Sara Salvesen, PMP

Summary

  · Twenty years of experience in Project Coordination and Planning of industry-specific projects,

assisting project managers.

  · Housing building experience both for private companies and the military.

  · Motivated, team player professional with a successful track record of project services, project

administration, construction, construction management, and personnel supervision.

  · Demonstrated history of meeting deadlines. Excellent team-building skills and proven leadership.

  · Ability to effectively communicate across all functional groups. Accustomed to handling sensitive,

confidential company information.

  · Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences.

  · Experienced in building and maintaining an integrated plan and EPCIC schedule with a strong

understanding of the Planning discipline for multi-function, major projects from strategic-concept

level, across a multi-year plan.

  · Expert in Primavera P6 with an Oracle admin certification, Milestones Professional, Acumen Fuse

and Primavera Risk Analysis.

Professional Experience

GPO SP89E Planning Engineer – BP p.l.c., Houston, TX ▪ January, 2016 - Present

  · Led the planning and coordination effort for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation

and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract of the SP89E platform project in the Gulf of Mexico for the

Deepwater Developments Global Delivery Team. Shell- Appomattox in the GOM region.

  · Developed S-curves, VOWD, bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports for Owner and

partners.

  · Performance managed facilities progress against key performance indicators (KPIs).

  · Proactively conducted regular independent contractor progress reviews.

  · Developed the Risk Model with corresponding internal and external benchmarking data ensuring

readiness ahead of the stage gate process.

  · Facilitated risk mitigation workshops.

GPO Central Lead Planner and Planning Systems Lead – BP p.l.c., Houston, TX ▪ June, 2014 –

January, 2016

  · Led the revamp of the Global Projects Organization Planning Community of Practice web portal

creating a slick, user friendly and attractive landing page.

  · Modernized the planner’s onboarding guide and organized the web content to be more intuitive and

user friendly.

  · Acted as the primary interface with IT&S in support of keeping our planning systems running

smoothly, de-risking outages and supporting the license and maintenance de-allocation program that

resulted in savings of over $50K for the company.

  · Facilitated driving a solution to a POBS bug in Primavera P6 version 7 (known to Oracle, unknown to

BP). The end result was an easy to use tool provided by IT&S as a work around solution pending the

P6 upgrade. The Primavera database continued to run seamlessly.

  · Led an international based team that provided Planning Systems and Tools support to 150+ planners

deployed globally.

  · Acted as liaison between Business (GPO) and IT&S, managing interfaces in support of the Bill of IT.

  · Responsible for maintaining the Level 0 and the BP Operated Project Review Schedule endorsed by

the Executive. Compiled and tracked performance milestones for the Western Hemisphere projects

across Global Delivery Teams.

  · Led the Planning and Scheduling Procedure refresher effort aligned with new Requirements

Architecture. Successfully published in 1Q15.

  · Supported the repackaging and development of the Progress Measurement, Schedule Development,

Schedule Risk and P6 Protocols Guides.

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  · Supported the Community of Practice in best practices and provided mentoring to planners related to

the adherence to the new Planning and Scheduling Procedure.

  · Provided functional & technical support to the Planning Community of Practice.

  · Actively participated in early engagement sessions prior to Cost and Schedule reviews in the

Western Hemisphere, reducing the duration of the review time by 60%.

  · Worked with regional Leadership to provide feedback related to the Community of Practice

Capabilities resource re-deployments.

  · Interfaced with Global Subsea Hardware and Central team in support of a new Scheduling Process

Simplification initiative.

GPO GOM Subsea Lead Planner – BP p.l.c., Houston, TX ▪ February, 2013 - June 2014

My biggest contribution to the Deepwater Development team has been in establishing a Subsea program

approach and furthering standardization of the subsea portfolio.

  · Kept facilities off critical path and improved Put-on-Production durations by an average of 30%

resulting in higher profits for the company.

  · Supported the Subsea Project General Manager in generating high level schedules to deliver key

messages during Regional Leadership Team meetings.

