J. Jay Vidas

 

Planning & Scheduling Analyst IV

 

Highly versatile, innovative, and results-driven Planning & Scheduling Analyst with over 24 years of hands-on experience in the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) arenas.  Proven, successful track-record of scheduling, integrating, managing, and maintaining high-level construction projects in a timely and effective manner.  Eclectic and vast background and skill-set allows for the seamless transition between diverse technological sectors and industries.  Expert collaboration abilities yield fantastic long-lasting relationships with clients, contractors, and government agencies.

 

§    CPM Scheduling §    Change Management §    Strategic Planning/Analysis §    Cost Engineering/Cost Control

§    Estimating §    Training §    Earned Value Management §    New Business Development

§    Adaptable §    Team Leader §    Interpersonal Skills §    Software Proficiency (P3, P6 v6-8.1 and MS Project 2010)

 

 

Black and Veatch Corporation2011 – 2015

Project Controls Specialist / Scheduler

§ Developed and executed the first fully integrated EPC resource loaded level 4 master schedule at Duvha and Kriel power stations in the Republic of South Africa. 

§ Successfully transitioned all outage schedules from standalone P6 and Microsoft Project versions to a web based Primavera P6 version 8.1., which marked the first time Eskom senior management could view real time schedule data at the Kriel power station from their remote offices in Johannesburg, South Africa.

§ Served as team leader in facilitating schedule interfaces between engineering, procurement, and construction.

§ Ensured project plans were developed and rolled out in a proactive, effective, and timely manner in line with industry and corporate outage management principles.

§ Ensured project risks were identified and appropriate control measures put into place and acted upon safely and efficiently.

§ Prepared and utilized the first Outage Control Center (OCC) at a coal fired Power Station from which the outages were coordinated, activities tracked, barriers to success were eliminated, and issues were escalated, tabled, and resolved to achieve outage milestones and goals.

§ Coached and mentored the client’s ten trainee planners in scheduling techniques and tools, primarily using Primavera Project Manager P6 in order to fully integrate numerous contractor schedules into a single master schedule.

§ Through thorough service, developed an excellent working relationship with stakeholders and customers.

 

URS Corporation2006 – 2011

Field Project Controls Manager / Scheduler

§ Created and maintained fully integrated level 3 resource loaded EPC schedules for new construction within the power, petroleum, and petrochemical industries in California, Illinois and Colorado. Also worked on government sponsored projects to remediate nuclear contaminated facilities being decommissioned, dismantled, and demolished in New York.

§ Employed strong leadership abilities with excellent communication and decision making skills to coach contractors with schedule work-around development and mitigation plans.

§ Led the supervision and oversight of project’s EPC contractor project controls services.

§ Assisted cost control personnel with Data migration to and from Prism, Excel, and Primavera.

§ Provided in-depth schedule performance visibility to owners, management, and project teams through metrics, reports, and briefings. 

§ Successfully supervised small teams in order to provide cost control, quantity surveys, and estimating.

§ Participated in walk downs with project engineers to confirm that piping matched Isometrics and P&ID’s in preparation of scheduled hydro tests.

§ Developed mitigation plans to solve construction issues that affected the goals and objectives of projects.

§ Served as Lead Scheduler for Power and Distribution Projects for over a year under extreme and harsh conditions while at Camp Victory and The Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.

 

Tetra Tech EC, Inc.2005 – 2006

Project Controls Engineer

§ Created and maintained the EPC schedules for an average of ten commercial building construction projects on a monthly basis for the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) projects in the United States, Guam, and Iraq.

§ Assisted the project controls manager and the cost engineer with the corporate cost reporting.

§ Worked effectively with cross functional teams on multiple projects in Iraq simultaneously from the Lakewood, CO office.

 

Amigo Building Corporation / JT Construction Co., Inc.2001 – 2004

Assistant Project Manager / Project Scheduler

§ Developed and maintained level 3 detailed EPC cost loaded schedules on multiple commercial construction projects for the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE), Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Energy (DOE) projects in Texas.  . 

§ Projects consisted of new construction, renovation and repairs of hospitals, dormitories, hangars, storage buildings, shelters, and schools. 

§ Provided accurate and thorough cost estimating assistance to owners and management as required.

§ Served as liaison between customers and cross functional groups to provide continuity and collaboration to meet project goals.

 

Onyx Engineering, Inc.2000 – 2001

Project Cost / Scheduler

§ Developed and maintained an EPC project schedule on a new Amine Unit at Valero Oil Refinery in Corpus Christi, TX

§ Provided estimating assistance when needed.

 

Zachry Construction Corporation 1999 – 2000

Project Controls Representative

§ Maintained all Civil and Structural database management and installed quantity curves at a BASF/FINA, Steam Cracker project in Port Arthur, TX.

 

Project Time and Cost1998 – 1999

Cost Engineer / Estimator

§ Estimated the decontamination, decommissioning and destruction project for DOE / Safe Sites of Colorado's Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging System (PUSPS) Project at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site

 

Kloppenberg & Company1992 – 1998

Project Manager / Estimator

§ Prepared estimates and managed custom stainless steel fabrication projects on restaurants, universities, laboratories, hospitals, airports, stadiums, and residential.

§ Convinced the owner to convert to a computerized estimating system and assisted in its development

 

Seguro Project Services1991 – 1992

Proposal Coordinator / Cost Estimator / Schedule Analyst

§ Prepared estimates and schedules for various commercial building and residential construction proposals.

§ Installed overhead cranes in the Denver Mint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diploma, Aurora Central High School, Aurora, CO

Member of AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International

Certified Scheduling Technician (CST) Certification in Progress

Primavera Project Management (P3 and P6 v6 – 8.1), Claim Digger, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite

 

 

Intelligence Operations Specialist, United States Air Force Reserve, 1991-1998

Intelligence Operations Specialist, United States Air Force, 1987-1991