LARRY NEIDHARDT JR.

 

Telephone: 602-743-8986                                                        15727 Cutten Road

 

Project Controls Specialist and Cost Controller: Broad responsibilities to include project controls, scheduling, proposal coordination, cost controls and revenue analysis in an international business environment.

 

·   Successfully planned offshore energy projects from basis of estimates and fast tracked resources in a safe manner to help contribute to high gross profit margins on several projects.

·   Streamlined international operations by developing resource critical paths and consolidating resources. 

·   Successfully managed and developed budgets for numerous projects.

·   Over ten years of international experience working in different cultures. Europe, Asia and Middleast.

·   Project experience in several sectors to include Aviation, IT, Insurance, Oil and Gas and Energy Utilities.

 

Dedicated degreed Project Controls Specialist with over ten years of experience. Special emphasis on reducing costs and increasing revenue by looking for value in a detailed resource leveled schedule.

 

Pro Active manager who has lead and worked successfully with many people in different cultures.

 

Qualifications:

 

BSBA in Finance Northern Arizona University-Flagstaff, Arizona USA 2002

 

MS Project 2007 MCTS 70-632 Certified, April 2012

 

MS Project 2010 MCTS 70-178 Certified, August 2012

 

MS Project 2013 MCTS 74-343 Certified February 2014

 

Primavera P6 Advanced Course 106-R. Resource Leveling in P6: Houston Texas

 

Primavera Experience: (3.5) years

 

MS Project: (10) years

 

Workfront Attask: (1) year

 

 

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

Loadmaster Engineering/Universal Rigs – Land and Offshore Drilling Rig Manufacturer in Houston Texas. March 2015 to Present. Duties include being the lead project planner for a 3000HP Offshore Modular Drilling Rig. Successfully took over the planning and control of the rig project and built a full project schedule in Workfront Attask that included all of the engineering, construction and offshore commissioning activities of the rig. These actions lead to the rig being delivered on time. Also creates MS Project schedules for customer reporting to their systems. Maintains a critical path of the project at all times. Coordinates engineering drawings between engineering, procurement and manufacturing. Builds proposal schedules. Manages engineering change requests and requests for information. Builds schedules off of General Assembly drawings, to included procurement schedules.

 

 

Dril Quip – Offshore Subsea Drilling Manufacturing Company in Houston Texas. January 2013 to March 2015. Duties included planning subsea wellhead systems and supporting equipment in Primavera P6 Rel 8.1. Maintained and updated over ten thousand lines of activities. Maintained a constant critical path across all sales orders. Supported Dril Quip engineering planning efforts with MS Project 2010. Created proposal schedules for sales department. Creates specialized Primavera layouts and S-Curves for management and customers. Coordinated and Communicated schedule information between engineering, sales, manufacturing and finance. Trained coordinators and schedulers in both Primavera and MS Project 2010.

 

 

Aerotek- IT Services Company in Olympia Washington (Contract position)

October 2012 to December 2012. Project Scheduler: Duties included planning requirements, development, testing and call center operations for a health insurance project for the State of Washington. Successfully developed a schedule with a critical path.

 

 

Hewlett Packard- IT Services Company in Olympia Washington

September 2011 to October 2012

 

Project Analyst: Duties includes maintaining a fully resource loaded schedule in MS Project with over 12 thousand tasks. Estimating project EAC’s and providing cost estimation and coordination of project change request for IT project. Manages project data files in Microsoft Visual Studio. Provides project analysis to include variance analysis and headcount data. Advises project team on Earned Value Analysis and Critical Path Analysis.

 

 

Arizona Public Service (APS) - an energy utility company based in Phoenix, Arizona USA Feb 2011 to August 2011

 

Program Scheduler: Duties included maintaining the project activity network in Primavera P6 and creating reports for management on an IT capital project portfolio. Adding project activity codes, resource loading and identifying project tasks that may be of risk to the portfolio. Created a Primavera activity network template to establish project methodology. Created reports out of Primavera to include headcount and project slippage reports. Coordinated cost reports out of the monthly project reviews and provided feedback to management on review discrepancies.  Created reports to management on ad hoc basis when required. Notified management about project overruns.

 

 

Core Competencies

 

People Management

 

•                                                                                                                                                                          Leads by creating a positive attitude with team members especially in an international environment.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Open communicator and shares data with all members of the team to create an atmosphere where all members are properly informed of the project status.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Active team player that understands change in an organization

 

Workload and Stress Management

 

•                                                                                                                                                                          Well organized and strong ability to perform in a high stress environment with experience in the US military.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Delivers project reports to project managers in a timely manner, allowing management to make positive business decisions.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Takes initiative and goes beyond the standard in an organization.

 

Technical Skills

 

•                                                                                                                                                                          MS Project Expert
•                                                                                                                                                                          Primavera P6. 3.5 Years’ experience with several training classes.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Workfront Attask.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Microsoft Office, to include Excel
•                                                                                                                                                                          Ability to build Cash Flow Analysis from Basis of Estimates
•                                                                                                                                                                          Critical Path Analysis
•                                                                                                                                                                          Exceptionally strong mechanical and technical knowledge gained from a previous career as an aircraft and jet engine technician.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Strong ability to properly sequence mechanical operations of any types and create critical path and identify any safety risks on a project.
•                                                                                                                                                                          GPM and Revenue Analysis.
•                                                                                                                                                                          Expert Knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) ANSI 748 Standards.
•                                                                                                                                                                          POC Accounting Knowledge

 

Cultural Capabilities

 

•                                                                                                                                                                          Understands and quickly learns other cultures
•                                                                                                                                                                          Flexible and adjusts to different time zones
•                                                                                                                                                                          Has traveled extensively to over 30 countries in the world.

 

 

I am single and can relocate to any worldwide location.

I can provide references upon request.

 

Organizations: Association for Advancement of Cost Engineers. Retired U.S Air Force/Air National Guard 1987-2007,   F-16 Engine and Airframe Technician