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David Clayton
Contact Mobile: +44 (0) 7771933833 Email: dclayton49@hotmail.com
Location Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
Professional profile
A highly-experienced and results-driven Senior Cost Manager with a very successful background in oil & gas,
pharmaceuticals, utilities, rail, international and FTSE-100 corporates. Project values ranging from £10million to over
£1 billion
Highly accomplished, able to design implement and execute effective cost management systems and performance
monitoring strategies.
Accounting and reporting experience in, SAP, Oracle, JDE, P6, Cobra and IDEA.
Experience of working in many different countries, environments and cultures,
Experience of driving change, cost saving, project strategies, project management, centralised processes, best
practice.
Fully experienced contractor, having worked on multiple projects with both governments, global companies and
consultancies and have fulfilled all contractual obligations.
Key skills & business capabilities
WBS and CBS Structure Design. Project Planning & Strategy Development
Budgetary Management (OPEX & CAPEX) Project Delivery Management & Support
NEC 3 Operational Policy and Procedure Documentation
Whole Life and Life Cycle Costing Training and Mentoring
Troubleshooting & Problem Solving Auditing
Change Management Project Budgets and Reporting
Project Financial Control Team Leadership & Management
Estimating 3rd Parties, Vendors and Suppliers
Stakeholder Engagement & Relationships Excellent Communication & Presentation Skills
Employment History
April 2016 to Present Private consultancy contract
 Devise a stock control system
 Stock usage monitoringsystem
 Calculateoperational costs
 Advise on possiblecostreductions
 Design cost reporting templates
October 2015 to March 2016. PDC Consultants Cost Manager/Estimator Temporary Assignment
To review project overspend
 Review previous estimates
 Review contractor applications
 Review equipment usageon site
 Create estimatingdata base
 Create estimatingtemplates
 Review cost control data collection systemand recommend changes
February 2015 to September 2015. TFL. Cost Manager Temporary Assignment
Review of Completed Track Renewal Projects
 Review estimates and costs on pastprojects
 Highlightissues with estimates
 Review project costs and verify
 Create records of historic costs for estimating

2. July2014 to February 2015.Enzen UK. Consultant Cost Manager
Review and enhancement of project reporting
 Design and manage new cost reporting function
 Create costestimating records
 Life cycleand whole lifecosting’s
 Design and generate management reports
 Devise costmanagement training programme
 Integrate costengineering into existingdisciplines
December 2013 to June 2014. CPL Ltd. Project Cost Controller
Create project control procedures
 Set up project control procedures
 Project budget control
 Cost evaluation and verification
 Post FEED project estimate
 Reporting structure
 Cost report compilation fromrelevant parties for submission to DECC
July 2013 –December 2013. Jacobs Engineering. Senior Cost Manager.
Assigned to sort out issues arising from multiple change orders
 Short term contractto sortout issues with the change control system
 Update change control register
 Closeout old changes
 Evaluate and verify costs
 Target costadjustments
 Assign new changes and followup
Jul. 2011 – June 2013.Shell Global Solutions. Rijswijk, Holland. Senior Cost Manager.
NORSOK Z014 Implementation Lead
 Mappingof Upstream and Downstream SAP Cost Elements for all OperatingUnits worldwide to NORSOK Z014 Code of
Resource.
 Onshore/offshoreproduction facility costmapping
 Continual involvement with operatingunits
 Dealingwith cultural differences in the use of the SAP accountingsystem.
 Subsea and land based well operations mapping
 Workingwith estimators to categorisecodes for a multilevel estimatingtool
 Mappingestimators CBS to NORSOK Z014 Code of Resource
 Updating costcontrol reporting system with mapping adjustments
 Verification and sensecheck of mapping
 Investigate postings to SAP cost elements to understand the usagewithin all operatingunits
 Investigate possibleISO accreditation for NORSOK
Jan. 2011 – Jun. 2011.Thames Water. Senior Cost Manager. ~
Forensic audit
 Service Contract auditand compliance(singlesource)
 Cost verification
 Procurement strategy analysisand modifications
 Cost recovery in excess of £1m+ overcharged over a 4 year period
 Disallowed costanalysisand negotiation.
Jan. 2009 – Dec.2010. CH2MHill. Senior Cost Manager.
Assigned to the Olympic Park Project – Stadium £500m (Jan 2009 to July 2010) and Site Security £900m(July 2010 to
December 2010)
 Cash flow, EV and AFC projections
 Change Control
 Contractor Audits
 Cost Verification
 Change order estimating
 Updating work breakdown and costbreakdown schedules
 Continual projectAFC updates

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 Disallowed costnegotiations
 Preparation of Project Status Report
Early career includes
Roles:
Cost Engineer
Cost Manager
Senior Cost Manager
Cost Consultant
Commercial Manager
Companies:
Mace
Railtrack
National Oil Company of Libya
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Cornerstone (Abbey National)
Further information available on request.