  · Addressed and communicated potential Offshore Simultaneous Operations to facilitate prioritization

of limited resources.

  · Facilitated the evaluation and identification of activities that have a production impact to improve the

downtime forecasting related to the Group Financial Outlook quarterly reviews.

  · Managed the tracking of major milestones from key stakeholders of the subsea portfolio in the GOM

across the CVP stages. Included consolidation and data validation for Cat A & Cat B projects.

  · Participated as the Planning Review Lead in Cat A Master Control Estimate reviews, all related to

schedule improvement with the corresponding cost reduction potential.

  · Supported Senior Leaders in preparation for Town Hall meetings.

  · Collaborated with project planners, fabrication and installation teams to expedite the integration of

project schedules with the Subsea Installation and Interventions schedule (construction team), and

preparing them for early readiness requirements.

  · Developed the new Subsea Planning Templates to facilitate and standardize the development of

execution and commissioning schedules of construction campaigns

Lead Planning/Scheduling Engineer – BP Alternative Energy Biofuels, Houston, TX ▪ January, 2011 –

February, 2013

Originally hired as Ag Planning/Scheduling Engineer for CP1 through Tech USA in January 2011 and

later joined BP in June 2012 to support the planning and scheduling effort for the Program teams.

  · Created a Knowledge Management Plan and utilized it to effectively manage the Scheduling

Transition Plan, removing the need of a third-party contractor and resulting in cost savings of $20,000

per month.

  · Built and managed the Primavera P6 Integrated Master Schedules for the Construction Delivery team

across the project portfolio. These schedules represent a total of 2,982 Capital Value Process

activities.

  · Prepared integrated schedules between the EPC (CH2MHill) and the Major Projects Program Teams.

  · Developed the Work Breakdown Structure for the US Biofuels Program.

  · Led the development of major project KPI’s for monthly performance progress reports in accordance

with BP Major Projects Common Process (MPCp).

  · Performed plan and schedule analysis, resource and cost loading, generating the Monthly Schedule

Narrative Report for the Major Projects Program.

  · Established an information exchange network involving both BP and Contractors representing

Technology, Engineering & Construction.

  · Assisted with the development, implementation and management of the Bioshare Information

Sharing System, the Alternative Energy portal for Biofuels.

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Planning/Scheduling Consultant – Consulting Services, Tampa ▪ January, 2005 – December, 2010

  · Evaluated schedule alternatives for several Construction Companies to support project changes

achieving a 90% approval rating of submitted change orders.

  · Lead initial interactive planning sessions leveraging information from stakeholders to establish and

maintain an overall Primavera P6 EPC schedule by construction discipline.

  · Encouraged ownership of approved budgets and identified cost and schedule reduction

opportunities.

  · Interfaced with other cost team members to maintain the monthly capital forecast,

  · Updated the schedules on a bi-weekly basis and provided analysis and monthly reporting to the

Asset Managers.

Project Engineer – Soltek, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL ▪ January – December, 2004

  · Effectively established close-out schedule to turnover each housing unit to the AFB 48 hours after

final inspection. Total of 120 housing units.

  · Projects Punch-out and Post-completion Warranty Management.

  · Passed all safety inspections by the US Air Force and US Corps of Engineers. Zero recordable

accidents goal achieved.

Project Engineer / Coordinator – F&R Contractors Group, San Juan, PR ▪ 2000 – 2004

  · Successfully passed unannounced OSHA site inspections with zero DAFW and zero accidents.

  · Built 128+ concrete units divided in 7 clusters pouring 9,436+ CY using Outinord Tunnel Forms within

schedule delivering the project with double the estimated profit, due to re-sequencing the tasks for

execution programming and value engineering reviews.

  · Management of daily operations of the projects. Contract values: from $8 million to $18 million.

  · Supervision of the quality control compliance according to drawings and specifications.

  · Developed fast paced environment to meet deadlines and increased projected profit.

