Senior Project Scheduler/Project Controls Lead

Debra L. Kiss Key Technical Skills

Senior Lead Project Scheduler Primavera 6v7

Schedule Development

Education and Management

B.S., Business Administration, Resource Load Cost

P roject Management and Man-hours

University of Phoenix, 2003 Management of

Certificate, Architectural Design & Drafting, M ultiple Large-Scale

Saddleback College, 1996 Construction Projects

Certificate, Powerful Communication

Earned Value and Cost

S kills for Women,

Controls Reporting

National Businesswomen's Leadership

Claims Evaluation and

Assoc., 1993

Resolution

College of the Desert, Business Law,

Palm Desert, California, 1986 Contract and

Specification

Specialties Compliance

Twenty-five, (25) years of experience in M anagement

Construction Master Program and Project Schedule

Development, Critical Path Risk Analysis, Cost and

Manpower Loading, Resource Profile and Matrices, Earned Value Management, Change

Order Evaluation, Claim Impact Analysis and Corrective Action Recommendations.

Summary

Twenty-five (25) years of experience includes the schedule development and

management of waste water treatment facilities, bio-tech facility, airports,

infrastructure, renovation, nuclear plant, commercial, retail, healthcare, and

educational projects. Throughout my professional career, I have successfully applied

CPM scheduling techniques in organizing and controlling a full range of project tasks

from programming, design, and procurement through to construction, commissioning,

and closeout. CPM scheduling responsibilities included preliminary baseline planning

and network development, master project/subproject schedule development, detailed

construction schedule development, cost and resource loading, schedule updates and

reviews for payment applications, schedule fragnet development and analysis for

change orders and delay claim negotiations. Often called upon by clients to provide

guidance and recommendations in the development of scheduling specification

requirements as part of the contract documents. Additional experience includes

authoring schedule narrative reports, develop resource and cost matrices, time-scale

logic diagrams and cost loading resource histograms and burn-down curves as needed.

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Preparing detailed narratives and schedule comparison reports for purposes of

explaining, defining, and quantifying delay impacts to prepare for negotiation of cost

and time extensions. Perform QA/QC reviews of Contractor schedule submissions for

conformance of the contract and specification requirements, which involved an

evaluation of the critical path, cost loading, manpower loading, and schedule content,

use of relationships, constraints and milestones. Perform schedule impact analysis for

scope changes submitted by the Contractor. Routinely participate in schedule review

and change order meetings with clients and contractors for the purpose of evaluating

time extension change orders and claims. Since the inception of Primavera’s software

tools, my scheduling skills continue to develop to include P6v7.

Work Experience

Owner/Agency: City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: LA Wastewater Control System Replacement, Los

Angeles, CA

Duration: 10/2012 thru 05/2013 (contract)

Project Description: Design/Build Process Controls Improvements for five (5) Waste

Water Plants including engineering design and construction of primary Control Room

Facility at Hyperion Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Project Amount: $95M

Responsibilities:

Selected as the Senior Project Scheduler for this $95 million Waste Water Control

System Replacement for the City of Los Angeles. The Project includes five (5) major

Distribution Control Center upgrades and installation of a primary Control Room Facility

and while the five (5) Waste Water Treatment Plants continue day to day operations for

Los Angeles. Project Management services for the project include design/build

engineering and reviews, development of the master baseline schedule, resource

loaded with cost and man-hours; budget and schedule control; life cycle management;

facility startup and turnover, close-out and warranty support. As a Consultant, my

responsibilities include preparing baseline schedules and schedule basis document for

approval by project teams. Perform weekly schedule review meetings with the project

team. Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule

analysis. Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in the developing

alternate methods for corrective action. Assure credibility of the information contained

in the schedule. Analyze schedules from A/E firm, vendors and contractor. Made

recommendations to manage float and resequence activities to achieve project

milestone dates and interim target completion dates. Analyze change orders for

schedule impacts. Facilitate project scheduling meetings and interactive planning

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workshops as required. Perform jobsite walks to verify physical progress of scheduled

activities.

