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An example of the range of Projects and Contracts that Ken Hoskins has Project Managed are:

Sector	Micromobility / Renewables
Project	Frisco e-Bikes™ and Solar Docks™
Equipment / Plant	Frisco e-Bikes™ and Frisco Solar Docks™
Company – Main Contractor	In house Project
End User	Customers’ (Employers) staff and other users (General public)
Role	Projects Director
Scope	Design, build, test, install, operate, and maintain the Frisco e-Bikes™ and Frisco Solar Docks™.
Challenges / Achievements	Worked with Engineering Students and Academics from the University of Aberdeen and Strathclyde, with an Engineering Team and others Team Members to progress the overall business proposition for the ultimate deployment of the Frisco e-Bikes™ and Frisco Solar Docks™. Secured grants to progress the prototype design, procurement of materials and commencement of assembly activities.

Sector	Manufacturing
Project
Equipment / Plant	Machine Tools
Company – Main Contractor	Crabtree Vickers – KTM
End User	Jaguar
Role	Contracts Project Engineer
Scope	Large scale sub-contract fabrications and in-house machining of machine tool bases and columns, plus, the assembly and testing of machine tools from free issue components for a Car Plant in the UK.
Challenges / Achievements	Project managing and successfully utilising the skills of the workforce who were familiar with Printing Machines to apply these to other specialist fields and technologies for the ‘Special Contract’.

Sector	Manufacturing
Project
Equipment / Plant	Tube Handling Equipment and Gear Boxes
Company – Main Contractor	Crabtree Vickers – KTM
End User	British Steel
Role	Contracts Project Engineer
Scope	The fabrication, in-house machining and assembly of replacement Tube Handling Equipment and Gear Boxes for a steel tube mill in the UK.
Challenges / Achievements	Project managing and successfully utilising the skills of the workforce who were familiar with Printing Machines to apply these to other specialist fields and technologies for the ‘Special Contract’. Including effectively working with German Drawings with different standards and terminology.

Sector	Manufacturing
Project
Equipment / Plant	Printing Machine
Company – Main Contractor	Crabtree Vickers – KTM
End User	CWS
Role	Project Engineer
Scope	The Manufacture and assembly of a 5 Colour Sheet fed 56” Printing Press for a Printing Works in the UK.
Challenges / Achievements	Successfully Project managing the work whilst largescale redundancies were ongoing and the Company Relocated.

Sector	Process
Project	Citric Acid Expansion Project
Equipment / Plant	Process Plant
Company – Main Contractor	Courtaulds Engineering
End User	J E Sturge
Role	Plant Design Engineer & Site Mechanical Engineer
Scope	The design, procurement of Capital Equipment, followed by the installation and erection of over 400 items of Mechanical Plant for a Citric Acid to expand the existing operational facilities located in the UK.
Challenges / Achievements	Competently enabled the expansion of the existing facilities that had been operational for many years, utilising the latest standards and materials for the new plant, plus safely supervised the onsite activities, including the co-ordination with other trades.

Sector	Power
Project	RAF Strike Command Project
Equipment / Plant	Diesel Generating Sets
Company – Main Contractor	Mirrlees Blackstone – Taylor Woodrow
End User	PSA / RAF
Role	Contract Engineer
Scope	The design, supply and installation of Diesel Generating Sets for a facility based in the UK.
Challenges / Achievements	Effectively Project managed a very specialised project for an underground installation to withstand extreme environmental conditions. Requiring extensive design considerations, a challenging approval process, rigorous testing requirements and unique installation constraints.

