Robert G. Heflin, CPM

Summary

Highly motivated and performance focused leader with over 20 years with experience / education in facility and system maintenance, improvement and installs, CPM, success in overall project delivery, safety processes, minimizing incidents, employee training,/development, safety audits, technical writing and reporting, development of operating procedures, team leadership/motivation, profit/ loss responsibilities, key contract negotiations, key contract development and performance oversight/ management, and power and energy efficiency studies.

Experienced and educated professional who offers proven performance in multi-million-dollar site and systems optimization, including developing and implementing forward–thinking safety processes to reduce risk while successfully maintaining and expanding reliability, sustainability and up time.

Out-of–the–box thinker who contributes use of sharp creativity and solution development/ decisions to capitalize, develop, and deliver successful bottom-line results.

Ambitious self-starter who achieved “ Westinghouse President’s Award”, Square D’s Quantum Award” and “Duke Energy’s Top 3 Award”.

Initiated, developed and trained regulated and non-regulated employees of Duke Energy on an approved state compliant procedure/process for private customer products and services which resulted in an increase of 30% in revenue and increased overall customer satisfaction.

Developed, negotiated, closed, planned, and oversaw / managed a $ 1.3M, a $2.7M and a $3.3M contract which came in under budget, ahead of schedule, with no safety incidents, and to customer’s satisfaction.

Developed and managed a three state customer electrical infrastructure platform program for multiple year contracts for production reliability and sustainability.

Started, built and ran a successful electrical and mechanical product and service company that was sold in 2006.

Education and Certifications

Certified Project Manager (CPM) XAVIER UNIVERSITY – CINCINNATI, OHIO

Bachelor of Science in Business (Management, Marketing and Finance), MIAMI UNIVERSITY - OXFORD, OH

Associate in Arts (General Studies), MIAMI UNIVERSITY - OXFORD, OH

Associate in Applied Science (Electro-Mechanical Engineering), MIAMI UNIVERSITY - OXFORD, May 1984

OSHA 30 Trained - Construction

OSHA 10 Trained - ET&D

OSHA Signs and Signals Trained

OSHA Rigging Trained

Professional Experience

Duke Energy, Plainfield, Indiana 10/2014 – 02/2015

Project/Program Manager (Contract)

Create / Staff / Lead Project Team. Provide leadership, oversight management, safety oversight, delegation, and coordination to the various internal and external organizations that are providing services to the project (development, engineering, project controls, estimating, construction management, supply chain, legal, EHS, QA/QC, operations, communications, regulatory, security, fuels, transmission, etc.).

Managed the project team on a daily basis and responsible for safety and interfacing with functional managers of team members. Establish and maintain communications among all project/programs stakeholders. Structure, lead, and/or assist in leading all project related meetings and reports required to ensure open communication between all team members, key stakeholders, and management (monthly project reviews, kickoff meetings, safety reviews, weekly reports, monthly reports, etc.) and properly report project status.

Execute projects execution according to Plan within designed scope, cost and schedule limits. Includes objectives, stakeholders, scope, roles and responsibilities, assumptions and constraints, deliverables, schedule, external communication, contractor and supplier strategy, resource plan, budget, lessons learned, risk plan, quality plan, safety plan, environmental plan, security plan, integration plan, data management plan, communications and reporting plan, change management, and project close out. Responsible for Major Emergent R&I Projects and Programs for the T&D 12kv to 765kv Systems.

RHGroup, LLC., Hamilton, Ohio 08/2013 - Present

Electrical/Mechanical Sustainability and Reliability

Development and management of facility/systems preventative, emergency, upgrade and installation technical procedures and contracts. Perform safety over site, failure testing and analysis, along with development of findings report.

Duke Energy, Cincinnati, Ohio 03/2008 – 08/2013

Project Manager/Development Engineer/Manager

Developed and managed non-regulated contracts (600V-138kV) with industrial, commercial, and Governmental customers for electrical distribution and protection system maintenance, testing, expansion, installation, safety, service and repair.

Performed new and installed product evaluation, failure cause testing and analysis, and formal technical findings report development.

Developed, coordinated and managed actions with Duke Energy regulated power delivery, substation operation and construction, design engineering, relay engineering, affiliate contractors, and vendors to develop project costs and execution of customer’s project deliverables.

Success in specifying, developing, closing and managing a Multi-Million Dollar contracts for a new replacement electrical distribution and protection systems.

Developed and managed project budget forecast for expenditure plans and engagement actions to achieve or exceed company project goals.

Professional Motor Services, Hamilton, Ohio 04/2007 - 03/2008

Contract Consultant,

Developed, reviewed and delivered project procedures/specifications and agreements for customer’s production reliability and sustainability in the area of electrical and mechanical systems performance.

Electric Maintenance Coordination (EMC), LLC., Hamilton, Ohio 09/1999 - 04/2007

Founder/President

Created, built and ran a profitable company specializing in the development of procedures and agreements for testing, maintenance, repair, and installation of high voltage (460V-138kV) protection, distribution monitoring and automation equipment.

Managed safety programs, field safety reviews and audits, project engineers, construction/service administrators/contractors during all phases of successful project executions.

Shepherded business through startup phase to a great level of success; a stable operation with a large developed loyal customer base.

Performed new and installed product evaluation, root cause failure analysis, technical evaluation and reporting.

Developed, negotiated, closed and ran a formal contract to perform service work for NASA on the shuttle standby electrical system.

Sold my successful company in October 2006, integrated, coordinated, directed, and managed the merger of my company’s product and service lines into acquiring company’s business plan.

Robert G. Heflin, CPM

951 Cardome Drive

Hamilton, Ohio 45013

acrz4x@r.postjobfree.com

513-***-**** cell

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