JOSEPH C HARTE

3 Whitetail Way

Littleton, MA 01460

(508)649-3195

 

Qualifications

 

Over 20 years of Project Planning experience in new construction, replacement of major components for both nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, and decommissioning of nuclear power plants. Experience includes Primavera scheduling (P6 v7, P3 & P3e), MS Project, SAP, Contract and interface reporting, cost reporting, resource tracking, development of automated cost and revenue tracking systems.  Provider of training to project management teams across the United States.

 

Current Experience: Babcock Power

 

Project Planning Manager (October 2011 to Current)

 

Responsible for effective leadership in managing processes for the Capital Projects Scheduling group that include planning, project execution, and project close-out in a consistent accordance with company policies and guidelines as well as meet client and Company expectations.

 

Ensures properly trained resources are assigned as workload dictates, processes, guidelines, and work instructions are in place and utilized to support company goals and attain 100% of all milestones associated with contract liquidated damages / bonuses.  Grown the scheduling group into a best of class. Responsible for personnel performance and productivity and to properly staff Capital Project Scheduling Department to meet current and future project demands.

 

Development of detailed, comprehensive, WBS and resource driven proposal schedules for engineering and supply, and engineering, procurement, construction and startup. In addition to forecasting the staff hours required to cover scope of the opportunity across multiple disciplines.

 

Responsible for internal reporting of Earned Value Management, schedule adherence and performance reporting, resource planning, and schedule forensic analysis over the life of a project.

 

Past Experience

 

The Shaw Group (February 2007 to October 2011)

Schedule Manager

 

Overseeing a Consortium contract to provide nuclear engineering services to build four nuclear power plants in mainland China. The Consortium contract is between The Shaw Group and Westinghouse Electric Company utilizing for the Westinghouse AP1000 design with construction duration of 72 months.

 

Participant in negotiations on Level 2 and Level 3 schedule reporting requirements, schedule metrics, work processes, and interfaces from engineering to procurement, construction and startup.

 

Developer of an Integrated Project Schedule (IPS) which includes engineering, procurement, module fabrication, construction and startup.

 

Preparer of quarterly and monthly schedule variance presentations for client and Shaw management. Provider bi-monthly Primavera schedule updates through an XER import process. Provides a variance reporting of total float that includes root cause and mitigation actions to meet the needs of the client’s procurement, construction requirements and commissioning.

 

Established weekly internal schedule reviews to track schedule metrics, implementation of trends, mid-month earned value reporting, schedule integrity checks and critical path analysis.

 

Supervisor overseeing five schedulers with varying skill sets. Developed three previous entry level schedulers and promoted them into the home office engineering team, off-shore project management office and off-shore startup/commissioning scheduler. 

 

Participates in various China AP1000 workshops, held in Beijing or Shanghai, China to align Consortium engineering and procurement schedules to the client’s needs and contract requirements. Established schedule interfaces as a hand off point of Consortium engineering to client procurement, construction and startup/commissioning.

 

Shaw certified trainer of Primavera, version 6.

 

AREVA Framatome ANP/Duke Engineering & Services/Yankee Atomic Electric Company

 

In December of 1997 Duke Engineering & Services acquired the Nuclear Services Division of Yankee Atomic Electric Company. In May, 2002 AREVA - Framatome ANP purchased DE&S. The following positions are a continuation of the efforts and responsibilities outlined in the Yankee Atomic section outlined below.

 

AREVA / Framatome ANP

Senior Project Controls Specialist for the Projects Office12/00-02/07

 

Perform project scheduling/planning of major component replacements for nuclear power plants; domestic and international. The project schedules include: project management, design, analysis, engineering, licensing, procurement, fabrication(domestic and international), delivery and installation of: replacement reactor vessel head (Diablo Canyon/Turkey Point/St. Lucie/DC Cook/Calvert Cliffs/ANO), replacement Pressurizer (St. Lucie & Millstone), permanent canal seal plate (Millstone), independent spent fuel storage installations (YAEC, CY, Duke Energy, MY, Constellation, etc.).

 

Performed various project management functions such as: monthly status reports to vice president of AREVA, Earned Value Reporting, direct client contact, Invoice reconciliations, cash flow forecasting, participated in risk review meetings, contract change order tracking, development of work breakdown structure for existing and future work and provides variance explanations of actual costs to the planned construction budget as well as schedule variance.

 

Performed project controls activities at various construction sites.

 

Duties include earned value analysis, cash flow forecasting, management reporting, examination/tracking/maintaining of the overall construction schedule, provides variance explanations of actual costs to the planned construction budget as well as schedule variance.

 

Prepared proposal activities: Schedules, Cost Estimates, and Work Breakdown Structure for proposed projects.

 

Participated on teams that have reviewed/presented/developed better reporting methodology for tracking the performance of projects based upon the use of the Direct Operating Margins. This methodology required changes to various tools and procedures maintained within DE&S. Provided training of all the impacted procedures at various DE&S office locations and updated internal documented.

 

Manager of Project Controls and Reporting for the Nuclear Group 4/99-12/00

 

Develops, maintains, and supports the necessary business tools, processes, and programs to support efficient and profitable performance of the Nuclear Group. Through the use of report writing tools (CP Reports), Primavera, project managers are provided various analyses so that business decisions can be informatively made based upon Earned Value, Cost Performance Index, Schedule Performance Index, Estimate to Complete and other financial data and reports.

 

Provides automated project reporting for: Project Summary Report, Unbilled/Deferred Revenue Analysis, Aged Receivable Greater than 60 Days, Revenue versus Costs, download file to Primavera, etc.

