Tamia J. Jones

(Tammy)

101 County Road 312

Double Springs, AL 35553

Mobile: (205) 272-1253

Email: tammyjeanine1964@aol.com

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE

Apply a vast working knowledge of Project Control techniques and skills to ensure the success of the project, the project team and the customer.

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

·         Over twenty years of experience in project controls

·         Project controls support provided on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), operations, operations and maintenance (O&M), decontamination and decommissioning (D&D); and information technology projects

·         Motivated self-starter requiring limited supervision

·         Ability to lead, mentor and manage to create a cohesive team

·         Excellent skills in cost development, maintenance and analysis

·         Excellent skills in schedule development, maintenance and analysis

·         Working knowledge and experience with the ANSI/EIA standards for Earned Value (EVMS) reporting (748)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

             

Project Scheduler                                                                      Present – December 2013

              Gilbert Consulting Services, LLC.

              Supporting Duke Energy – Robinson Nuclear Plant, Hartsville, SC

 

Currently assigned to the Robinson Nuclear Plant supporting the Fukushima Response Project.  Specific duties consist of development of a Work Breakdown Structure to support schedule development.  Development of schedules (Microsoft Project) to support meeting the program requirements for successful implementation of the Fukushima Response Project.  Review and alignment of the supporting contractor’s schedules (Primavera P6) with the Robinson project due dates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

              Project Controls Consultant                                          November 2013 - June 2011

              Universal Resources, Inc.

              Supporting the Southern Companies – Southern Nuclear Division, Birmingham, AL

 

While assigned at Southern Nuclear supported the Severe Accident Management (SAM) program to prepare and align the Fleet in response to the Fukushima Response Guidelines.  Specific duties consisted of developing an overall Work Breakdown Structure for the SAM program defined by Tier requirements; developing Primavera schedules (p6 schedules) covering the EPC efforts needed to address the Tier requirements and incorporating those schedules into a SAM Primavera Enterprise structure. 

 

Responsibilities consist of preparing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) schedules for the Major Projects division of Southern Nuclear for Cyber Security. 

 

Other key roles include working with the Fire Protection organization to develop a schedule for submittal of the NFPA 805 submittal and implementation at the Farley plant; preparation of the schedule containing pre-outage milestones and necessary Engineering tasks to support upcoming outages; and working to prepare the associated schedules for several Operational and Maintenance funded projects for the Fleet.

 

Senior Project Controls Manager                            November 2010 – June 2011

URS – Energy and Construction

Supporting the Transition for the Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC in Oak Ridge, TN and Lexington, KY

 

Responsibilities consisted of supporting transition activities by developing a resource loaded schedule for transition and completing associated Project Controls transition deliverables.  Those deliverables consisted of development of a Project Control Management System, Project Baseline and the Risk Management Plan for the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Project at Lexington, KY; Paducah, KY and Portsmouth, OH.  The Department of Energy agreed upon using a tailored approach to the ANSI/EIA 748 standard for Earned Value Reporting in the development of the scope, schedule and cost baseline. Additional duties included managing a small project controls staff of five individuals and establishing basic project control standards for reviewing and approving purchase orders, establishment of the spend plan and standard reporting practices.

 

Project Controls Consultant                                          April 2009 – November 2010

SAA Solutions Inc.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), LLC – Savannah River Site, South Carolina

 

Responsibilities consisted of providing Fluor with planning and schedule development support for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects.  Specific duties included leading schedule efforts for the construction of a waste remediation facility and to provide daily schedule support for upgrades to an operational facility. 

 

Project Controls Manager                            December 2004 – March 2009

URS – Washington Division

URS – EG&G Division

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Lagoon Creek Combined Cycle Project – Brownsville, Tennessee

 

Duties included leading and mentoring junior project controls team members; maintaining the construction project schedule and budgets; performing cost and schedule analysis, trending and reporting.

 

Washington Demilitarization Company, LLC - Pine Bluff Chemical Demilitarization Facility – Pine Bluff, Arkansas

 

Responsibilities included leading and managing the project controls organization, with significant emphasis on creating a unified team and growing project control’s skills.  Development of new and enhancement of existing project control’s tools to better support the project team. Maintaining and training project team members on the use of a validated Earned Value Management System.   Additional duties included performing cost and schedule trends and analysis in support of the operations and maintenance of the facility; and developing, reviewing and analyzing cost and schedule data for proposed construction modifications during plant outages. 

 

Senior Project Scheduler/Analyst                            April 2003 – November 2004

SAA Solutions, Inc.

Fluor -  Silos Project at Department of Energy Fernald Site – Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Responsibilities included providing schedule and cost support for the mechanical (DeBra-Kuempel) and electrical (Lake Erie Electrical) contractors constructing the facilities for remediation of the Silos waste.  Duties included resource loading the schedules, tracking actual costs for the two subcontractors and providing Fluor with a forecast to complete each month for the two subcontractors.

 

Project Control Manager                                          April 2002 – April 2003

CH2M Hill Mound Inc.

D&D of the Main Hill Facilities at Department of Energy Mound Site – Dayton, Ohio

 

Specific duties included schedule development, resource modeling, scope management, EVMS reporting, variance analysis and project control procedure development and supervision of Project Control Analysts.  Additionally, extensive schedule reviews were performed on subcontractor schedules for compliance with reporting requirements, critical path analysis and risk evaluations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Controls Consultant                                          April 2001 – April 2002

Informatics Corporation, Inc.

