Project Management | Quantity Surveying
Ewen - Associate Project Manager
Joanna - Graduate Project Manager
Rob - Project Manager
Stephanie - Associate PM
Reuel - Project Manager
Ewen - Associate Project Manager
Having completed a Degree in Building Surveying at De Montfort University, Ewen moved to EC Harris in 1999 where he was offered a position as Project Manager based in the London office.
Ewen has worked on various residential, educational and large commercial schemes for major clients including the construction of a 330,000 sq ft mixed use retail development in south west London. The project involved building over an operational London underground station and included retail, restaurant, recreation and office space.
Ewen was made Associate in 2002.
Joanna - Graduate Project Manager, joined EC Harris in Jan 2003
After completing a degree in Architecture at Nottingham University, Joanna was offered a position with EC Harris in the London office as a Graduate Project Manager. During her first six months she worked as the assistant to the Contract Administrator on a large new build commercial office development and fit out in London, project value 130m. She also assisted a project manager in their role as Employer’s agent on several new build residential schemes the value of projects ranged from £1.5 – 11m.
During a personal development review with her line manager a need for her to gain some experience in other departments within EC Harris, particularly in quantity surveying was identified.
Joanna spent the following two months placed with the Management Consultancy team where she assisted consultants to facilitate various Risk and Value Management workshops and gained an good understanding of risk and value management.
This was followed by a three-month placement in a quantity surveying team where she gained experience in preparing tender documents, cost plans, monthly project valuations, insurance valuations, and benchmark cost information.
Joanna is currently working as an Assistant Project Manager for the Supply & Installation of Furniture and the supply of IT equipment into the European School of Management in London. She has also continued to be involved in assisting the Employer’s Agent on several new build residential schemes.
Rob - Project Manager
Having completed a Construction Management Degree at UCL, Rob was offered a position with EC Harris as a Graduate Quantity Surveyor in the Marlow office. During his time in the Marlow Office he assisted on projects and was seconded to a number of Rail Infrastructure Projects for both Railtrack and London Underground. Through his ongoing training and development reviews with his line manager, a move to the Project Management department within the London Office was identified as an essential part of his career development.
With his experience with London Underground he was able to further my career within the business with an internal transfer to the Project Management, where he now practices.
Rob spent 12 months as an Assistant Project Manager working alongside a senior manager on a complex mixed-use retail scheme. The scheme also comprised the creation of new London Underground station, which used his skills gained from his time within the Marlow Office.
Rob has now been in the London office for 3 years and has thoroughly enjoyed his time here. This enjoyment stems from both the professional development he has achieved as a result of the diverse range of projects within the department and also the sporting and social side to the office.
Rob’s current role is Project Manager working predominantly within the Commercial Retail sector for major blue chip developer and retail clients.
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Stephanie - Associate PM
With a degree in Quantity surveying, Stephanie joined ECH in 1998 as Senior Project Manager based in the London office, managing various high profile retail and commercial schemes upto a value of £70m. In 2003, Stephanie was appointed Associate and is now Head of Move Management.
Stephanie has a wealth of experience in the roll-out of high quality projects for High-Tech clients carrying out both move and project management roles. Stephanie’s strengths lie in her ability to understand the clients objectives and expectations and delivering them within the projects boundaries. Stephanie’s approach can be described as one of close, hands on, ‘can-do’ management style with a clear focus on detail issues in order to meet the set objectives.
Stephanie’s senior position has given her considerable experience in managing project teams.
Reuel - Project Manager
Why it’s great to work for ECH
I look for two things in a company – senior managers with ability and vision that is “best in class” and career progression that is meritocratic. EC Harris has both. In an environment where talent is king, however, the company values its staff at all levels.
I joined EC Harris in 1999 and was promoted to Associate Partner in 2002. This required a rigorous performance review against specified criteria that covered my business, professional and leadership performance. It followed a period where I had stepped up in management responsibility and made an impact with my team and the clients that I was working for.
My background is in civil and structural design and project management. Since joining EC Harris I have had the opportunity to hone and grow my skills in different environments. Projects that I have worked on vary from integration of security, fire and control systems for automatically operated entrance doors to major refurbishment of a multiple span steel bridge carrying trains over waterways for an infrastructure concession owner. One of my favourite projects was the replacement of a bridge for a development client where of the three golden rules of project management, only time and quality were a consideration. A bit like Miss World, I love children and travelling. Well my family has grown to four kids and I’ve worked in Dublin since joining EC Harris! In Dublin I was part of a hit squad sent in to accelerate the programme for delivery of a new city centre tram system. My expertise on this project built on my contract manager role for the Metronet PPP £160M track replacement project.
I enjoy interaction with people in the course of my work. I have managed teams of people within EC Harris and client organisations and enjoyed developing them and helping them to perform better. I have had the opportunity to foster client and corporate partnership relationships and influence client’s organisational change. I find hard and soft project management stimulating in different ways and relish the challenge of both. I regularly engage with others in the company to share my ideas and work together with them to improve how we do business. Probably the most satisfying thing about my job is the space available to improve and progress while having fun at the same time, because EC Harris definitely knows how to corporately let its hair down.
My current role includes an interesting mix of client and corporate responsibilities. I am working as part of a team with a management consultancy commission for the estates department of a leading UK university to improve the procurement and supply chain management for their capital works programme. Corporately I am a local champion for the delivery of Project Management services. I support the Highway and Rail Sector Champions, lead a team of three senior consultants and am responsible for co-ordinating some of our B2B relationships. All of these corporate work streams have specific business objectives and the opportunities in these areas are significant.
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