424 Walden Avenue (Permanent)Citizenship: USA

Harriman, Tennessee   37748Veteran’s Preference: Government Contractor

Residence: 865-882-0206USAID Afghanistan Visa Status Active 31-Dec-10

Residence: 423-771-7196DOD (Iraq) Civilian Access Card Expiration 23-Jun-07

Cell: 865-604-3775China Visa Status Expiration 01-Jul-09

Business: 423-751-8015Canadian Visa Status: Expiration Jun-31-08

Email: lawsonvl@comcast.netDOE Secret “Q” Security Clearance (Inactive Aug-2008)

Email: vllawson@tva.govDOD Top Secret Security Clearance (Inactive Aug-2008)

             

 

OBJECTIVE:  Highly driven, motivated, multifaceted candidate seeks position in an establishment that requires leadership and experience in estimating, planning, scheduling, and cost engineering project controls support. Excels in leadership and supervisory roles. Exhibits proven initiative and leadership abilities, with highly developed analytical, organizational, problem solving, interpersonal, and communications skills. Offering thirty years experience and expertise in Business Administration, Technical Report Writing, Project Management, Scheduling, Cost Engineering, Employee Management, Professional Development / Training, Process Enhancement, Quality Assurance and Financial Analysis.

 

KEY WORDS: Business Systems Administration, ISO 9000 Total Quality Assurance/Quality Control Management, Accountability and Implementation, EPC Project Management and Controls for Federal and Commercial Projects, Planning Processes & Operations Enhancement, Federal Procurements, Total Planned Value and Cost/Work Controls, Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Critical Path Methodology (CPM), Subcontract Procurement; Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations (DEAR), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Government Services Administration, Office Management / Administration, Financial / Budget Analysis, Proposals / Presentations, Technical Staff Writing and Illustration, Client Satisfaction, Customer Service, Management Reporting, Resource Management, Personnel Management, Staff Training / Supervision, Trend Analysis and Forecasting, Electronic / Paper Media, External Assessment, Fiscal Allocations, Corrective Action, Fire Protection, Revenue Assessment, Statistical Data, Operating Expense, Compliance Assessments / Surveys, Performance Indicators, Regulatory Compliance, Remedial Action Project Administration, Hazardous Waste Disposal Administration, Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Project Administration.  SAP/Maximo/Cognos/Power Plant Maintenance Work Planning.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

 

Tennessee Valley AuthorityJune 2012 – Present

Contracted through Restoration Services, Inc.50 Hours / week

CCP Projects & Civil Engineering Program

Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

SENIOR PROJECT CONTROL ENGINEER – FOSSIL STEAM & NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM

Provides extensive project management planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support to the Project Managers, for the engineering design, procurement, and construction support for utility power plant upgrades.  Coordinates project control deliverables between the project control manager, procurement, project manager, and Site construction supervisors.  Develops and establishes the work breakdown structure and administers the planning and scheduling activities to service contractual requirements.

 

Assists the PCM with developing the financial planning and budget/cost production schedules (including resource loading, and bill of quantities/material & labor units) for project schedules.  Controls, directs and maintains budgets and schedules in excess of $2 Billion.  Performs standardized and more varied cost analysis using EVMS precedents and guides, planning/scheduling, estimating or project control duties guided by procedures and precedents.  Facilitates and attends weekly plan-of-the-day resource planning and work scheduling meetings.  Expedites and enhances new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup and change order management.  Schedules are developed using critical path scheduling methodology and maintained using Primavera Project Planner (Version P6) Scheduling Software, and Project Management Cost Processor (PMCP) cost forecast analysis software.  Project Profile Setup, Scheduling, and Monitoring Applications used are PowerPlant, Maximo, and Cognos.  Reason for Leaving Assignment:  Seeking Assignment Closer to Home.

 

 

 

 

RSI-URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR), LLCJune 2009 – April 2012

Previously Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC (EPC)40 Hours / week

EMWMF ARRA Landfill Expansion Project

Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

 

SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS ANALYST – WASTE PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM (Hazardous Waste Disposal Project)

Provides extensive project management planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support to the Project Manager, for the engineering design and construction of three-each, low level radioactive or radiologic waste disposal cells for the Department of Energy’s CERCLA Landfill Program in Oak Ridge.  Coordinates project control deliverables between the project control manager, procurement, project manager, and Site construction supervisors.  Develops and establishes the work breakdown structure and administers the planning and scheduling activities to service contractual requirements.

