facility

Management

Roles

Dismantling and

Disposals Programme

Manager

2008

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Roles

Project

Management

Roles

Secondment to

MoD

2013


Project Manager Vanguard Main

Static Converters

Responsible for the safe delivery of an equipment upgrade to a Vanguard Class Submarine.

Replacement of Motor Generators for Main Static Converters in the Electrical Power

System on Vanguard Class Submarines.

A complex development project that started from a requirement in the Concept Phase

of the Project Lifecycle.

Statistics

No lost time accidents

Highly complex equipment upgrade including

design, prototype test, manufacture, test and

Delivery.

4.5 years

£Million +

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Dismantling & Disposals

Programme Manager

Disposals & Recycling

Redundant Equipment Project

Manager

Health Physics Technical

Support Project Manager

Submarine Dismantling

Project Manager

Overview of organsiation


Personal Reflection

• Being able to change things.

• Sense of achievement.

• Love a challenge.

• Great feeling of creating a team and standing back and watching the team perform.

• Helping others.

• Embracing risk.

• Enjoy making big decisions.

• Engaging with professional people.

• Always learning, always.

• Professional development.

• Learning from experience.

What do you want

to be when you

grow up?

I want to be a

Project Manager!What do you want

to be when you

grow up?

I want to be a

Project Manager!What do you want

to be when you

grow up?

I want to be a

Project Manager!


Supporting the Community

• Industry Liaison Partner with University of Plymouth.

• Mentor graduate engineers.

• IMarEST accredited interviewer for Chartered Engineers.

• Company assessor for Graduate Scheme.


We need Project Management

Breakout sessions Table Facilitator Discussion

1 Mike

Donnington What makes a successful project manager - qualifications or experience?

2 Martin Gosden What three core 'personal' competences or attributes must I demonstrate to have a

chance of success as a professional project manager?

3 Nick Malinowski What does project success look like?

4 Paul Johnson What are the challenges for managing a project which is highly complex and

technically challenging?

5

Allan Reid

Are project managers born or bred??

Panel members

– Mike Donnington, Babcock International

– Martin Gosden, APM

– Nick Malinowski, Fujitsu

Around 15 - 20 minutes

Q&A Session

Buffet is provided

Take the valuable opportunity to discuss topics of

concern with experienced practitioners

Student membership – just £20.00

Thanks for your support this evening

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