Oliver Grant
Project Coordinator
Profile
Project Coordinator with four years' experience in project support, currently coordinating office fit-out and refurbishment projects worth £250,000 to £3 million. Keeps programmes, RAID logs, document control and reporting accurate and up to date, and is the go-to person for subcontractor paperwork, meeting actions and client updates. PRINCE2 Foundation and APM PFQ qualified, organised under pressure, and working towards a project manager role.
Experience
Coordinate 6 to 8 live office fit-out projects at a time for 3 project managers, across the Thames Valley and London.
- Maintain project programmes in Microsoft Project and update them weekly, flagging slippage to the project manager before it affects handover
- Run document control in the common data environment, issuing more than 1,500 drawings and RFIs with a full audit trail
- Produce weekly client reports and monthly cost trackers; 11 of 12 projects last year handed over on or before the planned date
- Collect and check RAMS, insurance and training records for around 40 subcontractors, so no one starts on site without approval
- Organise and minute progress meetings, tracking around 60 actions a month through to closure
- Created a standard project start-up checklist that cut the time to set up a new project from around 2 weeks to 4 days
- Track subcontractor packages and variations against budget, flagging overspends to the project manager early
- Coordinate deliveries and access with building managers, so work in occupied buildings runs without complaints
Admin support for a planned maintenance programme replacing kitchens, bathrooms and windows in around 900 homes a year.
- Booked around 70 resident appointments a week, keeping no-access visits below 8%
- Updated the works tracker and produced weekly progress figures for the contract manager
- Handled resident queries and complaints by phone and email, logging each one in the CRM
- Raised purchase orders and checked subcontractor invoices against completed jobs
- Prepared a monthly KPI pack on completions, resident satisfaction and no-access rates
Skills
- Project Scheduling (Microsoft Project)
- RAID Logs
- Document Control
- Progress Reporting
- Cost Tracking
- Subcontractor Compliance (RAMS)
- Meeting Management and Minutes
- Stakeholder Communication
- Risk and Issue Tracking
- Excel (Pivot Tables, Lookups)
- SharePoint
- Purchase Orders
- Change Control
- Organisation
- Attention to Detail
- Problem Solving
- Variations and Budget Tracking
- Site Logistics
Education
Certifications
- PRINCE2 Foundation
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ)
- CITB Health, Safety and Environment Test (Managers and Professionals)
- Full UK Driving Licence