 

Assists the PCM with developing the financial planning and budget/cost production schedules (including resource loading, and bill of quantities/material & labor units) for project schedules.  Controls, directs and maintains budgets and schedules in excess of $32 Million.  Performs standardized and more varied cost analysis using EVMS precedents and guides, planning/scheduling, estimating or project control duties guided by procedures and precedents.  Facilitates and attends weekly plan-of-the-day resource planning and work scheduling meetings.  Expedites and enhances new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup and change order management.  Schedules are developed using critical path scheduling methodology and maintained using Primavera Project Planner (P3 & P6) Scheduling Software, Version 3.1, and Project Management Cost Processor (PMCP) cost forecast analysis software.  Reason for Leaving Assignment:  ETTP Workforce Stability.

 

 

Louis Berger Group/Black & Veatch Joint Venture (EPC)Dec 2008 – Jun 2009

USAID Afghanistan Infrastructure Reconstruction Program (AIRP)60 Hours / week

Kabul, Afghanistan 

 

LEAD SCHEDULER, UTILITIES AND ROADS PROJECT CONTROL PROGRAM (Utilities & Roads Construction Project)

Provided extensive project management planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support to the IRP Program Task Order Managers, for the commercial engineering design services and construction of two-each 100MW/KV Diesel Generator Power Plants, and the reconstruction of several roads and bridges in the southern and northern provinces of Afghanistan.  Coordinated project control deliverables between the project control manager, procurement, task order managers, Site construction supervisors, and the client representatives.  Developed and established the work breakdown structure and administered the planning and scheduling activities to service contractual requirements.  All schedules were developed using critical path methodology (CPM) principals.  There were six schedulers assigned to the lead scheduler, to oversee the scheduling development and management for all twenty-two task orders.  Subcontractor schedules required weekly forensic analysis prior to uploading into the integrated project schedules.  Analysis included verification to accuracy of the scope of work, work breakdown structure, and milestone deliverables, as budgeted/awarded in the client’s task orders or CLINs. Ensured work scope, schedule, budgets, and resources, were fully integrated into the project plans, to accurately measure the work scheduled and costs forecasted, against actual work performed and it’s cost, to determine if cost and schedule performance (CPI & SPI) are as planned or earned (EVMS).  Subcontractor invoices were reviewed, analyzed, and approved for payment, based on EVMS principles.  Subcontractor performance and commodity tracking, forecasting, and out-put curves were downloaded from resource loaded schedules.

 

Assisted the project control manager with developing the financial planning and budget/cost production schedules (including resource loading, and bill of quantities/material & labor units) for all of the project’s integrated schedules.  Controlled, directed and maintained the budgets and schedules in excess of $2.2 Billion.  Performed standardized and more varied cost analysis using EVMS precedents and guides, planning/scheduling, estimating or project control duties guided by FAR procedures and precedents.  Facilitated and attended daily plan-of-the-day resource planning and work scheduling meetings with the Task Order Managers.  Expedited and enhanced new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup and change order management.  Schedules were developed using critical path scheduling methodology and maintained using Primavera Project Management Scheduling Software, Version 6.2, and PRISM Cost Management Processor Software.  Reason for Leaving Assignment: Demobilized due to burglaries, vandalism, and flooding at residence in Tennessee.

 

 

 

 

Shaw Stone Webster International, LLC. (EPC)Aug 2008 – Nov 2008

Joint Project Management Organization (JPMO) Office50 Hours / week

Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China

 

LEAD SCHEDULER, PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM, JPMO OFFICE (Nuclear Power Plant Construction Project)

Under the general supervision of the Joint Project Management Organization (JPMO) Project Controls Manager (PCM), provided extensive project management planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support to the joint(s) State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Ltd., the Sanmen Nuclear Power Company, Ltd., the Shanghong Nuclear Power Company Ltd., the China National Technical Import & Export Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, and Shaw Stone & Webster International, LLC, for the commercial engineering design services and construction of the China AP1000 Sanmen and Haiyang Nuclear Power Plants.  Coordinated project control deliverables between the project control manager, procurement, project managers, Site supervisors, and the client representatives.  Work activities are same as above with the exception that all schedules and cost analysis were developed, trended, forecasted, and maintained using Primavera Project Management Scheduling Software, Version 6.0, and Shaw Track Cost Management Processor Software.  Reason for Leaving: Project Controls services support contract was de-scoped and moved to Shaw’s Charlotte, North Carolina Office in December 2008.

