OBJECTIVE:

EXPERIENCE:

7/2013 - 12/2013

Industry: Government and Military

Fermilab Project Controls Consultant

-Integrate $200+ million project schedule using Primavera and Cobra Project Management software.-Develop, assist & audit cost loaded estimates for integration into Primavera and Cobra software.-Create Primavera and Cobra cost & schedule reports.-Validate cost estimates and contractor schedules for import into Primavera schedules.

1/2013 - 6/2013

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Project Controls Consultant

-Maintain & monitor budgeted 20 million dollar master schedule using Primavera and Lean products.-Develop resource loaded & integrated dual unit outage schedules for spring 2013.-Gather project scope, work plan and cost estimates from responsible project manager.-Improve outage performance by implementation of Earn Value and Last Planner methods.-Setup & evaluate project performance using SPI, CPI, Earn Value, Resource Loading, ETC and Critical Path reports.

12/2011 - 10/2012

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Manager of Planning & Scheduling

-Oversight of Project Controls Group of 14 people (Eskom employee and third party consultants).-Program auditor of Eskom Project Controls standards and guides.-Support Line Business Manager and Project Manager in the development of baseline and progress measurement tools.-Develop & Train Eskom Project Control Tools – Dashboard, Fragnet, Standards and Guides.

12/2010 - 8/2011

Industry: Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure

Director Project Controls

-Produce weekly Direct Margin, Dashboards and Project Utilization reports for Executive Management and Division VPs-Administrator of Replicon Timekeeping, Wennsoft Project Management and Great Plaines Accounting software.-Supervise staff of Project Controls Manager and temporary accounting/operational staff.-Manage Day to Day Project Controls Operations.-Subject Matter Expert in Project Management and Cost Control.

10/2007 - 12/2010

Industry: Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure

Project Control Manager

•20 years of experience managing or assisting project managers in the creation and systematic update of project scope, schedule, and budget on projects, ranging in size for $500,000 to $350 million dollars.

-Establish Project Control standard for Northeast Region- Environmental Services Group.-Create Productivity, Cost and Schedule reports for Senior Managers/Client review.-Use CPM Critical Path Method to advise Managers and Project Sponsor of cost/schedule impacts.-Mentor others on project management skills (Critical path, productivity and cost tracking methods).-Supervise and Mentor staff of junior Project Control Engineers.Relevant Experience As a Project Control Manager I assist project managers in setting up and maintaining appropriate tools for managing scope, schedule and budget on remediation projects executed across the USA. I create Cost/Schedule reports for Project Manager/Client review, uses Critical Path Method and What If Analysis to advise managers and project sponsor of possible cost/schedule impacts, and mentors staff on project updating, project setups and file conversions into P3, P5 and MS-Projects. I’m directly engaged in project delivery and also supports CH2M HILL’s business.Representative Project ExperienceMaster Scheduler, Kankakee River Sediment Remediation Project, Great Lakes National Program Office, USEPA Region 5, WI. Sept 2008–Mar 2009. Supports project manager with delivery of this $11 Million dollar project by conducting reviews of subcontractor schedule and produce Critical Path schedule. Creating and maintaining dredging productivity curves and creating ETC, EAC reports and schedule updates. Attends weekly conference call to review project progress, identify issues that need to be resolved, and, issues weekly status reports and works with the project manager and team to resolve challenges that arise while meeting project scope, schedule, and budget constraints. Participates in client meetings as needed to support issue resolution and expedite outcome documentation .Master Scheduler, Sediment Remediation, Spring Creek Superfund Site, US EPA Region 9, , CA. Mar 2009 – Sep 2009. Supported the project manager in delivery of this $32 million dollar project. Developed master schedule to evaluate sub-contractor proposals. Identified critical path activities for each project phase. Setup regular update cycles, management reports and Primavera P5 project schedule formats and requirements to support project execution by CH2M HILL. Developed production/productivity curves for construction phase of the project.

4/2006 - 10/2007

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Senior Project Control Engineer

-Create Cash Flow, Earn Value Performance Curves and Critical Path Analysis Reports.-Formulate WBS-Work Breakdown Structure codes to create project schedules for Nuclear Projects Group.-Create Cost/Schedule reports for Project Sponsors review.-Advise Project Managers and Project Sponsor of cost/schedule variance.-Coach others on resource loading, project updating and workload inputs into P5 e/c, P3 and MS-Proj.

2/2006 - 5/2006

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Project Manager / Project Control Consultant

-Point of contact for NPG (Nuclear Projects Group) Projects within the Outage Control Center.-Conduct daily NPG meetings on plant status, safety issues and major milestones.-Walk-down work areas to verify field updates.-Develop field update tools for craft supervision.-Review and advise Project Earn Value, SPI and CPI report trends.-Analyze Critical Path and update outage schedules.