  · Preparation and updating of CPM-Schedules, resource loading, acceleration and recovery schedules.

  · Supervision of a direct labor force of 80 people. Direction and monitoring of subcontractors and

specialty contractors.

  · Developed and implemented complete document control system.

  · Reviewed project estimates and verified accuracy of entry into job costing systems.

  · Coordination of submittals, shop drawings and Request for Information (RFI’s), and maintenance of

their respective logs.

  · Preparation of contractor’s monthly statement, preparation and administration of sub-contracts, bidpackages,

and change orders negotiation.

  · Performed third-party contract management and negotiation.

  · Projects Punch-out and Post-completion Warranty Management.

  · Excellent Client/Owner – General Contractor relationship.

Project Engineer - Aireko Construction, Inc., San Juan, PR ▪ 1999 - 2000, 1992 - 1993

  · Passed unannounced site OSHA inspections, and achieved zero accidents goal.

  · Successfully managed and directed renovations of historic classified areas of the Old City of San

Juan. Projects include public spaces and a town square.

  · Created a strong and positive working relationship between the US National Park Service, the

National Historic Preservation Office and the Company.

  · Effectively managed the project that had to be kept open to vehicular traffic and pedestrian

accessibility to non-affected areas.

  · In charge of preparation of contractor’s monthly statement, preparation and administration of subcontracts,

bid-packages, and change orders negotiation.

Project Engineer/Chief Scheduler - Pavarini Construction, San Juan, PR ▪ 1997 - 1999

  · Project Engineer for the remodeling and expansion of the Caribe Hilton Hotel and Resort, managing

third-party contractors and ensuring timely deliverables for the PR Tourism Authority. Zero accidents.

  · Project Engineer for the 50 Bed / 5-Surgical Suites Remodeling and Expansion of San Jorge

Children’s Hospital. Fast Track project in a functioning hospital. Successfully connected all medical

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gases and installed medical equipment using a turnaround (TAR) schedule approach. Zero

accidents.

  · Negotiated change orders based on schedule performance. Evaluated schedule alternatives to

support project changes and achieved an 80% approval rate of submitted change orders.

  · Updated monthly schedules and provided analysis and reporting to management and project team.

Planning/Scheduling Consultant - Consulting Services, San Juan, PR & Chile ▪ 1994 - 1997

  · Built fast track schedule for housing project in Chile to guarantee the timely delivery of 600 units.

Achieved goal of zero accidents and no time lost for 1,000,000 working hours.

  · Developed and coordinated multiple work scopes and presented an integrated project schedule

aligned with work sequence, priorities, and work-flow to expedite execution and keep projects on

track.

  · Proposed and built crunching and acceleration schedules to avoid delays in coordination with the

Project Manager.

  · Coordinated the expansion and remodeling of a high security detaining facility in Puerto Rico.

Project Coordinator/Scheduler - Fluor, PR ▪ 1993 - 1994

  · Successfully managed Just-in-Time materials delivery scheduling.

  · Team member of the Abbott Chemical Plant Major Expansion Project ($200 million).

  · Developed fragnets/templates for similar bid packages and their coordination with third-party

contractors to achieve simplification and efficiency.

  · Collaborated in the development of document control system.

Awards

Received spot bonus in 2H – 2015 for leading the effort in developing a Global Level 0 schedule.

Received spot bonus in 1H - 2013 for my contributions on the Thunder Horse Infill Topsides project.

Received the Gulf of Mexico 3Q 2013 Circle of Distinction Award in the Excellence Category

Skills

Proficiency in the following software platforms: Primavera P6, P6-Web, Fuse, and MS Office programs

(Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio). Multilingual (English, Spanish, Notions in German).

Education

Master’s Certificate in Project Management – The George Washington University ▪ 2012

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering – Polytechnic University of PR, San Juan, PR ▪ 1999

EI Certification (Engineer in Training)

PMP Certification (Project Management Professional)