Michael P. Flanigan

11808 Old Timber Road

Charlotte, NC 28269

Mpflanigan@gmail.com

(704) 281-0911 (home/cell)

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over three and a half years working as a Primavera Scheduler, One year working onsite at a nuclear station and nearly six and a half years in a Project Controls position.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Planet Forward / Southern Company Contractor

Sep 2013 – present

Planet Forward contact:  Ashley Porter    Phone number: 708-505-4087

 

NUCLEAR SCHEDULER

Sep 2013 – present

Hours worked: 40 – 45

 

Worked on site at Southern Company (SNC)’s Farley Nuclear to address the NRC’s new requirements resulting from the Fukushima disaster.  Worked with corporate partners to maintain design schedules for Farley’s Fukushima DCPs (Design Change Proposals) in Primavera (P6).  Received status updates from third party contractors and incorporated them into these schedules.      

 

Worked with I&C, Mechanical and Civil Planners to create implementation schedules for the above mentioned DCPs using Primavera (P6) and Maximo.  Created Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) as needed and Resource loaded these schedules with man-hours.  Coordinated with Work Week Management in order to schedule this work according to the T-Week process requirements.  Hired onsite contractors to implement this work while ensuring SNC and APCO (Alabama Power Company) participation when needed. Researched circumstances that would affect these schedules (Equipment outages, nuclear fuel delivery, etc.) and mitigated against them.  Worked with procurement to ensure parts arrived in a timely manner.  Confirmed schedule aligned with Cost

 

Worked with Farley and Corporate Cost Analysts to ensure cost aligned with schedule.  Mentored Cost Analysts in scheduling using P6.  Performed other duties as needed.

 

Allied Staff Augmentation Partners, Inc (ASAP) / Duke Energy Contractor

Dec 2011 – Aug 2013

ASAP contact:  Darcy Brown   Phone number: 704-544-9000

 

Spherion (Bought out by Randstad Engineering) / Duke Energy Contractor
Mar 2008 – Dec 2011
Spherion contact: Erika BrumanaPhone number: 704-373-3772

 

SCHEDULER / PROJECT CONTROLS

Jan 2011 – Aug 2013

Hours worked: 42 - 55

 

Worked on site in Duke Energy’s Nuclear Development (ND) group.  Maintained the ND project schedules for the proposed Lee Nuclear Station using Primavera (P6).  Employed Critical Path Method (CPM) in managing these schedules.  Established and maintained the project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) for these projects, established new project nodes (schedules) and obtained schedule updates from NPD teammates.  Established and maintained global, enterprise and project schedule codes.  Added new activities with appropriate codes and logically tied these activities to establish predecessor and successor relationships.  Integrated MS Project schedules from contractors into Duke’s P6 schedules.  Generated reports based on the above-mentioned codes (Six month look-ahead, organizational reports, etc.) with new and established filters.  Presented a three-month look-ahead schedule to management monthly.  Used Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint to maintain project timelines (High-Level, Permitting, and a 16 foot timeline). Perform necessary schedule back-ups by exporting .XER files. 

 

Maintained all three NPD Collaboration sharepoints.  Created new document libraries, lists and established the RSS feeds for the sites. Created various sharepoints for groups internal and external to Duke Energy.  Managed permissions and provided oversight to ensure documents were stored properly.  Created new workflows to improve Site Specific Engineering (SSE) reviews.  Worked to ensure those reviews were completed and transmitted back to Duke Energy subcontractors on time.  Tracked performance on various measures across several Excel spreadsheets.  Produced graphs and charts to show this performance.  Researched topics and searched for documents as requested.

 

Spherion (Bought out by Randstad Engineering) / Duke Energy Contractor
Spherion contact: Erika BrumanaPhone number: 704-373-3772

 

PROJECT CONTROLS
Mar 2008 – Feb 2011

Hours worked: 35 - 45

 

Worked on site in Duke Energy’s Nuclear Plant Development (NPD).  Managed a database containing commitments between Duke Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), assisted in crafting cost projections for the multi-billion dollar proposed Lee Nuclear station, leveraged Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), tracked responses to the NRC to monitor performance on multiple excel spreadsheets, produced graphs and charts to show this performance, copy edited chapters in the Combined Operation and License Application (COLA), created links in spreadsheets to quickly access project documents, created and maintained a new file structure for NPD, produced specially painted CD/DVD disks, scheduled meetings, indexed old archived files, searched third party databases for information and researched various topics as requested. 

 

Today’s Staffing (Bought out by Spherion)

Sep 2007 – Dec 2007

Spherion contact: Erica BrumanaPhone number: 704-373-3772

 

CLERK

Hours worked: 30 - 40

 

Worked on site in one of Duke Energy’s accounting departments.  Organized a hardcopy file library, created a numeric organizational system for another hardcopy file library, scanned documents, inputted data, and delivered mail.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS     

 

Primavera (P3, P5 and P6), MS Project, MS Visio, Word, Excel, Maximo, Passport, Access, Powerpoint, ArcMap, ArcGIS.

 

EDUCATION      

 

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Master of Arts in Sociology, August 2008

GPA 3.758

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, August 2003

GPA 3.548

 

The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy, August 1998

GPA 3.140

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION       

 

Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociological Honor Society), 2003.  Founding member of the Graduate Sociological Association