Owner/Agency: Genentech, Inc.

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: Genentech Debottlenecking Process

Improvements, Oceanside, CA

Duration: 3/2012 thru 10/2012 (contract)

Project Description: Design/Build automation improvements to debottleneck

processes impacting production.

Project Amount: $95M

Responsibilities:

Selected as the Senior Scheduler for Genetech, Inc, a bio-tech firm for the

Debottnecking Process Improvements Project. Responsibilities include development of

the Master Project Schedule from engineering concept design through construction.

Sixty-six (66) interconnected projects independently planned and coordinated in

preparation of shutdown cycles for 2012 through 2014 while the plant is online. Prepare

and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis. Monitor

schedule deviations and variances and assist in the developing alternate methods for

corrective action. Assure credibility of the information contained in the schedule.

Owner/Agency: Southern California Edison

Title: Long Range Planner/Senior Scheduler

Project Name and Location: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, San

Clemente, CA

Duration: 2010–2011

Project Description: Master Plan for Online and Outage Cycles from 2012 through

2014

Project Amount: Varied

Responsibilities:

Selected as the Senior Scheduler and Planner by the Long Range Planning Group and

the Unit Reliability Team. As a Consultant, my responsibilities included development of

the Master Plan Schedule for the upcoming outage cycles for 2012 through 2014. Each

outage cycle consists of approximately 60 major modifications to the plant and 30

maintenance modifications while the plant is running online. My duties included

coordination with Design Engineering for scope of work, estimating for preliminary

costs and resources and Construction for implementation of the work. Responsible for

presenting schedules during the Unit Reliability Team weekly meetings to support scope

stability and potential funding of projects. Some of these projects require high-level

planning and development of which many are high risk projects. The Master Plan

Schedule requires manpower and cost loading, logic sequence, WBS code structure

development, manpower and cost histograms as well as burn down curves as required.

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Owner/Agency: Southern California Edison

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: AB1632 License Renewal, San Clemente, CA

Duration: 2010-2011

Project Description: Master Schedule Plan for Plant License Renewal

Project Amount: N/A

Responsibilities:

Selected as the primary scheduler to develop schedules for the plant licensing renewal

governed by AB1632. As part of the license renewal, the NRC requires the plant to

demonstrate it can recover from a significant seismic event. The schedules developed

established a level of detail, cost and resource loading which met this requirement.

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Owner/Agency: Southern California Edison

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, San

Clemente, CA

Duration: 2009-2011

Project Description: Major Modifications and Upgrades, Refueling Outage Cycle for

Unit 2 and Online Upgrades for Unit 3 performed in Cycle Year 2009/2010. Mirror

Modifications and Upgrades, Refueling Outage Cycle for Unit 3 and Online Upgrades for

Unit 2 performed in Cycle Year 2010/2011.

Project Amount: $3M to $10M

Responsibilities:

Responsible for schedule development and management for six (6) of nine (9) high-

profile major modifications ranging from $3M to $10M, scheduled to be performed

during two (2) outage refueling cycles. These high-profile projects require in-depth

development of schedule details including cost loading, resource loading, WBS

structure development, and coordination with plant Operations and Security. Interface

with Work Control to ensure timely tag-out of critical equipment planned during the

outage periods. Coordinate with the Nuclear Construction Engineers and Project

Managers from inception to completion of the projects. Utilize Pipeline software

interface between Primavera and SAP. Schedule operations and work package detail

from Engineering through Implementation and closeout. Report weekly progress

updates for project team meetings and monthly earned value performance reports to

the Division Manager.

Owner/Agency: Los Angeles Unified School District

Title: Construction Manager I

Project Name and Location: LAUSD Corporate Facilities, Los Angeles, CA

Duration: 2007–2009

Project Description: Facilities Construction Management and Contract Oversight

Project Amount: Varied

Responsibilities:

Selected by LAUSD as an integral member of a newly created “Center of Excellence”.

