Project Management

Tamara Tavner

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SUMMARY STATEMENT:

Having over 16 years of work experience, I have worked in Aerospace, Navy

and Industrial Level Measurement industries. My experience covers a wide

range of responsibilities; including technical writing, configuration

management, and coordinating and leading many project activities of

development projects. I am able to work on multiple projects, manage tasks

and resources to meet critical deadlines, while maintaining very good

working relationships with co-workers, in cross functional team

environments.

SKILLS:

. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, Access,

Outlook)

. Project Management (through courses and work experience: Scheduling,

Status Reporting, Risk Mitigation, Project Planning and Execution, and

Resource Assignment)

. Configuration Management in aerospace and navy environment (following

RTCA DO-178, RTCA DO-254, MIL-HDBK-61, MIL-STD-973 standards and company

standards)

. Ability to understand and comply to technical specifications, and

military standards (both Navy and Aerospace)

. Create and Approve technical documentation requiring great attention to

detail

. Effective goal setting and time management skills and the ability to stay

organized with multiple projects with constant change in priority and

demanding deadlines

. Effective problem solving and conflict resolution skills (maintaining

confidentiality)

. Seek and contribute to continuous process improvement using lessons

learned, past experience and new user knowledge

. Very good knowledge of SAP (review component and BOM data, create

internal orders, and schedule and release jobs for production builds).

. Experienced user in Document management, Issues tracking and traceability

systems (have used Visual Source Safe, eMatrix, CADIM and DOORs, and have

training in TeamCentre)

EXPERIENCE:

Project Specialist; Siemens Milltronics, Peterborough, ON (July 2009 -

Present)

Working as a build coordinator, within the Manufacturing department; act as

the primary liaison between R&D and Production and coordinate the building

of products for all internal orders.

. Facilitate Project Build meetings with Project Managers, Functional

Managers, and Production Leaders to identify the requirements of R&D

interaction with production for R&D projects and to develop detailed

work instructions for assembly process.

. Provide Pass/Fail of design builds based on change order criteria, and

lead in discussions with the Project Teams, for decisions on

activities required to recover from build failures. Complete Post-

build reviews, and provide information to management to consider when

deciding on releasing designs to production.

. Coordinate scheduling of builds with Manufacturing, R&D and Marketing,

considering resource availability, project priority and company goals.

Coordinate jobs for production and monitor progress. Track and report

on cycle time and delivery reliability.

. Success: extended job role to include leading of process changes:

Developing new processes within manufacturing including updating EMPs

(Engineering and Manufacturing Procedures), and overseeing activities

required to implement changes.

. Developed Rework process to address failures in Electronics area; and

own process to ensure Rework is maintained within the defined target

(based on dollar value).

Participate in Internal Auditing of both Environmental and Quality

Management Systems within the organization

. Review documentation for alignment with standards and internal

processes, prepare questions and collect and verify accuracy of

information, identify areas to improve and report audit observations

and non-conformities.

As a member of the Corrective Action Team, under the leadership of Quality

Assurance, determine corrective actions to issues assigned to me.

. Using Root Cause Analysis, resolve customer issues and address scrap

cart trends by determining best corrective actions.

. Implement preventative solutions to reduce/eliminate customer issues

and scrap.

Working within the North American Configuration Centre (NACC) Department

(2009-2010); provide 3rd Party quotations for product variations of

standard PS2 products and coordinate R&D project build requirements.

. Working with 3rd Party vendors, provide pricing and lead time

information for special requests of Point Level measurement and

Continuous Level measurement devices, to European and North American

support group regions.

Configuration Manager; ODIM Spectrum Ltd., Peterborough, ON (Jun 2008 -

Jun 2009)

(NOTE: ODIM Spectrum Ltd is now known as Rolls Royce Naval Marine Canada)

Develop and implement a company configuration management process and align

with the current design process. Review current work instructions and

update to meet project requirements and company objectives.

. Review project statement of work (SOW) contracts and ensure that

compliance to Configuration Management is met as agreed to,

maintaining baselines throughout the development process, change

control methods, and traceability as defined. Create Configuration

Management Plans for individual projects based on SOW.

. Create/Revise work instructions related to configuration management

and the design process. Notify and train effected personnel of new or

updated process changes. Support QA in maintaining and follow up of

company training.

. Ensure configuration tools (documentation, registration and release

registers) are current and kept up to date by the engineering

administrator.

. Participate in audits on company system and compliance to CSA Standard

CAN3-Z299.1-85 (QA Procedures - Category 1) in sections related to

configuration management.

. Working with internal department managers/supervisors and with

customers; participate/lead in configuration implementation meetings,

change control board (CCB) meetings, Physical Configuration Audits

(PCA) and Functional Configuration Audits (FCA).

. Ensure deliverables for releasing are met for each phase of a project.

ILS and Technical Writing; ODIM Spectrum Ltd., Peterborough, ON (Jun 2007

- May 2008)

Support development effort providing project documentation at each design

phase.

