312 Uhdali Place Loudon, Tennessee 37774

Phone: 865-635-1618

E-mail: twharrison1122@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Objective

Objective includes obtaining a senior level project controls position in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and commissioning areas where demonstrated skills and experience will contribute to profitable operations for the company. Career goals include being a major factor of a project team leading to positive job achievements and successful and safe project completions.

 

Career profile

An accomplished professional with comprehensive experience and knowledge of project controls that can assist in engineering, procurement, outage, construction and commissioning planning phases with experience in Nuclear, Fossil Fuels, and Petro-Chemical projects. Proactively assess progress trends and completion forecasts, and provides solutions to mitigate unfavorable circumstances or to optimize project objectives. Other skills include project planning and estimating for initial project / program schedule development. Management and Supervisory experience in project and organizational based teams.

 

Skills summary

v        Performs schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities

v        Performs data analysis, identifies problems, and makes recommendations

v        Assists in the development and execution of earned value trending and reporting

v        Supervises and provides technical direction for planning / scheduling and cost engineering when delegated

v        Assists in developing unit man-hour and pricing data for specific disciplines or other specialties, including estimating parameters, factors, indices, productivity and craft distribution reference data, etc. based on analysis of industry experiences

v        Develop and Deploy Project / Program Earned Value Management Systems

v        Monitors schedule deviation / proposes corrective actions for project variances

v        Assists in the development of KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators)

v        Assists in the development of Project Deliverables (Internal / Customer based)

v        Develops quantity release or installation curves for assigned disciplines or specialties

v        Executive Level / Project Level Dashboard Development

v        Assists in leveling decisions

v        Assists in cash flow reporting / leveling

v        Performs deliverable / quantity manpower loading for assigned schedules & projects

v        Develops expert level custom Crystal Reports

v        Advanced Excel / VBA / Code Query Builder / Automated Metric Development

 

Positions Held

October 2012 - Present

Tennessee Valley Authority / Nuclear Power Group Chattanooga, TN

Senior Project Controls Specialist - Lead Analyst for NPG / BFN NFPA 805 Program

Developing Program processes and Project Controls Strategies for Implementation utilizing Earned Value Management and Risk Analysis for On-line and Outage MODS Implementation. Related responsibilities include:

v        Monitor and Forecast Costs against the approved funding package

v        Monitor and forecast costs against the yearly budget

v        Develop and monitor project schedules to assure committed dates

v        Manage resources to assure required work is accomplished on schedule and within Budget

v        Develop / Implement Vendor Project Controls Terms & Conditions

v        Manage contingent workforce needed to complete the NFPA 805 Transition Projects

v        Manage the various managed task contracts with the NFPA 805 vendors

v        Develop change management / implementation plan to minimize the negative impact of Program Roll-out     and Execution

Primarily manage the scope, schedule, and costs associated with the approved projects

Experience with schedules in excess of 10,000 + activities. Advanced Oracle Primavera P6 vers. 7 Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, Maximo, and Cognos software programs utilized

 

March 2012—August 2012

Tennessee valley authority / watts bar nuclear station

spring city, Tennessee

lead project controls coordinator- developed and implemented methods for performance monitoring, reporting, analysis, and trend assessment. Facilitate programs to ensure establishment and analysis of specific operational and process improvement plans used for goal setting, estimating project plans, performance indicators/targets, benchmarking, and trending, including tracking daily cost/progress/earned value/CPI/SPI, spend plans and EACs. Coordinate Engineering A/E contracts, monitor contract expenditures for usage trends, assist in the process of issuing new contracts, amending existing contracts, and resolve questions, issues, etc. Lead/manage the process ensuring the integrity of the process, resolving pending/outstanding requests, reconciling encumbrances and pending tasks with IBS as required. Experience with schedules in excess of 10,000 + activities. Primavera P3 and Advanced Oracle Primavera P6 version. 7 Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, PeopleSoft, Maximo, Business Objects, and Passport software programs utilized.

