Robert Randall

Stakeholder management:

• Work closely with engineers, drillers, subcontractors, and commercial teams to ensure smooth project execution
• Managed and overseen multiple specialist drilling and water well projects simultaneously
• Lead and coordinate a team of 6 staff members, including drillers, pump technicians and office administrators
• Conduct site assessments and feasibility studies for potential drilling locations. This would include liasing with clients.
• Liaise with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies throughout project lifecycles
• Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers, negotiating contracts that resulted in a 15% reduction in equipment costs
• Developed and maintained client relationships, achieving a 95% customer satisfaction rate
• Acted as single point of contact for stakeholders.

Scope Management:

• Develop project plans, timelines, and budgets for each drilling operation
• Oversee equipment logistics, maintenance, and procurement to maximize operational efficiencies
• Managed scope content, informing stakeholders of project scope and change implications.
• Managed and populated programe of works for field staff and also external clients and kept them updated with how works are going on with regular meetings.
• Managed scope content, informing stakeholders of project scope and change implications.

Quality Standards:

• Oversee project close-out, including final reporting, client feedback, and lessons learned for future improvements
• Implement safety protocols and maintain a strong safety culture within the team
• Ensure compliance with local and Uk regulations regarding borehole construction and groundwater extraction
• Analyze project data and prepare comprehensive reports for management and clients
• Implemented a new project management software, improving team communication and reducing project delays by 25%
• Created and conducted training programs for junior staff, improving efficiency and overall team performance
• Collaborated with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with water quality standards and extraction permits
• Implemented a preventive maintenance program that reduced equipment downtime by 30%

Risk Management:

• Produced and submitted detailed RAMS promptly, securing approvals, from both internal H&S teams and client H&S teams
• Resolve on-site issues and make critical decisions to keep projects on track and within budget
• Assessed site feasibility for drill rig access, considering low loader delivery logistics, ground conditions, and availability of power supply to the drilling location
• Conducted regular site inspections to ensure adherence to safety protocols and quality standards
• Visited sites and conducted dynamic risk assessments to the projects

Budget management:

• Monitored project costs, tracked variations, and managed the monthly/annual financial forecasting
• Tracked costs against our budget. Utilised drilling logs to see what assets was used including hired plant and equipment.
• Managed the invoicing process for project deliverables, ensuring accurate, timely billing and client satisfaction surveys
• Scruntized invoices and maintained detailed records of transactions.
• Maintained cost control by negotiating with vendors and suppliers.
• Held meetings with external suppliers to ensure costs were in line with inflation to ensure company’s mark up profitability was maintained

Line management:

• Led drilling operations and managed drillers,ensuring safe, compliant project delivery
• Conducted weekly checks of timesheets against company vehicle tracker portal
• Oversaw and managed team vehicle fleet ensuring maintenance schedules, compliance, and readiness of all vans and 4x4
• Coordinated pump installs, breakdowns and maintenance projects 100+ annually
• Manager of field technicians, coordinating daily operations for well maintenance and repair services

Effectively delivered on the core objectives and requirements for a critical 28 week military training program, successfully transforming civilian recruits into fully fledged soldiers. Worked collaboratively with cross functional stakeholders, including instructors, logistics personnel, and program managers to meticulously plan and execute all aspects of the training curriculum within the agreed budget, timeline and quality standards.

Budget management :

• Accurately forecasting and tracking all expenses related to the training program,including facilities, instructors, equipment, supplies and logistics.

• Monitoring spending closely to ensure it stays within the allocated budget, making

adjustments as needed to avoid overruns.

• Identifying opportunities to optimize costs without compromising the quality or

effectiveness of the training.

• Identified and managed budget, timescale and scope changes. Recommending actions

and improvements to meet project goals via scrum meetings.

• Monitored project spending and compiled budgets to develop business use cases.

Making adjustments as needed to avoid overruns. Saving the organisation 5% on annual outgoings in an area that needed improved.

Stakeholder management :

• Built and nurtured professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders internal

and external, including partners, clients,vendors and colleagues.

• Clearly communicating the project goals, timeline and status to key stakeholders, which

would include military chain of command, training staff and the recruits themselves.

• Obtaining buy-in and support from stakeholders and addressing any concerns or issues that arise.

• Demonstrating the successful achievement of agreed upon objectives and standards to

stakeholders.

• Led cross-functional teams in project completion, offering continuous guidance to

proactively mitigate delays.

• Led meetings with both client and internal teams to facilitate and drive project completion

and provide status updates.

