Dominic D'Souza
Leeds
Summary
Adaptable project professional with experience delivering a range of projects and built environment interventions within scope, time, and budget. Proven capability to lead cross-functional teams, streamline processes, and drive project success through strong communication and problem-solving skills. Adept at managing stakeholder expectations and mitigating risks to ensure project alignment with business objectives.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Estates Project Manager (FTC)
Royal Armouries Museum
Leeds, London, Portsmouth
09.2023 - Current
- Managing a variety of estates capital projects, tailoring methodologies to include brief development, design management and contract procurement. Ensuring effective stakeholder engagement, communications and project processes to deliver to quality, time, cost, and safety expectations.
- Acting as Estates Lead worked closely with internal teams and third party partners to help deliver new, exciting and interactive museum experiences.
- Provided professional and technical support to Royal Armouries Museum Leadership Group, delivering multi faceted options appraisals in relation to DCMS funding and estate improvements.
Construction Project Manager (FTC)
Leeds Trinity University
Leeds
04.2023 - 09.2023
- Assigned a set of projects to deliver over off peak summer months, developing and updating project documentation, managing procurement routes and changes to scope, schedule, and costs, using appropriate verification techniques according to contract.
- Coordinated third party consultants, contractors and internal resources, involving relevant stakeholders to plan and agree strategies for minimizing disruption to any planned university or academic activities.
- Maintained and monitored working methods in accordance with legal requirements such as planning permissions, CDM, completed risk assessments and method statements, liaising where required with internal Health and Safety and operational teams.
Facilities Manager (FTC)
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
West Yorkshire
09.2021 - 04.2023
- Facilities Management of ICB Corporate sites, covering site compliance and staff welfare, including line management of project and administrative support within a matrix working environment.
- Acting as Estates Project Lead delivered work packages within Corporate Estates transformation programme, working in conjunction with external and internal stakeholders, and partners, including Leeds Council and wider NHS.
- Assisted with the creation of Business Cases, liaising with central ICB finance functions to map out projected costs and financial implications.
- Built relationships and processes to enable increased collaboration and venue utilisation with third sector partners - reducing org spend and re-routing NHS £ into local charities.
Estates Project Manager (FTC)
Yorkshire Housing
Yorkshire
02.2020 - 07.2021
- Managed multiple regional corporate office and depot property exits, actioning all landlord liaison, lease breaks, dilapidation and decommissioning activities in line with contractual timeframes.
- Depot relocation and resizing strategy: business case creation in line with forecasted operational demands and stakeholder requirements, lease sign offs and all associated delivery ‘move in' build, landlord liaison, condition reports and H&S works.
- Input into the creation of compliant workspaces and booking resources, working with ICT to develop PowerApps systems to provide user reassurance to evolving Covid-19 pandemic guidance.
- Coordinated market sale of city centre Leeds HQ: delivered options appraisal and acted as end to end intermediary between estate agent and YH CEO/Exec Board.
FM Lead (Projects) (FTC)
NHS Digital
Leeds
03.2018 - 01.2020
- Ensured a consistent improvement service across NHS Digitals corporate office, delivering a variety of estates, infrastructure and digital workspace projects in line with delegated responsibilities, stakeholder requirements, assigned budgets and internal processes and procedures.
- Contributed to large scale estates relocation programme, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to assist with work packages such as workspace design discovery and requirement setting stages, occupation analysis and Agile working initiatives.
- Worked with internal H&S and external suppliers to implement new CAFM system, aligning system to site assets and statutory requirements.
Project Assistant (FTC)
Metro Trains
Melbourne
03.2017 - 09.2017
- Provided support to the Production Programme with the delivery of the Annual Infrastructure Works Plan (AIWP), covering renewals for railway assets and station facilities.
- Communicated with key internal and external stakeholders, collaborated with team members, coordinating procurement, managing costs, creating and sharing reports.
- Ensuring safety and regulatory measures related to safe working, identified and mitigated potential risks and issues.
Contracts Coordinator (FTC)
Housing First Ltd
Melbourne
10.2016 - 03.2017
- Performance management of FM contracts in relation to statutory regulations, KPI's, SLA's, and customer experience across a mixed portfolio of residential sites.
- Organizational contact for customer service contract and operational complaints, reporting all aspects, follow up dialogues and actions in line with formal policies and procedures.
- Updated internal CAFM system with asset and performance data, undertaking analysis of break patterns and reporting to inform lifecycle mapping and replacement cycles.
Project Consultant (FTC)
Bupa
Melbourne
03.2016 - 09.2016
- Provided support within Bupa's VMS (Visa Medical Services) Business Analysis and PMO function, document creation and management, risk, dashboard, progress updates, and project administration.
- Research and analysis of system processes and outcomes across VMS, undertaking surveys and utilizing reporting tools to gather process data across various workstreams, interpreting and presenting within reported formats.
Estates Project Officer
NHS England
Leeds and London
03.2014 - 08.2015
- Supported the delivery of programmes and projects across NHSE's corporate estate, tasked with a variety of stakeholder communications/engagement and project administration duties.
- Analysis and reporting across NHSE property portfolio, collating and recording site data to inform business case/long-term property management strategy.
- Project Lead for Condeco implementation and delivery across largescale sites, liaising with ITC, 3rd party suppliers, and a cross section of internal stakeholders and departments.
Technical Support Assistant (FTC)
Yorkshire Water
Leeds
04.2012 - 09.2013
- Provided technical administration to enable water network field operations, managing and monitoring system workflows to ensure accuracy of operational data and performance.
- Created and delivered IT system and administrative processes training to Field Teams and sub contracted engineers.
Education
BA Hons - Film & English Literature
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 -
Foundation Degree in Arts - Art
University of South Wales, Newport
04.2001 -
BTEC National Diploma, AS Levels - E-Business, Film Studies, English Literature
York College
04.2001 -
Skills
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Administration
- Delivery Frameworks
- System Administration
- Procurement
- Supplier Management
- CDM 2015
- Health and Safety
- Risk Analysis
- Options Appraisals
- Business Change
- Lean Six Sigma
- Process Improvement
- Workflow Management
- Prince 2
- Time Management
- Contract Management
- Project Management Documentation
- Governance
- MS Office
CPD & Learning
2025
APM PMQ (currently self-studying via e-modules and APM Study Guide)
Six Sigma Yellow Belt - Learning Lean
2018
IOSH Managing Safely - HSQE
2015
PRINCE 2 Foundation - Knowledge Academy
Timeline
Estates Project Manager (FTC)
Royal Armouries Museum
09.2023 - Current
Construction Project Manager (FTC)
Leeds Trinity University
04.2023 - 09.2023
Facilities Manager (FTC)
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
09.2021 - 04.2023
Estates Project Manager (FTC)
Yorkshire Housing
02.2020 - 07.2021
FM Lead (Projects) (FTC)
NHS Digital
03.2018 - 01.2020
Project Assistant (FTC)
Metro Trains
03.2017 - 09.2017
Contracts Coordinator (FTC)
Housing First Ltd
10.2016 - 03.2017
Project Consultant (FTC)
Bupa
03.2016 - 09.2016
Estates Project Officer
NHS England
03.2014 - 08.2015
Technical Support Assistant (FTC)
Yorkshire Water
04.2012 - 09.2013
BA Hons - Film & English Literature
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 -
Foundation Degree in Arts - Art
University of South Wales, Newport
04.2001 -
BTEC National Diploma, AS Levels - E-Business, Film Studies, English Literature
York College
04.2001 -
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