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Barrie De Pinna

Barrie De Pinna

Blyth,United Kingdom

Summary

Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in program and project management, financial and Commercial management. Demonstrated proficiency in Stakeholder management, engineering, design, planning and permitting and problem solving. Proven track record in managing construction and engineering turn-key solutions. Strong leadership skills complemented by a collaborative team-working approach.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Program Manager

Wild Africa Consulting
08.2024 - 07.2025
  • Currently I am supporting Amazon with 22 small projects across the EU
  • The project budget is $16. million over a duration of 14 months
  • My responsibilities are managing budget spend, Programme risk management, PMO meeting and reporting, Internal/external Project coordination meetings and meeting project deliverables
  • Project Challenges managing local permitting requirement across 8 countries to ensure all constructions work did not impact long lead automation program.

Construction Manager

Wild Africa Consulting
06.2023 - 08.2024
  • My previous project is an £11 million food preparation and storage facility where my responsibilities as the Construction Manager is to deliver the new warehouse M, E & R services (mechanical, Electrical & Refrigeration)
  • The building works include 70,000 m3 freezer, 900 T/day robotics and conveyor system and building services for one hundred people
  • Project Challenges - Client made last minutes changes to key project deliverables and long lead items. The client also made core clause contract amendments for early access requirements, where the team needed to phase dependent works to keep original timeline. Thanks to the quality, safety and program aspects of the project the client retained the contractor for future projects

Start Up Program Manager

GES Amazon
07.2020 - 06.2023
  • In 2020 was appointed Assistant Program Manager for MME2 an E2E 2 million ft2 warehouse with 1.9 km of conveyance and 2700 robots with a project value was £301 Million
  • KPI achievements were completion of the project as per PMO baseline dates with a 2-week site closure due to Covid 19 breakout
  • In 2021 was appointed Program Manager for NCL1 and E2E 2 million ft2 warehouse with 1.9 km of conveyance and 2900 robots with a project value was £324 Million
  • KPI achievements were completing the program as per PMO baseline milestones with government and UK Covid legislation restricting contractor HC/m2
  • In 2022 was appointed Program Manager for NCL2 E2E 2 million ft2 warehouse with 2 km of conveyance and three thousand robots with a project value was £317 Million
  • The project duration was 12 months from pilling through to launch
  • KPI achievements were joint first in project quality across the EU and 7.5% Capex/Opex savings against the CAR and 4% margin above any project of the same type across the EU
  • Developing and managing the integrated scheduling within the EU network
  • In 2022 I was responsible for managing nineteen contract planners across twenty-one sites in the EU with a program budget of $1.4MM
  • United Kingdom

Project Manager

Komatsu Sunderland
09.2019 - 04.2020
  • Company Overview: United Kingdom
  • Project & Commercial Manager responsible for Managing the Engineering and project installation for 250-ton hydraulic adjustable bulk materials ship off-loading hopper & conveyor
  • The discharge hopper and conveyor were responsible for delivering 1000 T/hr aggregate to Hinckley Point Nuclear Power station
  • The project budget was $82MM and the forecast project duration was 10 months
  • When I took over the project the relationship with the client was strained due to program delays and quality of the build not meeting client's expectations
  • I was able to close the project out and minimize the commercial exposure to the business
  • Project Management deployment of 7.5 Km continuous conveyor for a TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine for Vinci Construction)
  • The installation consisted of continuous conveyor's, transfer chutes,90 - 250Kw drives and boosters
  • United Kingdom

Co-Owner

North Shore Projects Consultancy
12.2005 - 07.2019
  • Company Overview: Hilton South Africa
  • Provide full turnkey consulting Project Management to Holcim
  • The project SOW was to provide a secondary and Tertiary crushing and screening plant with 60m tripper car
  • The project duration was 9 months
  • The plant throughput was 650 ton per hour (TPH) with three crushers and one triple deck screen and four storage bins
  • The project cost was $12 MM
  • Provide E2E full turnkey portable crushing and screening plant
  • The SOW was to provide a 200 TPH aggregate plant that provide four various aggregate sizes
  • The project duration was approximately 5 months and cost $2.0MM
  • Provide E2E full turnkey solution of a 30,000.00 m2 sugar storage warehouse with 5ton Overhead crane (OHC)
  • The project duration was 6 months and a total cost of $3.0MM
  • Provide E2E Project Management consultancy for two off 90m3/hr concrete batch plants for Lafarge
  • The project duration was 6 months, and the SOW was to provide MCC for 24 hrs a day for 2-year duration
  • The project management and design consulting cost were $0.8MM and the client placed orders for two further machines
  • Provide E2E full turnkey project for Hulamin
  • The project constituted eight conveyors, one crusher, one screen, one sorter and two compactors
  • The project's cost was $2.0MM and the duration was 5 Months
  • The project allowed the recycling of dirty soft drink cans to raw aluminium
  • Hilton South Africa

Education

National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Durban University of Technology
01.2003 - 11.2005

B-Com - Marketing & Management

Damelin University
01.2001 - 11.2002

Skills

  • Program and Project Management
  • Financial Management and Cost Control of Projects
  • Scheduling & Programme management
  • Construction Management
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering Design
  • Planning & Permitting
  • Strategic Planning
  • Problem Solving
  • Turn-Key Projects
  • Structural Steel Management
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Estimating
  • Tendering Bids
  • Leadership
  • Team Working

Timeline

Program Manager

Wild Africa Consulting
08.2024 - 07.2025

Construction Manager

Wild Africa Consulting
06.2023 - 08.2024

Start Up Program Manager

GES Amazon
07.2020 - 06.2023

Project Manager

Komatsu Sunderland
09.2019 - 04.2020

Co-Owner

North Shore Projects Consultancy
12.2005 - 07.2019

National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Durban University of Technology
01.2003 - 11.2005

B-Com - Marketing & Management

Damelin University
01.2001 - 11.2002

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