 

United States Enrichment Corporation, Inc. (USEC) April 2007 – Aug 2008

American Centrifuge Engineering & Manufacturing Program50 Hours / week

Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

 

LEAD SCHEDULER, PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM (Nuclear Fuel Plant Construction & Mfg Project)

Under the general supervision of the Project Controls Program Manager, provided extensive project management for manufacturing and production planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Global Enriched Uranium Fuel for Commercial Nuclear Power Plants.  Provided lead scheduling and cost coordinating between the project managers, planner/estimators, and Plant supervisors, regarding project deliverables, period of performance, resource costing, estimating, planning, and scheduling.  Developed and established the work

breakdown structure and administered the first maintenance and outage schedules for planning and scheduling activities to service centrifuge refinement and production equipment used by the Piketon, Ohio production facility.  Worked with the

BWXT and USEC, Inc., Piketon Technology Program to interface and upload the schedule and software, with the on-line PMCP cost processing program.  Communicated, negotiated and collaborated with the project managers, planner/estimators in developing the financial planning and budget production schedules for FY2007 through FY2012 for the Reactor Grade Enriched Uranium Stockpile.  Controlled, directed and maintained budgets and schedules in excess of $2.6 Billion Dollars.  Performed standardized and more varied cost analysis using EVMS precedents and guides, planning/scheduling, estimating or project control duties guided by corporate procedures and precedents.  Facilitated and attended weekly plan-of-the-day production and manufacturing planning and scheduling meetings.  Expedited and enhanced new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup.  Schedules were developed using critical path scheduling methodology and maintained using Primavera Project Management Scheduling Software, Version 6.0., and Project Cost Management Processor (PCMP) Program.  Reason for Leaving: Opportunity to advance skills and career by accepting a position to work on the Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant in China.

 

Burns and Roe Engineering, Inc./Sandwell ConstructionMay 2006 – April 2007

Greenfield Energy Centre Project Site Office60 Hours / week

Courtright, Ontario Canada

 

SENIOR COST ENGINEER/SCHEDULER, PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM (Power Plant Construction Project)

Assisted project managers, engineers, planners, estimators, subcontract administrators, and sub-contractors, with coordinating, maintaining and monitoring cost and schedule for several construction packages/line items in support for construction of a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Courtright, Ontario.  The position directly supported the client’s mission for Mitsui Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.  Provided comprehensive project management planning, scheduling and cost engineering services support for new construction of annual revenue in excess of $450M.  Advised, coordinated and supported the Construction Services Program, regarding project deliverables period of performance, resource costing, estimating, planning, and scheduling.  Planed, prepared and performed standardized and more varied cost analysis, planning, scheduling, and estimating guided by procedures and precedents, including EVMS standards.  Performed commodity tracking of subcontractor’s progress and prepares various reports, graphs, and curves; tracked and trended earned value, manpower and resources and prepared resource estimates, graphs, and curves. Reviewed, implemented and maintained electronic and paper media of project estimates and schedules.  Examined, assessed and analyzed weekly project revenues to estimate and determine available resources, spending trends and rates of expenditures.  Administered, controlled and expedited new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup, utilizing Primavera Scheduling Software P3-ECv3.1 & 5.0, and PARS (Pricing & Cost Control System).  Position required

Burns and Roe Engineering, Inc./Sandwell ConstructionMay 2006 – April 2007

Continued60 Hours / week

 

implementing the work breakdown structure and creating a Level IV detail schedule using engineering drawings and diagrams (PNIDs).  The schedules were developed using critical path method precedents and forecasting.  Schedules were resource and cost loaded.  Weekly updates to the client included critical path analysis, and reporting status against an established baseline.  Assess impacts of design/construction/procurement changes and schedule slippage.  Developed and maintained an established system to show the hierarchy of plans and schedules.  Reason for Leaving: Project Controls services support contract was de-scoped and awarded to Sandwell Engineering.  Permanent relocation from the United States to Canada was required to stay with project.

