CHRISTINE L. MCNAMARA

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Evansville, IN

517-***-****

VALUE STATEMENT

Project Controls Manager with a history of successful completion of projects ranging up to $1.7B in the Renewable Energy, Transportation and Pharmaceutical industries; over fifteen years of experience with a proven track record in project controls management, scheduling, planning and project management in fast paced, high pressure environments.

Extensive experience with managing other professionals at local and remote locations. Highly motivated individual that can adapt well to changing and complex working environments. Talent for quickly mastering technology and new software programs. Proven successful track record in interacting with upper level management as well as subordinate staff. Demonstrated ability to work with culturally diverse co-workers. Thrives under deadlines.

EXPERTISE

Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical and planning skills

Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

Effective communicator across matrix organization

Project Management - Trained in PMP philosophies

Recruiting and Retention of personnel

Budget creation and maintenance

Risk analysis and Change management

Microsoft Project scheduling

Contract Management – Owner and Client perspective

Procurement expediting

CHRONOLOGY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

Taurus PCC December 2015 to Present

SENIOR PRINCIPAL PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER –

• Develop with the project team project funding documents, to lead budget, schedule and change management activities, cost and schedule risk analysis and cash flow analysis.

• Develop and lead the management of project cost reports including the evaluation of actual and forecasted costs against budgets and detailed analysis supporting the same.

• Develop project control procedures and solutions for capital project delivery.

• Develop accruals and forecast reports for the projects including detailed management reports at a minimum monthly.

• Coordinate earned value analysis, audits, invoice / pay application reviews of select client vendors and subcontractors.

• Coordinate the development of Project estimates alone or with engineering and/or construction management firm of client.

• Assist with the performance of value-engineering analysis, and development, issuance and evaluation of RFPs.

• Assist with project related contract negotiations, interfacing with the vendors and legal, as needed.

• Update internal standards for financial project cost controls and ensure contractor compliance with same

• Provide high level project updates to, and work directly with, senior management. Provide more detailed daily or weekly updates, as required.

• Coordinate and procedural interface between Project Management and Procurement, PM and Finance

• Work with Project Managers and other internal stakeholders (such as Engineering, Validation, Manufacturing, Facilities, Quality, etc.) to provide unified, cost-driven solutions, identify potential conflicts, and assist in the facilitation of making critical commercial decisions.

• Coordinate and facilitate weekly schedule review meetings.

System One (ComEd) September 2015 to December 2015

ASSISTANT PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER –

Assist Manager of Project Controls with management of the Project Controls, Scheduling and Estimating groups. Ensure accurate and timely project reporting to Sr. ComEd management. Assist with special project reporting requirements as requested. Ensure safety requirements were adhered to by System One colleagues while working on ComEd worksites.

IEA Renewable Energy July 2014 to September 2015

DIRECTOR PROJECT CONTROLS - U.S. AND CANADA –

Director in charge of all project planning activities. Accountable for establishing and maintaining all necessary tools and systems required to set individual project baselines for scope, schedule, budget, and cash flow. Accountable for consistent, timely, and active tracking, forecasting, and reporting of operational and financial performance metrics against the established project baselines to support the Project Managers in successful execution of all work and achieving Customer satisfaction. Accountable for ensuring proper and timely communications between all project personnel of any and all variances and performance trends and synthesizing all project data into usable executive summary reports. Accountable for tailoring and maintaining all necessary tools and systems to set, maintain, and communicate using the IEA Project Management Manual.

Ensure that safe work conditions are established, maintained, and that safety awareness is instilled throughout all project activities

• Ensure that all quality requirements are met in accordance with IEA & Company System Standards

• Lead, Direct, Coordinate, and Guide all cost engineer and project scheduler activities to help them successfully prepare their projects for implementation by the project manager

• Ensure that all project tools: Key Performance Indicators, Risk Matrix, Schedule, etc… are all linked together via a standardized Work Breakdown Structure to complete an estimating feedback loop.

