RICKIE DUPLESSIS

Project Manager | Scheduler | Safety Coordinator

 

Highly skilled, vibrant and self-dedicated professional with broad knowledge and expertise in scheduling, coordinating, project management and clerical expertise for organizational efficiency and productivity improvements. Detail-oriented, analytical and methodical with insightful creative thinking to plan and execute office management, staff relations, and performance evaluation. Solid leadership, people management, and interpersonal communication skills that inspire client confidence, and boost teamwork synergies with colleagues across diverse functional teams in achieving shared commitments.

 

 

§    Strategic Planning & Analysis §    Coordinate Bidding/Planning §    Executive-Level Supervision

§    Tactical Safety Regulations §    Scheduling and Budgeting §    Excellent Communication

§    Administrative Expertise §    Technology Integration §    Problem Solving Skills

 

 

LEON DUPLESSIS & SONS EXCAVATING, INC.Jan 2013 – Present

Primavera P6 Scheduler, Aug 2014 – Present

 

§    Develop and maintain engineering schedules and budgets for several major heavy civil infrastructure clients tracking towards approved project duration and control budget.

 

§    Skillfully create take-offs, develop proposals, scheduling/cost management, as well as coordination of personnel and material/equipment logistics for other ongoing projects private and federal.

 

§    Function with construction detail planning group, engineering, and procurement to ensure the documentation of work performed and alignment with baseline schedule as well as interpretation and integration of all contract requirements.

 

Junior Project Manager, Jan 2013 – Present

 

§    Planning Committee Chairperson (2013-2015): Lead levee-planning project which resulted in successful negotiated contracts with the Corp of Engineers and the private sector companies in Plaquemines Parish for three consecutive years.

 

§    Proactively mediate between marketing and management to revamp sales revenues, which yielded 86% increase in contracts and a record breaking year of $996,140 net earnings in 2013.

 

§    Negotiate contracts for infrastructure projects, involving planning, bidding, scheduling, and finalized completion dates; oversee heavy infrastructure projects with FEMA, Philips 66, Chevron, US Corp of Engineers, parish & state governments.

 

§    Coordinate bidding, planning, scheduling, and sales of aggregates to stall hurricane protection ring levee at Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery; handled administration activities that included due diligence, inspecting documents/executed contracts.

 

NOV/NFL Project Plaquemines Parish non-federal Levees ProjectApr 2013

 

The Army Corps of Engineers levee enlargement for the west bank of Plaquemines Parish that raised 20 miles section of non- federal levees.

Here is an article in the newspaper about the project.

http://www.plaqueminesparish.com/uploads/CZM/August2014.pdf

 

FEMA Recovery Roads Program Project No. 2012-FEMA - 9A - 4BJul 2015

 

City of New Orleans Department of Public Works Lower ninth Ward- Quad 3

Pavement only Paving pw. No. 17156

 

Sandpit Manager, Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

 

§    Productively introduced, planned, and executed the design and development of innovative and experienced Miner Training Programs in-line with the Mine Health and Safety Administration Guidelines.

§    Functioned as Buyer Representative of transactions valued of $1,000,000, which was achieved on-time, under budget and resulted in an increase throughput of 20%.

§    Adeptly conducted daily inspections to ensure compliance with safety regulations/company standards and maintained monthly operational financial reports and presented the same to Senior Management during weekly operations meetings.

§    Prearranged monthly task training sessions on heavy civil infrastructure equipment and administered hazardous training tests to ensure adhesion of knowledge.

§    Created a site specific joint venture awareness program to address potential hazards on the job site; complied financial data to create quarterly budgets & expense reports; additionally coordinated with supply chain management and vendors.

 

ELECTRONIC ARTS (EA Sports), Baton Rouge NATCJan 2009 – Aug 2009

QA Tester

 

§    Successfully created or maintained database of known test defects, more overly developed testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.

§    Competently identified, analyzed, and documented problems with program function, output, online screen, or content; and in addition, monitored bug resolution efforts and track successes.

 

 

Primavera P6 Professional 8.3 – CEUs = 1.95 PDUs =19.5

 

Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, 2012

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA

 

Achievements & Leadership

 

Plaquemines Parish Business & Industry Committee Member, 2015

Phillips 66 Advisory Committee Panelist, 2013 – 2015

United States Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration Certificate of Achievement in Safety