Brenda Kelly

**** ******** *****; Aurora, Il ****3

Phone 630-***-****

Email: acr3xz@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Utilize performance improvement, project management and project controls experience to provide leadership for standardization and improvement of projects, programs, initiatives and tools required for efficient and effective project and program performance reporting, delivery and continuous improvement.

Professional Experience

Exelon Corporation – Braidwood Nuclear Generation Station Nov 2007 – Sept 2015

Performance Improvement and Condenser Project Manager

Performance Improvement- Provide Performance Improvement Program oversight. Develop, standardize and maintain executive level performance reports. Identify and champion process and program improvement opportunities, initiatives and tools required for efficient and effective process delivery and performance.

Perform trending analysis of corrective action program data, and subsequent causal analysis to drive processes to improve overall performance. Administrate and provide oversight for the OPEX Program and document reviews. Provide leadership for Human Performance Improvement Hit Team. Lead the station in raising the bar on Human Error Prevention. Mentor plant and contract employees on use of human performance tools. Champions Human Performance Improvement tools and industry implemented training.

Develop, implement and oversee project and plant schedules and resources. Act as a Project Manager for large projects and construction projects during outages and online.

Exelon Corporation – Braidwood Nuclear Generation Station Aug 2004 – Nov 2007

Reactor Services Project Manager/ Fuel Handling Department Manager

Responsible for planning, scheduling, and management of all Reactor and Spent Fuel Pool related work activities during on-line and outage time.

Responsible for two first line supervisors and 9 fuel handlers performing day to day on-line work activities.

Responsible for nine first line supervisors, four refuel floor coordinators, two outage control center managers,

And 90 employees for equipment checkouts and repairs, underwater camera use and inspections, reactor disassembly / reassembly, fuel movement, overhead crane operations, refuel and fuel pool floor coordination,

and fuel related activities (such as sipping and crud scraping) during a refueling outage.

Responsible for development of annual fuel handling department budget, nuclear fuels purchase agreement budget, and outage budget for fuel handling personnel and equipment, reactor disassembly/reassembly personnel and equipment, vendor contracts, and special projects such as In Mast Sipping, Fuel Reconstitution, RX Vessel 10 year ISI, Bridge Crane and Transfer Canal upgrades and repairs.

Responsible for the Management of Cost, Schedule, Administrative, Payroll, Outage and Project Oversight.

Responsible for schedule integration with overall master outage schedule in Project View scheduling software

Responsible for planning and preparations to complete a 9 day refueling portion of the outage at Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station. Overall outage was 15 days.

Responsible for procedure writing, changes, and upgrades, root cause analysis, FME control, Station Integration Agreements, and Union Interface Agreements.

Shaw Stone & Webster – “Venture” Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station July 2004 – Aug 2004

Superintendent of Work Management & Control

Responsible for project planning, scheduling, estimating for $10 million in Venture Outage Scope

Management of Cost, Scheduling, Administrative, Payroll and Planning Personnel

Responsible for schedule integration with Owner outage schedule in P3 3.1 scheduling software

Responsible for work package development in PIMS work management software

Development of hiring plan, project estimates, inprocessing and training plan

Development of project reports, earned value curves, productivity indexes, cost management tools

Management of Field Superintendent work list

Responsible for development of ALARA estimates

Provide Primavera Training

Develop and monitor project goals, CPI, SPI, PI and EV

Manage scope stability and planning, scheduling and estimating emergent work

Track 750 base scope work packages from planning to close out

Develop contingency plans

Perform Work Superintendent project planning assessments

Wisconsin Public Services Resources (Consultant – contract 1 year) June 2003-July 2004

Independent Consultant, Project Controls Manager (1 year contract)

Project Controls Program Development, Training and Implementation

Department Manager of Project Controls and Program Development Manager for Project Controls Cost, Schedule, Document Control, Quality Control and Change Management system

Responsible for managing 15 project controls team members on many various projects.

Develop Training Program for Project Managers and Project Team Members for Office of Project Management, development and implementation in accordance with PMBOK guidelines

Develop and implement WPS Corporate Project Controls Department, guidelines, training, software and hardware installation, position descriptions and perform Project Controls Training.

Develop, implement, and oversee Project Controls Program for installation of new 500 mw fossil fuel unit

Provide project controls audits, standards, guidelines, and oversight to 500-mw new generation fossil generating unit Construction Management Team, a project estimate of 792,000,000.

Develop training program and manual on Primavera P3 E/C version 3.5.1, 4.0, and Expedition Web Software

Member of WPS Project Management Initiation Team to create Office of Project Management, Website and standardized Project management guidelines, tool box and templates, and on-line training.

