Mark W. Boice, BSBA, EVP

4147 Ford Lane 

Vermilion, OH 44089 

(440) 396-9324 (cell)

boicem45@yahoo.com

 

COST ANALYSIS AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT

Project Control…Complex Analysis…Reporting…

 

Skills

·   Effective communication skills at all levels of a project

·   Baseline preparation, earned value management application and variance reporting

·   Detailed project schedule establishment and maintenance

·   Forecast project expenditure cash flow and Estimate-at-Complete amounts

·   Computer Proficient with Microsoft Office Programs, Project Management Cost Processor (PMCP) Primavera 6.7, and Power Plant

·   Currently hold a DOE “Q” Clearance

·   Have working knowledge of DOE Order 413.3B

·   Have Project Controls experience through Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) phases of a project.

 

Vetco LLC / Restoration Services Inc. (RSI)     Apr 2010 to Jan 2014

Piketon, OH (DOE)/ Oak Ridge, TN(DOE)/ Chattanooga, TN (TVA)

  Sr. Project Controls Specialist

·   Create and maintain project schedules for the manufacturing of 12,000 centrifuge machines

·   Justify and implement Budget Change Proposals

·   Analyze and update forecasts on monthly basis

·   Apply Earned Value Management System (EVMS) techniques to monthly reporting and variances

·   Track Procurements into project schedules

·   Prepare estimates and schedules for the Project Approval Board in order to seek funding for projects

·   Set-up approved budgets and time-phase the amounts by using PMCP and Primavera 6.7

·   Establish and maintain baseline vs. current schedule and perform cost analysis including EVMS and variance analysis for Fossil Plants cleanup with TVA

·   Provide contingency estimates using risk analysis and Monte Carlo technique

·   Participate with project team to analyze contractor bids and provide input into decision to award contract

·   Perform technical evaluations on contractor requests for equitable adjustments and contract proposals

·   Overseer and trainer of junior schedulers and cost personnel

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Engineering Services Aug 2008 to Apr 2010

Davis-Besse (DB) Nuclear Power Plant in Oak Harbor, OH

  Sr. Project Controls Engineer

·   Spearheaded effort to create an Earned Value Management System

·   Initiated schedules for several new projects using P6

·   Maintained detailed outage schedules on daily basis during outage

·   Incorporated subcontractor’s Microsoft Project schedules into P6

·   Major projects worked were the engineering of new reactor head and security upgrades

 

Washington Group InternationalMar 2007 to Aug 2008

Fermi Nuclear Power Plant in Monroe, MI

  Sr. Project Controls Engineer

·   Created and maintained schedules for 18 projects on a weekly basis

·   Major project worked was the addition of Spent Fuel pools at the site.

·   Maintained detailed resource loaded schedules including outage schedules

·   Wrote variance analysis and created presentations for monthly reporting

·   Overseer and trainer of junior schedulers and cost personnel

 

Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC/SAA Solutions     Nov 2002 to Nov 2006

Piketon, Ohio

  Sr. Project Controls Engineer

·   Function as a Project Controls Engineer at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.  The project was decommissioning and demolition of the plant. The client was DOE

·   Maintain resource-loaded schedule on a monthly and weekly basis for 6 separate projects.  This includes cost analysis, variance reporting and forecasting

·   Prepare detailed baseline estimates

·   Served as Project Controls Manager backup

·   Major Projects worked include Inactive Facility Building Demolition and Centrifuge Dismantlement/Disposal.

·   Gained experience using Deltek COBRA for Cost Processing program from 2004 to 2006

 

Montgomery Watson Harza, Inc.Jun 2001 to Sep 2002

Sandusky, Ohio

  Sr. Project Controls Engineer

·   Project Controls Engineer on a $100 million nuclear reactor decommissioning and demolition project at the NASA Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, OH

·   Maintained resource-loaded schedule on a monthly and weekly basis (approximately 1,000 activities)

·   Monitor schedule of major subcontractor that serves as a subproject

·   Prepared monthly status report to USACE and NASA. This report includes a filtered project schedule, variance analysis, funding and cost information, contract status, etc.

·   Substantiated project costs by checking validity with current purchase orders and correct cost codes

 

 

 

 

International Technologies, Inc.Oct 1998 to Jun 2001

St. Louis, MO

  Cost/Schedule Engineer

·   Functioned as Cost/Schedule Engineer on a $60 Million remediation project at Mallinkrodt Chemical Plant near downtown St. Louis for the Corps of Engineers

·   Created and maintain project schedule (approximately 1,000 activities). 

·   Explained variances to the baseline schedule.  Schedule is resource loaded for cost

·   Prepared monthly status report for the Corps. This report includes a filtered project schedule, variance analysis, funding and cost information, contract status, etc.

·   Prepared Work Variance Notifications (WVNs) for added work scope

·   Established project annual budget within government funding constraints

 

 MK-Ferguson Company, Environmental Division                        Jan 1992 to Oct 1998

San Francisco, CA/Weldon Spring, MO

  Cost/Schedule Engineer III   

•                   Verified and reported Subcontractor performance regarding earned value and cost control
•                                                    Conducted subcontract field investigation in order to apply independent progress payment verification
•                                                    Prepared rough order magnitude (ROM) estimates
•                                                    Created Artemis programs to automate workflow, such as: 1) Lifecycle Cost/Obligations Program - contrasts cost and obligations at the account level to determine that these accounts are sufficiently funded. 2) Contingency Analysis Program - enters new items not budgeted and calculates the project contingency balance. 3) Cost Management Program - prints summary and detail reports showing budget and actuals with the current month and job-to-date variances.  4) Various Annual Budget Programs - sort the annual budget and obligations by responsible party, account, type (e.g. labor, general expense)
•                                                    Established and maintained detailed budgets and schedules for Quarry/Vicinity Properties Group.  This group oversees 8 subcontracts amounting to approximately $20 million
•                                Created and updated cost/scheduling reports for incorporation in MK-Ferguson’s DOE validated project management system

 

 

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, California State University, Hayward, 1984

AACEI Earned Value Professional, (EVP), 2011

 

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS

American Association of Cost Engineers International (AACEI)

Director for the Southwest Ohio AACEI 2005-06

Vice-President for the St. Louis AACEI, 2000-01

Secretary/Treasurer for the St. Louis AACEI, 1996-98