Accomplished professional with expertise in Project Management and Cost Management, specialising in water and wastewater infrastructure. Proficient in using ProjectWise, MS Project, and Office Suite for effective project delivery and business case development. Demonstrates strong skills in NEC3/NEC4 Contract Management, Stakeholder Management, and Flood Risk Management. Committed to resource mentoring and development, with a focus on resource planning and management to drive successful project outcomes.
Associate Project Manager in the Design & Advance Technology team at the Epsom office, currently managing the K245 - Oxford STW AMP7 Upgrades for Thames Water. Javier also supports D&AT’s bidding team with other clients such as Southern Water and Trant Engineering. Javier's responsibilities include project execution oversight, managing finances, schedule, budget, and addressing any challenges by escalating issues to the client as needed. He also manages contract change control, handling scope, quality, and schedule modifications under an NEC4 PSC cost reimbursable contract.
Project Manager for the delivery of the detailed design of the Spernal Batch project comprising Spernal STW, Atherstone STW, Astwood Bank STW and Priest Bridge STW sites. Javier manages a multidisciplinary team of Civils, Mechanical, Process, MEICA and Environmental engineers for detailed design and its deliverables to enable the client to procure, construct, test and commission the works. The program of activities encompasses investigating, assessing, designing, procuring, constructing, and commissioning both existing and new treatment facilities. These facilities aim to enhance capacity for sewage treatment to comply with discharge permit standards as agreed upon with the Environment Agency (EA). Javier oversees the project's execution, which involves managing finances, overseeing the schedule, monitoring the budget, and identifying and addressing any obstacles that may require additional work, escalating them to the PMO and client as necessary.
Senior Project Manager in Arcadis London’s Water Management Team, Javier worked on the Environment Agency’s Asset Recovery Programme in the South East. He oversaw contract change control, applying mechanisms for any modifications in scope, quality, or scheduling. Javier managed change through the Early Warnings (EWs) and Compensation Events (CEs) processes with consultants under an NEC4 PSC Option E contract. He led his team in defining scopes and further requirements for CEs under an NEC4 ECC Option C contract with contractors. Additionally, he managed NEAS’s business transformation programme, coordinating planning activities for the upcoming financial year
Senior Project Manager for delivering the £2m+ Lower Mole recovery as part of the Environment Agency’s Asset Recovery Programme. This covered the recovery works required to restore assets damaged following prolonged wet weather in the Kent and South London Area during the winter of 2019/20. A programme of work was identified to recover damaged assets to their target condition level. Projects involved MEICA elements of work at the Lower Mole weirs, and civil works focused on the refurbishment of assets to improve resilience and flood protection to the adjacent properties. Also worked as Service Manager for the PSC contract with the consultant under the CDF framework.
Project Manager for tasks under the Rivers Discipline division to oversee the delivery of additional work related to Replacement Floodplain Storage (RFS) within the HS2 project to ensure designs were according to HS2 standards and were flood risk compliant. Responsible for managing the commercial aspects of the hydraulic modelling team, including the programme, budget control and tasks for additional work identifying and flagging blockers to be escalated to the design joint venture. Also produced scope and budget proposal for the RIFAS project under the CDF framework with Environment Agency.
Continued working as Project Manager at TEAM2100 following Jacobs's acquisition of CH2M at the end of 2017. Worked on TEAM2100 until January 2020, when transferred to the Jacobs London office in London Bridge to work as Project Manager for the Water and Environment Team managing projects in the water sector. The last project for the team was managing a SEW (South East Water) scheme that involved a set of preliminary engineering studies comprising a suite of reports that were part of the consultancy services for the future building of a new water treatment works.
Worked on the TEAM2100 programme as a Project Manager for the Thames Estuary flood project plan. TEAM2100 is a 10-year Environment Agency Programme aiming to drive innovation, efficiency, and collaboration by delivering tidal flood defence projects within the Thames Estuary. Duties included monthly updates to the client regarding the technical progress of projects, actuals spending, monthly forecast spending, updates on the risk register, chairing risk reduction meetings, and identifying technical/commercial opportunities during the scope development. Responsible for contractual communications to manage the NEC3 Term Services Contract. Ensuring the appropriate change control mechanisms under the contract were applied should any modification in scope, quality or programme changes occur.