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June 15, 2009
Twenty six years of Project Controls experience working with project teams to increasing organizational efficiency and effectiveness in planning, estimating, benchmarking, scheduling, cost control, and project reporting. My industry experience includes Nuclear, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Refinery, and Department of Defense. I have more than $60B of capital project life cycle experience from conceptual project approvals to startup, qualification, and licensure. My contract experience includes traditional engineering, procurement, construction, guaranteed maximum, cost reimbursable, and hard bid lump sum projects. I have experience with traditional bricks and mortar construction and modular skids and modular architectural construction. I have been commended for being innovative and being able to see the "big picture". I am a self starter and can work with minimal supervision.
OBJECTIVE:
Project Controls Manager or Leader Position, working in a dynamic environment where work revolves around project teams and success is based on project results.
EXPERIENCE:
26 years of Project Controls experience. Professionally seasoned, no learning curve is required.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Business planning, estimating, planning and scheduling, cost control and reporting, contract management, earned value, productivity monitoring, claims disputes and resolution, lean construction, high level presentations, multi tasking, meeting deadlines, creating win-win situations, working with teams, supervising and mentoring of employees.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
December 2006 to Present - Biotechnology Company Confidential
Sr. Project Controls Manager
Responsible for providing Project Controls services to project team members to support projects from conceptual business case to project execution approvals. Specific tasks include; planning, estimating, benchmarking, project setup, cost control, project reporting, cash flow management, assessing earned value and accruals, resolving project issues and concerns, risk identification and mitigation. Responsible for all site projects with a portfolio of 15 to 20 projects in different life cycles. I have managed a staff of up to eight resources under my leadership providing mentoring and management.
March 2006 to December 2006
Lyondell Chemical Company (CDI Corporation) Houston, Texas
Project Controls Maintenance Turnaround Leader
Responsible for the planning, estimating, cost forecast, cash flow, and reporting of turnaround cost to senior management, assessing risk and mitigation planning, and lessons learned.
May 5, 2003 to March 15, 2006
Eli Lilly and Company
Project Controls Leader Corporate Projects
Responsible for execution plans, conceptual estimates, lead and approve engineering and construction firm project estimates, support of front end project gate approvals, formulation of initial level one project schedule, review and approval of level III contractor schedules, establishment of work breakdown structures, cash flow establishment and update, cost reporting, cost control, labor productivity, earned value analysis, formulation of project controls requirements in contract documents to ensure owner requirements and risks are mitigated, review and approval of invoices, contractor errors and omissions tracking, contracts closeout, and support of any litigation requirements. I currently supervise all owner seconded project controls personnel required for oversight of capital projects. I have been involved in the engineering and construction of a large green-field biotechnology plant using predominant architectural and process modules (Pharmadule and Jacobs Applied Technologies), Fill Finish Facility (Modular and Stick Built), Encapsulation Projects, New Laboratories, Administrative Buildings, Utilities Infrastructure Upgrades, and fast track API Retrofit projects.
December 2000 to May 2003
Pharmacia Corporation
Project Controls, Project Management Office
Responsible for providing estimating, scheduling, and cost control support to three pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. Specific duties include the compliance and ambassadorship of company capital project management to project managers and key personnel assigned to capital projects, formulation of conceptual project estimates, formulation of milestone schedules, verification of architecture and engineering estimates, recruitment, oversight of field project controls personnel, project cash flow, cost reporting, capturing and implementing lessons learned, and project closeout. Projects include: Celebrex Retrofit, QA/QC Laboratory, Dry Products Facility, Nicolette Gum Manufacturing Facility, Purified Water, and Water for Injection, Valdicoxib Expansion, Provera, and Employee Services Facility
May 2000 to December 2000
Vector Mgt Group - Con Edison (Indian Point #3)
Steam Generator Replacement Cost Engineering Consultant
Responsible for owner review of project estimates, contract specifications compliance, cost control and cost forecast of total project expenditures for $780M Steam Generator Replacement Project for nuclear plant project. Specific tasks included the monitoring of performance, earned value against payment schedules, cost control, forecast of estimate at completion, change control, review of change orders for reasonableness, and review of project schedule. Significant accomplishments include the identification of $0.8M contractor non-performance work credit received.
April 2000 to May 2000
Fluor Daniel- British Petroleum (BP) Chemicals, Green Lake Texas
Turnaround Project Controls Manager
Responsible for estimating preliminary cost of $7M turnaround, real time cost tracking, daily reporting, presentation of cost at daily client update meeting, capturing field deviations and change orders, daily headcount, and special tasks as directed by management. Significant achievements include the best cost tracking and forecast ever in plant history as quoted by plant manager.
January 2000 to April 2000
Fluor Daniel - Koch Petrochemical Refinery, Corpus Christi, Texas
Capital Projects Cost Engineer, Project Controls
Responsible for capital cost reporting to client project managers, project engineers, and management personnel. Duties include the formulation of cost forecasts, analysis of cost deviations, good understanding of cost estimates, identifying change management, interacting with client project managers, monitoring project progress, the extract and manipulation of data from complex computer systems, maintain and update cost reporting database, and provide cost leadership to on-site team. Specific accomplishments include restructuring the reporting process, which provided supplemental much needed data to project managers and cultivated a more a team environment with the client.
January 1993 to January 2000
South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company, Wadsworth, Texas
Cost Engineer Engineering Plant Modifications
Responsible for providing financial services to fifty design engineers and project managers from business planning, budgeting, and formulation of economic modules on proposed projects, cost estimating, cash-flow projections, cost performance monitoring, variance analysis, project scheduling, contract compliance, and providing daily field financial leadership to onsite design team.
1988 to 1992
United States Air Force, San Vito Dei Normanni, Italy
Sr. Budget Analyst
Responsible for the administration of all funding programs, preparation and identification of budgets, funding deficiencies, allocation of funds, and formulation of status of funds reporting to support line management and financial committees.
1983 to 1988
United States Air Force, Madrid, Spain
Contract Manager
Responsible for the establishment, maintenance and validity of vendor contracts for services and materials. Responsible for the validation of vendor invoices, preparation of vendor payments, maintenance of contract supplemental, determination of contract compliance, vendor monitoring and funds availability.
1981 to 1983
United States Air Force, Altus Oklahoma
General Ledger Accountant.
Responsible for accounting transactions and the appropriate general ledger account classifications. Responsible for month end close of all accounting ledgers, submission of accounting reports to corporate, ensuring the validity of accounts and dictating financial changes to policies and procedures.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft Windows, Primavera Project Planner, Primavera Sure Trac, Prolog, Construct-ware, ICARUS, SAP, People Soft, JD Edwards, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, RS Means, Richardson's Estimating, Success Estimator, Fluor Daniel Cost System (FD Cost), Microsoft Word, Oracle Financials, Monte Carlo Risk, Microsoft Access, Maximo, Schedule Publisher, and @ Risk..
CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Oracle Data Systems, Oracle Data Browser, Maximo Maintenance System, Schedule Publisher, Primavera Sure Trac Scheduling, Success Estimating, Icarus Integrated Project Manager (IPM), People Soft Financial Mgt. Systems, Advanced People Soft Queries, Microsoft Excel Intermediate, Excel Charting, Excel Visual Basic Application, Fluor FD Cost System, Construct ware Training, Prolog User Training. SAP Financials, SAP Project Systems, Employee Diversity, Risk Management, and Project Management Training.
AFFILIATIONS
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE), International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), and Modular Builders International (MBI)
EDUCATION
Accounting & Finance Certification - US Air Force
High School - Lyford, Texas
Professional References Available upon Request
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