 

November 2011- March 2012

Southern Company Nuclear operating – Birmingham, Alabama

Contracted ESS Primavera / Maximo Nuclear Fleet Analyst for Daily On-line and Outage Scheduling. Responsible for fleet analysis of work and asset management scheduling supporting three (3) operating nuclear stations. Perform analysis of schedule baselines, and producing forecast analysis reporting. Develop tracking and trending of project status; anticipate problems and ADVISES team of issues / metric development; perform variance and critical path analysis. Responsible for developing Fleet Performance Indicators for Fleet Scheduling performance areas such as Scope Stability in T-minus timeframes, Emergent Work, Schedule Adherence, and Schedule Stability according to INPO Standards 97-005, AP-928, and AP-925.  Act as a consultant to the project team for scheduling and work management issues. Experience with schedules in excess of 15,000 + activities. Advanced Oracle Primavera P6 vers. 7 Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, PeopleSoft, Maximo, Business Objects, and Passport software programs utilized

 

 

May 2011—october 2011

Mitsubishi nuclear energy systems – fort mill, south Carolina 

Lead Project Scheduler for the North Ana Unit 3 USAPWR Project. Ensure that the Project Master Schedule complies with Contractual and Quality Control / Quality Assurance programs and procedures. Developed and maintained Project Controls processes and desktop guidelines for all in-house and subcontractor partners. Responsible for the adherence and utilization of the project Work breakdown and Cost breakdown components and usage. Attention to detail including critical path analysis, work flow analysis, resource leveling and cash flow analysis (SAP), but not limited to the following; Planning, coordinating, and managing all schedule and control activities on multiple projects using Primavera Project Manager, 6.0 version7, Interface with various internal and external stakeholders on project planning and scheduling related items and functions including reporting requirements, progress reporting, earned value, and key project deliverable trending. Represent project team in team meetings with project stakeholders as required regarding project performance related to schedule and controls. Experience and analysis with project schedules in excess of 100,000 + schedule activities. Perform additional assignments as directed

 

February 2011 – may 2011

areva nap NSSS tennessee valley authority – Bellefonte nuclear station Hollywood, Alabama

Site Lead Scheduler – NSSS Programs / Projects         

Lead Scheduler capacity for work in a very large program including multiple projects and contracts. Plans and advises on implementation strategies for new projects within the program. Monitors and analyses the project plans, mobilization of manpower, schedules, progress, and resources utilization and recommends corrective actions. Ensures that the planning and scheduling documents such as, master schedules, progress reports, and PROGRESS Metrics (Earned Value) and bar charts are prepared properly and in accordance with contractual time schedules and frequencies by consultants / contractors. Prepares the planning formats and scope of work with respect to program control. Reviews project execution strategies and implementation schedules for new projects developed by the project team and advice on logic, duration and mode of implementation. Identifies and reviews the critical and sub-critical activities and their impact on the project schedules. Monitors the reported progress of consultants/contractors and ensures that the reports accurately reflect the actual performance and productivity.  Oracle Primavera 6.1 version 7 utilized, along with Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe and SAP programs.

 

November 2010 – february 2011

duke energy / oconee nuclear station seneca, south carolina

Oconee Major Projects Group – Main Steam Isolation Valve Replacement (MSIV) Lead Scheduler

Responsible for the detailed schedule development, analysis and preparations for weekly updating cycles for the Engineering, Design, and Installation of the Main Steam Isolation valve project (MSIV) for all three units. Responsibilities include preliminary project cost / WBS, and detailed schedule development. Developed multi discipline schedules for modifications and refueling outage windows in accordance with applicable procedures and scheduling guidelines.  Member of the Major Projects Group Earned Value implementation team. EPC project estimate  +/- $420-450 million price range. Experience with schedules in excess of 6,000 plus activities. Primavera 3.1 and Oracle Primavera 6.1 utilized, along with Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe programs.

 

 

 

November 2009 – november 2010

Bechtel Power Services  / nuclear division  spring city, tennessee

Watts Bar U2 Completion Project – Senior Project Controls Engineer

Supported overall planning & schedule development, analysis and reporting efforts for the project. Participated in the integration of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction schedules. Lead planning and coordinating schedule interfaces with the owner, vendors and subcontractors. Supported the timely preparation and update of detailed execution schedules, resource utilization plans and progress tracking systems. Supported the integration of all activity sequences & logic with the total project plan. Supports accurate schedules, resource, quantities, progress, and performance reporting. Continually monitored critical and near critical path work and identified issues for mitigation. Proactively assessed progress, completion forecasts and provides solutions to mitigate schedule delays or to optimize project completion. Evaluated project progress against historical indicators and provides management with comparative analysis. Supported the implementation of scheduling & progress metrics and monitoring systems.  Primavera 3.1, P5, and P6.1 software utilization, along with Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, Business Objects, Maximo, and SAP software programs utilized. Experience with schedules in excess of 50,000 + activities.

