Dave Williams

Senior Project Control Manager Role - Retired

United Kingdom

About

An accomplished professional with extensive experience in project management and controls comprising 11 years in the downstream oil and gas industry on eleven design and construction projects and 25 years of project management and controls in the naval design and shipbuilding industry. This includes senior roles on the Royal Navy’s recent major projects, with positions up to up to Project Director on the QEC Aircraft Carrier Project. I have proven success leading multidisciplinary teams, delivering complex and innovative projects, driving opportunities for improved performance, while achieving challenging project goals. I am a flexible and dynamic team player who has participated on collaborative projects involving alliances and joint ventures.

Experience

  • Retirement at Career Break
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Wood (Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Project Controls Manager - Blue Horizon Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Oman for Shell
      Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 · 10 mos

      Delivering Project Controls for a Pre FEED blue hydrogen and blue ammonia production , storage and export facility in Duqm Oman working with Wood Milan office for Shell . L3 FEED Sckediles and L2 EPC Construction schedules were developed .

    • Project Controls Manager - Accelerated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project - Saudi Aramco
      Aug 2022 - Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Delivering Project Controls for the Pre FEED and FEED for the worlds largest ACCS Infrastructure Project , controlling delivery to an accelerated 15 month schedule and developling a detailled L3 Construction Schedule.

    • Project Control Manager - Pensana Rare Earth Refinery FEED
      Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr

      Delivery of FEED Project Controls for the Design of a proposed Rare Earths Refinery in Hull UK for Pensana. Expereinced gained in Rare Earth Refining and Mining Technolology . L3 FEED and L2 EPC Schedules delivered as part of scope.

  • Amec Foster Wheeler (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Project Control Manager - ADNOC Shah Gas Development Project Expansion - FEED Design
      Nov 2016 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Managed project controls team to deliver to client exacting requirements that enabled 12-month FEED design project to update the design of world largest sour gas processing plant to increase its capacity by 50 %, on time, and within budget.

    • Senior Project Control Manager - SABIC TGC (Teesside Gas Cracker) Utilities EPCM Project
      Apr 2016 - Oct 2016 · 7 mos

      Implemented Project Controls for the EPCM (Project Management, Engineering, Procurement and Manufacture) of a utilities project, provided steam and instrument air, to enable ethane transfer from a new terminal to processing facilities for an ethane powered cracker.

    • Project Control Manager, Unconventional Gas Project for Saudi Aramco
      Nov 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Delivered Project Controls covering Planning, Estimating, Cost Control and Document Control for the development of 6 unconventional gas fields and the associated processing facilities

  • BAE Systems (Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom)
    • Head of Planning BAE Systems - Oman Corvette Project
      Jan 2011 - Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Delivery of Programme Level planning and project controls on high profile programme to supply 3 Corvettes and training to the Royal Navy of Oman, within an environment of significant emerging issues, and an extremely demanding customer.

    • Project Director - ACA – Aircraft Carrier Alliance (Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier)
      Apr 2008 - Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      The Project Director Portsmouth delivered the Portsmouth scope (circa £150M) to engineer and construct hull blocks (7000 tonnes), and Island units for QEC Aircraft Carriers. Including • Playing a key role in the Alliance Management Team providing overall programme management • Delivering full EVM project control that supported both Internal Business and ACA governance requirements by providing an integrated monthly report pack in two formats using Deltec COBRA. • Succeeded in obtaining substantially increased Portsmouth scope allocation of circa £100m – 5 additional units

    • Programme Executive - ACA – Aircraft Carrier Alliance (Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers)
      May 2006 - Apr 2008 · 2 yrs

      Generated the Build Strategy and Engineering schedules for the 7000 tonne forward hull block • Played a key role in the ACA Planning Team and integrated the VT scope within the overall ACA programme • Instigated project control systems that allowed reporting to both the Internal and ACA requirements using a combination MARs Planning and COBRA EVM reporting. • Developed Detail Project Control systems using the Tribon CAD (Computer Aided Design) to automatically record progress.