 

Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Corporation Nov 2004 – May 2006

USACE Security and Justice Program,84 Hours / week

Baghdad, Iraq 

SENIOR COST ENGINEER/SCHEDULER, SECURITY AND JUSTICE PROGRAM, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (Large Facility Construction Project)

Actively served as a Senior Scheduler and Cost Engineer, by managing, maintaining and monitoring budget and cost for numerous Federal Programs, including those with the Department of Defense and the United States Army, Mobile Corps of Engineers, and the US State Department’s Reconstruction Effort for the Country of Iraq.  Provided comprehensive project management planning, scheduling and cost engineering services support for several federal contractors’ reconstruction task orders with current annual revenue in excess of $180M.  Assigned to and supported the development of Level IV schedules for One Hundred-Fifteen (each) Border Forts and two each Maximum Security Prisons located in various areas of Iraq.   Duties were consistent with roles and responsibilities as stated above (Greenfield Energy Center).  Administered, controlled and expedited new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup, utilizing Primavera Scheduling Software P3-EC 5.0, and JD Edwards-PRISM (pricing & cost control).  Outstanding Achievement Award recipient (May 2005) for meeting a critical scheduling milestone for the client. Schedules were resource and cost loaded using estimates and contracts.  Weekly updates to the client included critical path analysis, and reporting status against an

Established baseline (EVMS/SPI/CPI).  Assessed impacts of design/construction/procurement changes and schedule slippage.  Developed and maintained an established system to show the hierarchy of plans and schedules.  Reason for Leaving Assignment:  Project Demobilized 30-Jun-06.

 

Parsons Infrastructure and Technology CorporationAug 2002 - Nov 2004

Oak Ridge, Tennessee (On Assignment to Y-12)60 Hours / week             

SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS ANALYST (Uranium Enrichment Manufacturing & Facility Maintenance Project)

Effectively coordinated, maintained and assisted with the support of the operation of DOE Federal Programs, BWXT Y-12 Manufacturing Program and the Highly Enriched Uranium Disposition Program Office.  Under the general supervision of the Project Controls Program Manager, provided extensive project management for manufacturing and production planning, scheduling, and cost engineering services support for several federal contractors’ project controls and integration programs.  Expertly liaised between the project managers, planner/estimators, work window and shift managers and coordinators, regarding project deliverables, periods of performance, resource costing, estimating, planning, and scheduling.  Developed, established and administered the first maintenance and outage schedules for planning and scheduling activities to service production equipment used by the Enriched Uranium Operations Program.  Coordinated, organized and managed a schedule with over six-thousand activities, delineated by work baseline structure (WBS) and by process equipment.  Efficiently worked with the Y-12 Information Technology Program to interface and upload the schedule and software, with the on-line Y-12 Maintenance Work Request (MJR) Program (PRISM platform).  Communicated, negotiated and collaborated with the project managers, planner/estimators in developing the financial planning and budget production schedules for FY2005 through FY2007 for the Highly Enriched Uranium Disposition Program in Buildings 9212, 9206, and 9201-5/5-N.  Controlled, directed and maintained budgets and schedules were in excess of $100M.  Established, implemented and performed standardized and more varied cost analysis, planning/scheduling, estimating or project control duties guided by procedures and precedents.  Facilitated and attended daily plan-of-the-day production and manufacturing planning and scheduling meetings.  Expedited and enhanced new and/or modified electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup.  Professionally selected by management to participate in the SAP/P3e Transition Interface Pilot Program, utilizing Primavera Scheduling Software P3e, P3-Bud (pricing), SAP, and PRISM Mainframe Infrastructure Software.   Reason for Leaving: Management provided opportunity to advance skills and career by working overseas on large government sector construction project.

 

 

 

 

 

United Research Services (URS) Corporation Nov 1999 - Aug 2002

Oak Ridge, Tennessee50 Hours / week             

PROJECT CONTROLS ANALYST, CORE PROGRAMS (DOD, DOE, EPA) Hazardous Waste & Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) Facilities Assessment & Remediation Project)

