Dirk William Byrd

 

Objective:Employment in Project Controls / Scheduling / Work Management

 

Experience:

February 2015 –

Project Controls / Scheduler

Currently working at the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) using P6, scheduling construction. Tasks include day to day schedule updates, reconciling outyear budgets with labor and material profiles. Imports to and from P6 / Excel to support material and labor reporting. Custom Excel and VBA programming to support reporting and P6 imports for bulk data and fine details.

March 2014 – August 2014

Nuclear IT Scheduler

Worked with Duke Energy in Charlotte for the Duke / Progress merger.

Using MS Project 2010 to schedule both Duke and Progress Information Technology projects.

Worked with Project Managers and Program Managers to manage resources to keep projects on schedule.

Reported schedule variances as they occur to allow PMs to apply resources as needed.

I worked in Engineering Change (EC), Engineering Data Base (EDB), Action Tracking (AT) and Performance Improvement projects. Also Time Entry, and Maintenance and Test Equipment (M&TE) and the Fleet Observations project (FOBS). All schedulers on the Duke / Progress IT integration did Software Quality Assurance on all of their projects at least once a week. We also cross checked each other’s projects and gave feedback.

February 2012 – June 2013

Sr. Scheduler / Project Controls

Worked with Computer Science Corp. (CSC) Program Management Organization (PMO) on the North Carolina Medicaid Management Information System (NCMMIS) using MS Project 2007 with a Master Schedule and 28 subprojects. This included transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. These projects were resource loaded by named resource for a total of about 1.5 M person-hours. I interfaced with several of the individual Project Managers and Team Leads on a weekly basis to ensure over and under allocations were kept to a minimum. I also did custom programming to extract Project data and present it in Excel reports for end users without access to MS Project. Reconciled financial timekeeping data with project schedule. Performed monthly Earned Value reports based on existing CSC report formats. CSC used the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). We did Software Quality Assurance (SQA) on all projects at least once a week.

 

July 2011 January 2012

Sr. Scheduler / Project Controls

Installed $10M ISC upgrade to International Paper Eastover, SC facility working for Zachry Industrial, Inc... Developed custom macros and VBA code to create Master Schedule and resource loaded daily schedule from Excel detail estimates. Met with staff and field supervision to update monthly, weekly and daily schedules. Imported labor cost actuals from Zachry proprietary database exports. Produced weekly status reports, EVM, cost and schedule variance reports. Performed field walk-downs to compare actual work with engineering drawings and schedules, monitor safety and environmental compliance and other duties as required for Zachry Industrial as an independent subcontract scheduler.

March 2011 to June 2011

Contract Project Controls / Scheduler

Worked with Primavera and MS Project. Specialized in electronic transfer of Engineering Estimates to new or existing schedules, electronic update of actuals and projections, CPM (critical path), “what if” analysis, actual versus planned (material and labor) budget and cost, and Earned Value reporting. Experience with large projects in nuclear and fossil energy and other large construction projects.

October 2006 to March 2011Westinghouse Electric Co.

Sr. Scheduler

Implemented Work Management based on INPO, DOE and other industry best practices; identifying functional equipment groups (FEGs) and reviewing existing maintenance to group work, minimize equipment downtime and increase maintenance quality and production on existing equipment. Prepared detailed, resource loaded schedules, integrating Project Systems Engineering and Major Projects work scope into these improved maintenance plans. Primary scheduling tool was MS Project, also used Primavera P3.1, P5 and P6. Mediated multi-discipline team status meetings. Integrated schedules between maintenance, production, major projects and plant systems engineering to identify both previously unrealized resource conflicts between projects and windows of opportunity to integrate systems upgrades and new project’s field execution windows with planned maintenance cycles. Gathered and analyzed data; generated reports to track trends and communication of current status and future projections to management, staff and floor level personnel. Automated repetitive tasks to reduce re-keying data in electronic formats between applications to increase productivity of scheduling and maintenance planning organizations using VBA and other programming languages.

April 2006 to October 2006                            Day & Zimmermann             

Scheduler

Worked in Project Controls with D&Z NPS for TVA May/June outage in New Johnsonville, TN. Primary responsibility was creating multi-discipline resource loaded schedules from engineering and vendor estimates using P3. These schedules were analyzed daily for fieldwork progress, adherence to staffing plans and cost. Proficient in use of all Microsoft Office application software, including using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to automate electronic updating of information between applications including Primavera, MS Project, Excel and third party software such as SAP reports and Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS).

February 2006 to April 2006                            Day & Zimmermann             

Scheduler

Worked in Project Controls with Westar for spring outage in St. Marys, Kansas. Primary responsibility scheduling using Microsoft Project. This schedule was resource loaded by work discipline and included work order, purchase order and commodity code information.

2002–2005Westinghouse Savannah River Co. (WSRC)Aiken, SC

Senior Program Planner

Worked in Project Controls at the Business Unit level using P3.1 schedules and other reporting tools. Two weeks off-site training in PMI / PMBOK techniques and methodologies. Helped develop format for formal documentation of work scope definition during contract renegotiation. Analyzed project status and spending reports. Produced schedule, cost and earned value reports. Met with project managers and project teams for monthly status updates. Created schedule and cost variance reports to allow management to make decisions on which projects required additional support, develop recovery plans or to accept the schedule/cost variance.

1997–2002Westinghouse Savannah River Co.Aiken, SC

Program Planner

Worked in Project Controls at the Division level, developing guidelines and training to standardize practices and integrate schedules and cost reporting for several High Level Waste facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Used Primavera P3, FoxPro and Excel.

1994–1997 Westinghouse Savannah River Co.Aiken, SC

Project Controls Scheduler

Worked in Project Controls at the facility level. Responsible for daily work scheduling for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) during late construction phase, initial testing, hot (radioactive) startup and operations using Finest Hour and later Primavera P3.

1991–1994Bechtel, Savannah River Inc. (BSRI)Aiken, SC

Computer Programmer

Designed, implemented and turned over to local IT a Master Tracking System (MTS) used to drive the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) to closure. Developed and turned over to local IT a Surveillance Tracking system for the DWPF.

1988–1991Gulf States, Inc.Freeport, TX

Procedure Writer

Wrote procedures for various system checkouts and testing before turnover from construction to startup / operations for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, SC.

1987–1988Pressure FiltrationColumbia, SC

Crew Leader

Lead eight man environmental clean-up crew for Pressure Filtration, Columbia, SC

Successfully cleaned Westinghouse Fuels calcium fluoride ponds near Columbia, SC.

Successfully cleaned breached million gallon phenol pond near Camden, SC.

1979–1987United States NavyUSS Providence, SSN 719

Reactor Controls Supervisor

Qualified Submarines and Reactor Control Supervisor, USS Providence, SSN 719.

Submarine new construction, testing, and initial reactor startup, Electric Boat, New London, Ct

Electronics Technician / Reactor Controls Instructor, Knolls Atomic, Middle Grove, NY

 

 

 

Education:

 

2010 –                             Computer Science,                                           Florida Institute of Technology

1990 - 2005                            Senior, Industrial Mathematics, USCA                            Aiken, SC

1982 - 1984                            Reactor Operations Instructor                                          Middle Grove, NY

1981 - 1982                            Naval Nuclear Power School                                          Orlando, FL

1972                            Graduated Rock Hill H.S.                                          Rock Hill, SC

 

References:Available by request.

Interests:Boy Scouts of America, camping / hiking / canoeing / archery