Project Controls Manager

Daniel L. Edmiston

**** ******* *** *****, ****, USA, 50220

U.S. Cell: +1-770-***-****

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SUMMARY

With over twenty years in project controls, including

Africa based project experience, I have held every

position and am equally skilled at all. I have worked on

small projects and large ones, foreign and domestic, and

am a team leader. Most of my work has been for EPCMs but I

have also worked for the construction contractor. My

skills in preparing project control plans and detailed

staffing utilization and also presenting/communicating

these plans are well developed in a wide variety of

projects, including expert level-usage of planning

software. My "people" experience includes both

supervision and mentoring. If having a safe project that

comes in on time and under budget is important to you then

I am the person for the job.

Experience

03-14 to Present HSE Contractors

Orlando, FL

Sr. Project Controls Manager (Contractor): Serve as

consultant for various clients, mostly on industrial

projects. Functions include creating & maintaining

resource loaded construction schedules, documenting delays

to the schedule through forensic analysis, performing TIA

on the schedule, establishing EVA / EVM databases and

creating subsequent reports, S-Curves and histograms.

Tasked to provide guidance and practical training in all

areas of project controls for clients needing help in

these areas.

01-14 to 03-14 Burdock USA

Houston, TX

Sr. Project Controls Specialist (Contractor): Created

resource loaded EPC schedule for two LPG fired simple

cycle power plants for WAPA in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Forecasted resource needs and monthly expenditures for the

life of the project.

08-13 to 01-14 AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

West Des Moines, IA

Sr. Planner & Program Controller (Contractor): Created

resource loaded EPC schedules for Process Plants and R&D

sites for Syngenta, the world's third largest agricultural

company. Managed a portfolio of more than a hundred

active projects. Forecasted resource needs from the

present to two years in the future as well as staff budget

and capital expense budget for the same period.

07-12 to 08-13 PCL Industrial Construction,

Inc. Calgary, AB, Canada

Project Controls Manager: Primarily worked on oil & gas

plants and combined cycle power plants. Managed and

directed efforts of Lead Planner, Lead Cost Engineer, Lead

Cost Estimator, & Document Coordinator and their

assistants. Implemented best practices for estimating and

created project budgets and utilized CPM planning on

projects from pre-construction phase through project

execution. Through risk analysis and project reporting,

including EVM, interacted with internal and external

stakeholders. Daily used MS Office Suite and monthly used

SAP and JD Edwards for cost reporting and change

management depending on project requirements.

10-11 to 07-12 LPP (Contractor for Randstad

Engineering) Tulsa, OK

Senior Project Controls Analyst: Worked on large LNG

plant in North Dakota, USA. Responsible for creation and

maintenance of project's resource loaded master integrated

schedule and for all site reporting. Created 2, 3, 4 and

6-week look ahead schedules and met daily with the crafts

to coordinate completion of planned activities. Developed

progress curves and manpower curves. Oversaw and approved

contractor schedules. Managed cost control duties

including change orders and estimation of change orders.

Used SAP to generate monthly budget reports. Tracked EVM

system and change management issues. Implemented Lean

Construction methodology including Last Planner / Pull

Planning. Trained key LPP staff on use of Primavera P6

version 7.

01-11 to 08-11 Black & Veatch

Overland Park, KS

CONTRACT WORK: Senior Project Controls Analyst / Sr.

Planner: Serving in South Africa, I initially developed

EVM database and created reports for tracking EV, costs,

and risk analyses for Eskom's Medupi Coal Fired Power

Station, the fifth largest construction project in the

world at the time. Served as Lead Planner on Turbine

Contract and three other contracts on Eskom's Kusile Coal

Fired Power Station, the fourth largest construction

project in the world at the time. Managed project

controls for my contract (the largest on the project at

over $2 BN USD) including schedule updating, monthly cost

reporting & analyses, risk management, trend management,

conducted schedule compression scenarios for Senior

Management, and calculated and ran project critical paths.

Through forensic schedule analysis I worked with Contract

Managers to reduce a claim by turbine vendor from $750 M

USD to just over $240 M USD. Interfaced with 51

construction managers, contract managers and planners to

coordinate interfaces among multiple contractors.

Identified problems and recommended possible solutions to

construction managers, PCM and PM. Served as coach /

mentor to two Eskom trainees and one Black & Veatch

professional as part of Eskom's SKT (Skills Knowledge

Transfer) Program.

08-10 to 01-11 Granite Services International,

Inc. / GE Norcross, GA

CONTRACT WORK: Project Controls Analyst / Planner: Used

Primavera P6 version 7 and MSP to create proposal

schedules for ITO Department and managed these schedules

for OTR Department. Managed EVM reporting / analyses and

cost controls for active projects. All schedules were

cost loaded & resource loaded and all man-hours were

tracked against budgeted hours. Chaired weekly meetings

with internal and external clients and interfaced with

multiple Project Managers.

02-09 to 05-10 AE&E Von Roll, Inc.

Norcross, GA

Project Planner / Project Controller: Created engineering

/ construction schedules using MS Project 2007 and

Primavera P6.2.1 and P6 version 7.0 for all four

alternative energy product lines and for Turbosorp

emissions control system. Used Prolog for high level

programming functions. Created & managed schedules from

bid stage through project completion. Created project

files & documentation in Primavera Contract Manager 12.0

and linked with the schedule and Timberline accounting

software. Created and used resource profile charts to

avoid over allocation of resources and determine when work

needed to be outsourced. Wrote and implemented ISO

procedures for Project Controls, Document Controls and

Project Scheduling. Developed budget for Project Controls

Department. Answered directly to CEO and CFO of U.S.

office. Was laid off just prior to company going bankrupt.

