Summary:

 

·   Worked on several projects in a Project Planning & Program Management support/coordination and project scheduling role utilizing both MS Project 2010, and Oracle Primavera (P6).

·   Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power-point, Microsoft Word, MS Visio, MS Share-point,  Oracle Primavera (P6), and Microsoft Project.

·   Experience creating and utilizing Pivot Tables to generate custom reports for Project Managers in both MS Project & MS Excel. Was responsible for writing custom filters using logical statements, and using Group By function to organize data and make reporting across multiple projects simpler.

·   Experience in MS Excel writing mathematical formulas, absolute & relative cell addressing, and linking formulas/data to multiple worksheets.

·   Experience in Updating project data in SPP (a Lotus Notes Shared Database), completing EVM cost reports detailing expenses for resources on a weekly basis (in MS Excel), and kept track of annual expenditures to date (burn rate).

·   Experience maintaining and updating project files in Share-point 2010.

 

Education, Training & Certifications:

 

University of Toledo – Toledo, OH

·   Bachelor of Business Administration;

·   Major: Information Systems, Minor: Electronic Commerce

Project Management Institute

·   Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (March 2014) – Project Management certification provided by PMI which follows the concepts outlined in the PMBOK v5.

CompTIA

·   Project+ Certificate (May 2013) – A Project Management certification which follows the concepts outlined in the PMBOK (Project Management Body of knowledge).

·   A+ Certificate (July 2010) – Entry level IT certification

Critical Business Analysis

·   Oracle Primavera (P6) Planner/Scheduler Advanced: Projects Course Certificate (June 2011)

·   Oracle Primavera (P6) Planner/Scheduler: Basic Course Certificate (May 2011)

Project Management Alliance

·   Project Management: Duration Driven Planning and Control Course Certificate (February 2013)

·   Project Management: Advanced Microsoft Project Course Certificate (February 2013)

 

Professional Experience:

Day & Zimmermann – Wadsworth, TX                                                                                June 2015 – October 2015
Project Scheduler (Contract)

·   (P6) Project Scheduler at South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant.

·   Developed schedules that were both resource and cost loaded, and worked with schedules that contained budgets that equaled estimates approved by the client.

·   Attended daily status meetings for assigned projects, and updated project schedules on a daily basis.

·   Created & distributed Two Week Look-Ahead, Milestone, Variance, and Force Report on a daily basis.

·   Generate Resource Curves as needed to show Budgeted Labor Units actual vs baseline, and level resources to match budget. Resource leveling had the effect of minimizing resource downtime, and allowed us to reduce turnover, minimize in-processing cost, and retain a trained & skilled workforce.

·   Moved multiple existing project schedules from Project View over to Primavera. This involved matching all logic ties to the PV schedule, matching labor units & resource assignments, and assigning the correct activity calendar's.

·   Project schedule migration to P6 created the ability to track resource usage & cost much more easily than would have otherwise have been possible with Project View.

 

Day & Zimmermann – Perry, OH                                                                                February 2015 – April 2015
Outage Project Scheduler (Contract)

·   (P6) Project Scheduler for outage at Perry Nuclear Power Plant

·   Attend & lead daily status meetings, create reports for status meetings, collect information on activities scheduled to work during the current shift, and raise any pertinent issues related to the schedule.

·   Work with Site Manager, Superintendent, and Supervisors to assist with driving the project schedule, apply actuals, and monitor Total Float to prevent activities from affecting Critical Path.

·   Monitor activity logic ties to ensure activities are worked in the proper order.

·   Update activity start and finish times, ensure accuracy for the daily data date change, and apply constraints to hold start & finish times where necessary in order to prevent activities from starting where resources and/or materials are not available for the work package.

·   Prepare turnover for counterpart scheduler; provide updated project schedules for & attend supervisor turnover meetings.

·   Generate reports to show resource usage & availability over the course of a given time period.

Case New Holland – Burr Ridge, IL                                                                                          May 2014 – July 2014
Production Planner (Contract)

·   Responsible for building project plans for large industrial development projects utilizing MS Project 2010. This involves Meeting with project team to create an activity list, developing a Work Breakdown Structure, gathering task duration estimates, and determining task dependencies to establish a critical path, and finalizing a project baseline.

·   Responsible for providing reports outlining resource allocation and showing variances with different resource usage approaches.

·   Responsible for preparing reports showing any variances from the initial project baseline while the project is in progress. This is done primarily to prevent unapproved changes to scope, preventing scope creep, and reducing cost overruns from what was quoted in the approved project budget.

·   Leveled resources assigned to tasks to ensure there was no over allocation throughout the life of the project.
 

 

Machine Solution Providers Inc. – Downers Grove, IL                 June 2013 – September 2013

Project Management Assistant/Project Scheduler (Contract)

·   Assisted project management group with maintaining project schedules in Microsoft Project 2010

·   Created, and maintained enterprise wide project master file encompassing all company schedules, and maintained its presence on Microsoft Share-point. Utilized project master file to write custom filters via logical statements, and using the Group By function to generate custom reports across all company projects for Project Managers. Also utilized Pivot Tables for project reporting purposes.

