Ferdinand Ponce

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Ferdinand has over 15 years of experience as a Sr. Project Controls Manager specializing in Cost Engineering and in accounting functions within various industries including healthcare, semiconductor, oil and gas, renewable energy, waste water, commercial property, industrial, and food and beverage. He has 10 years of experience working on the owner’s side in a seconded role for USC Medical Centre Replacement Project, Administrative Office of the Courts, First Solar and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery. I am a team player, very passionate with work and I am very flexible in taking new challenges to venture on new project opportunities, learn and practice new skills which would be beneficial for the growth of myself and the company as well. I managed to handle workloads independently and with high confidence ensuring that good judgment is executed when carrying out my responsibilities.

Areas of Expertise

Cost Reporting & Analysis

Cash Flow/Forecasting

Work Breakdown Structure

Earned Value Management

Change Management

Budget Preparation

KEY PROJECTS

Healthcare

University of Southern CA, Medical Centre Replacement Project $854M

Semiconductor

Global Foundries, Malta NY

Tool Install Projects $60M

Intel, Hillsboro OR

Tool Install & Base Build Projects $80M

Intel, Chandler AZ $300M

Renewable Energy

First Solar, Topaz Solar PV Project $750M

Oil & Gas

Tesoro Corporation, Kenai Alaska

2016 Spring Turnaround $54M

Flint Hills Resources, Pined Bend Refinery

25 Unit Revamp, H2S & Mercaptan Projects $396M

Wastewater

DMWD, Northern Treatment Plant $350M

Commercial Property

Admin Office of the Courts, Cypress CO

Operations & Maintenance $58M

KEY SKILLS

Preparing Cost reports i.e. Cost Models, WBS Report, Risk Report, and Forecast Reports to recognize revenue for the projects, and preparing profitability reports

Utilizing SAP for financial reporting, Commitments, Actuals and Remaining

Coordinating with the Scheduling department to review critical path in order to assess any cost impacts

Meeting with Design engineering, project management, supply chain and project controls to review project progress and highlighting issues related to cost and schedule

Managing the cash flow forecasting at the WBS, Cost Element, and Resource codes level by utilizing Business Planning Consolidation software

Cost Control and Cost Management of a WBS based Cost reporting system in correlation with SAP.

Preparing projects Accruals, review of Commitments Reports and actuals by utilizing SAP & Business Objects Tool for forecasting purposes

Providing a synopsis of current data trends and outlying issues

Reviewing Change Orders from the Contractors and transferring funds from contingency, to the correct WBS account

Validating for any estimates, change request issues, and communicating and collaborating with Schedulers, Estimators and the main contractors

Reviewing outstanding change requests and to ensuring that the information is correctly written and is captured in the database

Maintaining current project budget, including cost allocations and estimated cost at completion

Conducting monthly Administrative Review with Senior Management, and communicating the latest budget and scheduling changes for review and analysis

Updating the project portfolio with or on behalf of the Project Manager, and assisting in the roll up reporting and details needed for quarterly reports

Coordinating and working closely with Project Managers and the Contracts Administration Team on a daily basis to resolve issues

Assessing vendor quotes and recommended cost reductions to the cost control manager

Planning logistics and actively managing relationships with clients, suppliers and contractors

Reviewing contractor scope submissions and verifying against construction drawings

Negotiating new contract rates where applicable

SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

Microsoft Office 2013

Oracle

Versapro (Unifier version of Client)

Automated Accounting 7

Share Point

IBM Cognos

Maximo

Primavera Expedition/Sure Track

Business Objects Systems QS Portal

SAP

QuickBooks, People Soft

Project Controls Estimate Database

IBM Tririga

PM Web – Project & Cost Management Database

EDUCATON & TRAINING

MA, Business Administration, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

BA, Business Administration, University of the East, Manila, Philippines

Certificate in Construction Project Management California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA

AACE, Director of Membership, Minnesota Section, June 2016-May 2017

AACE, Director of Membership, Arizona Section, June 2015-May 2016

AACE, Director of Academics, Arizona Section, June 2013-May 2015

Toastmaster, Member of Saint Paul, MN Section

JOB HISTORY

Babcock & Wilcox – SPIG

Project Controls Specialist IV

2017 – Present

Client: Kiewit Projects

Multiple Projects Ranging between $ 5MM & 20MM

Achievements:

oCreated a Staffing Plan to be incorporated to the existing Cash Flow Reports for the Kiewit Projects.

oIntroduced a one page detailed Cost Report summary and that includes to update and manage project budgets, commitments, expenditures, manpower estimates & forecasts and to conduct project performance using the Earned Value Management.

Faithful+Gould

Cost Engineer

2016 – 2017

Client: Global Foundries

Project: Tool Install Projects

Achievements:

oRestructured the Causes of the Potential Change Orders (PCO) thereby minimizing the amount of time spent in in selecting the cause of a potential change order without impacting the cost information being documented,

oImproved the accuracy of back up documentation and to lessen multiple revisions of the PCO.

