(973) 626-9520             cvbianchi1973@gmail.com

 

Project Controls Engineer

 

Project Controls, Primavera Scheduling, Earned Value Analysis, Budget Analysis, Project Close Out, Progress Tracking, Cost Control,              Subcontractor Management, Data Management

 

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

• Project Management • Project Controls • Primavera P3, P5, P6
• Airports & Railroad • Power and Utilities • Petrochemical/ Refineries
• Scheduling • Telecommunications • MS Project

• Estimating/Bidding • DOE Remediation

• Costs/Planning • Government Affairs • Multi Task Management
• Business Development • Telecommunications • Permitting 

 

SKILLS & INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

 

PSE&G    South Plainfield, NJ                  January 2013 – Present

Senior Project Scheduler

 

·               Deliver technical/analytical and functional support in the area of project management, project controls, and construction management processes for Delivery Projects & Construction. 

·               Schedule development in a portfolio environment with over 50 ongoing projects in support of the Transformer Life Cycle program.

·               Developed intricate 69kV portfolio schedule/cost matrix, which incorporates 3 major networks, each valued over 200 MM

·               WBS, resource loaded scheduling, cost loaded scheduling, CPM, critical path analysis, target vs. baseline scheduling, and Earned Value Reporting.

·               Hands on coordination with Project Managers, Consulting firms, Contractors, and stake holders.

·               Daily schedule reviews, integration, contingency planning, monitoring of outage dates and durations.

·               Implement standard cost, schedule and risk programs, processes and practices to ensure projects were performed in accordance with approved budgets and schedules. 

·               Established, coordinated and maintained financial data, schedules, estimates, budgets, resources, procurement, risk along with other data within Primavera P6 and other databases for the project portfolio. 

 

 

 

CH2M HILL April 2005 – July 2012

Project Controls Specialist

 

FEMA – Temporary Housing, Athens /Tunkhannock, PA (TDY Assignment)        October 2011 – Jan 2012

 

·               Lead and implemented the construction scheduling and cost control for two main sites with the FEMA Temporary Housing Project in Pennsylvania.

·               Daily monitoring of staffing budgets, schedule creation, and scheduling updates.

·               Reporting on site with construction manager, subcontractors, and management to update budget changes, delays, variances, and scheduling. 

·               Involved in creation and review of Purchase requests to subcontractors as well as invoicing.

·               Weekly comparison of variances between baseline schedule and current working schedule.

·               Consultation with various managers to review, update, and analyse key milestones, critical path, and variances in the project schedule.

·               Staff performance evaluations, day-to-day assignments and setting of priorities.

·               Developed & maintained various status reports to upper management and client and for collection and compilation of data for monthly project status briefing to client.

 

SPRU – Department of Energy, Niskayuna, NY (TDY Assignment)        June 2010 – August 2011

 

·               Development, updating and analysis of various resource loaded schedules for the $100 million demolition, construction, and engineering project in Niskayuna, NY with the DOE. 

·               Assisting and reviewing all stages of the project to insure aspects of scheduling and project controls have been implemented.

·               Communicating with project managers and subcontractors to create and update the project schedule through scope changes, delays, and variances. 

·               Involved in the processing and approval of subcontractor invoices.

·               Accountable for performance measurement using schedule updates and generated various reports as in percentage complete using the EVM method.

·               Hosted weekly review meetings with client, consultants and contractors.

·               Weekly schedule updates and four week look-ahead schedule with critical action items. Weekly comparison of variances between baseline schedule and current working schedule. 

·               Coordination with various managers to review, update, analyse key milestones, critical path, and variances in project schedule.

 

AMTRAK – USA  2008 - 2010

·               Creation, maintenance, and monitoring of project engineering/construction schedule (Primavera 6) and dashboard reports. Operating onsite with Client to continually update project schedules based upon their needs.

·               Monitoring costs associated with project schedule to review, update, and analyze milestones and critical path.

·               Responsible for performance measurement using schedule updates and generated various reports including percentage complete using EVM method.
 

AMGEN—NJ, USA   2005 - 2008
 

·               Monitored daily, weekly, monthly productivity/tracking of labor, material, and other direct cost, including subcontractor for reporting & forecasting estimates to complete project.

·               Evaluated cost associated with work and contract change costs to depict actual projected cash flow.

·               Performed cost analysis to reconcile variances between monthly project cost and billings.

·               Delivered monthly cost analysis reports for use by project management as well as client. Created and update project schedule using Project Primavera from project inception to completion

 

HONEYWELL—Baltimore, MD, USA 2005 - 2010
 

·               Continually monitoring weekly and monthly productivity and tracking of labor, material, and other direct cost, including subcontractor for a continually growing project.

·               Created and maintained project specific budget reports to fit the Clients needs and requests.

·               Evaluated cost associated with work and contract change costs using Project Pricer to depict the actual projected cash flow.

 

EDUCATION

American InterContinental University,  Bachelors of Business/Finance

APPLICATIONS/PROGRAMS

Scheduling Software – Primavera 3, 5, 6, SAP, MS Project, and Primavera Expedition , Primavera CM

Windows – MS Office, all applications including Access , MS Outlook, and Windows XP and Vista.