. Create/Revise project documents including Operating and Maintenance

Manuals, training materials, IPCs, and Spares and Support Equipment

Lists based on maintainability and reliability predictions for ODIM

developed equipment; end users being Navy personnel.

. Success: Extended job role to provide assistance to the Project

Managers with scheduling, risk and issues tracking, and responsibility

for earned value reporting on the development projects.

Project Coordinator; Siemens Milltronics, Peterborough, ON (Nov 2005 -

Jun 2007)

Working within the Project Management Office (PMO) department; provide

assistance to the Project Managers with scheduling, risk and issues

tracking, shelf cost monitoring and monthly status reporting.

. Monitor project shelf cost: work closely with and coordinate

activities with the R&D Finance Manager, Purchasing department and

Engineering Functional departments to provide accurate costing at all

stages of the projects and in a timely manner; providing detailed

information to the cost breakdown of materials, labour and overhead,

contingencies added and reasons for increase/decrease in value from

previous reports.

. Success: Redefined job role by expanding responsibilities to

coordinate the software department's activities; an area requiring

project development improvement and to assist with restructuring of

the Software Methodologies and creating Process Guides to clearly

define the roles and responsibilities of the software department.

. Coordinate software design cycles - plan three week cycle periods for

design, code review planning and resource assignment.

Project Engineering Lead / Configuration Coordinator; Hispano-Suiza

Canada, Peterborough, ON (2004 - Aug 2 2005)

(NOTE: Hispano-Suiza is now known as SAFRAN Electronics Canada)

Working within the Research and Development (R&D) department and reporting

to the Director of Technology, duties included:

. Create and implementing project schedules based on company objectives,

monitoring and providing resolution to project risks and issues.

. Active member on Change Control Board as Configuration representative,

ensuring change effectivity and impact to all products had been

considered and actioned accordingly.

. Review and approve project engineering documentation [ensuring

traceability from product plans through to end unit product] requiring

great attention to detail.

. Ensure deliverables for releasing are met for each phase of a project.

. Ensure projects followed design and release plans and procedures and

maintain compliance to company and industry standards.

. Provide customer support (internal and external).

. Approve of timesheet submittals, vacation requests and monitor

employee attendance.

. Prioritize work assignments based on company objectives.

Industrialization Supervision; Hispano-Suiza Canada, Peterborough, ON

(2002 - 2004)

Working within the Research and Development (R&D) department; Supervisory

duties included approving and prioritizing work requests, providing

schedule input to the project managers, providing customer support,

verifying engineering documentation, reviewing resumes and interviewing for

employment within the Technical Support team.

. Documentation review and approval of project plans, design, reports,

manufacturing drawings, parts lists, assembly and test instructions.

. Provide instruction and create sample product for complex and/or new

assemblies.

. Maintained engineering laboratories, included purchasing test

equipment/supplies and tracking equipment calibration requirements.

. Success: Taking initiative to review test requirements of all upcoming

projects, foreseeing insufficient resources and reporting to senior

management with 2 option plans to purchase the required equipment

resulted in an approved capital expenditure to purchase the needed

equipment and reduce the risk of schedule delays.

Engineering Design Technologist; Hispano-Suiza Canada, Peterborough, ON

(1998 - 2002)

Prototype and test of the designs, design and build product specific test

equipment, technical support to the manufacturing and test departments, and

reviewing engineering documents.

Production Assembler / Laboratory Technologist; Hispano-Suiza Canada,

Peterborough, ON (1996 - 1998)

Component to end unit assembly of products to military standard, performed

acceptance tests on final product, issued non-conformance reports

including failure, cause and repair instructions.

EDUCATION:

Business Management Certificate Program; Sir Sandford Fleming College,

Peterborough Ontario. (2003 - 2005)

. Completed 5 of 6 requirements [Teams in the Work Place, Business

Mathematics, Negotiations, Problem Solving, Effective Business

Communications].

Electronics Engineering Technology Program; Sir Sandford Fleming College,

Peterborough Ontario. (1993-1996)

. Diploma granted: Electronics Engineering Technology - Computer Systems

. Diploma granted: Electronics Engineering Technician

Additional Training

. Root Cause Analysis Course (June 2012)

. ISO 14001:2004 Internal Auditor, Environmental Management System (January

2012)

. ISO 9001:2008 Internal Auditor, Quality Management System (January 2012)

. Train the Trainer - Siemens (November 2011)

. PS T-1L Introduction to Siemens Milltronics (January 2010)

. Siemens E-Learning (SkillPort) - Completed the 30 courses within PMP

-PMBOK Guide, 4th Edition Aligned (2009-2010)

. Attended Project World Synopsis 2007, participating in round table

discussions and seminars all subject towards project success, leadership

and conflict resolution

. Participated in a 'Skilled Presenter' 3-day seminar (2006)

REFERENCES:

Both professional and personal references will be made available upon

request.

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