Senior Project Controls/operations Consultant Resume
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SUMMARY:
- Senior Project and Program Management Professional with over 30 years of diversified and extensive hands - on experience in Project Management Operations, Program Management, and Project Controls for complex Engineering and Construction projects. Project experience in new and retrofit Heavy Industrial construction, including Nuclear/Fossil and Combined Cycle/Simple Cycle power plant projects, Water and Wastewater projects, Department of Energy ( Confidential ), and other projects including Environmental Cleanup, and major Civil Construction Projects.
- Broad industry experience with major Architect Engineers, Electric Utilities, Government Agencies, Contractors, OEM Power & Water Equipment Manufacturers, and Cost Management/Project Management Consultants. Comprehensive technical and hands-on experience in all areas of Project and Program Management and Project Controls including:
- PM and Project Control Tools and Process Development
- Development/Management of Project and Portfolio Quality and Performance Metrics
- Development and design of interactive and drill down “Tableau” Portfolio Dashboards
- PM and Project Control Process Development, Simplification and Training
- Project and Portfolio Reporting
- Resource Management (P6 and Tableau Analytics)
- P6 (8.2) Schedule Development for Major Project Proposals/Active Projects
- P6 System Administration, Database Admin and Control Project & User Setup and Support
- Project Controls System Development
- Cost /Schedule System Integration
- Project Deep Dives & Root Cause Analysis
- Project Cost Estimating
- Cost Engineering
- WBS and Cost Coding development
- Estimating Systems development, customization, implementation and training
- Estimating Database development
- Cost Trending, Forecasting and Risk Analysis
- Lessons Learned/Continuous Improvement Processes
- User Training and Implementation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Senior Project Controls/Operations Consultant
Responsibilities:
- ITO Proposal Schedule Development for Fast Power ITO Team
- Development and Manage Ready-To- Ship workflow and Database-insure smooth flow and bottle necks of RTS approval & signoffs during Quarter end push for Title Transfer and Rev Rec
- Development of Tableau 10.1(Workbook/Server) Fast Power Inventory Management reports and analytics utilized by Balance of Plant (BOP) Product Line Manager and BOP Engineering
- Development of Tableau Project level Purchase Order reports and Analytics-reports utilized by Sourcing Leadership, BOP Engineering, and Finance Managers
- Development and Support of Tableau Project Financial reports and analytics (including budget versus expenditures, and I&C) - Requested and utilized by Financial Managers and compiling reports for project reviews
- Development and management of Fast Power SFDC custom reports for ITO Tendering Engineering team.
- Support Fast Power Program Manager by developing Reports and Dashboards for TM2500 Lesson’s Learned / ERS Transition, COQ Reporting, etc.
- Development and Support of My Time reports/tracking for Fast Power Team to insure adherence to budget for RTS vs. OTR Variable resource allowance.
- Support Fast Power Digital Platform team and expand utilization of data to reporting and driving equipment demand and inventory requirements.
- Supporting Sourcing Leadership by digitization of BOP Receiving Workflow and Reporting to eliminate cumbersome manual process for receiving BOP parts, timely payment of suppliers, and adherence to terms & conditions for receiving.
- P6 System Administrator for Aero instance of P6 8.2 EPPM-manage P6 database and security, User and Project Setup and support, and system maintenance. Developed integrated Tableau reporting, Portfolio and Project Reporting to replace multiple reporting platforms
Confidential
Senior Project Controls Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Responsibilities include Cash Management, Cost Control/Forecasting, Cash Planning and tracking, P6 (8.2) L1 Proposal Schedule development, Schedule Progress Update and Reporting-Site Management, and Resource Management of all Aero Projects personnel.
- Developed and implemented Engineering Budget Tracking Tool integrating Excel, Kronos Labor Actuals, with Tableau Analytics
- Developed and implemented Resource Demand/Capacity Model using P6 Resource Loaded Schedules, Tableau Analytics, for Active and Planned projects. Include all PM, Engineering, Project Support and Management resources
- Simplified and enhanced Project Execution and Portfolio Reporting for Aero Distributed Power Projects Globally-replaced PowerPoint and Excel based reports with Tableau Interactive Dashboards integrated directly with P6-PX live database-reporting of major project milestones, project tollgates, site staffing reporting and staffing, etc.
- P6 System Administrator for Aero instance of P6 8.2 EPPM-manage P6 database and security, User and Project Setup and support, and system maintenance. Developed integrated Tableau reporting, Portfolio and Project Reporting to replace multiple reporting platforms
Confidential
Global Project Management Office Leader
Responsibilities:
- Create training programs for specific PM processes training. Insure compliance with ISO9001 standards and maintain Quality Management System. Participate in Internal/Registrar Quality audits and investigations to identify potential deficiencies in growth initiatives or customer centric activities.