1/2005 - 12/2005

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Project Management Consultant

-Produce Earn Value, Cost / Schedule variance reports for project team review.-Create, maintain and update Primavera P3 project schedules (Daily and Outage Schedules).-Attend station daily POD (Plan of Day), Outage and Project schedule review meetings.-Responsible for gathering project information from project managers, engineers and other project owners.-Create P3 project schedules using design documentation and estimates.

3/2004 - 12/2004

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Project Control Administrator

-Project coordinator for Design Engineering conversion to Primavera P3e software-Modify, maintained and updated Project Office projects and schedules.-Train, design and maintain Project Office work processes.-Gather project updates and resource information from engineers, clients and other project owners.-Chair weekly meeting with project owners/supervisors.

10/2003 - 12/2003

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Master Scheduler

-Formulate management plan to create master schedule for NGG Departments.-Download engineering reports and batch load activities into P-3 Project Planner.-Created and maintain 2800 activity master schedule.-Coach NGG supervisor on resource loading, project updating and workload inputs into P-3-Train AEP internal employee on master schedule maintenance and updating procedures.

12/2002 - 7/2003

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Master Scheduler

Bighorn Project (Combine Cycle Plants)- Manage site project controls group.- Establish program guidelines & procedures for performance reporting.- Ensure process implementation adheres to contract guidelines.- Maintain target baseline and scope changes.- Maintained and updated site Master P-3 CPM schedule on a weekly basis- Review contractor estimates and schedule.- Maintain project commitment using various tracking tools.- Forecast manpower/resources for all trades and contractors.- Provide % progress, performance and variance reporting (weekly & monthly).- Conduct productivity analysis & trending meetings with senior management & owners.

9/2002 - 12/2002

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Senior Project Scheduler

Kenny Construction - ComEd, Madison and Ohio Street Substation Construction- Modified, maintained and updated MS-Project engineering / construction schedules.- Update project schedules / resource graphs for client review.- Maintained / updated project team action items list.

10/2001 - 8/2002

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Senior Project Controls Engineer

Dominion Energy, Fairless Hill (Combine Cycle Plants)- Modify, maintained and updated P-3 CPM schedule on a weekly basis.- Produced project performance curves and graphs for clients and internal users.- Maintained and modify internal Project Deliverable List System (PDL - MS Acess Database).- Responsible for gathering project update information from engineers, clients and other project owners.- Serve as Primavera P-3 / MS Project schedule intergration expert. - Give weekly conference call updates of status to project owners.Dominion Energy, Dresden and Possum Point (Combine Cycle Plants)- Maintained and updated P-3 CPM schedule on a weekly basis.- Produced project performance curves and graphs for clients and internal users.- Maintained and modify internal Project Deliverable List System (PDL - MS Acess Database).- Responsible for gathering project update information from engineers, clients and other project owners.

11/2000 - 11/2001

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Metering Services Provider Manager

Electric Supplier Services Department:-Single point resource for MSPs on operational issues and information from ComEd.-Roll-out company wide Metering Services Tracking Database and training software.-Provide cost estimates for State of Illinois Regulator Commission Metering Services fee review.-Coordinate between ComEd and MSP on joint meeting, meter reading and meter exchanges. -Facilitate weekly Customer Service Leadership conference calls on the status MSP process issues.-Owner of all MSP procedures and process flows.

10/1999 - 11/2000

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Resource Planning Manager

- Maintain & execute Field and System Metering resource/inventory planning.- Primary Primavera (P-3) instructor for System & Field Services.- Plan and develop Field and System Metering project or programs. (Periodic, random sampling and re-progamming) - Mobile Data Project Controls Administator (Master Scheduler).- Implement new inventory and work management tools. (P-3 Primavera)- Intergate CDC (T&D) and System & Field Metering project planning.- Track department goals and indicators (actual and forecasted).- Supervise group of project controls/database/report writer experts.- Maintain oversite of System & Field Metering planning and work processes

