NAME : Viviana S. Videla
WORKING TITLE: Project Controls Manager
Location/Address: 23 Caulfield Ct., The Woodlands, TX, 77382
Citizenship: USA (Naturalized on June 14, 2002).
Telephone: Cell 281-***-****
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES: Professional Civil and Structural Engineer - Santiago, Chile, 1994
Degree: MS Civil and Structural Engineering (Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles)
School: Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH). (License No 55.183)
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Project Controls Manager, university graduate with degree in Civil and Structural Engineering, 22 years of work in project controls in the oil and gas, mining, nuclear and telecoms sectors. In all types of Projects (EP, EPC, EPCM, EPCI ) studies and proposals, performed multiple roles as Project Controls Manager, Lead Planning & Scheduling Engineer, Lead Cost Engineer, Services Estimator, Estimator and Civil Engineer.
Responsible for the implementation of project controls tools, standards and work processes, managing a project controls team of estimating, planning and scheduling controls, cost and budget controls, forecasting, change management, earned value based progress and performance measurement, risk evaluation and contingency management.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION
Languages: First Language Spanish; English – Speak, Read & Write fluently. Portuguese – Socially speak.
Computer Literacy: Superior software skills using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Primavera, Microsoft Project and proprietary software for project controls management and reporting.
Proven ability to quickly learn new software tools, adapt my knowledge to them and develop/optimize programs.
WORK HISTORY
Williams Field Services - Oil & Gas - Midstream & Upstream - Houston, TX 2013- 2015
Project Controls Lead (Cost)/Project Services Lead (Owner Team) (CCL Global Consultant), assigned to the WMS – Gulfstar One Program – Floating Production System and Tubular Bells ($1.5B) (EPCI);
Responsible for the project controls management of the FPS and SCR Transportation and Installation Project (~ $200M), Hookup and Commissioning Project (~$150M), Export Pipelines Project (~$130M), and overall program close-out activities.
Chevron - Oil & Gas - Upstream - Houston, TX 2010 - 2012
Program Lead Cost Engineer, Scheduler & Estimator (Owner Team) (Swift Worldwide Resources Consultant), assigned to the NEMBA Program – ESR and Flare Reduction Program ($2.0B)(EPCI);
Responsible for estimating and program cost management of the NEMBA – Stage II - Brownfield Project and, for the Offshore Angola LNG Congo River Crossing Project.-
Jacobs Engineering - Oil & Gas - Downstream & Upstream - Houston, TX 2007-2010
Project Controls Manager, assigned to the Shell – Motiva Crude Expansion Program ($9.0B TIC), ExxonMobil – Mobile Bay Plant Consolidation Project, and Enbridge – Venice Condensate System Project
Responsible for project controls management of the Sprint Area (~$1.0BillionTIC) of the Motiva Crude Expansion Program, Mobile Bay Plant Consolidation Project and the Venice Condensate System Project
Alliance Wood Group Engineering - Oil & Gas – Midstream - Houston, TX 2007-2007
Project Controls Manager, assigned to the AGL Resources - Golden Triangle Gas Storage, and Bobcat Gas Storage Project
Responsible for project controls management of the AGL Golden Triangle and Bobcat Gas Storage Projects (EP), and for the implementation of the Standard Level 3 Onshore Schedule, and the development of the Alliance Cost & Earned Value based Progress Measurement System (PCS)
Amec - Paragon Engineering - Oil & Gas – Midstream - Houston, TX 2006-2006
Project Controls Manager, assigned to the Enbridge - Pipeline Project
Responsible for project controls management of the Enbridge Pipeline Project (EP).
Bechtel Corporation – Mining & Metals, Telecommunications, and Nuclear (BNI) 1997-2006
Numerous assignments and Roles:
Telecoms - Project Controls Supervisor & Estimator / Lead Project Controls Engineer & Estimator, assigned
to the Cingular – UMTS, and New Build Projects (Houston), and New Build Project – Midwest Region (Chicago)
Houston, TX and Chicago, IL - 2004 -2006
Nuclear (BNI) – Planning & Scheduling Supervisor, assigned to the Idaho Completion Project (ICP) - Integrated Tank
Farm Closure Project (EPCM) Idaho Falls, ID – 2002 -2004
Mining & Metals – Business Development Department – Senior Cost Engineer & Bechtel Services Estimator,
assigned to the M&M Business Development Department Denver, CO – 2001 -2002
Telecoms – Regional Project Controls Engineer (Cost), assigned to the AWS Project – Rocky Mountain (EPCM)
Denver, CO – 2000 -2001
Mining & Metals – Planning & Scheduling Supervisor / Lead Planning and Scheduling Engineer, assigned to the
Burnside Aluminum Modernization Project (Red Mud) (EPC - $50M), Lebec Cement Plant Project ( Basic Eng/EPCM - $100M), Business Development Department (All studies and proposals), Vitrification Plant – Nuclear Facility (Richland, WA – EPCM), and Toquepala L-SX/EW Expansion Project (EP - $70M) Denver, CO – 1998 -2000
Mining & Metals – Senior Planning and Scheduling Engineer, assigned to the M&M (Mining & Metals) Project Controls
Study Department San Francisco, CA - 1997- 1998
Bechtel Chile S.A and Sigdo Koppers S.A. – Mining & Metals Santiago & Jobsites, Chile - 1994 - 1997
Mining & Metals – Lead Project Controls Engineer / Area Lead Planner & Scheduler, assigned to Escondida 3.5 Process Optimization Project (EPCM), El Abra Remediation Project (EPCM - $30M), Dona Ines de Collahuasi Copper Concentrator (EPCM -$1.5B), and El Abra Copper SX/EW – Leach Project (EPCM - $1.2B)
Responsible for providing Project Controls expertise (Schedule and cost) to the specific project assignments, and for the training of the project controls Chilean personnel on the use of tools, methods, best practices and procedures for Planning, Scheduling and Cost Engineering.-
Sigdo Koppers S.A. – Civil and Mining Santiago & Jobsites, Chile – 1992 - 1994
Field Civil Engineer, assigned to Chuquicamata Smelter - #4 Acid Plant Decontamination Project (EPC), and Disputada Las Condes – Copper Smelter/Oxygen Plant (EPC)
Responsible for providing field Civil and Structural support to the field Superintendent (Civil and Structural calculations, quantity take-offs, progress reporting, cost & commitments system, field trending and budget control).