Effectively provided project management services support for commercial and federal contractors’ environmental management programs, under the general supervision of the Oak Ridge Operations Manager.   Expertly assisted in directing activities concerned with contracts for procurement or sale of environmental restoration services.  Examined, evaluated and established performance requirements, delivery schedules, and estimated costs of available resources to ensure completeness and accuracy of deliverables.  Planned, prepared and presented commercial services bids, process specifications, test and progress reports, and other exhibits that were contractually required.  Reviewed, assessed and processed requests for proposals/bids from other subcontracting firms for conformity to contract requirements and determined acceptable bids.  Professionally coordinated and requested amendments to or extension of contracts and subcontracts.  Actively served as liaison between URS Corporation and subcontractors regarding project deliverables, period of performance, and resource costing.  Examined, analyzed and verified quantity and quality of subcontractor deliverables and authorized payment of invoices or issues request(s) for requisitions and conferred with available subcontractors to procure resources.  Submitted, managed and documented available resource selections to program manager for final selection approval.  Determined, identified and established methods of procurement such as direct purchase (sole source) or bid.  Prepared, coordinated and issued all invoices for Department of Defense Mobile Corps of Engineers Programs.  Reviewed, controlled and maintained weekly project revenues to estimate and determine available resources, spending trends and rates of expenditures.  Effectively expedited new and/or modification electronic project profiles for facilitation of project startup.  Practiced Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR), Department of Energy Acquisition Requirements (DEAR), ISO 14000 Environmental Management Compliance Regulations, utilizing Primavera Scheduling Software, PRISM and LAVACOLD pricing/financial software.  Reason for Leaving: Opportunity to advance skills and career by accepting a position to return to BWXT Y-12 Plant as Senior Project Controls Analyst.

 

Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Y-12 PlantApril 1996 - Nov 1999

Oak Ridge, Tennessee60 Hours / week             

FIRE SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM (Health & Safety Systems Management & Maintenance Project)

Directed, coordinated and provided advisory and project management services for the defense contractors’ Emergency Response and Fire Protection Programs.  Expertly served on the Fire Protection Program Configuration Control Board, Non-Nuclear Operations Health and Safety Council, and participated in conducting internal and external management reviews and investigations of system failures and regulatory impacts.  Actively assisted with the preparation and facilitation of Price Anderson Amendment Act (PAAA) regulatory impact assessments and corrective actions of recordable abnormal system events.  Designed, developed and implemented a document control management system using ANSI NQA-1 Record Management Systems as a guide.  Enhanced, oversaw and administered project management quality assurance/quality control compliance support for the test, maintenance, and inspection of fire suppression systems for the Oak Ridge Reservation, under the general supervision of the Fire Protection Program Manager.  Professionally received ISO 9000 Lead Quality Assurance Auditor training, as well as, prerequisite derivative classification officer training and certification to provide classification services for fire systems documentation.  Provided comprehensive fire systems scheduling and coordinating services for the customer utilizing the Non-Nuclear Operations Organization’s Firebase LAN Scheduling and Tracking System, ensuring nuclear facilities LCO-fire systems deliverables for the Enriched Uranium Organization’s (EUO) Restart Initiative.  Successfully received a Plant-level monetary achievement award of excellence for facilitating critical repairs and upgrades to fire suppression systems within budgets and time constraints.  Tracked, organized and communicated fire protection systems’ outages and impairments, and coordinated the operability status with the Y-12 Plant Landlord Program and the building managers until system operability.  Aided and assisted management with tracking and trending fire protection corrective actions and their deliverables.  Planned and prepared cost analysis studies of program budgets and financial plans.  Controlled, directed and prepared budget and spend plans based upon set funding criteria or estimated revenue expenses in excess of $40M.  Generated comprehensive analyses accounting reports (LMES-CAS System) to determine financial resources required to develop and implement program objectives and submit recommendations for budget allocations.   Reason for Leaving: Volunteer Reduction In-Force (VRIF).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., ETTP (Formerly K-25 Plant)Aug 1993 - April 1996

Oak Ridge, Tennessee50 Hours / week             

QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, TSCA INCINERATOR DIVISION (Environmental Safety & Health Remediation and Maintenance Project)

Professionally served on various committees such as the Tennessee Quality Award-Mission Success Application and Assessment Team, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Configuration Control Board, and the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board S/RIDs Assessment Team.  Directed, coordinated and provided total quality management (TQM) and business systems services in support of the mission success initiative.  Initial development of various program management plans such as long-term strategic and 5-year business plan(s), quality assurance, configuration management, conduct of operations and conduct of maintenance program.  Actively aided and assisted the Environmental Air and Water Permitting Group with performing internal and external operating permit compliance assessments.  Expertly served as the site-liaison for the DNFSB Control Board initiative and prepared, disseminated, and maintained the associated self-assessment documentation.  Under the direction of the Plant Manager and the TSCAI Division Manager, prepared and presented the