 

march 2009 – november 2009

alstom power services  / suwanee, georgia  

Senior Regional Project Controls Coordinator

Responsible for the development and periodic re-assessment of the overall project controls framework; to ensure that sufficient financial, operational, and compliance related controls are in place to mitigate project risks. Perform various activities regarding the development and analysis of project budgets and forecasts.  Perform budget versus actual variance analysis.  Prepare responses to complex data requests in terms of Earned Value Metrics, and overall Project Schedule and Financial status. Develop, recommend, and implement methodologies to create and maintain project budgets and forecasts as per approved project baselines. Responsible for the development and implementation of Project Controls applications, processes, guidelines, and procedures for Regional and District offices along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Advanced Primavera P3, P6,  Lotus, Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, Timberline, and JD Edwards software programs utilized.

 

march 2008 – march 2009

FirstEnergy Generation Corporation  / corporate hq Akron, Ohio  

Senior Outage Project Controls Coordinator

Developed and monitored multi discipline schedules for modifications and refueling outages.  Experience with schedules in excess of 40,000 + activities. Outage Scheduling: Primarily worked with the planning, clearance coordination, maintenance, engineering and operations work window managers to determine the best effort in maximizing resources during the scheduled outage. Lean & Six Sigma practices utilized. Advanced Primavera 3.1 and P5, Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, PeopleSoft, Maximo, Business Objects, SAP, and Passport software programs utilized.

 

January 2006 – march 2008

Allegheny Energy Supply   Greensburg, Pennsylvania  

Senior Site Outage Project Controls Coordinator- Outage Work Management Group

Responsible for providing total cost and schedule control support for coal-fired power station outages for capital and special maintenance projects; implementing cost and schedule control processes for maintenance outages, programs and projects; and served as lead controls person who coordinated work with power station management, contractors, engineers and support personnel. Advanced Primavera 3.1 and P5, Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, PeopleSoft, Maximo, Business Objects, SAP, and Passport software programs utilized. Experience with schedules in excess of  10,000 + activities.

 

janaury 1999 – november 2005

American Electric Power Service Corporation  Columbus, Ohio 

Senior Scheduling Coordinator – Outage and Maintenance Planning Group

Responsibilities include the overall program status responsibility for internal project planning /scheduling functions on plant engineering and major environmental projects. Schedule plans include engineering, procurement, construction / outage and commissioning plans as integrated subprojects. Identification of engineering, procurement, and outage / construction trends for impact on projects critical path. Co-Chair for the implementation of performance measurement analysis on corporate levels (Cost Performance and Schedule Performance Indices). Responsibilities also include constant interface between engineering, project management, plant operations and construction management and related disciplines to facilitate and report project status. Advanced Primavera and P3e, Lotus, Excel, Access, Power Point, Adobe, Maximo, PeopleSoft, CTR, Business Objects, Passport and Microsoft Project software programs utilized.

 

june 1990 – june 1996

Fluor Nuclear Services Greenville, South CAROLINA

Pipefitter /Welder on domestic refueling and Maintenance Outages

 

june 1984 – may 1990

Duke Power Company / McGuire Nuclear Station   Cornelius, North Carolina

Pipefitter /Welder – Construction & Maintenance Division North (CMD)

 

Education and Certifications

1984 Graduate – Buffalo Putnam Senior High School Buffalo, West Virginia

Plumbers and Pipe fitters Joint Apprenticeship Training Program Charlotte, North Carolina

 

Duke Power Company / McGuire Nuclear Station

Cornelius, North Carolina

v        Nuclear Power generation training program

v        Various maintenance training programs

v        Basic radiation worker training program

v        Maintenance planning techniques

 

 

American Electric Power Service Corporation

Corporate Headquarters Columbus, Ohio

v     Situational Leadership Training phases I and II

v     Supervisory Training Theories sessions I and II

v     Introduction to Project Management Body of Knowledge Principals

 

Critical Business Analysis

Corporate Training and Development

Perrysburg, Ohio

v     User Certification – Primavera P6 project management scheduling software

(102Basic and 106P, 106R Advanced courses)

 

Consultants in Data Processing (CDP)

Charlotte, North Carolina

Advanced training in the following areas; Project Management, Project Controls, Cost Estimating and Cost Accounting solutions.

User certification in P6 advanced theory and scheduling techniques

 

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC)

Akron, Ohio

v     Nuclear Power generation training program

v     Various maintenance training programs

v     Basic radiation worker training program

v     Maintenance planning techniques

v     Outage Planning & Scheduling Oversight             

 

Member – Project Management Institute (PMI) – Currently in study phase for PMP Designation

 

References are available upon request