10-08 to 01-09 Nakheel Corporation

Dubai, U.A.E.

CONTRACT WORK: Consulted with Project Director to

recommend project controls procedures and correct mistakes

in engineering / construction schedule for over 2000

villas. This was a position within the quasi-government

organization itself. Existing schedule contained over

40,000 activities. I simplified this and corrected logic

errors. Changes I instituted got project back on schedule

and allowed for greater project wide personnel

accountability.

08-08 to 09-08 Facchina Construction of

Florida Ft. Lauderdale, FL

CONTRACT WORK: Consulted with company President and the

corporate Project Controls Manager to develop project and

document controls procedures. Used fragnetting for

forensic schedule analysis to mitigate LDs and implement

cost avoidances. Helped create construction schedule with

over 4,000 activities for Hotel De' L' Opera project.

08-07 to 07-08 Moreland Altobelli Associates,

Inc. Norcross, GA

CONTRACT WORK: Master Scheduler: Moreland Altobelli's 15

year MARTA C.I.P. worth in excess of $2.7 billion.

Maintained as many as 136 project schedules at any time,

ranging in value from a few million dollars to over $100

million and in size from a few hundred to over 10,000

activities. Incorporated resource and cost loading as

needed. Prepared monthly graphs and reports to allow

Owner to track budgeted costs versus actual costs,

calculate earned value and monitor resource usage. Used

InfoMaker and Crystal Report Writer to create reports and

forms for Project Controls. Used P3, P5 & P6 daily.

Worked with Chief Estimator and assisted in estimating

changes in scope. Prepared documentation for claims

avoidance and resolution.

01-07 to 07-07 Atlantic Skanska

Atlanta, GA

Master Scheduler: Served as master scheduler preparing

bid schedules for various large construction projects and

maintained schedules (audited & tracked critical paths,

prepared fragnets & TIAs, etc.) of up to 15,000 activities

on all active projects. Maintained local Expedition

(Contract Manager) database. This job was eliminated when

the parent company in Sweden discontinued having in-house

centralized scheduling but I have written references from

the President and head of Engineering.

05-01 to 12-06 Jordan, Jones, & Goulding,

Inc. Norcross, GA

Project Controls Manager (08-02 to 12-06): Duties

included expertise with or in: Management of people and

construction projects, document controls, submittals,

design drawings, O&M manuals for $800M project. Inspected

work in place, start-up, & commissioning of equipment,

processes, & entire facilities for contract compliance.

Coordinated stakeholder meetings and prepared S-Curves and

used InfoMaker & Crystal Reports to create weekly and

monthly progress reports for upper management. Created

and monitored EPC schedules of 15,000+ activities using P3

& P3/E to ensure contract milestones & construction

constraints including sequences of construction were met.

Forecasted fiscal staff budgets. Utilized Primavera's

Expedition for change management items. Certified payment

applications. Utilized Prolog for financial forecasting

and Monte Carlo for risk analysis. Utilized Means

CostWorks, Richardson and CH2M Hill's internal cost

database for estimating change orders. Daily used all of

Microsoft's Office Suite programs, especially Word, Excel

and Access. Supported Project Controls Manager in all

facets of the job requirements.

Resident Engineer, Level 7 then Office Engineer (05-01 to

07-02): Responsibilities included reviewing contracts,

submittals and electrical drawings for contract

compliance. Provided technical assistance on installation

of or upgrading of SCADA systems on county

rehabilitation/renovation projects. Conducted progress

meetings with contractors. Served as safety inspector for

Fulton County's OCIP plan on all projects under my

supervision.

Education

05-01 to 07-04

Kennedy-Western University Thousand Oaks, CA

BSEE. Grade Point Average 3.4/4.0 while working full time.

skills & achievements

Published author.

TWIC card holder.

Implement Lean Construction methodology including Last Planner / Pull

Planning.

Worked with Contract Manager and with forensic schedule analysis saved

Owner $500 M USD in claims on coal-fired power plant in South Arica.

Utilized Risk Analysis procedures to mitigate project risks and limit

liabilities.

Used Monte Carlo and Oracle Primavera's Risk Analysis tool to predict

project success and risk factors. Utilized tornado graphs and fountain

graphs to assess risk.

Planned project flow from conceptual engineering through construction with

diverse internal and external team members.

Involved in high level contract scope and sequencing negotiations.

Helped establish a Project Controls Department in local office of

international company and developed corresponding project controls

procedures.

Have worked in various parts of the world and am skilled at adapting

business practices to local cultural customs without compromising the

Company's best interest.

Expert level use of all Windows O/S & most MS Office software including

Excel,Access and PowerPoint.

Expert user of Primavera's P3, P3/E, P3 e/c, P5-P6 v. 8.2, Microsoft

Projects, & Constructware. Schedules ranged from a few hundred to

over 15,000 activities.

Expert user of Primavera's Expedition software version 3.1 through

Contract Manager (version 12.0).

Forensic Schedule Analysis; Prepare fragnets & TIAs for claims avoidance

and dispute resolution as well as controlling costs.

Experienced in contract negotiations and use of contract law terminology.

Daily use SAP or JDE (depending on client needs), TPMS, PM3+, Documentum,

BEST estimation and DTMS.

2705 Eastern ave perry, iowa, USA, 50220

U.S. Cell: +1-770-***-**** email:

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