Faithful+Gould

Cost Engineer

2016

Client: Tesoro Corporation

Project: $54 M 2016 Spring Turnaround

Achievements:

oReviewed the subcontractors bid estimates and negotiated contract agreements.

oSubmitted deliverables on time and developed graphics metrics and dashboards to project management team.

Faithful+Gould

Project Controls Analyst

2014 – 2015

Client: Flint Hills Resources Refinery

Project: $396M 25 Unit Revamp, H2S & Mercaptan projects: To upgrade it’s refinery to be able to improve the facility’s efficiency to process a capacity of 320,000 barrels of crude per day and also to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide.

Achievements:

oExceptional ability to organize large amounts of data and timely delivery of customer reports. Building a pivot tables to enable to analyse the change request data over the life of the project as well as providing pivot tables to track the spend on indirect labor by month.

oCreated CR (Change Request) metrics by the level of authority and the “true value of work” should be reflected on the change request and not to be used to adjust productivity.

Faithful+Gould

Quantity Surveyor/Contract Administrative Services

2012 – 2014

Client: Intel Corporation

Project: Tool Install Projects

Achievements:

oResolved recurring issues related to Bill of Quantities and the signed Field validations with the respective electrical and piping project engineers and project controls

oDaily communications with the Hensel Phelps BIM coordinators per functional areas for any ARNs (At Risk Notice) issues and make sure that % complete on design per tool are indicated on the ARNs

Faithful+Gould

Quantity Surveyor

2012

Client: Intel Corporation

Project: Tool Install Projects

Achievements:

oActed as commercial manager for assigned trade, includes chairing weekly project meetings to discuss commercial matters

oProduced mechanical cost estimates using drawings and contracted unit rates

oWorked with Project Managers and the Contracts Administration Team on a daily basis to resolve issues

oReviewed and processed change orders on a daily basis

oDaily communication with Mechanical contractor

Faithful+Gould

Cost Estimator

2012

Client: Denver Metro Wastewater District

Project: $350M Northern Wastewater Treatment Plant

Achievements: Solicited quotations on the price of materials and equipment and analysed the 30% Cash Flow Submittal along with the detailed estimate reports and schedule

Faithful+Gould

Project Cost Controller

2011 – 2012

Client: First Solar

Project: $750M Topaz Solar PV Project is a 550-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station that produce sufficient electricity to power an average 160,000 homes in San Luis Obispo County, California.

Achievements:

oDevelopment of integrated cost and resources monitoring software i.e. SAP, and APOGEE (Access based estimating tool)

oSupported the development of Class 3 project schedules (Install Tables)

Jacobs Engineering

Home Office Cost Engineer

2007 – 2011

Client: Cypress California Administrative Office of the Courts

Project: $58M operations and maintenance of the Administrative Office of the Courts, Southern Region Office

Achievements:

oSupported multiple project managers, up to six for the duration of the project

oWorked with the project management team to achieve the lowest cost while increasing the gross margin from 5% to 8% on the program

oCreated change order for $3 million and integrated changes into overall project accounting

Jacobs Engineering

Field Cost Engineer

2005 – 2007

Client: University of Southern California

Project: $854M construction of Los Angeles County & University of Southern California Medical Centre Replacement Project. The facility is a 600-bed, 1.5 million square feet hospital in Los Angeles. The facility includes an outpatient clinic building, eight story inpatient tower, five story diagnostic and treatment building and a central energy plant.

Achievements:

oManaged project cost data up to $5 million monthly using the Primavera-Expedition System

oAnalysed certified payroll of 10,000 contractor labor hours versus hours in the baseline

oReviewed and approved monthly contractor invoices up to $2 million, including contractors like McCarthy, Clark & Hunt Joint Venture, URS and Smith Emery

oGuided the team with Earned Value Management, Value Engineering & Change Management

oAssisted the medical equipment department with a procurement budget of over $80 million

US Auto Parts Network, Inc.

Senior Accountant

2002 – 2005

The company is an American online retailer of automotive parts and accessories for cars, vans, trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Role: Ensured the integrity of accounting information, recording, reviewing, consolidating and entering transactions.

Managed cash receipts, bank reconciliations, daily bank deposit and posted payments.

Achievements: Supervised and provided leadership to six accounting staff

Pilipinas Makro Inc.

Audit & Logistics Manager

1998– 2002

Company: Pilipinas Makro is a subsidiary of SHV Holdings N.V. of the Netherlands. The company is a high volume, low price, low cost, no frills cash and carry wholesaler. It provides its customers the best buying conditions and products that our customers need with 15 stores situated all over the country.

Role: Designed and implemented internal controls, policies and procedures. Has directed the year-end audits and discussed results with external auditors and maintained fixed assets schedules. Protected the organisation’s value by keeping information confidential.

Achievements: Supervised, trained and provided leadership to six auditing staff

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