Manager Project

Dear Sir:

Have spent over ** years on the construction side of the business but have Engineering

and Procurement experience as well.

Am a Project Management/Project Controls professional with over thirty nine years

experience in the business. Is an excellent communicator, very outgoing and enjoy

meeting people. I have an excellent background in dealing with people. Take pride in

my leadership and administrative skills. Am extremely well organized, a team player with

a can-do attitude and believe I would be an asset to any organization.

I would work on a W2 basis, but I am incorporated and could work on a contract basis,

which could save you +/- 40% in benefits.

Would certainly appreciate an opportunity to talk with you about the potential of a project

controls position with your company.

Believe you will see that my background and experience would easily fit any project

controls or even project management position you have open.

Sincerely,

Gary V. Veidt

(H) 706-***-****

(Cell) 706-***-****

E-Mail: ******@*******.***

Gary V. Veidt

1382 Montrose Place

Evans, Georgia 30809

706-***-**** (H)

706-***-**** (C)

E-Mail: ******@*******.***

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

More than 39 years Project Controls and Project Management experience utilizing the

latest state of the art Project Controls software. Am currently using Primavera P3

software for scheduling but have used P2, Finest Hour and Micro Planner, Microsoft

Project, Sure Trak and Open Plan... Have provided project management and project

controls expertise for engineering, procurement and construction projects for numerous

industries. Have years of petro-chemical work. Proficient in business development

presentations to prospective industry clients.

Always take an active role in the preparation of the CPM schedules, utilizing Primavera

P3, Suretrak, or Microsoft Project and cost reports. Participate in the meetings with the

craft personnel/supervision and owners, working through the details of the plan.

Have worked in defense and security, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, power

(nuclear, fossil, co-generation and gas fired) petroleum and chemical, Pipeline, food and

pharmaceutical, cement and the paper industry. Have a Q Clearance

Skilled with Excel, Lotus 123, Microsoft Word, Micro Soft Works, P3, P5, Suretrak,

Open Plan and Microsoft Project

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Becon Construction Company: Was the Quality Management sponsor for the company.

Resulting in millions of profit for the company millions saved for the clients.

Trained all craft management in the use and understanding of CPM Schedules

Becon Services: Negotiated monthly billings with client resulting in additional payments

of $1,000,000 per month over what they were getting.

Bechtel Kingsport: Provided monthly profit and loss data to senior management along

with recommendations on how to improve profits.

Bechtel Savannah River: Reduced staff from 25 to 15 saving client millions.

Patch, Inc.: Provided company president with monthly profit and loss data along with

projections of profit and loss on every project. Gave good visibility on the financial

status of company.

EMPLOYMENT

FEB 2005 – Present

Project Controls Manager/Scheduling Lead

During this period I have held consulting positions in the petroleum & chemical,

pharmaceutical, aerospace and power industries. I have utilized P3, Microsoft Project

and Open Plan as the scheduling tools. Also have also done cost engineering work

during this term. This included doing project controls for engineering, procurement and

construction phases of the projects. . I have extensive knowledge of P3, and all MS

office applications. Clients worked for included B & W (Oak Ridge, Tenn. Scheduling

and Cost for DOE Site), WMSM, (Scheduling for Doe Site) Shaw, (Cost engineering for

petro-chem plants) Delta T, (Cost and Scheduling for Ethanol facilities) Sperry Marine,

(Aerospace), Jacobs (Sr. Project Controls Manager) and others. The other jobs were

power and petro-chem. Worked project in size from fifty million to 300 million.

Aug 2004 – Feb 2005

Project Controls Manager

Working for CB&I in Savannah, GA on an LNG facility. I was the project controls

manager but had a scheduler so I did all of the cost work for the project. We utilized J.

D. Edwards cost system.

Mar 2004 – Jul 04

Project Controls Engineer

Working for PSE&G doing cost work for the SMD Division. This included compiling

cost data from various projects and preparing cost reports for senior management

presentation.

