Stephen G. Francis

 

Box 1213

Andrews, North Carolina 28901

sgf.1899@gmail.com  -  910.728.7267

 

Feb. 2015 – Jan.2016: Thyssen Krupp Industrial Solutions

Position: EPC Lead Scheduler (Contractual)

Location: Atlanta, Ga. & Buzzi Cement Plant, Maryneal, Tx.

Duties: Tracking Buzzi Cement Plant expansion Project. Working toward building a Universal WBS for Atlanta Division to integrate with the International plans. Working with P6.2 / rev.8 / and MS Project, built, integrated sub-contractors schedules and tracking progress.

 

Oct. 2014 – Dec. 2014: Day & Zimmerman

Position: Project Controls Scheduler (Contractual)

Location: Mississippi Power Company; Plants (Watson, Daniel)

Duties: Verify Outage Schedules in P6 client version created by MPC to D&Z Estimates. Worked with Team Members (MPS Planners/Schedulers and D&Z Estimator, Site Superintendents creating Resource and Man-power loaded Schedules; prepare Earned Value Reports for Tracking.

 

Feb. 2013 - Sept. 2014: CB&I (Chicago Bridge and Iron)

Position: Lead Project Controls Scheduler

Location: Regional Fossil Division Office; Goodyear, Az.

Duties: working in P-6.2 & 8.2 client version. Develop WBS, cost and resource loaded schedules, created Earned Value reports for Capital & Contracted O&M Projects; Covering 6 Gas and Oil Plants. Working with team members (e.g. Estimators, EPC, Stakeholders, & Project and Site Managers) to obtain goals set and exceed Project Controls expectations.

 

Apr. 2012 – Jan. 2013: Contractual with Shaw Group, Baton Rouge, La.:

Position: Lead Project Controls Scheduler

Location: Regional Fossil Division Office; Goodyear, Az.; West Phoenix Power Plant, Red Hawk Power Plant, Saguaro Power Plant, Sundance Power Plant, Yuma Power Plant and Cholla Power Plant.

Duties: Creating, WBS resource loaded Project Schedules; (e.g. Cooling Tower, Manifold Cleaning, Sodium Hypochlorite Project & Chemical Feed System, Aux Boiler and Forecast Projects thru 2015). Tracking current Schedule; analyzing, evaluating, and forecasting current status against the established Baseline Schedule (Earned Value Analysis). Participating in Team efforts building Estimates for Capital, Construction Outages and Maintenance Schedules.

 

Aug. 2011 – Dec.2011 Contractual with Enerfab, Cincinnati, Oh

TVA – Cumberland City, Tn. & AEP Cardinal Plant, Brilliant, Oh.

Position: Project Scheduler

Duties: Assisted in creating and expanding Enerfabs’ Boiler, Bottom Ash, Air Heater, and Secondary Super Heat Construction Schedules. Expanded and Processed current schedules for tracking; analyzed, evaluated, and forecast current status against the established baseline schedule (Earned Value Analysis). Assess the impact(s) of changes and schedule slippages. Worked closely with Enerfab Project Management, to maintain Project Goals and formulate the status of the project, communicated with a wide variety of technical professionals.

 

Jul. 2010 – Jul.2011 Residential Projects - Contract Manager - Reconstruction Victorian Home site in North Carolina. Coordinating efforts in renovation a home-site in N.C. to National Historical Sufficiency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 – Jun. 2010 Contractual with American Electric Power, Fulton, AR.

John W. Turk, Jr. Project $1.85b Super Critical Fossil Fuel Project (on-site)

Position: Lead Primavera (6.2) on-site Scheduler for AEP. Imported Monthly: Transmission and Distribution, Off-Site Rail and EPC Schedules for Baseline and Milestone analysis; reported deviations to Project and Site Management. Imported and tracked weekly fragnets of the Construction Schedules. Created analysis and variance reports for PM on a weekly and monthly basis. Created specific layouts for each project coordinator to track their disciplines in the field. Maintained open and harmonious communications with the EPC Contractor and AEP’s Boiler Contractor. Continued working with the Engineering Schedule as Construction started and progressed.

 

2007 – 2008 Contractual with American Electric Power, Columbus, OH.

John W. Turk, Jr. Project $1.85b Super Critical Fossil Fuel Project (corporate office)

Position: Lead Engineering Scheduler Primavera (5.5) Maintained Engineering Schedule. Imported monthly EPC Schedule created Baseline Schedules analyzed and reported schedule variances to Project Management. Tracked and analyzed deviations in the Engineering Schedule daily. Maintained open communication with the EPC contractor for solutions to Engineering ad hoc review deviations.

Basic duties:

Work with the development of Critical Path Schedules that are resource and cost loaded

·    Develop a detailed Milestone schedule

·    Progress current schedules in accordance with client contractual requirements

·    Analyze, evaluate, and forecast current Schedule against an established Baseline Schedule

·    Assess the impact(s) of changes and slippages

·    Maintain an Integrated Master Project Schedule that includes multiple schedules and inner-dependencies

·    Work closely with Project management team in setting monitoring project goals and analyzing the status of projects

·    Communicate with a wide variety of technical professionals

 

2006 Self Employed – Scheduler, Construction & Safety Consulting for Oil / Gas and Electrical Industry (fossil fuel) and Individual Tax Consultant.

 

 

2005 Fall Outage – Position: Scheduler Primavera (P3) Contractual for Shaw/Stone and Webster, Big Cajun II Fossil Fuel Plant, New Roads, La.

Created, maintained Schedule for New Roads Generation Fall Outage. Schedule was hourly based, multi calendar, resource loaded for Boiler Outage and Cooling Tower Maintenance.

 

 

 

EDUCATION: 

MSHA Training 2015

Professional Management Institute: Professional Project Management (PMP) course. (2014)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: B.S. (Economics, Bus. Admin., Accounting) (1983)

Texas A&M University - Texas Engineering Extension 501 O.S.H.A. Outreach Training (2003)

Medic First Responder and CPR Course (2003)

Scheduling Extension Course - PRIMAVERA 3.1 (2001)

O.S.H.A. General Industry Safety & Health (2001)

Mid-West Generation Joliet - MIMS and Lotus Notes Software Training (2001)

Petroleum Education Counsel, Inc. - Petroleum and Safety Awareness (1997)