Mike McClure

615-***-****

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abl2ke@r.postjobfree.com

Shelbyville, TN 37160

Objective: Project Controls (Emphasis in Coal Fired Power Industry)

Proficiencies and Certifications

Journeyman Structural

Ironworker

Journeyman Boilermaker

Microsoft Office Applications Certified Structural Welder

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 NCCER Certified Structural

Microsoft Office Word 2007 Welder

Microsoft Office Visio NCCER Safety Certified (OSHA

Microsoft Projects 10 hour)

Primavera P-3 Project Planner 3.1 NCCER Safety Certified (OSHA

Primavera P-5/P-6 30 hour)

Project Management Institute

Member

American Welding Society

Member

Professional Experience

Prairie State Generating Campus, Marissa, IL

6/2010 - 8/2010

Cost Analyst/Field Specialist - 1600+ MW Supercritical Coal Fired Power

Plant

Responsibilities:

. Worked in conjunction with the Project

Controls team tracking a $3.7 Billion EPC project built by

Bechtel Corporation. Worked closely with Prairie State

Project Management support personnel tracking rework,

inefficiencies, change orders, and backcharges. In charge

of logging and tracking Bechtel (General Contractor) rework

issues that totaled $20.4 Million before a change in

contract from a T & M to a Lump Sum. Tracked backcharges

and interacted with General Contractor personnel

maintaining logs to insure proper coding, billing

methodology, and accuracy. Tracked and documented

Contractor crane and heavy equipment utilization. Produced

Commodity Reports for Prairie State Owners on a weekly and

monthly basis tracking tube weld counts, weekly steel

quantity progress, concrete yardage, and piping/spool

progress.

Irwin Industries, Inc., Long Beach, CA/Shelbyville, TN

12/2008 - 3/2010

Estimator - Power Plant Maintenance West

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the Long Beach, CA Main office from December

2008 - July 2009 and then from my home in Shelbyville, TN

from August 2009 - March 2010. Duties included attending

pre-bid meetings at various coal fired power facilities,

defining scope of work and contract documentation, reading

blueprints for various outage/shut-down projects at coal

fired power plants throughout the West, solicited

subcontractor packages to vendors and maintaining

relationships with subcontractors, estimated equipment and

material needs for projects, compiled information utilizing

Microsoft Excel worksheets and spreadsheets to develop man

hours and other estimates for projects up to $35 million

based on field experience and company historical data, and

coordinated scheduling with Primavera Scheduler utilizing P-

3, P-6, and Microsoft Projects software. I have direct

estimating experience from the power block to the twin

boiler towers with a solar power pilot project involving

two 15 MW boilers in Southern California with E-Solar.

DTE Energy, Detroit, MI

8/2008-10/2008

Cost Engineer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

. In charge of $14 million Capital Projects Outage Costs

. Used SAP, Maximo, and Excel to track outage costs, generate

analysis reports, and interacted with outage controllers, project

engineers, project managers, planners/schedulers, project

supervisors, and vendors to track progress, change orders,

man hours, material costs, and invoices.

TIC (The Industrial Company), Steamboat Springs, CO

4/2008-8/2008

Boilermaker/Structural Welder

Responsibilities:

. Certified Structural Welder for CUS/SCR Retrofit utilizing SMAW and

FCAW processes

. Utilized heavy industrial equipment to build a new SCR Unit for

existing coal fired power plant

Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio, TX

2007-2008

Estimator, Project Planner, Boilermaker Foreman

Responsibilities:

. Duke Energy coal fired power plant (East Bend Power Plant)

Responsible for installation of new Select Catalyst

Reduction units (SCR's) and repaired the Flue Gas

Desulphurization units (FDG's) during annual outage.

. Duke Energy coal fired power plant (Gibson Generating

Station)

Estimator for Unit #5 Fly Ash Silos and Conveyor

Systems during annual outage. I prepared safety task

assignments and maintained daily task and cost analysis

logs. Responsible for schedule updates, prepared pricing

requests as well as change orders.

