PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 

Thomas D. Blake

Project Manager

2658 Granite Pass

Burlington, KY 41005 

(859) 689-1805

 

EDUCATION:

        B.A., Business Administration, Morehead State University

 

OBJECTIVE:

       Find a challenging position with an established company with room for professional growth.

 

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

              Extensive work in the Project Management, Program Management, Project Controls Management, Planning/Scheduling, Cost Analyst, Accounting, Procurement and Contract Coordination aspects of various organizations.  I have a wider variety of experience in the engineering and construction phases of the following business sectors: Public Utilities, Petro Chemical, Soap, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, BioPharma, Automotive, Food, Pulp & Paper and Environmental Remediation.  I am currently a Project Manager with Jacobs Engineering.  Previously held positions with Sylvan Industrial Piping as Support Services Manager working with Ford Motor Company, and Fluor Daniel Inc. as a Project Controls Engineer involved with the various P&G Sectors of businesses. Also held positions with the Department of Energy Contractors, first with a design firm for 2 years that dealt with Maintenance & Operations of a Facility and, then, directly with Environmental Restoration Operations for period of 5 years.  

 

SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE:

 

JACOBS ENGINEERING (2000 - Present)

 

       PROGRAM CONTROLS MANAGER

      

       Metropolitan Sewer District Cincinnati of Greater Cincinnati

      

       PROJECT MANAGER

      

       Bar Soap, Saint Bernard Soap Company

       Chemicals, Major Client Agrium USA.

       PetroChemical, Major Client Valero Energy

       BioPharma, Major Client Wyeth

       Pharmaceutical, Major Client Eli Lilly             

              Chemicals, Major Clients – Agrium, Solvay Chemical, Dow Chemical and Rohm & Haas Chemical Companies

              Responsibilities included Program Controls Management for large utility including work on merging of two utilities, Project Management of EPCM small and mid size capital projects as well as management of Cost & Schedule project teams.  Prior responsibilities included but not limited too International Planning/Scheduling lead for plant and/or plant line relocations and closings as well as capital improvements, Change Management and Cost Control for Time & Material Projects. 

 

SYLVAN INDUSTRIAL PIPING (1999 – 2000)

 

       PROGRAM MANAGER

 

              Sharonville/Batavia Construction and Commodities Management Team Project, Transmissions, Ford Motor Corporation, Sharonville & Batavia Ohio (1999 – 2000)

              Responsibilities include A/R, A/P, Cash Flow, Document Control, Administrative Support, Procurement, Purchase Orders (material & subcontracts), Expediting, Planning & Scheduling, Budgeting & Funding for 25 million/year Time & Material Projects. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLUOR DANIEL (1996 - 1999)

 

              PROJECT CONTROLS ENGINEER

             

              Food & Beverage/Tissue, Towel & Facial/Laundry & Cleaning Projects for Procter & Gamble.

              Responsibilities include development & maintenance of all Engineering, Procurement and Construction Plans. Facilitating any exchange of scheduling data between Home Office and remote construction sites.  Development and maintenance of a new cost systems, collecting costs from multiple sites, setting up receiving /reporting /paying procedures for Key Suppliers for Material & Capital equipment, Expediting Equipment and Material purchases.  I also performed monitoring on Subcontractor performance, preparing FCE Estimates and Work Orders.

             

PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT (1994 - 1996)

 

              PROJECT TEAM LEADER & SITEWIDE LEAD PLANNER/SCHEDULER       

             

              Responsibilities included handling miscellaneous overall Program exercises and running both the Cost & Schedule Baseline Control Systems for the Portsmouth site.  Waste Generation Forecast, Project Tracking System, Site wide responsibility for Planner/Scheduler - Cost Analyst Cross Training, Project Controls Software evaluations and development,  Strategic planning,  Baseline Environmental Management Report Maintenance and Multi-Site Schedule Consistency Coordinator.

 

FERNALD ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION MNGT COMPANY OF OHIO [Fluor Daniel]  (1991 - 1994 )

 

              SENIOR PLANNER/SCHEDULER       

             

              My responsibilities included: Baseline Development, Schedule Maintenance, Work Breakdown Structure development and maintenance, updating the Project Tracking System, member of numerous site development teams including the development of the first site wide master schedule and preparation of Management Review documentation & presentation.

             

A. M. KINNEY ENGINEERING (1989 - 1991)

             

              PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER       

             

              Responsibilities included being the lead planner/scheduler & Project Coordinator for the Fernald Ohio, Feed Materials Plant Project.  I was responsible for leading my team in all phase of Planning and Scheduling of the Fernald Project.   My responsibilities also included:  the handling preparation of invoices for A. M. Kinney Engineering services, Weekly Mischarge tracking and correction, member of Proposal preparation team, Baseline Development, Schedule Maintenance, Work Breakdown Structure development and maintenance, Reporting Cost & Schedule to Client while ensuring that all members of team were meeting all CSCSC requirements, interfacing with Subcontractors and Contract Tracking & Modifications.

 

TRAINING:

              Procter & Gamble - Execution Planning & Scheduling

              CERCLA Regulations

              RCRA Regulations

              Proficient within the following Planning & Scheduling Softwares: Primavera, Microsoft Project, Sharepoint, Peoplesoft, SAP and Suretrack.  I also have achieved proficiency in numerous other software types that cover database management, spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, estimating, reporting & cost systems.

 

REFERENCES:              Provided upon request