- Manage quality metrics and performance including On Time Delivery ( OTD), Net Promoter Score- NPS (based Customer Survey, and Contribution Margin ( Project Profit Margin).
- Implemented cross functional Lessons Learned Project Reviews and Cost/Scope Deep Dives of projects with significant Cost Gain/Loss to determine Root Causes and improvement actions.
- Developed Resource Demand/Capacity Database driven model using MS Access and Excel, and integrated with a projects database “PDIT” containing all active and closed Water projects. PDIT is a Confidential developed SQL database which is integrated with Primavera, and the tool used by PM’s to track Cost and Schedule performance of their portfolio of projects. Confidential Water uses Primavera as its standard Scheduling Tool, which is integrated with SAP-Project Systems (ERP-Project Cost/Financial Management).
- In 2013 focusing on project Cost Management developed and implemented project Cost performance database and Dashboard using the “Tableau” Analytics tool. Dashboard enables users to interactively drill down into critical performance metrics including Cost and Schedule performance including potential and realized Cost/Schedule impacts. Enables PM’s and other functional leaders to drill down into their project portfolio (500+ Active Water Projects) to lower level project details. Dashboard used in monthly project Cost and Financial reviews.
Confidential
Program Manager
Responsibilities:
- As Functional Program Manager in Confidential Energy’s Proposal Management/Estimating organization was Instrumental in developing and operationalizing several new integrated Proposal/Estimating Enterprise-Wide applications. eSumOps is a Confidential developed web-based Financial/Proposal tool for integrating and summarizing financials on all Proposals (Thermal-Combined Cycle/Simple Cycle).
- Key architect in development and implementation of a customized and integrated Success Enterprise Estimating application, used by Confidential Power Globally for development of complete Power Plant Estimates/Proposals.
- Success Enterprise and eSumOps were integrated with MS Project to provide a complete financial and detailed estimate of power plant projects.
- Success and eSumOps have since simplified and integrated with Primavera.
Confidential
Program Controls Manager
Responsibilities:
- Senior Level Manager reporting to Program Manager. Phase I of $2.8 Billion Dollar Airport Expansion Program.
- Responsible for Technical and Management leadership of Cost, Schedule, Finance, Document Control, and Reporting Functions.
- Lead implementation of an integrated Confidential (Electronic Program Controls) system.
Confidential
Senior Project Controls Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Managed development, implementation, and user training of several key cross functional processes and tools i.e. Estimating Process/Tools, EWBV (Early Warning Budget Variance i.e.”Cost Trending”), Lessons Learned, eSumOps, PROMIS, ePass, Estimating Tool Upgrade, etc..
- Provided Leadership to multifunction team members and direct reports (including Programmers and Senior Consultants as required), including members from Estimating, Proposals Engineers, Proposal Managers, Engineering, Finance, Project Controls, Planning/Scheduling, Information Management, Six Sigma Managers/Black Belts, e-Business.
Confidential
Senior Project Controls Consultant / Cost Engineering Manager
Responsibilities:
- Developed Project Controls organization, including staffing, system development, and training.
- Developed and implemented an "Activity Based Costed" Integrated Budgeting/Planning Process and tools. Integrated Cost and Schedule Tools consisted of Success Estimator, Primavera, and a Confidential Cost Management Tool.
- Provided training to Engineering, Project Management, and Project Controls Team members, related to improved Project Planning and Budgeting Processes.
Confidential
Senior Project Controls Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Provided Leadership, Process/System training, Organization and Staffing support. Team members consisted of 6-10 Senior Level Estimating/Planning personnel from Owner organizations.
- Development and Implementation of several integrated Work Management Processes and Systems at Duke and AEP. As Senior Consultant to US Cost, acted as Lead Consultant (with 4-6 direct reports) to several Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential Environmental Cleanup and Remediation efforts.
Confidential
Supervisor of Estimating/Cost Analysis & Project Reporting
Responsibilities:
- Developed and Implemented a PC based computerized Conceptual estimating system, with Reference Power Plant Designs/Cost Models, for developing complete power estimates for analysis of multiple generation options.
- Implemented a computerized estimating system for developing detailed estimates for new and retrofit capital construction projects.
- Developed detailed "Standardized" estimating processes and written procedures and standard forms. These procedures and process flows were used to "Standardize" the estimating processes at FPL for all estimating products developed for power plant projects.
- Developed and implemented a monthly corporate budget, schedule, and management reporting system that provided standard reports on all major projects as well as other Project Management support activities. The implementation of this reporting system reduced the report turnaround time by approximately 70%. This process also significantly reduced cost engineering personnel requirements for data collection.