Responsibilities involve Contractor Contract Compliance. Preliminary and Baseline

Schedule reviews and development, claims evaluation, time impact analysis evaluation

and recommendation. Work closely with the Owner Authorized Representative (OAR)

and Regional Scheduler to prepare comments and present the analysis to the

Contractor. Oversight and contract support as it relates to schedule requirements and

time impact analysis for Regions 1 through 8. Responsible for re-write and proposed

contract implementation of Construction Schedule Specifications for new projects.

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Owner/Agency: Los Angeles World Airports

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: North Terminal Improvements, Los Angeles, CA

Duration: 2007-2008

Project Description: Terminals 1, 2 & 3 baggage handling system replacement and

control system upgrades for baggage handling and security screening equipment

installation.

Project Amount: $192M

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the evaluation of specification requirements related to the project and

track the “project calendar” for contract compliance by the Contractor. Develop a

schedule that tracks all meetings, requirements (including schedule), correspondence

and deliverables met or not met by the Contractor. Create and submit the CM Monthly

Project Report for the Owner. Coordinate and develop desktop guidelines for the critical

elements of work being performed. Perform Change Order Analysis as needed using P6

fragnet development and Claim Digger to determine potential time and cost impacts.

Analyze the preliminary schedule submittal, the baseline and monthly schedule

updates. Prepare in-depth comments and recommendations based on the schedule

evaluation. Responsible for developing desktop project procedures and guidelines for

all project site processes.

Owner/Agency: Los Angeles Unified School District

Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: LAUSD Education Bond Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Duration: 2003-2005

Project Description: Measure “M” High School, Middle and Elementary Schools – 15

new schools constructed.

Project Amount: $25M each

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities were to oversee schedule management of new elementary, middle

schools and high schools in the south region of Los Angeles. This required my in-depth

management in schedule development, monthly updates, schedule reports, impact

analysis, site review and evaluation. Reported directly to the Project Director for each

site, coordinated schedule meetings, used delay mitigation measures for potential

future issues and worked very closely with the construction team to manage and

complete various schedule phases of the construction work on time with minimal cost

impacts. Performed schedule impact analysis for all change order work, RFI’s and

architectural directives for change.

Owner/Agency: Camco Pacific Builders

Title: Schedule Delay Analyst

Project Name and Location: Walgreens Drug Store, Huntington Beach, CA

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Duration: 2002-2003

Project Description: Construction Claim

Project Amount: $1.8M

Responsibilities:

Responsible for claims evaluation and analysis in preparation of trial, arbitration or

mediation. Prepare and present cost analysis detail to Clients for pre-trial settlement.

Specific assignment was to develop cost, time delay, evaluation of impacts to cost

over-runs for a $1.8M dollar lawsuit. The project took 4 months to develop the proper

documentation while working with significant experts in the field of Architecture,

Construction Management, The City of Huntington Beach, several Attorneys and the

personnel of the construction firm that filed the lawsuit. Prepared schedules and

impact analysis from 20 boxes of material including daily reports, project plans and

specifications, change orders and correspondence. I was successful in developing

supporting evidence of impacts with over 10,000 documents and schedules

chronologically demonstrating the delay impacts. This analysis consisted of over 35

notebook exhibits presented in court. The Contractor was successfully awarded the

lawsuit in court due to the preparation of the documentation I put together for the

case. I also performed schedule reviews and analysis for a variety of projects, e.g.

condominiums, hotels, apartments and commercial real estate development.

Developed schedules and claims protocol for use in proposals. Prepare and present

basic scheduling class to demonstrate pre-planning needs to architects, developers and

contractors.

Owner/Agency: NASSCO Ship Builders

Title: Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: NASSCO block line assembly and facility upgrades

Duration: 2001-2002

Project Description: Construction of new block line assembly for building and

launching new ships for the Navy. New building construction and renovations of office

space and workshops while facility operations continued day to day.

