James A. Serles

Certified Cost Professional (CCP)

 

Experience Summary

Mr. Serles has over twenty years of project management, schedule development and cost controls. Additional responsibilities included shipping logistics, transportation packaging qualification and testing, vendor procurement oversight and fabrication, procedure and test plan preparation, and in-field supervision of project activities. Previous experience in both the federal and commercial nuclear industries has included technical procedure and report writing, preventative and predictive maintenance, field supervision of vendor and craft activities and project work planning and development.

Work History

8/08 – 4/15:  Project Controls Specialist; EnergySolutions, Richland, WA

Provide project schedule development and contract performance monitoring (EVMS) of resource-loaded schedules using Primavera P6 Enterprise software; create and maintain labor/non-labor reports and project deliverable spreadsheets; provide project cost tracking, monitoring and reporting, which includes the preparation of baseline change requests, estimates to complete, monthly accruals, labor reclasses and project work authorizations; prepare project budgets and construction cost estimates.

Between 8/08 – 1/11 my primary assignment was the DOE Isotek project in Oak Ridge, TN

2/11 – 4/15, I supported international projects in China and Korea/UAE. In addition to project controls responsibilities, I also provided logistics interface duties for transportation, packaging and shipping/delivery of vendor-fabricated equipment to client’s facilities.

3/08 – 7/08:  Project Engineer/Manager; EnergySolutions, Richland, WA

Provide project management, scheduling and vendor oversight duties in support of the K-West Basin sludge sampling campaign; duties included technical interface between Sludge Treatment Project (Fluor Hanford) personnel and subcontractors providing fabrication and machining services; provided project coordination between STP and K-Basins to ensure all necessary procedures, plans, work packages and other project documentation is prepared and approved; provided scheduling, project status, implementation and recovery plan support to the Sludge Treatment Project.

3/07 –3/08:  Buyer Technical Representative; EnergySolutions, Richland, WA

Provided project management oversight/supervision of multiple steel fabricators in the construction and delivery of Retube Waste Containers (RWC) used for the storage of irradiated reactor components removed during the re-tubing of Units 1 and 2 at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.

10/99 – 3/07:  Project Engineer/Scheduler; Waste Management/Duratek/EnergySolutions, Richland, WA

Created project schedules using Primavera P3, Primavera 5.0 and Microsoft Project scheduling software; integrated individual schedules and resources into an engineering consolidated schedule; provided updated schedules and reports to project engineers/managers;  performed project planning and cost estimating; prepared task order proposals, work plans and cover letters in response to requests for proposals and statements of work.; prepared operations and maintenance sections of packaging safety basis authorizations; wrote purchase requisitions; assisted in procurement specifications in support of client and vendor contracts.  Performed project manager duties on selected engineering projects; conducted 7A container testing; provided field interface, task coordination, and supervision at client facilities.

3/94 – 7/99:  Scheduler/Technical Writer; Informatics Corporation/MCE Technical Services, Richland, WA

Created project schedules using Primavera P3 software; conferred with facility operations and project personnel to determine activity schedule progress; provided project status during bi-weekly work control meetings; edited and integrated project schedules to coincide with available resources (manpower and hardware) and management-directed priorities.

Provided in-field coordination and supervision during execution of group projects; developed and wrote operation, maintenance and administrative procedures, project work plans, engineering test plans and training plans; imported and integrated drawings (typically created in AutoCAD or Word) into prepared documents; created flowcharts and PowerPoint presentations in support of organizational group projects; prepared Excel spreadsheets for project budgets and cost estimating.

10/93 – 2/94:  Data Analyst; Halliburton-NUS, Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, Burlington, KS

Reviewed and compared existing plant preventative maintenance activities using a formally structured reliability centered maintenance approach (using NUS developed software); provided recommendations to the maintenance program as a result of the analysis; performed functional failure/failure modes and effects analysis on 4160 class IE electrical distribution and load shedding/emergency load sequencing systems.

2/90 – 4/93:  Maintenance Engineer; Portland General Electric Co., Trojan Nuclear Generating Station, Rainer, OR

Performed project coordinator duties for major pump and motor work; prepared budget and bid specifications for proposed work; performed material needs review; developed work schedules; supervised vendor personnel while onsite to perform scheduled outage maintenance or perform emergency repairs; reviewed, analyzed, and made corrective action recommendations on collected vibration and oil analysis data; performed troubleshooting of plant rotating equipment and provided in-field support to maintenance craft; prepared corrective and spare parts equivalency evaluations.

4/83 – 2/90:  Planner; Southern California Edison Co., San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, San Clemente, CA

Prepared and wrote work instruction packages using company supplied software.  Revised and implemented preventative maintenance procedures; performed spare parts evaluations.

8/81 – 4/83:  Field Service Engineer; Control Components Inc., Irvine, CA

Provided in-field technical advisement and personnel supervision during installation, testing, troubleshooting and repair of pneumatic, hydraulic and electromechanically operated control valves used in the power generation and petroleum industries.

 

Education/Qualifications

CCP (Certified Cost Professional) re-certification sponsored by AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering), 2015; original certification obtained in 2009, formerly CCC (Certified Cost Consultant)

Department of Transportation (DOT), International Air Transportation Association (IATA) and International Maritime Association (IMO) Dangerous Goods training and certification, 2014

PMP (Project Management Professional) certification sponsored by PMI (Project Management Institute), 2011-2014

 

Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering Certificate, Iowa State University 2006

Expert certification in Word 97 and Excel 97, Richland, WA 1999

P3 Project Mgmt Software Certificate, Richland, WA 1998

Certificate in Software Applications (Microsoft Office Suite), Pasco, WA, 1998

Associate of Science, Industrial Technology, Long Beach City College, 1979

Electronics Technology Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Electronics, 1973

Electronic Communication School, U.S. Air Force, 1971