• Provide support and guidance to the project managers during the preparation of project baseline packages using all pertinent estimate, proposal, and contract documents to establish project plans

• Ensure project schedules meet all contractual and construction need requirements

• Coordinate and Manage timely and accurate schedule updates, quantity tracking, change orders, and field progress updates from all project managers

• Review accumulated cost reports, installed quantity & man-hour reports, and progress updates to evaluate field performance and determine if performance recovery discussions are required

• Review production curves and budget forecast & estimate at completion updates

• Ensure that all progress billings and change orders are properly and timely processed

• Review change order status and updated performance indicator tools to ensure that accurate and timely financial reporting and record keeping

• Ensure that trending tools and analysis are successfully used to detect problem areas in a timely manner to allow for corrective action discussions and implementation where and when necessary

• Lead, direct, and coordinate the production of weekly and monthly Division-wide reporting

• Ensure all committed costs are verified with the vendor/subcontractor on a quarterly basis

• Ensure compliance with all financial procedures and reporting requirements

System One March 2014 to July 2014

SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST –

Performed immediate assessments of Project Health for large commercial wind and solar power EPC Contractor and large Environmental Remediation Contractor supporting all aspects of the energy industry to determine true state of financials, schedule and constructability relative to initial project baseline cost, schedule, and scope. Assessment of resource management, forecast and accrual process, schedule detail/adherence, original estimate/budget, risk assessment, contingency, contractual T’s and C’s to establish recommendations on a forward basis to maintain and control projects to an EAC and schedule. Created executive level reports and interfacing with Corporate Finance relative to overall Project condition.

Genzyme Framingham, MA Nov 2013 to March 2014

SENIOR CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER -

Development and maintenance of project cost data to provide the Capital Project team with the necessary budgetary benchmarks and information for project controls

Establish project control tools and resources and assist the Capital Project team in budgeting, project analysis, evaluating contract scope, and change order management

Develop a consistent approach for project cost controls for use across all Capital programs

Develop, define, and deploy process improvements related to project management cost controls, review and develop current existing financial policies to ensure that they are aligned with Genzyme's Capital program

Provide ongoing support of project cost activities in support of capital project activity including providing regular status reports to management

In coordination with Capital Project team, evaluate and implement business processes and technology improvements within the project management and construction function to include the Phase Gate Management process

Create and maintain project cost controls and provide ongoing training, internal review and audits/reporting to ensure standards are maintained

Provide input and assist in regular business reporting, including tracking of deliverables and key metrics as required

Review schedules, budgets, construction documents, and project cost tracking for Capital Project team

Team lead on INexus system deployment for CPM group

Davis Langdon/AECOM, Evansville, IN (Project Controls Contractor - Bristol Myers Squibb, Mt Vernon, IN and Humacao, Puerto Rico sites) Dec 2011 – Nov 2013

SENIOR COST ENGINEER III -

Prepare detailed construction/equipment installation cost reports; monitor, evaluate and report risk and cost data, including budgeted and forecasted amounts; maintain engineering and construction cost/budget expenditure and cash flow; coordinate cost control with Project Planners, schedulers and core group of program management; acts as the responsible control representative on four projects with sole accountability for the cost control and financial reporting requirements at Bristol Myers Squibb Mount Vernon site, four projects at the Manati Puerto Rico site and 1 project at the Humacao Puerto Rico site.

Review/approve monthly engineering, construction and equipment invoice submittals; ensure contract requirements are being complied with.

Maintains project change control; evaluates all change requests and makes recommendations to program management.

Prepares and presents to management monthly cost reports. Participate in monthly Steering Committee meetings.

Participates in internal audit process at Mount Vernon site to ensure all records are prepared and stored according to standard operating procedures.

Executed audit of Humacao Puerto Rico site Project Controls documents to ensure standard operating procedures are adhered to by site project managers and AECOM project controls personnel; made recommendations to resolve areas of concern were processes where not being followed.

Manage Davis Langdon/AECOM colleagues supporting Bristol Myers Squibb Puerto Rico site to ensure cost reporting procedures and standard operating procedures are being followed.

Resources Global Professionals, Detroit, MI (Contractor - Pfizer Global Animal Health, Kalamazoo, MI) Jan 2011 – Dec 2011

PROJECT SUPPORT SPECIALIST-

Assist Project Leaders and Director in leading various product transfer projects. Participate as a member of project teams. Assist project leaders with project related activities.

Develop, maintain and update project implementation documentation including project organization charts, status reports, meeting minutes, project timelines and presentations.

Create and maintain on Sharepoint project site, project documents for access by project leader and team members. Serve as documentation coordinator for project teams. Develop and track action items and issues for transfer projects and coordinate communications as required with team members and stakeholders.

