St. Louis, MO
PROFILE: PROGRAM MANAGER
Increasing Efficiency • Raising Profits • Exceeding Expectations
Engineering, procurement, and construction project management specialist with extensive experience successfully executing multi-Million dollar projects. Bi-lingual leader with international perspective, bringing the right people together to accomplish big-picture goals and achieve results. Consistently recognized for anticipating the unexpected, masterfully working through issues without compromising quality, schedule, or budget.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS INCLUDE:
• AutoCAD 2010
• RISA 2D & 3D
• Hydro CAD
• MATLAB
• Primavera P6/MS. Project
• BID4BUILD
• Teamcenter
• Steel Erection
• SolidWorks
• Sage Timberline Office
• QuickBooks
• MS. Office/SharePoint
• RS Means
• OSHA 30
• SAP/ Implementation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CATERPILLAR INC. – Peoria, IL 2011-Present
Manager/Project Planner
Manage all aspects of 60+ IT & Non-IT projects simultaneously, facilitating a comprehensive project plan including: charter, scope, WBS, work package, PERT, resource loading, and a detailed schedule as well as a cost management, baseline and risk management plan. Perform trend analysis and earned value management (EVM), applying extensive analytical and engineering expertise to stay ahead of issues.
Project Manager of the Year recipient, recognized for introducing project management methodology to the Caterpillar facility and effectively changing the culture through coaching teams on project controls. Streamlined processes, driving business from $116,000 to $1.2M through these initiatives and leading to replication throughout other facilities.
Saved $5M by managing and monitoring critical overseas supplier to ensure on-time delivery. As a result, this notoriously late supplier delivered equipment three days ahead of schedule.
Instrumental in Mach I Business Transformation, supporting the facilitation, resource loading, and budget to consolidate multiple POs into one system utilizing SAP’s global technology platform.
Worked as interface manager to replicate March I transformation in locations around the world ( Canada, France, England, and Belgium)
Reviewed and summits all BOM procurement change request and coordinate SAP inventory
Planned and executed $14.2M project installing state-of-the-art technology to increase productivity and produce higher-quality parts. Received 150% return on investment to date.
Received widespread recognition for creating dashboard project summary using Primavera that captures status for over 100 active projects.
Developed performance metrics report to give upper management project status visibility; evolved into the performance management standard throughout the organization, capturing details on customer satisfaction and rating overall project execution.
Developed, managed, updated and monitored individual project schedules and integrated overall master program schedule in conjunction with project team members using Primavera P6.
Assisted Superintendent for forecasting and managing project budget’s within a +/- 10%
BECHTEL CORP. – Marissa, IL 2010-2011
Project Engineer/Assistant Manager
Profitably perform project management and engineering oversight on mega-projects exceeding $250M in construction costs. Executed master schedule, mitigating risks, resolving issues, and utilizing PM tools and methodology to ensure success. Motivated teams to exceed project goals, communicating progress to senior management, stakeholders, and vendors.
Isolated build discrepancy in boiler requiring major retrofit and potential 2-month project delay. Instrumental in creating solution to overlap schedule and identifying workaround, enabling us to meet deadlines and attain $1M bonus.
Promoted to assistant manager based on demonstration of commendable engineering and management skills.
Monitor and control project resources, budgets and activities to achieved completion of the project with in the estimated resource, budget and required completion dates.
Coordinated with clients and sub-contractors concerning contracts, RFI’s and planning relate issues as well as distrusting necessary documents onsite.
Facilitated all meetings between contractors, vendors and stakeholders.
SHURTLEFF & ANDREWS CORP. – Salt Lake City, UT 2008-2010
Project Engineer
Managed all civil field engineering activities, including concrete, earthworks, structural steel, Gas Pipeline, Coal Conveyor, mechanical, and architectural finishes. Coordinated with multiple contractors, enforcing OSHA regulations, synchronizing scope of work with contractor and site manager, and ensuring overall quality of project. Created and administered complete project schedule, monitoring progress, coordinating safety training, resolving discrepancies in milestones and in design. Performed takeoffs, bidding, and cost estimation in addition to ordering and receiving all construction materials. Inspected structural bolts, welding, Gas piping, rigging, and building, identifying and resolving issues while working with general contractor to safeguard design quality.
Erected over 80,000 tons of steel for one of the nation’s largest coal power plants, Prairie State Energy, managing a team of 246 people and a $400M budget. Completing project ahead of schedule, earning Shurtleff & Andrews a $1M performance bonus for completing the job sooner than promised.
Saved over $2M in labor costs, d...
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