Michael Bruns

Scheduling Professional

 Planning Attainment | Functional Scheduling |Change Management

Highly analytical, detail-focused Scheduling Professional with 10 years of successive experience in the oil industry, including seven years in maintenance scheduling. Proven track record of developing and coordinating schedules to ensure the meeting of all key project objectives. Demonstrated ability to lead key initiatives that increase scheduled activity attainment, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. Verified success in motivating and leading collaborative teams, driving involvement with process and policy changes. Technical proficiency in Primavera P6 version 8.3 Professional and Microsoft Project.

 

 

§    Schedule Development §    Risk Analysis/Avoidance §    Meeting Facilitation §    Timeline Management

§    Schedule Integration §    Conflict Resolution §    Critical Path Analysis §    Cross-Functional Collaboration

§    Schedule Tracking §    Project Management §    Scheduling Software §    Team Leadership

 

 

BP GULF OF MEXICO, Houston, TX2011-Present

Deep Water operation with four production hubs producing 250,000++ barrels per day with up to 10 drilling rigs.

Functional Lead Scheduler, 2014-Present

§ Facilitated effective coaching with Project Managers throughout planning process, ensuring safe, on-time, in-budget delivery of maintenance projects while following company guidelines.

§ Reduced risk of losing $4M per day due to catastrophic incident, regulatory fines and plant closure through a 35% increase in planned activities for health, safety and environment.

§ Spearheaded the development of systematic schedule process, resulting in optimization of chemical well interventions to prevent shut-ins and cost savings of $18M per well on average.

§ Played a key role in scheduling process design that alerted Project Managers of impending material availability issues, leading to delivery failure reduction of 86% and job execution rate increase of 100%.

 

Lead Area Scheduler, 2012-2014

§ Coached Project Managers during all phases of maintenance project execution, leading to on-time, in-budget delivery on a consistent basis.

§ Streamlined the delivery of integrated Functional 8Q and 12-week schedules, positively impacting functions. 

§ Collaborated with Functional Project Managers to develop strategic plans, successfully optimizing Levels 1, 2 & 3 activities.

§ Maintained a record of fully-populated Function 8Q and 12-week schedules, leading to on-time delivery.

 

Site Scheduler, 2011-2012

§ Enhanced focus on execution of planned vs. unplanned work from 78% to 93% while improving job readiness and wrench time and producing lower risk safety metrics by implementing weekly schedule attainment reports.

§ Spearheaded improvements in the process of execution planning performance.

§ Facilitated planning KPI performance reviews with leadership, leading to implementation of improvement actions.

 

BP EXPLORATION ALASKA, Greater Prudhoe Bay, AK2006-2011

Operations providing 20% of all U.S. oil.

Site Scheduler, 2009-2011

§ Played a key role in identifying potential conflicts by conducting in-depth schedule reviews.

§ Created backlog reports and leveling reports, resulting in increased insight into project progress.

§ Mediated multiple conflicts with success as liaison between functional detailed schedules and leadership team.

 

Business Improvement Coach, 2006-2009

§ Instrumented site’s participation in BP Alaska’s Integrated Planning and Production Efficiency Improvement Common Processes, facilitating consultations with leadership that resulted in continuous improvement.

§ Developed reports on findings based on data and documentation of historic deferral events, event causes and sources.

§ Improved employee engagement through the leadership of educational workshops, multi-media communications and personal interactions.

§ Designed and implemented eLearning modules for integrated planning, initiating improvements as needed.

 

Career Note: Honorable Discharge, United States Army Reserve, 12^th Special Forces Group (Abn) Communication Specialist

 

 

Planning and Scheduling with Primavera (Basic & Advanced Courses), SINC Project Management, BP West Lake Campus, Houston, TX, 2014

 

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Villanova University, 2008