Vickie L. Ammons

10196 48th St

Clear Lake, Minnesota

Cell:  614-354-9389

Email:  Warmirish62@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY

 

I have over 29 years’ experience in Administration and Project Controls in construction and operational maintenance of electric generating facilities with direct involvement in Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Project Control, and Inventory Control.  I have over thirteen years experience in scheduling at nuclear power plants, combined cycle plants, IT work and coal fired plants.  I have created schedules and maintained both hourly and daily schedules.  I have worked with schedules having anywhere from 800 activities to over 50,000 activities.  I have excellent Computer, analytical, technical, communication and organizational skills.  I have held positions with commensurate responsibilities in Project Controls, Resource Management, Records and Document Control Support. 

 

WORK HISTORY

 

 

Feb 2014 – Present:  Scheduling

SUN Technical Services – Xcel Energy

Senior Scheduler – Created and maintained Schedules for the Fukushima FLEX Modifications, MET tower Replacement, Obsolete Equipment Replacement, EDG Tornado Missile Protection along with many other projects at Xcel Energy’s Monticello plant.  Coordinated schedule work with Online and Outage schedulers and plant Work Week Managers.  Resource loaded schedules in order to produce histograms. Created Critical path reports, milestone tracking and look ahead schedules.  Worked many fast track projects also. Scheduling was done using Primavera Project Management P6 R8.3.2 Software.

 

May 2013 – Oct 2013:  Scheduling

Pegasus Organization – Duke Energy

Senior Scheduler – Created and updated the construction schedule for a substation bank installation and bank demolitions.  Created Dukes 10 year transmissions addition plan for 103 future line and substation projects in the state of Florida.  Schedules were cost and resource loaded.  Interacted with contractors and Duke Energy management for updates and schedule input.  Scheduling is done using Primavera Project Management P6.7 Software.

 

Nov 2012 to Feb 2013:  Scheduling

Bechtel - Florida Power & Light, Turkey Point

Senior Scheduler – Supported EPU scheduling efforts for the Turkey Point Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Project, including Online, and Outage activities.  Led daily EPU update meetings. Interfaced with Construction Supervision, Project Management, Field Engineering, Subcontracts, Management, Oversite and other Station support groups.  Resource loaded schedules.  Produced histograms, critical path reports and look ahead schedules.  Scheduling is done using Primavera Project Management P6.7 Software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 2011 to Nov 2012:  Planning / Scheduling

Black Diamond Services – Florida Power & Light, Saint Lucie Power Plant

Senior Scheduler – Supported EPU scheduling efforts for the PSL Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Project, including Pre-outage, Online, and Outage activities.  Was the EPU Outage Team Room Scheduler for SL1-24 / SL2-20 Outages.  Led weekly EPU Pre-outage update meetings along with horizontal and vertical slice review meetings for individual mods. Interfaced with Construction Supervision, Project Management, Field Engineering, Subcontracts, FPL Management, Oversite and other PSL Station support groups.  Scheduling is done using Primavera Project Management P6.7 Software.

 

Feb 2010 to Sept 2011:  Scheduling

Tech USA – Shaw Group

Senior Scheduler - Responsibilities include creating, maintaining and the integration of Procurement for Site Specific and Standard Plant Schedules.  Was also responsible for critical path analysis. Interfaced with Engineering, Construction Group, Site Specific and Subcontracts scheduling teams to ensure all inter-project ties are made and validated.  Produced milestone reports and progress reports using Primavera Project Management P6.7 Software.  Led bi-weekly meetings with Construction Management Team, Engineering and the Client to obtain progress updates and provide schedule reports. 

 

Nov 2008 to Nov 2009:  Planning / Scheduling

IMC – Bechtel

Planner/Scheduler – Responsible for creating and maintaining the level 3 and level 5 resource loaded schedules for the construction of the balance of plant (AQCS) work for a coal fired power plant.  Ran the weekly update meeting for the balance of plant.  Interacted daily with the superintendents and field engineers in order to get the appropriate updates.  Also interacted heavily with procurement tracking the delivery of materials.  Provided support for the project reforecast.  Prepared storyboards to coordinate construction of the AQCS area.  Compiled the management construction weekly progress report.  Prepared and maintained the fall outage schedule. 

 

March 2007 to Nov 2008:  Scheduling

Granite International – General Electric

Scheduler – Responsible for creating level 2 and level 3 procurement schedule.  Loaded resources and man-hours into the schedule.  Sent weekly updated schedules for owner review and two week look-ahead’s.   Attended daily logic review meetings. Created man-hour and predecessor-successor reports as needed for Process Owners.  Created fragnets to integrate into the system schedules.  Helped maintain and update the engineering schedule.  Helped maintain the COLA and DCD schedule also.  Schedule development and maintenance is accomplished with Primavera P3.

 

Nov 2006 to March 2007:  Scheduling

Footbridge Staffing – Shaw Group Corporate

Scheduler – Responsible for the creation of an EPC schedule for the installment of SCR’s and FGD’s at a fossil fuel plant.  Met with engineers to develop their system schedules.  Created various reports and layouts for engineers use. Updated engineering activities.  Created fragnets to integrate into the system schedules. Developed level 2 activities into level three activities.  Attended schedule update meetings.  Schedule development and maintenance is accomplished with Primavera P3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2004 to Nov 2006:  Scheduling

SUN Technical Services – Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant

Scheduler – Responsible for tracking material for all Maintenance and Modification work orders.   Worked in close contact with the expediters to ensure that material will meet the dates of scheduled work activities.  If the ETA of material does not meet the date for scheduled activities I analyzed the impact this would have on the scheduled work and the schedule milestones.  Worked directly with the expediters and the field so as to achieve as little impact as possible.  Was also the representative for materials scheduling in the system turnover meetings, vessel fill and gate pull, tracking all material needed to meet these milestones.  Was designated to be a member of the High Impact Team, representing materials.  The goal of the team was to evaluate the procurement process and to try and improve upon it in all possible ways.  Schedule development and maintenance was accomplished with Primavera P3.