Develop and administer P3 E/C training and training manual for Project Controls Personnel

Oversee development of Expedition 9.0 – 9.1 installation and set up for internet availability

Develop and administer project controls personnel individual goals and progression matrix

Establish Corporate CPI and SPI goals using Earned Value Management Program

Develop and Administrate Corporate Project Controls Website, Expedition Web based software, and

Expedition Web based training modules

Create interfaces between Expedition, People Soft and Primavera Software

Set up standardized WBS, EPS, OBS, Cost Accounts, Activity Code Structures, and Project Controls Procurement Specification Documents

American Electric Power, Columbus, OH Dec 2002- June 2003

Independant Consultant (6 month contract)

Project Controls Consultant / Instructor

Liaison between Corporate and Site Project Controls Engineers

Develop detailed SCR installation schedule for multiple sites

Develop training guide and perform training to Construction Project Schedulers on Primavera P3 version 3.1

Develop and maintain engineering and procurement schedule for multiple projects

Consultant to AEP upper management on Project Schedule and Cost System (PMS) interface

Develop, upgrade and implement project controls program, tools, and cost system

Perform multi project schedule reviews and critiques

Develop and integrate site Bottoms Up Estimate for multi-site project controls programs

Midwest Generation, EME, LLC, Chicago, IL May 2000 - Nov 2002

(COMED sold Fossil Stations to new owner – same job as COMED Fossil )

Project Controls Manager/Construction Project Manager / Project Controls Trainer

Manage Project Controls Department for corporation, including 11 generating stations and 22 direct reports.

Developed, integrated, maintained 10-year corporate maintenance outage schedule.

Established Primavera P3 based unit capacity and EAF calculations for 21 generating units.

Designed and oversaw the project controls program and engineers for major construction projects.

Project Manager for Precipitator Modification, SCR installation, Boiler over fire air system installations, and Boiler Nox Burner Installations.

Developed and administered corporate project controls guidelines, procedures, goals, standards

Developed and administered P3 3.1 computer based training, Microsoft Project training, and training manuals

Develop and administer Earned Value Management System and training

Develop corporate and project goals using Cost Performance and Schedule Performance Index

Develop and administer project controls sections of bid specifications

Perform multi-site schedule evaluations and reviews

Commonwealth Edison, Fossil Division, Downers Grove, IL

(COMED FOSSIL) Mar 1998 – May 2000

Project Controls Manager/Project Controls Consultant/P3 Instructor,

Created and maintained construction schedules, outage schedules, cost analysis, risk analysis, and earned value analysis from Primavera P3 3.1 software at the following plant sites:

Waukegan, Will Co, Collins, Crawford, Powerton, Joliet, and corporate capital projects

Developed and maintained project controls program for the Fossil Division Y2k project.

Developed and administered Project Controls Training program.

Trained, managed, and supervised Project Control Engineers at all 11 generating stations.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, NSD, New Stanton, PA May 1989 – Mar 1998

(WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC – EMPLOYER)

Outage and Planning Supervisor/Outage Coordinator / Lead Scheduler -Surry Generating Station

Dayshift Outage Coordinator (Manager), reporting to the WNSD Project Manager

Created and maintained project schedules utilizing Primavera P3 and Finest Hour.

Originated, planned and tracked work orders to perform outage maintenance work (nuclear and turbine).

Identified, procured and tracked replacement parts for Reactor Vessel, Reactor Coolant Pumps and Motors, Steam Generators, Turbine (hp and lp) and Electrical Generator.

Supervised dayshift outage management staff and work group coordinators.

Supervised and coordinated projects including: Reactor Refueling, Reactor Coolant Pump Replacement, Reactor Coolant Pump Motor Refurbish and Replacements, BMI Thermocouple replacement.

Created, maintained and updated project schedules in Primavera Finest Hour.

Identified and procured replacement parts utilizing WPTS, and Passport systems.

Performed refueling services, reactor disassembly / reassembly, fuel movement, manipulator crane and transfer cart operator, steam generator Eddy Current Inspection and Analysis, tube plugging, sleeving, and removal at various nuclear power plants

Project Manager RCP (Pump) Replacement Project and RX Vessel Head Canopy Seal Leak Repair

And RX Vessel Bottom Mounted Instrumentation Replacement, Refueling Coordinator

Performed containment and outage coordination of activities during nuclear refueling outages.

Planned, supervised, scheduled and coordinated critical path projects including: Reactor Refueling and Steam Generator Chemical Cleaning, Steam Generator Wrapper Modifications

Planned work orders utilizing Passport.

Identified, procured, tracked maintenance replacement parts for Reactor Coolant Pumps and Motors,

Steam Generators, Reactor Vessel and related components

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Primavera’s P6, P3, P3E, P3 E/C, Primavera’s SureTrack, Finest Hour,

Primavera Expedition, Monte Carlo software, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Project, PIMS,

Passport, MIM’s, MSDS, People Soft, Microsoft Office Professional, Passport and WPTS, SAP

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP Certification – Project Management Institute

Underground Mine Mechanic/ Electrician Certified Penn State University

Certified Underground Welder, PA DER License Underground Mine Forman

Certified Miner Operator, Shuttle Car Operator, Fork Truck Operator, Crane Operator,

Certified Roof Bolt Installation Operator, and 10 Ton Underground Locomotive Operator

Fossil Generating Station Fuel Handling Equipment Operator

Nuclear Power Station Fuel Handling Equipment Operator

Primavera P6, P3 3.1, P3 e/c P3 E, Expedition, and Microsoft Project Instructor

Member Project Management Institute-- Member of American Nuclear Society

EDUCATION

B.S. Nuclear Engineering Technology, Thomas Edison State College - Trenton, NJ – In progress

A.S. Nuclear Engineering Technology, Westmoreland County Community College - Youngwood, PA - 1992

Certificate - Mine Maintenance Mechanic and Electrician, Pennsylvania State University - Elder’s Ridge, PA – 1982

References available upon request.

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