Fluor – Project Controls Oversite Support - Department of Energy Fernald Site – Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Responsibilities included providing scheduling support for the creation and generation of a master/subproject schedule for the site.  The goal of the schedule was to establish the baseline for the completion of the project. Upon completion of the baseline schedule, routine updates and analysis was performed comparing the current project status versus the baseline.

 

Project Control Manager                                          July 1999 – April 2001

BWXTO Inc.

D&D of the Main Hill Facilities at Department of Energy Mound Site – Dayton, Ohio

 

Responsibilities included schedule development through interactive planning sessions, resource modeling, scope management, EVMS reporting, variance analysis, project control procedure development and leading, managing a group of Project Control Analysts. 

 

Project Controls Consultant                                          May 1999 – September 1999

Self-employed

Boston College – Boston, Massachusetts

 

Responsibilities included preparing a schedule for a study team at Boston College researching the changing missions at Department of Energy sites for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).  Duties also included routine tracking and progress reporting.

             

Senior Scheduler/Cost Analyst                            June 1998 – June 1999

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Massachusetts Military Reservation – Cape Cod, Massachusetts

 

Responsibilities included creating master/subproject schedules to track construction efforts and operations- remedial work efforts on various cost plus and firm fixed price contract efforts.  Other duties included maintaining resource loaded schedules, tracking budgets versus actual costs, analyzing costs and schedules and preparing estimates to complete reports for review with management. 

 

Senior Consultant                                          March 1998 – May 1999

Hutton & Associates Inc.

USAA – San Antonio, Texas

 

Provided support for the development of a Project Control Division office for a business unit within USAA.  Specifically, writing and establishment of procedures and guidelines for performing project control functions and detail development of coding structures to be utilized for schedules.

 

Senior Consultant                                          July 1996 – March 1998

Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) – Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas

 

Responsible for performing independent reviews of various contractors project control reports and providing analysis and feedback to the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) on the cost and schedule performance of the contractors.  Other duties included working with AFCEE to prepare a schedule capturing all the remedial work to be performed at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.  Also, was tasked with preparing the Project Control section of the Program Management Plan which is used as the guide for doing business at the base.

 

Project Scheduler                                                        July 1995 – July 1996

Caddell Construction Company, Inc.

Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) – Edgefield, South Carolina

 

Duties included the development and maintenance of the Primavera schedule for tracking construction progress on a medium security prison.  Additional duties included performing day-to-day coordination with the subcontractor’s on the project and prepared the monthly progress payment.

 

Project Control Analyst                                                        April 1993 – July 1995

International Technology Corporation

Wright Patterson Air Force Base - Dayton, Ohio

EG&G Mound – Department of Energy – Mound Site – Dayton, Ohio

 

Duties consisted of performing initial job set-up, work breakdown structure development, budget/resource and schedule development.  Routine progress was performed on the schedules and detail analysis was performed on the cost for forecasting future project costs.  

 

Senior Planner & Cost Analyst                            January 1990 - April 1993

Theta Technologies Inc.

Westinghouse – Department of Energy – Fernald Site – Cincinnati, Ohio

Department of Energy – Piketon Site – Piketon, Ohio

 

Responsibilities included developing resource loaded schedules and tracking progress against the Critical Path Method schedules for completing construction efforts at the Department of Energy Fernald site and performing scheduling efforts for projects at the Department of Energy Piketon site.

 

 

 

 

 

Project Coordinator                                          December 1987 - January 1990

Mitchell Brothers Contractors Inc. - Birmingham, Alabama

 

Duties included preparation of cost estimates and bid packages for construction of light commercial construction projects and custom homes.  Other duties consisted of preparing schedules, tracking progress against the schedules and tracking budgets for completion.

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

December 2004 – March 2009 – URS/Washington Group International

·         Selected to participate in the Leader’s Forum training provided by the Office of the Chair for Washington Group International

·         Selected to participate in the Talent Development Program for two years

·         Lead the Project Controls team to a successful implementation of a new baseline and a “No Findings Integrated Baseline Review” by the Department of Defense – Army Chemical Demilitarization Program

·         Selected to participate on the team that developed an Accelerated Project Controls Leadership Program

·         Recipient of a Washington Group International Lion’s Award for Excellence

·         Lead the Project Control team that developed a new Estimate at Completion (EAC) tool.  The tool was recognized by the company’s Project Review Board as a “Best Practice”.

April 2001 – April 2002 Informatics Corporation

·         Lead the efforts to create an integrated baseline schedule capturing the work scope to be performed at the Department of Energy – Fernald site.  This provided a critical path and end date for the program.

June 1998 – June 1999 Jacobs Engineering Group

·         Worked closely with Senior Jacobs Management to develop resource models and schedule models for all remediation work at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.  The integrated schedule and resource loaded histograms were presented in meetings with the Air Force Center for Excellence (AFCEE).

July 1996 – March 1998 Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

·         Prepared the Project Controls sections of the Program Management Plan for the Massachusetts Military Reservation and conducted the training associated with the plan.

April 1993 – July 1995 International Technology Corporation

·         Recipient of a International Technology Quality Award

 

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Primavera (P6), Primavera Project Planner (P3), Primavera SureTrak, Pertmaster, Winsight, Prism, Cobra, Microframe Project Manager (MPM), Microsoft Project, Word,

Excel, Powerpoint

 

EDUCATION

1987 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama; Bachelor of Science – Building Science