Project Amount: $22M

Responsibilities:

Responsible for schedule management in support of the NASSCO facilities renovation.

Performed monthly schedule updates for this $22M block line assembly project. Heavy

equipment procurement management and facilities renovation. Contract completed

2002.

Owner/Agency: Watkins Engineers & Constructors

Title: Project Scheduler

Project Name and Location: Cement Plant Renovation, Victorville, California

Duration: 2000-2001

Project Description: Cole Grinding and River Plant Renovations

Project Amount: $77M

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Responsibilities:

Responsible for the schedule management of manpower for the entire project.

Specifically responsible for the schedule management of the Cole Grinding System and

the River Plant operations. Duties included daily schedule management and

coordination during plant outages and weekly reporting of status to the Owner. In

charge of tracking extra work and budget management. Contract completed 2001.

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Owner/Agency: Department of Energy

Title: Project Management Scheduler

Project Name and Location: Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Plant, Columbia, MD

Duration: 1999-2000

Project Description: Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Prototype

Project Amount: $6.9B

Responsibilities:

Recruited as the Project Management Scheduler for an Advanced Mixed Waste

Treatment Plant. The project consisted of design development and technology

development for the plant prototype. Responsible for resource loading and cost

management, earned value reporting, status of activities and monthly reporting. This

project was cancelled by the DOE due to discrepancies by one of the contractors.

Owner/Agency: City of Irvine

Title: Project Management Consultant

Project Name and Location: City of Irvine Portola Parkway Improvements

Duration: 1998-1999

Project Description: Delay Claim Evaluation and Feasibility Study

Project Amount: $1.2M

Responsibilities:

City of Irvine Portola Parkway Improvements, Phase I Claim Evaluation for litigation

preparation. Contract Value $7M, contractor claim value of delay $1.2M, anticipated

settlement of $600K. Performed forensic As-Planned Schedule as well as As-Built

Schedule. Evaluated cost analysis fluctuation to determine feasibility of claim.

Owner/Agency: City of Anaheim

Title: Project Engineer II

Project Name and Location: City Redevelopment and Improvements, Anaheim, CA

Duration: 1990-1998

Project Description: Engineering and Mitigation Database Management

Project Amount: Varies

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the post permit process. Track design changes, summarize permit fees

by calendar/fiscal year, and plan check fees for design changes and permit fees.

Primary duties include the Mitigation Monitoring procedures. Consolidate mitigation

monitoring plans for each project. Log mitigation monitoring packages for planning

approval and signed applicability matrices in the database. Verify approval process and

sign-off of each department of the City for the log. Secondary responsibilities involve

the Design Review Packages. Consolidate design comments, track submittal log and

procure Mitigation Monitoring sign-off documents. Maintain project photographs and

record project progress.

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Owner/Agency: CRSS Constructors, Inc.

Title: Scheduler Level I

Project Name and Location: Corporate In-house Scheduler, Irvine, CA

Duration: 1990-1998

Responsibilities:

Responsible for review of contractor-produced schedules and reports, and initialization

of schedules for a variety of projects. Involved in cost-loading and manpower-loading

schedule input for analysis. Compiled data and reports for claims avoidance analysis.

Expanding the in-house training program for scheduling and enhancing the desire to

educate others companywide in the area of schedule management tools. Provide

analysis reports and early trouble- shooting techniques to students, Project Directors,

Project Managers and Clients to develop an environment of teamwork, organization and

maximize productivity within the projects.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced knowledge of the following software:

Primavera Scheduling Software, P6v7

Primavera Scheduling Software, P3.1

Schedule Analyzer Pro 2.0

Claim Digger

MS Project 2003

SureTrack 2.0

Lotus Notes

SAP (Systems, Applications and Products – data processing)

Windows Version 7, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook

Adobe Professional

SnagIT

REFERENCES

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PROJECTS

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