TARA L THOMAS

8430 Streamview Dr. Apt. E

Huntersville, NC28078

 724-462-5600 – Cell

E-mail – tara.thomas01@yahoo.com

 

CURRENT AS OF: 01/2016

 

OBJECTIVE

 

To obtain a position as a Project Scheduler and utilize previous work experience and training obtained through Artemis ProjectView and/or Primavera P6 Scheduling.

 

EDUCATION

 

   2010 Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA

Associates’ Degree – General Studies

Specialization: Computers

 

  2008 Simplex GroupPittsburgh, Pa

Primavera Project Management with P6: Basic Module - Certificate

 

2008                 Simplex Group       Monroeville, PA

Primavera Project Management with P6.1: Advanced Module for Project Managers – Certificate

 

2009Simplex GroupPittsburgh, Pa

Primavera Project Management with P6: Basic Module - Certificate

 

                                      Hopewell Senior High School               Aliquippa, PA

Diploma - 2000

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

10/2015 to 01/2016

Gaea Global Technologies    Charlotte, NC

Google - Gfiber

Primavera Project Consultant 

Charlotte Gfiber - Telecommunications

·    Performed extensive validations on 23 construction projects, totaling 15,960 activities on a weekly basis. 

·    Updated 10 Control projects including - Planned Units, Planned Cost and Actual Cost.

·    Imported XML files from the customer to our P6.

·   Performed analysis on 23 schedules for open ends, invalid constraints (invalid per the contractual guidelines), out of sequence activities, invalid progress within the activities.

·   Participated in one on one interaction with the customer regarding P6 schedules.

·   Created a 5-8 page Executive Summary on a weekly basis showing detailed information which included a 3 week look ahead, Critical Activities, Cost, Payment Milestones, Upcoming Payment Milestones (2 weeks), Resources and Materials.

·   Received Monthly baselines and performed analysis to ensure the customer was within the contract.

·   Created baselines on a weekly basis and compared to the current dates.

·   Other Functions within P6 include: Summarizing projects and storing period performance.

 

 

 

03/2014 to 10/2015

ESG, Int.    Huntersville, NC

McGuire Nuclear Station

Work Control – Project Scheduler 

FUKUSHIMA PROJECT

·    Participated in scheduling efforts for the Fukushima Upgrade Project using Artemis ProjectView (PV).

·   Lead Schedule reviews for all 22 EC’s for U1 and U2 upgrades, including task durations, resources amounts, predecessors and successors, outage windows, sequencing, calendars.

·    Understands and utilizes Nuclear Asset Suite (NAS) to download crew schedules and work order tasks. Read work orders for logic scheduling purposes.

·    Download tasks into PV from NAS.

·  Maintain tasks for online work schedules in PV

·     Work closely with crew supervisors, project managers, engineering, and project planners for logic sequencing, schedule building and schedule maintenance.

·    Participate in team/project meetings

·    provided re-fueling outage support for MMP outage scheduling

·    Reviewed Resource Histograms on resource leveling for outage crews.

·    provided daily/weekly schedules in Microsoft Excel for the project team.

·    Provided burn-down data for burn-down curves used by management for man     hours and schedule progress/issues.

             

 

02/2011 to 2/2014

ESG, Int.    Huntersville, NC

McGuire Nuclear Station

Implementation Scheduler – McGuire Major Projects 

·    Gained experience in Artemis ProjectView (PV) as a scheduling tool on a daily basis.

·    Understands and utilizes Nuclear Asset Suite (NAS) to upload schedules and read work orders for scheduling purposes.

·    Load tasks into PV from NAS.

·  Maintain tasks for online work schedules in PV

·  Builds logic diagrams in Primavera P6 for online projects

·       Works with crew supervisors for task support, if needed

·       Participate in team/project meetings

·    Provided outage support for MMP outage scheduling

·  Move tasks from MMP hold projects to MMP schedules

·  Work with IM’s to build logically tied Implementation schedules

 

 

 

03/2009 to 01/2011

Ansaldo STS, USA   Pittsburgh, PA

Project Planner

·    Developing and maintaining logically integrated engineering,   

manufacturing, and Installation schedules.                         

·  Exporting skills from Primavera P6.2 to Primavera P3.1. Modify Primavera P3.1 to meet customer expectations.

·  Importing skills from Microsoft Project into Primavera P6.2.     

·       Developed Baseline schedules to track the variance from the beginning to the end of the project.

·       Developed Proposals for future work.

·       Perform bi-weekly and/or monthly updates to track project costs and performance on the project.

·       Analyze critical paths for the project team.

·       Complete Customer Submittals according to the project specification.

·       Perform one-on-one customer calls and face to face meetings on-site.

·       Resource load all project schedules, including units, costs and track them on a monthly basis.

·       Prepare costs to complete on a quarterly basis for the project team as well as management.

·       Project Experience:

-         Shanghai Line 2 EE-WWE

-         Shenyang Line 1

-         Chengdu  Line 1

-         Shenyang Line 2

-         Xi’an Line 2

-         Hangzhou Line 1

-         PATH – Port Authority Trans Hudson

 

 

08/2008 to 03/2009

High Bridge Associates, Inc.         

Westinghouse Energy Center - Nuclear Division AP1000 Projects                                     Monroeville, PA

Planning Specialist – Nuclear Engineering Projects

·        Planning and Scheduling for AP1000 Projects including Engineering Schedules, Domestic and China Projects.

·        Scheduled using Primavera P5 until the transition of Primavera P6.1 took place.

·        Participated in the China Recovery Plan and Schedule Integrity Issues for maintaining Instrumentation and Control Systems (I&C).

·        Issued/created reports for Leads and Managers on Daily Reporting for Schedule Integrity Issues using Microsoft Excel; including Data Date Riders, Open Ends, and Out of Sequence Activities for China Specific Projects, Domestic Projects and the Engineering Project.

* Excel – Pivot Tables, Vlookups, Charts, Graphs,                          Tables.

·        Built the Inspections, Test, and Analysis Acceptance Criteria Schedule (ITAACS) from the EPS (Enterprise Project Structure) to a total of 1,609 activities to prepare ITAACS to be linked out to Domestic Projects, as well as working closely with the NRC.

·        Consistently updates the ITAACS Schedule for monthly NRC meetings.

·        Conducted a training workshop of 26 people regarding the ITAACS, including but not limited to; topics discussed was a sample schedule, ITAACS facts, project specific activity codes, notes to resources, links, NRC facts.

·        Completed Schedule Change Proposal’s and 4-week Look Ahead reports for weekly/daily Schedule updates.

·        Worked on the most complex Schedule in the world; the AP1000 Engineering Schedule currently has 16,000 activities.

·        Completed the Introduction to PWR (pressurized water reactor) training course.

 

 

07/2003 to 08/2008

Balboa Life and Casualty Insurance Company

Outbound Customer Service Rep.

Coraopolis, PA

 

 

 05/2002 to 05/2003

Kaufmann’s Department Store, Inc

Sales Associate

Robinson, Pa

 

 

07/2000 to 05/2002

Pizza Hut Corporation

Waitress

Aliquippa, Pa

 

 

PERSONAL SKILLS

 

·       Ability to quickly adjust to a new environment and required skill levels.

·       Effective working alone or in a team environment.

·       Exceptional ability to quickly master new work assignments.

·       Eager to learn new skills.