Manager Project

Tara Moore, PMP

*** ***** ***** **. 832-***-****

League City, TX 77543 **********@*****.***

Career Summary

Outstanding leader with a strong foundation of communication skills, managerial experience and the ability to motivate teams of

professionals to exceed goals across business functions. Intimate knowledge of electrical manufacturing within Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Utilities, Petrochemical and Aerospace (IT, ENG, Special Projects) industry. Responsible for creating overall company PMO’s for several organization, along with implementation of standard operating procedures, best practices and training centers, organizational wide.

Education

B.A., Communication Business Studies, University of Iowa

B.A., Political Science, University of Iowa

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

Procore Engineering and Project Management Certified, Procore Technologies Inc.

Professional Experience

MORI Associates, NASA JSC

PMO Manager: Project Management, Systems Engineering, Houston, Texas 2019-Current

Reports to MORI Headquarters & COMIT PMO Director, providing accurate, effective and timely reporting on all business issues.

Responsible for the overall Project Management customer commitments pertaining to customer satisfaction, financials, schedules and quality.

Ensures clear communication and understanding of project status, changes and performance to the customer and MORI Headquarters and COMIT PMO Director.

Reconstructing Best in Class PM standard operating procedures, plans, roles and responsibilities, checklists, website and training center.

Responsible for high-level relationship management with customers and current and future business partners.

Facilitates bi-weekly PM round-ups, weekly contract Project Management Review (PMR) meetings, special project actions item training and improvements.

Directs the preparation of project proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budget and financial terms/conditions of the contract. Directs contract proposals, past performances and proposal reviews for new incoming business throughout the year.

Works with PMO Director and Headquarters to identify monthly contract needs, task requirements, areas of emphasis, corrective action reports and opportunities to expand MORI’s business with the customer’s organization.

Reports on active risks and creates opportunities to manage the operational or market risks for PM.

Oversees the project life cycle for implementation of IT, Communication, Multimedia, Security and Configuration Management Services, by implementing and providing guidance, enhancements and training on PMO processes and policies, while overseeing the work of the PM staff and functional leads.

AETI & M&I Electric, LLC

PMO Director: Project Engineering, Project Management, Document Control, Houston, Texas 2017- 2019

Champions management disciplines and provided processes, structures and tools, for individual project managers, documentation specialists and PDC electrical engineers, across the organization.

Drives a culture of continuous improvement, throughout the company, by eliminating misconceptions of an Electrical PDC driven corporation and the need within the industry.

Created the first PMO, along with realigning all internal ISO procedures, to reflect a change of organization from an operations driven approach, to an overall PMO.

Adapted an overall ERP system (Procore Construction), in order to align and equip the company’s growth and ERP Intellects.

Responsible for all contract negotiations, risk management, organizational development and strategic integration, on a day by day interactions with bid reviews, contract and estimate review.

Primary mission is preparing the company for continued growth, by innovating and teaching a lean organization. Creating a culture of processes and standards, to ultimately reflect a streamlined quality product, on-time and within budget.

Developed & maintained the company best practices and Procore training center for new hires. Continuous training and operations work flows, manned within the PMO group. Resulting in an overall engaged team.

Established the first SME operation organization, in order to promote continual growth and training within M&I, LLC.

Evaluates actual performance against the project plan and makes adjustments consistent with plan objectives.

Commercially and financially astute, expert in company P&L and balance sheets.

CE POWER, LLC 2015- 2017

Senior Project & Development Manager, Project Engineering Group, Cincinnati, Ohio (Remote)

Maintaining project budgets using Epicor financial forecasting tools, while monitoring Profit / Loss for all projects for a concurrent backlog over $20Million: USBOR- Hoover Dam & Morrow Point Dam, Indiana Power & Light, American Electric Power and Entergy.

Monitoring scope by initiating internal or external commercial change requests for all changes to base-lined scope.

Conducting internal audits throughout a project to ensure all commercial and contractual obligations, as well as customer commitments throughout project to ensure all deliverables conform with requirements.

Utilizing continuous process improvements, to review and influence business and employee development processes, improve company policies and programs, and create solutions with implantation strategies.

Supervising Field Service Technicians, Project Engineers, Project Specialist, Service Associate for all projects. Including the coordination of personnel and equipment to sites, contractors and over site for cost and revenue adjustments and accruals.

Coordinating and overseeing meetings between engineers, fabrication shop employees, vendors’ contractors and customers, including construction AUTOCAD drawing reviews, capacity planning, and customer and vendor inspections.

Supervising, training and mentoring new employees, including weekly training sessions and recaps as well as lessons learned and progress status updates using S.M.A.R.T. goal setting and tracking.

Managing weekly progress schedules utilizing MS Project software, addressing any lags or leads in each schedule for all deliverables and communicating to appropriate stakeholders any solutions or potential impacts.

Evaluating project status’ by creating, maintaining, and distributing all relevant project information and reports for financial and schedule progress to date, and forecasts by utilizing information from various sources.

POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2007- 2015

Manager of Project Management, Global Service Division, Houston, Texas

Manages the Global Service Divisions Project Management actions from a Program Management level by instructing divisional Supervisors & Master Scheduling on Global Service strategies and processes.