July 2002 – Dec 03

Project Controls Manager

Have held numerous short-term assignments for various clients. Worked for W.G. Yates

at Plant Scherer, a Southern Company power plant doing planning and scheduling for a

major expansion. Utilized Primavera P3 for this work. Worked in Boston doing

proposal schedule work, using Primavera P3 and then worked in Raleigh, NC doing

claims work for the IRS & with Jacobs doing claims work on the EPA. Utilized

Primavera P3 for this claims work.

July 2001 – July 2002

Project Controls Manager, Patch Inc. Houston, Texas

Responsible for all project controls functions for the company. This was an engineering,

construction and construction management company that designs and builds gas fired

power plants. 50 – 200 mw. Work includes preparing schedules on SureTrak, Primavera

P3 and Microsoft Project, developing all cost data for senior management and project

management. Provide insight into all project work as it progressed. Provided the

president with all financial data concerning profit and loss for all projects.

August 1992 – June 2001

Area Project Controls Manager, Bechtel Savannah River, Inc.

Initially prepared and implemented an integrated cost and schedule system on hundreds

of site projects. Worked EVMS for the duration of my tenure at the Site. Trained site

personnel on the integrated cost and scheduling systems used on the site. The

Construction Area Project Controls Manager for the High Level Waste Division.

Responsible for all cost, scheduling, budgeting and forecasting of approximately one

hundred-fifty projects dealing with radioactive waste. Utilized Primavera P3 for the

scheduling system. Met with both craft supervision and management to review the

details of the schedules. Held weekly meetings with the craft to review the cost and

productivity status.

August 1991 – August 1992

Construction Project Controls Manager, Bechtel Corporation, Kingsport, Tennessee

Overall responsibility for all construction cost, scheduling budgeting and forecasting for

fifteen to twenty ongoing and new projects. Projects with a value of approximately three

hundred and fifty million dollars. This included replacement of boilers, some other power

generation work and numerous petro-chemical projects on the site. Prepared the

schedules utilizing Primavera P3 program and had from 200 to 3000 activities each. Also

prepared the cost reporting reports for the craft and management for all of the projects.

Continuously met with the owner to review the schedules and cost status of all ongoing

projects.

January 1989 – August 1991

Project Controls Manager, Becon Services, Leesburg, VA (Bechtel affiliate)

Prepared all of the schedules, utilizing Primavera P3 and tracked the costs for numerous

projects in the Washington, DC area. These projects included a 13-story office building

for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, in Laurel, Md., the Army College, in

Washington, D.C., high schools in Virginia, retirement homes in Virginia and numerous

office buildings. Met with the owners on a monthly basis to discuss the schedules and

present and work through the monthly billings.

May 1981 – January 1989

Project Controls Supervisor, Becon Construction Company, Inc., Houston Tx. (Bechtel)

Progressed from senior planner scheduler through Manager of Corporate Planning and

Scheduling to Project Controls Supervisor.

Personally prepared the CPM schedules utilizing Primavera P3 for many different clients.

Worked for clients such as: Oklahoma Gas and Electric, a two-unit power plant, prepared

all the CPM schedules for this work. Worked closely with the craft supervision ensuring

that we had the details of the project on accurately portrayed no the schedules. This job

finished 2 months ahead of schedule due to the detail planning and scheduling

accomplished on the job. Comanche Peak Nuclear facility some small power work.

Houston Light and Power, foundations and underground for their plant in Jewett Texas.

Prepared all of the schedules for this work and finished the job 5 months ahead of

schedule. Many of the projects during this period were petro-chemical. Held weekly

meetings with the craft supervision to ensure that the schedule and the cost requirements

were being met and developed work around schedules as the need arose.

Also worked many petro-chem projects for clients such as Shell, in West Texas and on

the ship channel, Exxon, on the ship channel and in Salt Lake City, Anchuz Ranch, and

Arco, Burrows Welcome & Noramco, pharmaceutical to name a few. Personally prepared

the schedules for all of the work for these clients.

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