Quality standards :

• Drafted accurate weekly and monthly management reports to illustrate project timelines and progress to the recruits and chain of command

• Evaluated project risks and feasibility, identifying issues and proactively implementing

proposed solutions

• Assured project documentation followed internal quality standards.

• Developed and maintained project timescales, providing contingency planning to support

timely completion.

• Managed scope content, informing stakeholders of project scope and change

implications.

Risk management :

• Proactively identified and mitigated a wide range of risks that could have impacted the successful delivery of the 28 week training programme. Conducted comprehensive and dynamic risk assessments at the outset to anticipate challenges related to personnel, logistics, curriculum, facilities, and external factors.

• Developed robust contingency plans to address various scenarios, from equipment malfunctions and supply chain disruptions to recruit injuries and inclement weather. Implemented stringent monitoring and reporting procedures to quickly detect emerging issues, enabling rapid problem-solving and course correction.

• Collaborated closely with the safety and medical teams teams to enforce rigorous health and wellness protocols, minimising the likelihood and impact of training related incidents.

• Thoroughly documented all risk management activities and outcomes to facilitate continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across future programs.

Scope management :

• Worked closely with program leadership to meticulously define the comprehensive scope of the 28-week training curriculum, covering all required learning objectives, skills development, and qualification criteria.

• Collaborated cross-functionally to map out the detailed content, sequencing, and resource requirements for each phase of the program, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and trainee needs.

• Established clear, measurable success criteria and key performance indicators to objectively assess progress and outcomes at the individual, cohort, and program level.

Schedule Management :

• Developed a detailed, realistic 28-week training schedule, accounting for all instructional

time, hands-on practice, assessment milestones, and transition periods.

• Leveraged advanced scheduling software and techniques to map interdependencies,

allocate resources, and create redundancies to mitigate the risk of delays.

• Instituted regular progress tracking, reporting, and forecasting mechanisms to

proactively identify and address any scheduling variances or bottlenecks.

• Maintained flexibility to adapt the schedule as needed, while still preserving the integrity

of the overall program timeline and minimizing disruptions

• Communicated schedule updates transparently to all stakeholders, including recruits, to set clear expectations and ensure alignment.

• By meticulously managing the scope, timeline, and supporting processes, was able to deliver the 28-week military training program within the agreed parameters, ensuring a

Trained recruits on tactical soldering and weapon use, ensuring a concise yet effective teaching method was utilised in order to maximise safety and learning. Getting over language barriers in order to teach commonwealth recruits on a daily basis.

• Led section level (8-12) during live infantry dismounted battle drills and situational training exercises, planned and ran live weapon ranges ensuring maximum safety was conducted.

• Monitored recruits progress through test administration and adapted learning plans whilst utilising a person centred teaching method to facilitate learning and skill development.

• Maintained security of local areas and performed route clearance for visiting high- ranking officials in Kabul. During this time, I was responsible in securing buildings, rooms and perimeters - minimising exposure times.

• Proven in my ability to maintain 100% accountability of all assigned equipment worth millions ranging from ammunition to armoured fighting vehicles whilst on overseas operations. With each foxhound vehicle costing £923k I was in charge of the weekly checks and maintenance of 4 vehicles. Carrying out checks on the 22 soldiers under my command ensuring they have not lost any kit they have been issued, ranging from ammunition, fentanyl and nightvision sights.

• Developed and implemented training programmes for combat recruits to enhance their combat skills resulting in a fully trained infantry soldier.

• Worked in high pressure environments and conducted critical thinking and making important decisions under pressure.

• Offered and delivered guidance to help soldiers deal with academic, personal, or behavioural issues. This shows high levels of emotional intelligence by myself to recognise and implement the correct advice given to each individual.

• Evaluated soldiers performance and provided constructive feedback to enhance their skills and capabilities.

• Maintained accurate training reports and documentation in line with soldiers performance also keeping records of their own personal achievements to enable weekly reports to be done.

• Monitored and supervised soldiers to ensure all drivers hours were kept up to date and logged on a daily/weekly basis whilst in the UK and on overseas exercises.

• As an infantry instructor it was my day to day job working and coaching people from all around the UK. They all came from different religions, sexual orientation and disabilities/learning difficulties. It was my role to understand them fully and recognise that everyone learns in different ways. Having to implement different teaching methods so that in turn it would suit every individuals needs to learn a certain subject.

• I'm trained on the latest British army course on mental resilience training to help those in need of the training and advice. Thus making me a vital asset to any team or workplace.