Interacted with owner's representatives to coordinate

change orders, schedule changes, and progress reports.

. Duke Energy coal fired power plant (Miami

Fort Station)

Estimator for Unit #7 Cooling Tower, Micro

Pulse Air System,

And Fly Ash Silo during annual outage.

Interacted with the

Project Manager as well as Health and Safety

Departments on a

daily basis. Prepared daily update reports,

daily safety logs,

material cost analysis, and manpower

utilization. Worked closely

with owner reps to insure cost effective

schedules and materials.

Multi-Craft Welding, Shelbyville, TN

2005-2007

Owner, Project Controls Manager

Responsibilities:

. Provided services to petro-chemical companies as well as support

companies for the oil field industry in Rock Springs, WY. Involved in

engineering, design, and implementation of tools and oil field

equipment. Interacted with customers to maintain work schedules,

engineering and design changes, and cost analysis reports. I utilized

Primavera P-3 version 3.1 to track job progress from initialization

to completion.

Southeastern Contractors, Inc., Shelbyville, TN

2004-2005

COO, Project Controls Manager

Responsibilities:

. Responsible for the construction department and bottom- line

profitability of all commercial construction projects. In charge of

all project controls (estimating, project planning, scheduling,

manpower, material procurement, contract administration, and customer

relations) for contracts though out the United States. Developed

partnerships with suppliers, vendors, and contractors. Maintained a

67% profit average for Southeastern Contractors, Inc.

Kirby Welding Company

2003-2004

Fabrication Shop Welder/Fabricator

Field Supervisor (Commercial and Industrial)

Responsibilities:

. Certified Welder for shop and field projects. Field Supervisor for

various commercial and industrial projects from office buildings to

water treatment facilities. Worked closely with clients to insure

quality, client needs, and schedules.

Ironworkers Local Union #704, Chattanooga, TN

Boilermakers Local Union #454, Atlanta, GA

1999-2003

Journeyman Structural Ironworker/Welder/Foreman

Journeyman Boilermaker/Welder/Foreman

Responsibilities:

. Worked on large scale heavy industrial projects which included:

Rock Quarry Plants, Petro-Chemical Plants, Coal Fired Power Plants,

Paper Mills, Steel Mills, Convention Centers, Manufacturing

Facilities, Pre-cast Structural Buildings and Parking Garages, and

Metal Buildings.

Upsource Inc., Chattanooga, TN/Des Moines, IA

1998-1999

Construction Foreman

Responsibilities:

. Management duties included: Project Manager, Project Planner,

Scheduler, Procurement Manager, and Safety Director. Provided heavy

industrial services to the advertising industry. Generated man hour

reports, cost analysis reports, safety reports, and planning

schedules. Maintained a working relationship with clients to

coordinate schedules, maintain timely task assignments, and progress

reports.

Eller Media Company (Clear Channel), Memphis, TN/Chattanooga, TN/Des

Moines, IA/Myrtle Beach, SC

1997-1998

Estimator, Structural Welder

Construction/Demolition Foreman

Responsibilities:

. In charge of the Ad Construction Department. Estimating, project

planning/scheduling, procurement, and material expediting were among

my duties. Worked closely with the management team to provide clients

with top of the line advertising implements. Prepared estimates, man

hour and accounting logs, safety reports, expense reports, and

maintained relationships with vendors and contractors.

Lexicon Corporation (Scheuck Steel), Decatur, AL/Memphis, TN

1996-1997

Ironworker Apprentice, Journeyman Ironworker, Structural Welder

Responsibilities:

. Trico Steel Mill project Decatur, AL

. Birmingham Steel Mill project Memphis, TN

United States Navy

1988-1992

E-5 Hull Technician 2nd Class (Fireman)

Tours:

. Basic Training: Great Lakes, IL

. Hull Technician "A" School: Philadelphia, PA

. .USS Acadia AD-42: San Diego, CA

Education

Hull Technician "A" School USN, Philadelphia, PA

Graduated top 5% of Class of 1988

Welding Certification

Multiple phases 1988

References

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