Sector	Power
Project	Rihand Project
Equipment / Plant	Coal Fired Power Station
Company – Main Contractor	NEI International Combustion – NEI Power Projects
End User	NTPC
Role	Project Engineer
Scope	The design, supply and construction of a Coal Fired Power Station (2 x 500 MW) located in India.
Challenges / Achievements	Included making an extended visit to a construction and commission site in a remote area of India, to collate information for the evaluation of claims by various site Contractors. This was during a period of very limited direct communication with the UK.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Zakum Project
Equipment / Plant	Separation Modules
Company – Main Contractor	Natco – John Brown
End User	ZADCO
Role	Project Manager
Scope	The design and supply of Separation Modules with a combined weight of over 500 Tonnes for an upgrade to an existing offshore facility located in the UAE.
Challenges / Achievements	Resident for extended durations in Singapore during the fabrication and construction phase working through the different time zones to address all Project issues with Engineering the Main Contractor and Client offices in the UK. Also participated in co-ordinating the arrangements for a safe upload from Singapore using one of the largest Floating Cranes in Asia, a Barge and finally a Heavy Lift Ship to transport the Modules to Abu Dhabi.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Varg Project
Equipment / Plant	FPSO Process Separation and Auxiliary Packages
Company – Main Contractor	Burgess Manning – ABB Lummus Global
End User	SAGA
Role	Project Manager
Scope	The design and supply of Process Separation and Auxiliary Packages for a new build FPSO for the Norwegian North Sea.
Challenges / Achievements	Successfully re-established a Project Team after the removal of the previous Project Manager. Including the Introduction of a new management system to manage procurement from requisitioning through to delivery to sites around the globe. Plus, the introduction of a new financial controls process to capture and manage changes instigated by the Main Contractor.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Brent Asset Contract
Equipment / Plant	Brent Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Platforms
Company – Main Contractor	Sigma3 (Joint Venture of AMEC, PSN & Wood Group)
End User	Shell
Role	Asset Project Engineer
Scope	The Brownfield Modifications for 4 existing Offshore Oil & Gas Platforms located in the UK North Sea
Challenges / Achievements	Managed the execution of many engineering changes for the Operator during and following the merging of three Integrated Service Contractors. Including successfully pulling together and assisted the Engineering Team to respond to multiple failures of critical instruments which required working with others to carry out a Root Cause Analysis and put in place an improved design.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Gorgon Project
Equipment / Plant	Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Process Facility
Company – Main Contractor	KBR
End User	Chevron
Role	Interface Manager / Deputy Project Manager
Scope	The detail design phase for an onshore Liquid Natural Gas processing facility in Australia.
Challenges / Achievements	Successfully managed the Interface between two UK Execution Centres and an Indonesian Engineering Centre associated with over 500,000 Engineering man-hours. This included breaking down some of the barriers between six different offices on a large global Project by organising and facilitating a Workshop in the UK. This included pulling together the respective teams to contribute at the main sessions and to ‘break out’ and address Discipline specific issues.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Jasmine Development Project
Equipment / Plant	Jasmine Platforms (Living Quarters, Well Head and Riser)
Company – Main Contractor	WorleyParsons
End User	ConocoPhillips
Role	Delivery Manager / Senior Project Engineer
Scope	The detail design and construction phase of 3 new Offshore Oil & Gas Platforms located in the UK North Sea.
Challenges / Achievements	Co-ordinating and directing the Jasmine Living Quarters (JLQ) Engineering Team to ensure all tasks were closed to meet the Project delivery commitments. Along with monitoring, reporting and assisting the clearance of all Holds and the close-out of HAZOP and HAZID Actions, plus the closure of Technical Queries across the Project to meet the respective delivery commitments for the three Platforms. This included providing temporary cover at the Construction site in Dubai whilst the Engineering Construction Lead was on his rotational leave.

Sector	Oil & Gas
Project	Clair Ridge Brownfield Modifications Project
Equipment / Plant	Metering Pre-Assembled Unit (PAU) and Main Oil Line (MOL) Pumps PAU
Company – Main Contractor	Wood Group
End User	BP
Role	Senior Project Manager
Scope	Brownfield Modifications on an existing Offshore Oil & Gas Platform to enable tie in with a new Offshore Oil & Gas Platform both located in the UK North Sea.
Challenges / Achievements	Turned around a major Project with over 300,000 man-hours onshore and offshore plus 3rd party vendors, fabrications and materials. Also stabilised the Project Team which was experiencing a high turnover of personnel and poor change control. Including received numerous positive messages from the Operator for what the Project Teams had accomplished.

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Frisco Projects is a trading name of Frisco Project Management Consultancy Services Ltd (Also abbreviated to Frisco PMCSL).

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