Project Manager Power Plant
Resume:
Posted/Modified on: **/**/****
Resume Title:
Senior Scheduler
Contact e-mail:
abpapv@r.postjobfree.com
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Industry:
Power, Construction
Desired Location:
Open
Willing to Relocate:
No
Desired Salary:
$61/hr - $75/hr
FERNANDO TARAFA
2 Old Dobbin Lane
abpapv@r.postjobfree.com
Ivoryton, Connecticut 06442 (H) 860-***-**** (C ) 860-***-****
Summary
Management professional with over 25 years experience providing project controls services
to all size projects. Experience providing project controls services to many diverse
projects. Strengths include: effective communicator, excellent problem solver, adept at
making project presentations to all levels of management, able to work independently and
as a team member.
Software Experience
MS Excel MS Word MS PowerPoint MS Access
MS Project Enterprise Project Management MS Visio INDUS Passport
Primavera P3.1, P3e, P5, P6, P7
STORMS (Severn Trent Operational Resource Management Sys) eMIB (electronic Management
Information Base)
EXPERIENCE
Siemens Fossil Services, Inc
Orlando, Florida April 2012August 31, 2012Outage Scheduler International Group
Assigned as Outage Scheduler to the Latin American/Caribbean Services Group responsible
for developing MS Project (2003) outage schedules and provide field support for
inspections and maintenance of turbines and generators.
Central Termoelectrico de Ventanilla 33, Venatnilla, Peru June 04, 2012July 05, 2012
Developed MS Project (2003) outage schedule for major turbine inspection/maintenance
(including full rotor disassembly) of a ) combined cycle V84.3A1 Turbine.
Provided outage scheduling support including daily management reports.
Central de Ciclo Combinado Norte Durango, Durango, Mexico April 2012
Developed MS Project (2003) outage schedule for minor combustor and generator
inspections for two(2) combined cycle W501F Turbines.
Provided outage scheduling support including daily management reports.
ProEnergy Services Company, Sedalia, Missouri October 2010March 2012
Bi-Lingual Scheduler
- Venezuela
Electricidad de Caracas La Raisa Phase II Power Plant
January 2010 March 2012
Provided (2) site coverage due to shortage of scheduling support.
Provided P7 scheduling support of over 15,000 activities for construction and
commissioning of (2) LM6000 Gas Turbines.
Worked with Discipline Construction Supervisors to re-schedule existing work activities
based on available manpower and materials, and identify and schedule remaining work
activities.
Provided weekly Primavera schedule reports consisting of Progress S-Curves, Summary By
Disciplines, and Three(3) Week Look Ahead.
Electricidad de Caracas Guarenas Power Plant
(2) LM2500 & (2) LM6000 June 2011March
2012
Assigned to Project with construction at 60 percent complete. Schedule converted from
MSProject to Primavera P7 level 5 detail schedule. Incorporated work activities for
substation construction.
Coordinated work activities between Cost Engineer, national procurement, QA/QC, and
Discipline Supervisor.
Interfaced between national and ex-pats for work activities.
Provided P7 scheduling support of over 10,000 activities for construction and
commissioning of (2) LM2500 and (2) LM6000 Cycle Turbines.
Provided weekly Primavera schedule reports consisting of Progress S-Curves, Summary By
Disciplines, and Two(2) Week Look Ahead.
Coordinated accelerated work schedule for the completion of the (2) LM2500 Units.
ProEnergy Services Caracas Office
February 2011June 2011
Assigned to Caracas office to evaluate Construction completion of various projects.
Provided MS Project to Primavera Project Schedule conversion of various projects.
PDVSAs Morichal Power Plant
(2) LM6000 August 2010February 2011
Assigned to EPC project until postponed at 8 percent construction complete due to lack
of payment from client.
Providing MS Project 2007 scheduling support.
Interfaced between Engineering, procurement, document control, QC/QA, construction, and
clients.
Provided daily construction and weekly EPC status reports to client.
Held two(2) week look ahead meetings between contractor and construction in order to
identify manpower and equipment requirements.
Northeast Utilities, Berlin Connecticut September 2009September 2010Yankee Gas
Scheduler Capital Construction Gas Projects
Developed P6 Schedule Templates for basic construction of Gate Station, CDOT
Relocation, and New Business gas projects.
Review, update, and categorize approx 400 Projects. Process required use of STORMS
(Work Management System), MIBS (Work Order Accounting System) to determine Project status
and remaining work.
Developed high level Project layouts to identified active Projects within four (4) work
centers.
Provided mentoring of junior planner in the use of Primavera P6.2.1, scheduling
methodology, Resource loading/levelizing and creating and use of baseline schedules.
Established routine for transferring via Report generator of P6Resource information
into Excel Graph.
Project Controls Service, LLC
May 2009October 2010
Developed proposal schedules utilizing Client-based Primaveras P6.2.1 for Biomass
Fuel, Combined Fuel Cycle and simple cycle projects.
Assisted independent contractors in conversion of Microsoft Project Schedules to
Primavera P5, P6 & P7 Schedules.
The Shaw Group
February 2009May 2009Entergys Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Senior Outage Scheduler
.
Developed resource loaded refueling outage schedule in Primaveras P5.
Developed P5 outage reports.
Established web publishing routine for running and posting of Refueling Outage
Schedules and Reports to Plant Web site.