 

November 2003 to May 2004:  Scheduling

Science Applications International Corporation – Midwest ISO

Scheduler – Responsible for distributing update templates, receiving updates and incorporating the updates in the schedule.  Created weekly reports on schedule progress/slippage, “S” curves, look aheads for management meetings and resource loading the schedule, which consisted of approximately 3500 activities for MISO’s Reliability Enhancement and Market Implementation.  Schedule development and maintenance is accomplished with Microsoft Project 2000.

 

June 2002 to August 2003:  Scheduling

Kamtech, Inc. – Possum Point 6, Dominion Power

Scheduler – Responsible for interfacing with project manager and project supervisors to ensure proper updating and maintenance of the EPC schedule.  Provided the project manager with feedback as to project status and critical path.  This schedule was for the Procurement, Contracts, Mechanical, Electrical, Piping and Civil/Structural areas for this project.  Was responsible for the creation of proposal schedules for several future jobs.  Created and maintained the schedules for the SCR outage, chemical cleaning and hydro of both units.  Assisted in the expeditious completion of the construction turnover packages for this project.  The schedule that was created is for a two unit, combined cycle plant.  Schedule development and maintenance is accomplished using P3.

 

January 2001 to March 2002:  Scheduling

SUN Technical Services – American Electric Power, Corporate

Scheduler – Responsible for working with project managers and multiple contract companies to create and maintain a project schedule for construction of a combined cycle plant.  Responsible for ensuring proper schedule updates, providing feedback to project managers on daily progress and earned value.  Was on a team of schedulers responsible for the creation of the Engineering and Construction schedule for a large combined cycle project in New York.  Was also responsible for maintaining the Engineering schedule for a large combined cycle project located in Louisiana.  Schedule development is accomplished using Primavera P3.

 

October 2000 to December 2000:  Scheduling

Sun Technical Services - D.C. Cook Power Plant

Senior Construction Scheduler - Responsible for providing scheduling and project control expertise to management and construction leads during Unit 1 recovery.  Responsibilities included reporting daily status from construction and providing feedback to management on daily progress.  Scheduling specific design changes, ensuring proper logic ties and schedule development.  Schedule development is accomplished using Primavera P3.

 

January 2000 to September 2000:  Planning and Scheduling

PM Solutions, Havertown, PA

Consultant for State Farm Insurance - Responsible for facilitating Project Charter, Project Plan and Project Schedule meetings.  Work directly with project managers and project team to create, status and maintain the project schedule.  Assist project managers with resource, time allocations and monitoring of task status.  Proficient in Microsoft Project 98 and Planview 5.0.

 

 

 

 

October 1998 to January 2000:  Plant Restart Project

Illinois Power Co. - Clinton Nuclear Plant

Project Control Specialist – Created and maintained schedules for several project managers responsible for the degraded voltage project.  Provided the project managers with schedule progress, critical path and earned value.  Responsible for control and tracking of Detail Impact Assessment items utilized in the work scope and performance factors associated with Engineering Change Notices for major plant modifications and installations.  Provided organization with assigned project work and monitoring of task completion for project closure.  Assisted Project Manager in providing graphs and management level reports for tracking project tasks, resources and costs.  Proficient in Windows 95/98 applications, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Mainframe Work Management Systems and Primavera P3.

 

February 1998 to October 1998:  Retail Analysis

Daily Grind Coffee Co., Decatur, IL

Customer Representative - Provided project sales and customer support, ensuring customer satisfaction is aligned and supportive of assigned responsibilities.

 

August 1997 to May 1998:

Pursuant of educational advancement as a full-time student.

 

October 1996 to January 1997: - Plant Restart Project

Illinois Power Co. - Clinton Nuclear Plant

Project Control Administrator - Responsible for administration and performance reporting of invoice and payroll for over five hundred human resource personnel.  Provided resource estimating utilizing Microsoft Excel and Bechtel Engineering Payroll System Software.

 

June 1985 to March 1996:  Commercial Power Operations

Illinois Power Co. - Clinton Nuclear Plant

Project Control Administrator:

Operations Department:  Responsible for weekly payroll input and estimating of human resource requirements.  Provided Scheduling and call-outs for 90 - 100 individuals.  Provided tracking and monitoring of operational activities associated with departmental schedules and responsibilities.

Document Control:  Responsible for organization and control of all plant procedures in both receiving and distribution.  Also assigned to Process Control Distribution for verifying and issuance of approved copies of Engineering documents and procedures.

 

Nuclear Planning and Support:  Responsible for acceptance and preparation of Engineering and Safety Related documents for life of plant storage, maintaining and retrieval of all vaulted documentation.  Provided training to personnel for mainframe computer use.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1999 - Primavera Scheduling and Cost & Resource Analysis.

1997/98 - Richland Community College, Decatur, IL.

1980/81 - Lincoln Christian College, Lincoln, IL.

1980 – Graduate of Maroa-Forsyth High School, Maroa, IL.