PROJECT COORDINATOR/PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST/SCHEDULER

 

Process-driven strategic thinker offering 7+ years of experience providing customized solutions in multi-disciplined projects for the chemical and fossil and nuclear power industries.  In-depth understanding of project management standards, project engineering and controls, including initiation, scope statements, planning, scheduling, cost estimation, design, technical specifications, quality control and cost control/analysis.  Motivated leader and communicator who build cohesion, trust, and project engagement across all levels of stakeholders (e.g., executives, users, vendors, clients, and key decision-makers).

 

 

ADDED VALUE

 

●  Leadership●  Contract & Vendor Management●  Planning & Scheduling

●  Progress Reporting/Presentations●  Schedule Risk Analysis●  Documenting & Record-Keeping

●  Complex Decision Making●  Workflow Documentation●  Project Change Management

●  Team Training●  Best Practices Recommendation●  Details-Oriented

 

 

Work History  

 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, TN  November 2013 to Present

Outage Scheduler

·   Plan, Schedule and monitor performance of refuel outages.

·   Develop summary and detail level reports for monitoring performance, risk and safety measures.

·   Develop pre-outage plan for system schedules, startup/shutdown sequences, and major operational windows.

·   Utilize lessons learned from previous projects to identify needed activities and logic changes.

·   Conduct schedule review meetings with system and design engineers, operations, maintenance and modification personnel and senior management.

·   Identify issues related to nuclear risk management, resource allocation and equipment outage time constraints.

·   Formulate solutions and approaches for schedule logic and resource problem areas.

 

Tennessee Valley Authority, Bull Run Fossil Plant, Clinton, TN February 2012 to November 2013

Outage Coordinator

·   Support Planned and Forced Outages in the role of shift outage manager and maintenance outage manager

·   Develop work planning packages to optimize planning and resources for maintaining plant equipment and systems.

·   Guide and direct resolution of project difficulties and complex control problems.

·   Determine design changes and schedule slippages impact.

·   Assist scheduler with development and maintenance of outage and start-up schedules.

·   Assist Outage Program Manager in development and tracking of outage scope and budget.

·   Site Training Instructor for all contractors/vendors.

·   Support and coordinate project management through analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.

·   Determine significant irregularities, trends and variances and suggest corrective action plan.

·   Understand, practice and lead organization’s commitment by example to achieve zero incident safety.
 

Ashland Specialty Ingredients (ASI), Calvert City, KY May 2008 to February 2012

Maintenance Scheduler

·   Process Owner for Maintenance Scheduling software (Akwire) corporate-wide. Includes managing routine updates/upgrades of the software, harmonizing scheduling strategy across 5 sites, interaction with software developers to modify the software to fit our changing business needs.

·   Design and manage maintenance work schedules.  This includes the daily planned maintenance schedule as well as the weekly Preventative Maintenance schedule.

·   Collect, coordinate, monitor and track cost data with contractors, vendors and project team members to manage project forecast.

·   Coordinate with project team and manager to develop, manage and control schedules.

·   Analyze start, completion and duration variances through approved baseline schedules.

·   Monitor project execution to achieve maximum effectiveness.

·   Participated in MAXIMO Corporate-wide harmonization.  This role consists of being an integral part of the planning, testing and execution of scheduled releases, as well as providing end user technical support and training.

·   Extract data from various database platforms for various departments within the organization to prepare reports/analysis to be used in reporting Key Performance Indicators. 

·   Develop and administer employee training for Maximo, Akwire, Microsoft Excel and Access.

·   Served as site ISO Certification Coordinator

·   Provide guidance to maintain and administer a robust preventative maintenance program.

 

Infiniti Plastic Technologies, Inc., Paducah, KY May 2006 to May 2008

Materials Manager/Production Scheduler

·   Provided production planning and scheduling based on current inventory levels and sales forecast.

·   Experienced with SAP Business Processes and Systems.

·   Managed/scheduled finished goods shipments to customers. Including importing and exporting in and out of the United States by OTR truck, rail, and ocean containers.

·   Oversight of Direct disposition and re-use of all scrap product.

·   Procurement and scheduling of in-bound raw materials. Scheduled raw materials for production.

·   Accepted and reviewed bids/quotes from vendors.

·   Qualified and negotiated with vendors for purchasing.

·   Supervised 8-12 production employees, including hiring, safety and training.

·   Coordinated training for all production personnel

 

WESKEM, LLC, Kevil, KY  May 2005 to April 2006

Data Entry Clerk, Department of Energy Material Storage Area (DMSA) Project

·   Tracked and verified quality of data entry from all sources.

·   Resolved problems regarding the data.

·   Produced inventory reports.

·   Knowledge of the TEAMUP database (document control).

·   Maintained the Department of Energy Material Storage Areas (DMSA) database.

·   Performed routine office or clerical support tasks according to well-established procedures.

·   Examples of work performed may include sorting and distributing mail, photocopying, posting new job positions, tracking completed required reading, produce the weekly and daily reports for the DMSA project and answering telephone calls.

 

CDM Federal Programs Corporation, Kevil, KY  Feb. 2001 to May 2005

Field/Data Specialist, Environmental Services Contract

·   Hazardous Goods shipment coordinator.

·   Coordinator for the External Gamma monitoring program.

·   Assisted with coordination of soil and groundwater sampling events.

·   Performed Summa Canister sampling in various locations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

·   Coordinator for standard operating procedures.

·   Assisted with preparation of environmental monitoring reports for submittal to the Department of Energy.

·   Assisted in the preparation of cost and technical proposals.

·   Developed and maintained a database to track corrective actions.

·   Served as the Safety Team of Paducah Secretary for 2 years.  

 

Specialized Training

·   Excel 2007 Programming with VBA

·   SQL Query Writing Levels 1 and 2

·   TVA Instructor Certification

·   Federal EEO Counselor

·   Radiological Worker II

·   Hazwoper 40 hr & 8 hr refresher

·   LOTO

 

Software Skills

·   Proficient in Primavera P6, SAP, Maximo 7.x, PASTA, Akwire Scheduler, Microsoft Office Suite including Access and Power Point, Microsoft Project, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft Visio.

 

Education

 

West Kentucky Community and Technical College

August 1998-May 1999, August 2002-May 2003

 

Marshall County High School, Benton, KY  

May 1994

General Studies

 

References available upon request.