ELIZABETH LEJOWA

Company Overview: Network Rail : Wales & Western (£60m)

• Currently working with the Wales and Western Network Rail Commercial services team on delivering the Lot3 Signaling, Control Systems & Telecomms (SCS&T) commercial projects.
• Commissioned to provide Post Contract commercial services on Signaling renewals and close out of five work packages, directly interacting with both the Client and Contractor's team.
• Reviewing application for payments (AfPs), validating valuations against progress for processing on CEMAR.
• Reviewing EWNs, Variations and Contractors' claims and advising the client on cost impact.
• Reviewing and closing out contractor's final accounts for early works contracts.
• Managing change against budget and advising on anticipated final costs.
• Delivering monthly cost reporting, advising the client on movements, trends and future forecasts on anticipated costs against current budgets.
• Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.

Company Overview: Heathrow Airport: London (£1.7m)

• Worked with the Pre-Contract Cost planning team on Heathrow commercial projects within the airport arrival and departure areas.
• Working closely with the Client's Project Managers: Assuring and benchmarking quotations against cost data to ensure accurate funding is allocated using Heathrow Airport's governance procedures.
• Cost Planning - providing commercial knowledge and understanding to the cost plan process for the Client, advising on the best investment options available based on cost.

Company Overview: National Highways - Lower Thames Crossing (Circa £6b)

• Supporting the Commercial Partner mobilisation team for Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). The works include the development of the Service Contract Management Plan, Quality Plan, and the Annual Audit Plan.
• Worked as part of the delivery of the Service Contract Management Plan, responsible for the development of the Third-Party Agreements commercial processes and procedures in line with the contract scope.
• The processes included approach to leadership, collaborative working, commercial improvements and commercial protocols.

Company Overview: HS2 - Euston Station, London (£1.5b)

• Commissioned to manage the contract to deliver the new HS2 Euston Station, including enabling works, new HS2 platforms, refurbishment of existing Station and integration of other existing TfL services.
• Responsible for administering the NEC Option F Contract via CEMAR software, supporting the client by: Reviewing applications for payment (AfP) certificates, assessing and validating subcontract valuations against progress.
• Review and costing of compensation events and EWNs with the Project Manager.
• Assessing, agreeing and closing out of subcontract final accounts and provided support in analyzing sub-contract tender documents submitted by the Contractor for review and acceptance by the Project Manager.

Company Overview: Greater Anglia - New East Anglia Trains Programme, London (£300m)

• Seconded to Greater Anglia and commissioned to manage work package contracts within the 'New Trains' Programme, ranging from delivering and readying the new fleets, building new infrastructure, and upgrading existing facilities.
• Working closely with Project Managers as a Commercial manager, responsible for: Cost reporting.
• Managing forecasts and cash flows.
• Costing variations.
• Raising purchase orders and receipting goods through Greater Anglia's eBis accounting software.
• Providing Project Managers with commercial support on Business Cases for the client.
• Processing interim valuations and final accounting.
• In addition, also responsible for final accounting old / closed projects with historic completion dates, demonstrating attention to detail and ability to obtain, gather and assess information and organise the information into a state which could be clearly presented for agreement.
• Successfully completed, reconciled, finalised and agreed the accounts with Contractors within tight deadlines.

Company Overview: Heathrow Airport: Passenger Experience Programme, London (£10m)

• Involved in various project providing an enhancement to the Passenger Experience within the airport arrival departure areas, projects valued between £1 m and £5m.
• Worked closely with the Client's Project Managers providing: pre-contract cost estimates using internal and external benchmarking.
• Cost Planning.
• Provided commercial knowledge and understanding to the cost plan process for the Client, advising on the best investment options available based on cost, ultimately saving on investments options per project.

Company overview: Worked as a PQS on an expansive variety of real estate government projects as well as the private sector, which included the mines, schools, police stations, banks and commercial buildings, spanning on a 10 year period. (£2b)

• Managed multiple construction projects, ensuring adherence to budget and timeline parameters.
• Undertook regular site visits to assess progress against project milestones.
• Leading interim valuation assessments on-site and processing Applications for Payment (AfPs) for certification.
• Monitoring and delivering monthly cost reports to advise clients on costs to completion.
• Collaborated with Architects and Engineers to develop detailed project plans
• Undertaking measurement and re-measurement of construction works and pricing through WinQS Estimasting software.
• Reviewing and managing change, as well as negotiating rates for new items.
• Leading the entire tender process, evaluated bids from contractors and subcontractors to ensure value for money.
• Independently validating original Bills of Quantities (BoQs) provided by clients, reviewing and preparing documents for issue during the tendering process, and supporting contract price negotiation with preferred bidders through benchmarking proposed costs.Assisting accountants with SAP allocation of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) cost reporting.
• Conducting final accounting of completed works
• Maintained strong relationships with suppliers resulting in favourable negotiation outcomes.

Company Overview: Metronet Track Alliance Project, London (£115m)

• Commissioned on a contract to provide maintenance, renewal and upgrade of the rail infrastructure which included tracks, tunnels, signals and stations on nine London Underground lines.
• Graduate Quantity Surveyor working closely with Project managers, responsible for: Contract management using the Coins accounting software.
• Managing and Costing EWNs, Compensation events and Frustrated accesses.
• Interim valuations and final accounting of subcontractor's packages.
• Cost reporting, forecasting and cash flows.