Resume of                                                                             Frances M. DeBourbon-Bowers

       713 Gallaher Road, Kingston, TN.  37763

       Cell: (865)-660-7433

 

Work Summary:    Lead planner and scheduler for an environmental engineering and remediation firm.  Planned and scheduled several steam generator replacement and maintenance outages.  Experienced with Artemis 6000, WorkBench, Dashboarding, Snap Schedules, Primavera (P6, P3, Finest Hour) and XPM scheduling software.   Cisco, Entrust SAP, Oracle, Xcelcius, SureTrak, Expedition, Mircosoft (Excell, Word, Access, Office, PowerPoint).  Experienced with turnover of construction work packages and documents.  Also, worked  Aerospace/Defense Company in cost control and estimating.  Responsible for preparation of cost estimates for contract proposals.  Attended contract negotiation meetings with clients.

 

Education:      Valencia Community College: A.S. Degree towards Data Processing, FL

                        Mid-Florida Tech:  Drafting and Design, CAD Certification. FL

                      Certificates of Training: IBM Mainframe Computer (TSO),  Mechanized Cost Analysis (MECCA), and Information Management (IMSD), FL

 

Work Experience:

Jan 2002                 Babcock & Wilcox, Oak Ridge, TN

Present                   Y-12 Uranium Center of Excellence

Program Planning and integration: worked on various programs using P6 and Primavera Software to integrate into a main schedule.  Prepare monthly cost and schedule reports for program review.   On site expert in Xcelsius software and dashboarding. Provided training to program managers and divisions, interact with on-site personnel to develop program requirements.  Prepare monthly and quarterly cost and schedule reports, including variance analysis, corrective actions, risk assessment,  trend, progress, earn value, EAC performance.   Update and prepare team meetings and monthly call charts, analysis and project team communication to provide early warnings/reports to indicate potential issues and support necessary corrective actions.  BCP as required to support re-planning projects as a result of scope change.  IP process to determine funding amount for projects.  Open, monitor and closing of charge numbers and approval of PO’s.  Provide out year planning, and converting those plans to P3 resource loaded schedules, setup WBS structures.  Worked with ARRA group to get schedules in order for quick turn-arounds, with 5 day look aheads.    Lead for LO/TO work around process for FIS group.  Lead process for scheduling new procedures for FIS and maintenance department. 

 

Mar 2001               Babcock & Wilcox, Miamisburg, OH

Jul 2001                  Los Alamos, New Mexico

Contract Negotiations, to initiate financial programming systems, develop a cost estimate and schedule using Primavera Software to meet contractual requirements.  Develop Work Breakdown Structures and rate tables for Labor Rate Development.  Provided training to program managers and divisions, interact with on-site personnel to develop program requirements.

 

Oct 1999                Babcock & Wilcox, Miamisburg, OH

Jan 2002                Environmental Services of Ohio

Cost Control/Planner/Scheduler-Responsible for turnover for the project management group.  Maintain records of all schedule changes using Primavera Software and oversee archiving data.  Develop training and scheduling formats for divisions.   To provide a template for all project managers.  Oversee all sub and master project with responsibility for computer support for all project control divisions.  To prepare monthly and quarterly cost and schedule reports, including variance reports.  To track baseline changes against current schedule, provide reports and interface weekly with the DOE.

 

Dec 1995                Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg, VA

Oct 1999                Nuclear Environmental Services, Inc.

                               Lead Planner/Scheduler-Lead for development and implementations of policies and procedures for the central planning group and all sites.  Responsible for developing and implementing schedule formats and report specifications.  Provide schedule/reports/plots to site personnel, subcontractors and project managers.  Develop an electronic transfer from WIP system to Primavera’s  P3.  Provided training and set up computers.  Provided management overview for thirteen different sites.  Travel to the various site locations to check on schedule progress and management.

 

Apr 1995                Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg, VA

Dec 1995                Parks Project, Pittsburg, PA.

                              Planner/Scheduler-Lead for closing out of the Parks Project.  Responsible for developing schedule formats and report specifications using P3.  Provide schedule/reports/plots to site personnel, subcontractors and project managers.  Archived and transfer all data to central office.

