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Oluwaseun Adegun

Summary

A highly skilled and results-driven Project Planner with hands-on experience in managing complex infrastructure and construction projects across the rail and construction industries. Demonstrates exceptional proficiency in developing and maintaining comprehensive project schedules, ensuring alignment with client objectives and industry standards. Proficient in using advanced planning tools such as Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Power BI to optimize resource allocation, identify critical paths, and mitigate risks. Known for fostering collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring timely delivery of milestones. Adept at implementing robust planning processes, conducting impact analyses, and maintaining meticulous project documentation to drive project success. Actively seeking opportunities to apply expertise in project planning and delivery to support innovative and impactful organizational goals.

Available immediately with good flexibility and geographical mobility

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work history

Project Planner

Networkrail
09.2021 - 06.2025
  • Provide full life- cycle planning support to multiple projects, tenders, pre-construction and live projects.
  • Review documents, specifications and scopes, identifying contract requirements and major constraints.
  • Utilised Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project to create detailed project timelines, including task dependencies, critical paths, and resource allocation.
  • Performed critical path analysis to identify potential bottlenecks and proposed solutions to maintain project delivery schedules.
  • Ascertain and report progress on pre-construction and live projects, foreseeing potential delays and advising of mitigation measures.
  • Produced 4 week look-ahead planned activities, project delivery of 5 milestones, new dependencies, risks and issues, reporting any deviations on the plan.
  • Collaborated closely with multidisciplinary teams, including construction engineers, quantity surveyors, and contractors, to integrate all project phases seamlessly.
  • Conducted regular progress reviews, ensuring that project schedules reflected actual site activities and mitigated potential delays.
  • Prepared accurate reports on project progress, risks, and variances, providing regular updates to stakeholders and senior management.
  • Assisted in delay analysis and the preparation of extension of time claims to support contractual obligations and client negotiations.

Project Planner

Jones Engineering
08.2020 - 08.2021
  • Created and managed detailed project schedules for all phases of data centre construction, from civil works to MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) installations and commissioning.
  • Provide regular schedule updates and reports to project managers, clients, and engineering teams, ensuring all stakeholders are informed of progress, risks, and milestones.
  • Identify potential scheduling risks, such as supply chain delays or installation conflicts, and develop mitigation plans to keep the project on track.
  • Track and implement design or scope changes in real time, ensuring that any alterations do not compromise project timelines or critical system dependencies.
  • Ensure alignment between schedule activities and the installation of essential power and cooling systems, which are critical to data centre reliability.
  • Ensure smooth scheduling and coordination of key systems like power distribution, cooling, fire suppression, and security infrastructure essential to data centre operations.
  • Plan project phases to meet Tier Certification (Uptime Institute) requirements and ensure that physical security measures are installed in line with client and industry standards.
  • Monitor delivery timelines for critical components such as backup generators, UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems, and cooling units to avoid delays.
  • Work closely with specialist subcontractors, such as electrical engineers and IT infrastructure teams, to align installation sequences with operational requirements.
  • Develop schedules and workflows for testing and commissioning of electrical, HVAC, and IT infrastructure, ensuring systems meet required performance standards before handover.

Project planner

Briggs and Forrester
09.2019 - 07.2020
  • I produced bi-weekly or monthly updates for the clients, which included reports on HSE, QA/QC, Commercial, Design Engineering, RFI's, Technical Submittals, Potential Delay Notifications, Variation Orders, the Risk Register, and Site Delays/Blockers.
  • I assisted the Sales Team in preparing and developing Bid Programmes, conducted technical evaluations of bids, generated Bill of Quantity and Activity Schedules, and verified program integrity.
  • Managed and updated master programme and effectively communicate it to the site team and major stakeholders.
  • I supported the commercial team in cash flow planning and prepared weekly/monthly cash flow reports using the financial period planning in P6 on a cost-loaded and resource-loaded program.
  • Engaged with subcontractor project teams to integrate external program into a single logically linked project programme showing definitive work packages, coordinating deliveries and monitoring supplier's performances.
  • Tracked progress, variations and monitored actual progress with baseline and produced an up-to-date programme and gave early warnings when I became aware of issues that would increase price, delay completion or impair performance.
  • Attended progress meetings as required, both internal and external, reported on progress and risk, provided specialist project control support to the team and issued look ahead reports to help my team plan upcoming tasks.
  • Created cost centres and defaults, cost allocation to tasks, cost breakdown table, assigned resource curve to cost allocation and creating cost histograms e.g. histogram on actual cost vs planned cost, weekly/monthly cost report.
  • Supported the Early Warning and Compensation Events process and ensure that the optimum programme solution is obtained and that the change is considered in the programme.
  • I ensured that the programme milestones tracker is always updated and valid via scheduled weekly meetings with the project managers to discuss their plans and looking at any potential slippage and impact.


Project Planner

Ballymore
09.2017 - 08.2019
  • Produced tender programs compliant with project budget, design and construction methodology.
  • Work closely with Risk Manager and programme teams to identify and incorporate risk-mitigating actions into the program and to incorporate appropriate time/cost contingency levels across the baseline schedules.
  • Developed and monitored detailed look-ahead programs, guaranteeing precise alignment with project timelines and critical milestones.
  • Applied S-curve methodology to produce accurate visual comparisons of planned versus actual progress, offering transparent insights for informed stakeholder decision-making.
  • Conducted in-depth analysis, proficiently using critical path methods (CPM) and cost loading techniques, while implementing Earned Value Management (EVM) strategies to enhance project performance.
  • Skillfully managed resource loading, consistently comparing actual progress against site progress, promptly identifying potential delays, and implementing effective measures to control deviations.
  • Vigilantly monitored and reported on project progress, actively identifying deviations, providing early warnings, and presenting comprehensive strategies for project schedule recovery.

Education

Diploma of Higher Education - Management and Finance

University of Chester
Chester
11.2013 - 01.2015

Skills


  • Planning and scheduling
  • Earn Value Management Experience CPI/SPI/KPI
  • Forensic Planning - Claim, Compensation, EOT
  • Contract Experience - Tender, NEC3&4, JCT, FIDIC Processes
  • Understanding various forms of tender documents, contract documents, specifications and project risk management techniques (NWR Protocol, Schedule Integrity, TRA, QSRA,)
  • Results-Driven attitude
  • Organization, prioritization and Problem solving skills
  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Change Impact Management
  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Critical Path Analysis

Affiliations

  • Football, Travelling, Reading and Listening to country music

TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

Software: Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6, ASTA, Microsoft Project, CEMAR, Acumen Fuse

MS Office (windows): Excel, Word, Pivot table, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Tribal, SharePoint, Power BI

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Project Planner

Networkrail
09.2021 - 06.2025

Project Planner

Jones Engineering
08.2020 - 08.2021

Project planner

Briggs and Forrester
09.2019 - 07.2020

Project Planner

Ballymore
09.2017 - 08.2019

Diploma of Higher Education - Management and Finance

University of Chester
11.2013 - 01.2015

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