 

Established internal project controls that will allow for: tracking actual revenues and cost against Not To Exceed values, annual budgets, consistent project setup procedures, lower the number of days an invoice is outstanding, expedited/automated the invoice process.

 

A team member chartered to gain efficiencies and automation for Project Management through improvements in all the financial processes. This team has reviewed Project Setup, Project Closeout, Time and Expense Entry, Revenue Recognition, Invoice Generation through Issuance, Project Financial Report Generation and Accounts Receivable Review.

 

Provides effective national leadership; promotes employee development, morale, teamwork, and motivation, thinks and acts strategically; effectively organizes and plans work activities.

 

Business Analyst12/97-4/99

 

This position is in charge of all internal reporting for DE&S Northeast Region, which includes development of project management tools, automation of the monthly invoice process, supervise project management staff, report to home office forecasts of revenue and profitability, and implementation of Costpoint Financial systems.

 

Utilize CP Reports to perform powerful querying, reporting and database updating tools.  Design, run and distribute reports and forms to end-users. CP Reports is a report writing tool integrated with DELTEK’s financial accounting package.

 

Oversee the maintenance of the Project Management databases, to ensure accurate/timely reporting. Provided project schedules through the use of Primavera.

 

Yankee Atomic Electric Company

Internal Reporting Manager 08/94-12/97

 

This position requires a thorough understanding of Yankee’s accounting practices and financial systems.  It combines both the accounting and operating system skills necessary to support the company’s entire financial requirements.

 

Financial Systems

 

Develop strategies for database efficiencies.

Utilize Infomaker software to perform powerful querying, reporting and database updating tools.  Design, run and distribute reports and forms to end-users.

Design, install and implement revenue accounting system.

Train employees on the Oracle system’s capabilities.

Implement the Oracle Relational Database system.

Customize and automate end user reports, utilizing various database-accessing tools.

Maintain the complex overhead coding system, with more than 150 codes.

Implement financial systems to enhance reporting/procedural requirements.

 

Reporting

 

Coordinate quarterly reporting to the Board of Directors and initiated on-line presentations using PowerPoint and Proxima video projection system.

Prepare divestiture schedules for the sale of the Nuclear Services Division.

Responsible for reporting monthly of Engineering Services and Budget Status Report.

Prepare documentation to support $15 to $20 million service contract negotiation.

Develop and administer the annual budget cycle, $150+ million in revenues.

Coordinate and present recommendations for overhead rates and accounting methodologies to Budget and Planning Committee.

Supervise and review work prepared by the Financial and Senior Financial Analysts.

Monitor the effect of actual and budget activities on the collections of more than $25 million of payroll and indirect overhead costs.

Prepared annual filings: FERC Form 1 and SECU13-60

Review and approve customer invoices.

 

Project Accountant 10/92-08/94

 

Implemented FASBE financial accounting software systems.

Prepared job-costing estimates.

Created Budget Status Report, Engineering Service Report and Financial Statements.

Prepared documentation for company’s rate filing with the FERC.

 

Investors Bank and Trust Company

Senior Accountant10/90-10/92

 

Monthly preparation of Statement of Condition, Report of Earnings and Treasurer’s Report.

Daily review of general ledger transactions, and average daily balance.

Summary of earnings by department for use by the company officers.

Balance sheet requirements for capital ratios and CEBA limitations.

Annual preparation and revisions to the corporate budget.

Conversion from a mainframe computer system (McCormack and Dodge) to a wide area network that utilizes MAS90 accounting software from State of the Art.

Created reports to satisfy the needs of managers for accurate explanation of variances.

 

Voicetek Corporation

Corporate Accountant02/89-08/90

 

Budget, forecasting, audit assistance, accounts receivable, monthly financial closing, inventory.

 

Acton Corporation

Corporate Accountant02/87-02/89

 

Monthly closing of accounting books.

Monitoring of inventory and supervising personnel in two locations.

Responsible for monthly reconciliation of fixed assets, AR, AP, cash accounts, prepaid and accruals.

Preparation of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) quarterly and annual reporting.

Prepared analysis of cash flow, income statements, and balance sheets.

Budgets for Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

Education and Training

 

BS, Mgmt and a Minor in Computer Science, Univ. of Lowell, Lowell, MA 1985

PMP Boot Camp Training Fall 2012

Business Management Program, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, 1996

DELTEK: Costpoint, CP Reports

COGNOS: Impromptu Web Reporting

Oracle: Project Accounting, Financials

Powersoft:  Fast Track to PowerBuilder & InfoMaker

Optimizing Transact-SQL – Adv’d Programming Techniques & Essence of  SQL

Financial Applications: Oracle Financials from Oracle, Costpoint from DELTEK, FASBE from ISI, Real World, Platinum, MAS90 from State of the Art

Development of Internal Web Pages for Oracle User Groups

How to Develop and Administer a Budget, 1997

How to Think and Speak on Your Feet, 1996

 

Scheduling Related Training

 

Primavera trainer within the Shaw Group organization

Primavera P6 Project Management - Release: 7.0 SP2 (Super User)

Acumen – Schedule Analytic Software – Fall 2012

Primavera Enterprise 4.0 myPrimavera - February 9, 2005

Primavera Enterprise 4.0 Project Manager - June 21-22, 2004

Primavera Project Planner for the Enterprise 3.5 Course P102 Planning and Controlling with P3e - August 7-8 & 11, 2003

Primavera Project Planner for the Enterprise 3.5 Course P106 P3e Advanced Topics - April 5-6, 2004

Primavera Project Planner - 601 & 602 - August 13-17, 2001

Primavera – Managing Project Data - 603