·   Ensured updated project schedules were uploaded to Microsoft Share-point

·   Responsible for writing project management & scheduling organizational procedures, and creating project schedule templates (in MS Project), which included creating custom filters to be used for reporting purposes.

·   Ensured schedule integrity, and created the ability to do cross project reporting by requiring and implementing common fields in all schedules.

·   Laid-off due to department budget cuts; references available.

 

Electro Motive Diesel – La Grange, IL     October 2012 – March 2013

Project Scheduler (Contract)

·   Built and maintained project schedules to be used to track progress and drive the project, which also involved attending project team meetings, and addressing any scheduling issues that were raised.

·   Utilized Microsoft Project 2010 to build an initial project baseline for the GBB Bogie project utilizing Critical Path Method (CPM), as well as maintaining project schedules throughout the life of the project(s) in conjunction with the Project Manager.

·   Converted and reconstructed 1300+ activity schedule (template) from Primavera to Microsoft Project: This included analyzing schedule logic to ensure that it was sufficient for the organization’s needs.

·   Laid-off due to company-wide budget cuts; references available.

 

State Farm Insurance – Bloomington, IL              June 2012 – July 2012

Project Planner (Contract)

·   Managed resource loaded project schedules for a multi-state insurance card replacement project, as well as other project schedules under the new “On-line Customer Portal” program utilizing Critical Path Method (CPM), with approximately 100-150 or more resources.

·   Utilized Primavera v6 to determine which activities in the schedule need status updates, and collected status data from the lead resources and applied the data to the schedule to make sure that roll-out dates were not affected.

·   Closed out and activated activities in the schedule when applicable so that individual resources can begin logging hours to that activity (closing the activity is done to disallow resources from logging time to an activity that has already completed).

·   Updated project data in SPP (a Lotus Notes Shared Database), completing cost reports detailing expenses for resources (both off-shore and on-shore) on a monthly basis (in MS Excel), and kept track of annual expenditures to date.

·   Completed hours reports for resources in order to keep track of planned hours vs. actual hours logged, and providing this data to the Project Manager in MS Excel.

·   Assigned resources and resource roles to individual activities in the schedule.

·   Troubleshot time sheet submission errors by individual resources.

·   Contracted at State Farm Insurance; was laid-off.

 

Perry Nuclear Power Plant (First Energy) – Perry, OH September 2011 – January 2012

Project Scheduler (Contract)

·   Responsible for building the project schedule in Oracle Primavera 6.2 for the vacant Turbine Unit salvage project from contractor printouts of MS Project schedules and MS Excel printouts of logic ties (Constraints, Relationships, etc.) utilizing the Critical Path Method (CPM).

·   Organized the Work Breakdown Structure hierarchy including all the levels below and including Root/Level 1 for the project schedule utilizing Oracle Primavera (P6).

·   Worked with Project Manager’s, as well as Demolition Manager to identify tasks necessary to complete the project, and determined where in the WBS they would be placed.

·   Created activities in the WBS representative of the necessary tasks needed to be completed based on data gathered from project team members.

·   Updated Start and End dates for individual activities as the project progressed in order to maintain project scope, and keep the implementation dates in line.

·   Assigned resources to each activity as necessary

·   Implemented logical relationships between activities including FS, SS, FF, and SF

·   Implemented constraints for specific activities in order to enforce project requirements (must finish by, start on or after, finish on or before) and maintain strict implementation dates.

·   Maintained the project schedule after initial transfer to Oracle Primavera for the New Personnel Shop Facility Project; Worked on multiple contracts utilizing Oracle Primavera 6.2.

·   Laid-off due to project budget cuts; references available.

 

Perry Nuclear Power Plant (First Energy) – Perry, OH    March 2011 – May 2011

Fatigue Rule Assessor (Contract)              

·   Tracked employee work hours to ensure that Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Fitness for Duty rules are not violated utilizing EmpCenter timekeeping software

·   Assisted with Document Control in sorting/organizing, and checking out work orders to field engineers

·   Verified that documents within the work orders were present and that they were current using FileNet

·   Completed Plant Access Training, and was granted un-escorted access.

·   Completed Site specific training for Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

·   Temporary contract position during plant outage. Contracted with Day & Zimmerman NPS.

 

 

Holden Arboretum – Kirtland, OH   October 2010 – January 2011

IT Help Desk Volunteer

·   Assisted IT director with IT Help Desk related tasks

·   Assisted with locating and identifying campus printer network ids, and eliminating redundancies

 

Arch Realty Company – Ann Arbor, MI            September 2010 – January 2011

Web Advertising Assistant (Worked from Home)

·   Assisted with search engine marketing project for archrealtyco.com

·   Worked with the leasing director to assist with daily website updates; managed Craig's List ad postings

·   Maintained property listings in MS Excel spreadsheets.

 

US Census Bureau – OH              April 2010 – July 2010

Enumerator

·   Canvassed Assignment Area and compares the housing units on the ground to address information provided in address listings; made changes to listing pages as needed

·   Conducted interviews door to door with respondents to obtain household demographic information

 

University of Toledo: Office of Accessibility

Student Employee/Intern                       March - May 2009

·   Responsible for updating, and maintaining the Office of Accessibility web page using Serena Collage content management system.

 

 

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/cody-holt/38/890/38a/