Philip Norris

Current

Managing Director & Principal Consultant at Norris Management Ltd

Past

Interim Project Manager at Ultra Electronics Ltd PMES
Consultant at Hayden Building Services plc
Consultant Bid Team at Carillion PLC

Interim Bid Team Member at Impact Executive
Consultant Bid Team at Mowlem Railways Ltd
Delivery Manager at London Underground
Contract Performance & Strategy Manager at British Rail Infrastructure Services (BRIS)
Head of Development - London City Airport at John Mowlem & Co plc

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Education

Enfield College of Technology

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Philip Norris’s Summary

Philip is Managing Director of Norris Management Ltd, a specialist management consultancy. A Chartered Civil Engineer, a senior project and programme manager and latterly a management consultant specialising in supporting project process and team development for his corporate and SME clients .His specialist skills gained from a successful career in construction, rail, transportation, and utilities results in wholly appropriate and highly professional solutions.

His reputation as an effective manager and Engineer has ideally suited him for high profile roles in ground breaking development projects, rail privatisation, major rail projects and business transformations. He has latterly been providing expert inputs into major tendering exercises for organisations in the rail industry.

Philip Norris’s Specialties:

change management, coaching, contract management, mentoring, ppp, pfi, project management, strategic planning, tender support, people troubleshooting,

Philip Norris’s Experience

Managing Director & Principal Consultant

Norris Management Ltd

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

July 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)

Philip is a practicing project and programme manager with a successful career spanning well in excess 25 years with a number of high profile projects and programmes under his belt. Latterly he has made his name as a management consultant specialising in supporting project processes and using his wealth of experience in turning round difficult projects and getting the best out of their people for his corporate and SME clients.

The highlights of his project career include managing the challenging London City Airport project from detailed planning to its completion and then again for its extension for jet operations.

In addition, his knowledge of contracts in diverse project environments has been put to good use in assisting his clients in their major tendering activity. Highlights in this regard include his part in the successful conversion of British Rail Infrastructure Services constituent area-based organisations into 36 separate limited companies along with their complete contracting framework ready for privatisation.

Philip has a quiet relaxed style that suits both the boardroom and the open team office. He is passionate about good project process and leads by example with best practice.
Interim Project Manager

Ultra Electronics Ltd PMES

(Management Consulting industry)

2007 — 2009 (2 years )
Consultant

Hayden Building Services plc

(Management Consulting industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Consultant Bid Team

Carillion PLC

(Management Consulting industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Interim Bid Team Member

Impact Executive

(Management Consulting industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
Consultant Bid Team

Mowlem Railways Ltd

(Management Consulting industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years )
Delivery Manager

London Underground

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Contract Performance & Strategy Manager

British Rail Infrastructure Services (BRIS)

(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

February 1994 — October 1995 (1 year 9 months)

Working in Euston House, I represented BRIS in negotiating UK-wide Infrastructure maintenance and renewal contracts with Railtrack for the soon-to-be-privatised maintenance companies worth £1.2 Billion per annum.
Head of Development - London City Airport

John Mowlem & Co plc

(Civil Engineering industry)

March 1985 — April 1994 (9 years 2 months)

Starting at the planning stage, I lead the client implementation team and reported to the Group Board for the planning, design, procurement, construction and participated at senior level with the operational organisation set up. Opening in 1989, London City Airport was the prototype commercial STOLport and the first wholly new airport in the UK for 40 years.

I went on to develop the technical proposals, oversaw the first EU Directive Environmental Impact Assessment and project managed the longest planning inquiry in the UK for the extended runway to allow jet operation. I subsequently project managed the extension project to it's successful opening by HRH Princess Diana in 1993

Philip Norris’s Education

Enfield College of Technology

Civil Diploma , Civil Engineering , 1964 — 1968

Additional Information

Philip Norris’s Websites:

My Company

Philip Norris’s Interests:

Programme Management, Project Management, Multi-discipline Tender management & support,

Philip Norris’s Groups:

Association for Project Management, Institution of Civil Engineers, Burton Business Club, Burton Model Flying Club,Tutbury Community Hydro-electric Project