Lead and develop a team of 37 direct and indirect reports. All Oracle Analytics P/L responsibility in excess of $60M sales and operations performance achieved.

Provides a communication interface between internal and external customers both domestic and international. Maintain a company focus on the 6 key accounts, CE Power (Domestic), Chevron (Domestic & International), ExxonMobil (Domestic &

International), Enbridge (International), Air Products (Domestic & International), CB&I/Reficar Refinery (International)

Monitors Analytics costs, forecasted costs, budgeted costs and financials against monthly, quarterly and annual objectives.

Implemented training programs (I Speak Communication 101, Continual Education Classes, Oracle 101, and PMI Preparation Courses) to develop and encourage a motivated Project Management team.

Creating and maintain a GP change management goal in excess of additional 2% GPM all while adding to the increase in record profits.

Responsible for managing Project Management resources and reorganizing Global Service functional job descriptions.

Creates and maintains all Individual Development Plans, Reviews and Project Management annual objectives.

Risk & Contract Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Planning and innovating Global Service Divisions 3-year strategic globalization plan.

Supervisor/Manager of Project Management, Electrical Division

Supervise and coordinate all aspects of customer orders from Oracle order entry through shipment, including order validation, Primavera scheduling coordination with production, change order negotiations, coordination of customer visits and facilitates between customer and QA department.

Resolves all order related issues with a focus on Oracle Analytics P/L driven commercial and contractual obligations. Responsible for achieving over $320M in sales all while shipping 92% of projects on time.

Provides proactive leadership and direction for a group of 25 Project Managers.

Provides weekly training sessions to the Project Management team along with Sales & Estimating.

Attends/Chair weekly production, capacity and jobs in trouble meetings in order to resolve issues and provide status updates.

Trains, motivates and markets with each employee on a one on one basis.

Responsible for writing and maintaining our Best Practice Guidelines which Powell Electric models itself from.

Provides communication link between business and customers regarding order status and progress.

Delegates and facilitates all Oracle process refinements and new initiatives.

Executive PM Sponsor for successfully supervising 20 power control substations for Reficar Project Cartagena, Colombia worth an estimated $90M ultimately achieving over $110M throughout project lifecycle.

Creating and maintain a GP change management goal in excess of additional 3.5% GPM, while adding to the increase in record profits 2010-2013.

Successful multi-million dollar projects include – Chevron Bangladesh, Fenix Power Peru, Wescosa Saudi Arabia, Bechtel Chile, Dow Gulfstream, Sadara Chemical Complex, Tapis EOR Rejuvenation Malaysia, Hebron Exxon Mobile, Fluor CP Chemical, Black & Veatch TECO, MSP Chevron Angola, AMEC Kearl Oil Sands

Supervisor of Project Management, Post Sales Service & Warranty, Electrical Division

Assisted in defining and staffing an effective team within the Project Management Department of eight employees.

Developed and implemented a Ship Loose process used by the logistics department to minimize customer issues shipped from our facility. Reduced over 50% of Ship Loose Warranty Claims resulting in substantial monetary savings.

Responsible for the mitigation and reconciliation of customers Post Sale Service and Warranty issues submitted by Project

Management. Worked with the group members on how to successfully triage a Problem Report.

Enhanced customer service by reducing initial response time to 24 to 48 hours after initial contact and implemented processes encouraging immediate customer contact.

Responsible for meeting and exceeding a 6-million-dollar spare parts budget for Domestic and International Customers.

Instrumental in creating, training and encouraging the use of group Oracle processes and procedures within our Best Practice

Guidelines.

Project Manager of Electrical Division

Lead multiple power distribution projects for heavy industry customers throughout the globe.

Consistent increases in revenue for Powell and end-users, by aggressively lowering and maintaining Oracle Analytics project costs, and achieving revenue gains through early start-up and commissioning of projects.

Developed project schedules, order entry documents and managed change order communication all while maintaining anywhere from 30-50-million-dollar backlog.

Responsible for all major project P/L oversight in order to accomplish a prosperous GP.

Sole point of contact for several customers at one time throughout the project life cycle- B&M Minnkota Power, PCS Phosphate, Air Products and Technip Global, Mitsubishi Colombia, BP Texas City, Shaw Stone & Webster East Coast.

Direct multiple functional groups including engineering, production, purchasing and logistics to ensure timely delivery of products.

Facilitated Oracle training experience for new employees within the project coordination group.

ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS 2003 – 2007

Training Facility Manager, Branch & Assistant Manager, Manager Trainee, Houston, Texas

Piloted a training branch facility while overseeing the daily operations including accounting, loss control and vehicle acquisitions

Maintained and developed business referral relationships with corporate, retail and insurance account partners.

Opened a new rental branch location from ground up after establishing a long relationship with one of the largest dealerships in Houston.

Instrumental in motivating, marketing and follow-up with a team to ensure success in the four key areas of the business.

Achieved highest regional corporate growth at 106%, year to date. During this time, received the highest operating profit in

Southwest Houston 7 out of 8 months.

Employee retention 100%, 12 month rolling average, while managing daily operations in regards to customer service, profitability, employee development and fleet growth.

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