The level of staff needed to organise the Planning Engineers Organisation will necessarily change over time, especially as the Organisation grows and develops.
The members of staff for the early stages of the Organisation are as follows:
Liaise with Government and other Institutes / Associations.
Promote the PEO.
Appoint members of the Steering Group.
To chair meetings of the Steering Group
Manage the finances of the PEO.
Select and appoint staff.
Steering Group
This consists of up to six members of the PEO, plus the Chairman. The members of the Steering Group can hold this position for a maximum of 3 years. This is to ensure fresh thinking. They are senior experienced planners and schedulers and are appointed by the Chairman. Steering Group members are granted free membership of the Organisation at Fellow grade. The role of the Steering Group is to:
Assist with the development of the PEO by contributing fresh ideas.
Assist with determining policy of the PEO.
Approve the Governance and rules of the PEO, including any revisions.
Select the members of the Membership Panel.
Membership Panel
This panel consists of a number of members of the PEO, the exact number being determined by the Steering Group. There is no time limit on how long somebody can sit on the Membership Panel. The individuals who sit on the membership panel are granted free membership of the Organisation, for the period they hold that position. The role of the Membership Panel is to:
Review applications for membership to the PEO.
Review all proposals for upgrades in membership of the PEO.
Accept or reject applications for membership, or changes in membership grade.
Each application will be reviewed by 4 members of the Membership Panel. At least one of these will ideally be from the applicants own industry.
Three out of the four members of the Membership Panel must agree to accept or reject the application.
If the decision to accept or reject the applicant to the PEO is split 2 to 2, then the final decision will be made by the Chairman.
The people who are on the Membership Panel are:
Roger Clemits. EC Harris
Bill Day. Sir Robert McAlpine
Stephen Dewhurst. Amec
Dave Forrest. Enterprise Project Management Solutiions Ltd.
Roger Gibson. Gibson Consulting
Clive Holloway. Project Planning Limited
Ian Martin. Capita Symonds
Richard Ormerod. Asta Developments
David Roberts. Taylor Woodrow
Morton Spalding. Bovis Lendlease
Kirk Wiltshire. KS Planning Services
John Dingle. Project Planning Limited
Regional / Industry Representatives
The PEO has a number of regional and industry representatives. These planners and schedulers provide advice to the PEO about planning and scheduling in their country and / or specific industry. The PEO is currently looking to add to this list, so if you would like to be one of our regional / industry representatives, then please contact the Chairman of the PEO, Gary France
The Regional / Industry representatives are:
Guenther Preuhs (USA - Chicago)
John Keeton (South Africa)
Training Co-ordinator
The training undertaken by the Organisation will be undertaken online, in association with a University. The Training Co-ordinator will be a member of the University's staff. The Training Co-ordinator's role is to:
Assist in determining training course content.
Arrange for the training course content to be written and published via the Internet.
Undertake all administration relating to organising and implementing the training course.
Upgrading course content.
Website and Systems Manager
As the majority of the business of the Organisation will be undertaken and published on-line, this is a key role.
Tim Penrose is the Organisation's website and systems manager.
Forum Moderators
The website of the Organisation will contain comprehensive on-line discussion forums for members and non-members. The role of the Forum Moderators is to monitor the content of the forums and to ensure that no inflammatory, inappropriate or copyrighted material is posted in the forums. There will be forums for each industry and general planning engineering related forums. Each forum will require approximately 3 or 4 part-time, moderators to monitor the content. 3 or 4 Moderators are required for each forum to ensure content is monitored 24 hours per day 7 days per week. The moderators are ideally members of the Organisation.
The forums are currently under development and the PEO is looking for people to volunteer as forum moderators. If you, or somebody you know, would like to be considered for one of these positions, please contact the Chairman.
Knowledge Manager
The Knowledge Manager reviews material submitted to the Organisation for publication on its website. The role of the Knowledge Manager is to:
Accept, review, co-ordinate and publish on the Organisation's website the following:
Members dissertation papers
Members project case studies
Lead time data
Plant and equipment data
Information on legal case relating to the time aspects of projects
Books and publications information
Links to appropriate websites
Data on relevant computer software
Write, in association with the Administration Leader and the Chairman, the Organisation's quarterly newsletter.
Administration Leader
This role will includes the following:
Managing the Organisation's office.
Dealing with all administrative aspects of the Organisation.
Normal secretarial duties - typing, telephone, electronic filing, dealing with queries, diary management.
Searching the Internet for planning engineering related websites.
Uploading information on to the Organisation's website.
Claire Rickard is the Organisation's Administration Leader.
Publications Manager
The role of the Publications Manager is to review the dissertation papers submitted as part of the membership application process and to decide which will be published on the PEO website for access by members.
William Powell is the Publications Manager.
Lead Software Reviewer
Planning engineers worldwide use a multitude of different computer software packages to plan the time aspects of a wide variety of projects. The Software Reviewer will receive a copy of such software and with others, write an independent review of the merits of each. This role will require co-ordination with the software companies.
Events Researcher
There are many events organised across the world that are of interest to Planners and Schedulers. We are currently looking for somebody to research when and where these are to ensure that the details of such events are publicised on the PEO website.
