Sarah Elliott-Le Dreff (she/her)

I lead a team that provides cost, schedule, risk, and reporting services to the Darlington New Nuclear Project. This project will build Canada's first grid scale Small Modular Reactor. My day is usually divided into four types of work.  

1. Spending time with the Project Teams: I use this time to learn about any issues they are facing. This includes such things as risks or challenges that might affect the project. It also gives me time to learn about, and celebrate, their successes.
2. Addressing Project Team issues: Here, I work with my section managers to see how best we can use our team to support the Project Team. I also work with my section managers to make sure they have what they need to lead their sections.
3. Supporting my team: I help them with any problems they may be having in project controls strategy. This could be related to such things as cost management, phase gate planning, developing or implementing reports. Other problems could be related to managing the change control process, and ensuring our project schedules are in good quality.
4. Writing, developing and communicating reports. These reports are for various stakeholders and for various project executives. This includes such things as Performance Reports, Board of Directors Reports, and presentations to external stakeholders.

Having a math and physics background supports my day-to-day decision making. It also helps me address many of the technical issues my team faces. This could include performance metrics, financial accounting, and logic.