Develop and maintain project and issues tracking databases across various projects as required.

Schedule and coordinate project meetings.

Maintain project gantt charts using MS Project. Track tasks and sub tasks and report on the status of each task and critical path activities. Assist in reviewing and analyzing project requirements. Report on project interdependencies and progress/slippage; assist in the development of project and performance metrics. Receive project updates and Provide status updates and reminders. Develop high level project schedules and timelines using Timeline Maker Professional.

Ensure financial reports are consolidated across project.

Facilitates project management from beginning to end, including conducting research into product and project- related issues.

Participates in defining project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with stakeholders

Contributes in the development of full-scale project plans and associated communication documents

Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

Prepares budget proposal drafts and updates changes as necessary

Supports the Project Managers in setting and managing project expectations with team members and stakeholders

AECOM, DALLAS, TX (DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT OFFICE CONSULTANT) Jan 2009 – December 2010

SENIOR COST ANALYST-

Provide cost analyst support on light rail projects for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART); Program Budget for Design/Bid/Build and Design/Build exceeding $5B with individual projects up to $1.7B. Update program/project budgets, expenditures, schedules and forecasted project costs; as well as, setup new projects in Cost Management system. Reconcile costs in Cost Management system to DART Lawson Financial system. Create charts and graphs for published cost management reports and executive summary. Review and code contractor invoices for DART accounting. Create and provide invoice templates for new contracts to contractors. Prepare invoice templates for FTA SCC coding. Review and provide feedback associated with Supplemental Agreement submittals prepared by Construction Project Managers; update contractor invoice templates to include approved supplemental agreements. Analyze Professional Service Contracts Annual Work Plan (AWP). Reconcile AWPs at end of fiscal year, adjust commitments in Cost Management system to reflect actual expenditures and reflect current Board approved contracts; reforecast projects based on new commitment values. Provide analysis of 100% estimates to project planned budgets prior to contracts being issued for bid. Execute software testing on Cost Management software upgrades and provide feedback to software vendor.

• Member of a 3 person team responsible for cost controls on Program exceeding $5B.

• Obtained training in Expedition software.

• Obtained training on Change Control.

PRIMA COMMUNICATIONS, PORTAGE, MI 2005 to 2009

MODERN ENGINEERING, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 2001 to 2005

PROJECT CONTROL SUPPORT SPECIALIST-

Provide project cost controls on major engineering capital projects for Pfizer Corporation. Provide project scheduling utilizing MS Project. Initiate and monitor procurement of equipment; ensure receipt of equipment does not adversely impact the project schedule. Communicate project status to project stakeholders and site management. Obtain endorsement /approval for project scope changes. Prepare monthly scope, schedule, and tracking reports for capital projects. Complete project closure following completion of projects.

• Responsible for cost controls on $107M New Aseptic Processing Facility Project.

• Responsible for cost controls on $38M Drug Transfer Project.

• Responsible for cost controls on $18.3M Stopper Processor Work Center Implementation project.

• Responsible for cost controls on $10M Active Vial Line Implementation project.

• Responsible for cost controls on $5.7M Implementation of Redundant Filtering project.

BIOPORT CORPORATION, LANSING, MI 1995 to 2001

HELPDESK ADMINISTRATOR-

Co-managed daily operations of IT department; Supervised and managed network support and call center staff. Forecasted and maintained IT budget, maintained IT inventory, initiated and maintained IT vendor accounts, provided corporate training and testing on Microsoft software. Managed projects utilizing Microsoft Project.

• Responsible for implementation and maintenance of company call center.

• Responsible for Biological License Amendment Submission project schedule.

• Assisted with setup and development of LAN.

• Developed and maintained technical operational policies and procedures.

• Responsible for the transfer of the telephone system from State of Michigan to BioPort Corporation.

• Attended validation seminars regarding FDA regulations and cGMP standards

ACADEMICS

Lansing Community College Lansing, MI - Associates, General Business

Siena Heights University Adrian, MI - Bachelor of Arts General Studies, emphasis in Business and English

Siena Heights University Adrian, MI - Masters, Community Counseling (In Process)

West Michigan Project Management Institute - Project Management Professional – Certification Preparation completed February 2008.

AFFILIATIONS

PMI - Member since September 2007

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