Utilized MS Access and Excel for updating the Outage Schedule from various site
programs, including INDUS.
The Pike Company, New York, New York March 2007December 2008
Project Controls Manager
(01/200812/2008)
LEnergy Power Plant Repowering & retro
-fit project of 80MW Combined Fuel with a Rolls
Royce Trent 60 in Lowell, Massachusetts
Unique project as all piping systems were required to be refurbished due to degraded
conditions.
Established and maintain a work breakdown system (WBS) for tracking time & materials in
Excel and utilized for Cost distribution.
Provided and tracked Budget and Cost estimate to complete based on Earned Value.
Developed and maintain a P3 construction and start-up schedule and coordinated
integration with engineering schedules.
Provided Senior Management weekly construction report incorporating Excel spreadsheets
and charts.
Developed MS Access database for tracking of equipment and material deliveries.
Senior Scheduler
(03/200702/2008)
Developed P3 proposal schedules for existing building renovations and new construction
projects.
Developed and maintain P3 construction schedules for various high rise facilities.
ISO
-New England, Holyoke, Massachusetts November 2003March 2007
Database Administrator/Developer
(01/200603/2007)
Enterprise Risk Management Group - Corrective Action Program development.
Interim MS Access Database Administrator/developer for QMS Corrective Action/Preventive
Action tracking system
Database documentation.
Project Controls Analyst (11/2003 12/2005)
Program Management Office (PMO) - development of a Quality Management System (QMS) within
the ISO-NE organization.
Developed MS Access pilot database for Issues and Corrective Action tracking.
Developed & maintained in MS Project (22) subprojects in an integrated resource loaded
project schedule.
Tracked and provided Project cost status.
Incorporate and maintained the Project Schedule in Enterprise Project Management MS
Project Server.
Assisted Project Manager in the development of project charter, budget and management
presentations and reports.
Provided quarterly budget forecast.
Assisting in the development of a Records Control and Document Control process.
Northeast Utilities, Berlin Connecticut 20032004
Project Controls Analyst
(01/200302/2004)
Provided consulting project control services to the Program Management Office (PMO).
Assigned to the development of an Electronic Dispatch System.
Developed and maintained an integrated resource loaded P3E project schedule.
Advised management on schedule status, and developed alternate solution to problems and
schedule conflicts.
Coordinated effort with project team members to develop an accelerated (schedule
recovery) plan.
TLG Services Inc
., Bridgewater, Connecticut 2001 - 2002
Assistant Project Manager/Project Controls Analyst
(09/200111/2002)
GPUs Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation Containment Vessel Concrete Removal
Project.
Unique project as structure required to be anchored to prevent uplifting during concrete
removal.
Monitored all project activities associated with the development of engineering
deliverables, cost and budget control, procurement, and management of contract work
forces.
Provided and tracked Budget and Cost estimate to complete based on Earned Value.
Developed and maintained MS Project construction schedule.
Utilized MS Excel for developing reports and charts.
Assisted Project Manager in directing work activities.
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Waterford, Connecticut 20012001Senior Work Planner, Millstone Unit 2 & 3 (04/2001 08/2001)
Developed/planned work orders for engineering work activities, and repetitive condition
monitoring work.
Providing support in the conversion of preventive maintenance work orders from a manual
regenerating process to an automatic process.
Northeast Nuclear Energy Co
., Waterford, Connecticut 19932001Senior Work Planner, Millstone Unit 3 1155 MW
Developed/planned work orders for engineering work activities, and repetitive conditions
monitoring work.
Provided Work Planning Development support in development of performance indicator
graphics in Microsoft Excel.
Provided Microsoft Access support to the parts department for tracking parts for
outrage related work orders.
Developed an Engineering Work Tracking (EWTS) database, using Microsoft Access that
tracked engineering deliverables through implementation and closeout.
Developed process to integrate the PMMS work order system into the EWTS database.
Integrated the PASSPORT parts ordering system into the EWTS through the use of Excel
and Access programs.
Developed Microsoft Access reports that provided Engineering deliverables with
associated work orders and parts. These reports were instrumental in identifying,
monitoring, and implementing work activities during the recovery of M3.
Lead Project Planner, MP 3 Engineering Backlog Reduction
Provided work priority direction to Engineering/Design Team for field implementation.
Provided project controls functions through the development of a resource leveled
project plan.
Provided monthly-earned value progress reports.
Provided project reports/documentation in response to NRC requests and upper management
commitments.
Northeast Utilities Service Co, Berlin, Connecticut 19801992Lead Project Planner, Millstone Unit 2 882 MW - Steam Generator Replacement
Provided planning and scheduling support for the development, maintenance, and monitoring
of project schedule.
Coordinated work effort of three (3) schedulers assigned to the project.
Coordinated work activities of SGRP planning staff consisting of contractors and
vendors planning staff.
Coordinated the integration of A/Es engineering and construction schedule into the
project schedule.
Interface with outage planning group to develop an integrated replacement/ refueling
schedule.
Monitored A/Es schedules and reported to Project Manager on overall status.
CERTIFICATES
OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety (2012)
EDUCATION
M.B.A
., Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, Connecticut
B.S
., Construction Engineering Technology, Florida International University, Miami,
Florida
Certificate of Completion, Ironworkers Local Union 403, West Palm Beach, Florida
A.A
., Building Construction, Palm Beach Junior College, Lake Worth, Florida
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