 

May 1992              New York Power Authority, White Plains, NY (under contract)

Dec 1994               Indian Point 3 and James A. Fitzpatrick - Maintenance Outage (PWR)

Outage Planner/Scheduler (Home Office) - Responsible for setting up computer and software needs for     scheduling group.  Provided training and developed scheduling formats for divisions using Primavera (Finest Hour) and XPM.  Develop an integrated network to transfer data electronically from XPM to Finest Hour and between all three sites.  Input daily schedule changes and provided schedule/reports for both plants to project managers.  Traveled to both sites to provide interface between engineering/construction contractor and corporate office.

 

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Jun 1991               Nebraska Public Power District, Brownville, NE (under contract)

Dec 1991              Cooper Nuclear Stations - Maintenance Outage (BWR)

Outage Planner/Scheduler - Responsible for computer support of the maintenance outage schedule.    Developed schedule and report requirements with management.  Input daily schedule changes/progress and generated management reports.  Provided training to other employees.  Primavera (Finest Hour) scheduling software was used to maintain schedules.

 

 

Nov 1989            Consumers Power Company, Covert, MI (under contract)

Jun 1991             Palisades Nuclear Plant - Steam Generator Replacement Project (PWR)

                      Planner/Scheduler - Responsible for maintenance of steam generator replacement project schedule from preparation of a request for proposal to turnover to the plant.  Provided interface between the engineering/construction contractor and the plant staff.  Processed all the maintenance work orders for the SGRP Group.  Responsible for review closeout and turnover of Advanced Maintenance Management System (AMMS).  Primavera (Finest Hour) and Artemis 6000 scheduling software were used to maintain the schedule.  Input daily schedule changes/progress and generated management reports.  Assisted in transfer of schedule changes/progress from construction contractor to plant outage planning.  Maintained files of all scheduled related documentation.  Performed basic schedule analysis and troubleshooting.  Produced daily project status report using Word Perfect 5.0.

 

 

Aug 1988        New York Power Authority, Buchanan, NY (under contract)

Nov 1989                Indian Point #3 - Steam Generator Replacement Project (PWR)

Planner/Scheduler (apprentice) - Responsible for data entry and computer support for the steam generator replacement outage schedule.  Familiar with Primavera (Finest Hour) software and use of personal computers.  Input daily schedule changes and progress, generated reports and produced CPM Plots using Graphics software.  Also, input schedule fragnets, including manloading resources directly into outage network.  Exported and imported schedule data into Lotus 1-2-3 and Dbase III files to make large manipulations.   Maintained records of all schedule input and made daily system archives.  Performed basic schedule analysis, daily walk downs and troubleshooting of outage network.

 

 

Mar 1984               Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando, FL

Aug 1988               Missiles Systems Division, Air Defense Systems

Computer Specialist/Financial Reporter - Prepared Spare parts proposal, and selected the optimum computer program reports, prepared direct labor, material and subcontract cost for input.  Prepared formal proposal and established basis for estimate by using historical data.  Analyzed cost and schedule input from involved operating divisions.  Reviewed monthly sub-cost ledgers and related journal vouchers to ensure that costs were within budget on miscellaneous hardware sales orders.  Responsible for quarterly contract status reports and negotiated fee reports and personal contact with divisions.  Initiated financial programming system to allow immediate and accurate pricing.  Tested programs for correctness and used “real” situations for feasibility.  Provided training to other employees and divisions concerning applications and interfacing with DCAA.  Responsible for execution of all computer systems in Proposal Price Analysis, set up Work Breakdown Structures (WBS and rate tables to be used, which involved Labor Rate Development.  Travel to customer location for negotiations of contracts.  Provided backup data and various cost reports to E.S.D. Manager.

 

 

Awards:                Received an award for excellent work at Palisades Nuclear Plant

  Received two awards for error cause removal at Martin Marietta

                           Received a commendation for excellent work and dedication to the TADS/PNVS Israel proposal at Martin        Marietta

 

 

Skills:                     Expert wih Artemis 6000, WorkBench, Snap Schedules, Primavera (P6, P3, Finest Hour), Dashboarding and XPM scheduling software.   Cisco, Entrust, SAP, Oracle, Xcelcius, SureTrak, Expedition, Mircosoft (Project, Excell, Photo, Money, Word, Access, Office, PowerPoint).