Tennessee State Quality Award Mission Success Application.  Selected to co-chair the Division’s assessment team and process.  Performed, planned and coordinated the internal assessment for four of the seven criteria: Quality Control Processes, Compliance Control Processes, Performance Indicator Processes, and Customer Satisfaction Processes.  Coordinated and assisted the State of Tennessee Malcolm Baldridge Assessment Team with coordinating and scheduling the interviews and walk-downs.  Managed, monitored and assisted the Air and Water Compliance Managers with the preparation and facilitation of Price Anderson Amendment Act (PAAA) regulatory impact assessments and corrective actions of recordable abnormal system events.  Professionally received ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard training, and the prerequisite site-specific derivative classification officer training and certification to provide classification services for TSCAID documentation.  Collaborated with the operations manager with preparing the assessment guidance plan and performing the internal assessment for the Solid Waste Feeds Trial Demonstration for the startup of the solid feeds restart effort.  Recipient of two program level (TSCAID) Quality Achievement Awards for successfully executing the solid-feeds restart effort, and for developing and implementing the TSCAID Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Conduct of Operations Assessment Plan.  Reason for Leaving: Volunteer Reduction In-Force (VRIF).

 

Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Y-12 PlantNov 1989 - Aug 1993

Oak Ridge, Tennessee50 Hours / week             

QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER, FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM (Health & Safety Systems Management & Maintenance Project)

 

Professionally received a Y-12 Plant-level Quality Assurance/Quality Control Outstanding Achievement Award for successfully closing 20+ Level III, 80+ Level-IV Emergency Management/Fire Protection Occurrence Findings and meeting a critical performance-based milestone. Same responsibilities as Fire Systems Coordinator (above).  Final Reason for Leaving: Volunteer Reduction In-Force (VRIF).

 

Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., AVLIS Project

Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAug 1986 – Nov 1989

Livermore, California50 Hours / week

 

BUDGET ANALYST, ADVANCED VAPOR LASER ISOTOPE SEPERATION (AVLIS) PROGRAM (Enriched Uranium Production & Maintenance Project)

On-loan to the AVLIS Program from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide resource allocation and cost analysis studies of program budgets and financial plans for the Uranium Isotope Separators Program.  Prepared budget and “spend” plans based upon set funding criteria or estimated revenue expense.  Prepared and justified budget requests and funding allocation according to mission priorities.  Reviewed records of operating expenses such as manpower and material costs.  Compiled tables of revenue and expense to illustrate current budget status and trends.  Initiated budget justification processes relative to cost overruns or under-runs of resources.  Calculated ratios and percentages for interdepartmental comparison studies, indicating trends, illustrating special selected factors.  Prepared metrics/tables/charts and graphs tabulating and plotting statistical data for miscellaneous budget reports and presentations.

 

Analyzed accounting records to determine financial resources required to implement program objectives and submit recommendations for budget allocations.  Recommended approval or disapproval of funding requests.  Advised management on cost analysis and fiscal allocations.  Reason for Leaving: Spouse reassigned to Oak Ridge, TN.

 

Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.Apr 1982 – Aug 1986

DOE – Y-12 Weapons Facility40 Hours / week

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

 

MECHANICAL DRAFTER, MACHINE DESIGN PROGRAM (Triton Missile Program)

Under limited supervision, provided detail mechanical and isometric drafting support to the Y-12 Machine Design Engineering Program.  ANSI Standards, design tolerance and dimensioning design knowledge required.  Responsibilities included creating and maintaining machine design drawings for fabrication of parts supporting in-house or dynamic classified systems for Buildings 9212, 9215, 9204-2, 9204-2E, 9201-5/5W/5N.  Use of hand or mylar drawings and AutoCad Software applications.  Worked from customer/vendor drawings or bill of materials, engineering standards and specifications.  Reason for Leaving: Loaned to the AVLIS Centrifuge Project, LLNL, Livermore, CA.

 

 

EDUCATION

ASSOCIATES OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONJune 1983

Roane State Community College, Harriman, Tennessee

 

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 1984 to 1986

Concentration: Business Administration and Applied Organizational Management102 Credit Hours

Tusculum College, Knoxville, TN

 

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE May 1991

Concentration: Business Administration and

Applied Organizational Management

Belford University, Houston, Texas

 

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

§   Federal Emergency Management Administration              May 2002

Agency Field Appraiser Certification

§   Mechanical Drafting Certification               December 1981

State Area Vocational Technical School, Harriman, Tennessee

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member: Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI) 1999 (Active)

 

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Microsoft Office Suite: MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint; MS Project, Access Database Software (Advanced User);

Sure Track, Primavera Project Management Software (Advanced User); SAP, PRISM, JD Edwards, PMCP, Shaw Track, & ORACLE developed Cost Processing & Accounting Software (Advanced User)