5/1996 - 10/1999

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Lead Scheduler

Braidwood Nuclear Station: Lead Engineering Scheduler/Oracle Database Administrator- Converted all existing Station MS-Proj schedules to ProjectView 3.3.- Layout standard coding structures for Nuclear Engineering Division to ensure standard reports are available.- Spec out standard Engineering Reports using Grenade; ProjectView graphic output software.- Expert in converting various scheduling data into ProjectView.- Develop/implemented electronic work package (PASSPORT) interface with ProjectView.- Assemble master schedule from Daily, Outage and Current work scope to forecast ahead 3-day, a week, etc.- Prepare engineering schedules for earn value and other cost/schedule performance measurements. - Attend management review of current work scope and give update of various project schedules.- Use ODBC connection (MS Access / SQL / ProjectView) to create global commands to edit schedule data. Nuclear Division: Principal Engineer / Project Control Engineer- Lead Nuclear Engineering Scheduler for conversion from Primavera P3 to ProjectView 3.3 - Implement Artemis ProjectView3.3 for all site engineering (100% - 2 of 6 sites).- Downers Grove Nuclear Engineering ProjectView3.3-database administrator. - Standardize coding structure and budget, cost & schedule convention for all sites.- Develop and implement (20 million dollars)1997 budgets using Peoplesoft/MS-Project software.- Generate reports on status of schedule, budget and actual costs of projects.- Assist Nuclear Engineer Departments in developing resource loaded schedules.- Initialize, developed and maintained Quad Cities Appendix-R critical path schedule (P-3 Schedule).- Generate & maintain daily time reporting system for projecting and tracking Man-hour costs weekly.

7/1993 - 5/1996

Industry: Energy and Utilities

Master Scheduler

Fossil Division: Master Scheduler / Construction Specialist (Field Engineer) - Implemented Standard Coding Structure for Primavera P-3/ Suretrak and MS Project for all plant sites.- Developed Standard Master Schedule Layouts using Primavera P-3/Suretrak & MS Project.- Created standardized performance and cost curves for all 10 Power Plant. - Utilized MS Access 2.0 to track accrued and spent costs and tie it to P-3/Suretrak or MS Projects.- Maintained estimated, planned and actual cost data using planned and actual man-hour spent.- Utilized CPM to re-schedule and resolve scheduling conflicts.- Plot earned value, planned, late schedule and actual cost curves for various FECD outage schedules.- Created and Administrate MS Access time keeping systems for various outage sites. - Reconciled construction schedule with contractors. - Developed and maintained purchasing dept. material and labor procurement cycle schedules.- Produced production analysis, standard dev. and comparison graph and curves for repetitive activities. - Assisted in training construction field engineers to produce and set up meaningful production curves.- Created estimated and actual man-hours reports using various time keeping software packages.- Administrated construction contracts, as a Field Engineer, at Joliet 29 Fall '93 & Waukegan 16 Sp'94.- Tracked and maintained over 550,000 Man-hours between 1995-1997.- Developed and updated over $350 Million worth of construction work 1995-1997.

9/1991 - 3/1993

Industry: Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office

Project Engineer / QA Engineer

Project Engineer/QA Engineer- Submit and organize Repair, Test and Final Reports for U.S. Navy. - Produce pump curves using data from HydroAire Test Stand to determine performance after repair.- Audit vendors for QA/QC compliance.- Update and verify calibration records on shop tools for QA compliance.- Development of new test procedures.- Prepare drawings for submittal to vendors and Final Repair Reports.- Review and install new software and hardware for Test Stand.

1/1990 - 9/1991

Industry: Chemicals/Petro-Chemicals

Project Engineer

- Order equipment and parts for projects or plant maintenance.- Supervise maintenance and outside contracted workers.- Submit projects to improve production, gain cost savings and/or safety.- Report daily progress of current projects to Project Manager and Maintenance Supervisor.- Cost accounting of various projects in progress and new projects.- Submit capital improvements with financial payback and production impacts. - Provide safety training for employee on new equipment.- Troubleshooting production line problems and implementing corrections

6/1987 - 1/1990

Industry: Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office

Warehouse Manager

- Organize equipment and parts for next days work load.- Maintain inventory of equipment for future orders & planning purposes.- Design and produce custom duct work.- Audit warehouse inventory and reorder equipment.

EDUCATION:

8/1987 - 1/1992

Bachelor's Degree

BS Mechanical Engineering

Professional

PMP - Project Management Professional Certification

CERTIFICATION:

11/2010

1/2001

PMP # 44727

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

-23 years of project management and planning experience. -Communicate and solve problems with customers and clients. -Manage people and resources in a matrix project office environment. -Review and advise on schedules, scope & budget variances using PMI method. -Prepare presentation and training on Project Management topics. -Experienced implementing corporate/enterprise wide project control methods and tools. -Maintain project budgets, costs and scope on EPC contracts.

INTERESTS & HOBBIES:

Investing/Stock Market

Arts and Crafts

Traveling

computers/internet

fishing

Auto Racing/Nascar

AFFILIATIONS:

Project Managment Inst.

Member

AACE

CII

Exelon Corp. ComEd-AACES

Secretary

AACES Secretary 1999-2000

Lakeside condo assoc.

President

President - Lakeside Condo Assoc. 1996-1997