Ivan D. Ostrowski

**** ****** ****** ****, ******* Park, PA

Cell Phone: 412-***-**** e-mail: acyahx@r.postjobfree.com

Project Control Manager/ Project Control Lead

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management Professional

My skills are unique and diverse: I taught English as a second language at Thewet Technical College in Bangkok, Thailand, to architectural and engineering students; coupled with extensive Project Control expertise. My background encompasses power and distribution, transit, manufacturing, software development, pharmaceutical, nuclear and fossil power generation, mining, chemical, petrochemical, refinery, wastewater, steel, aluminum, tunneling and Department of Energy facilities. I’m experienced in domestic and international work scopes embracing various contractual arrangements, including cost reimbursable and Design/Build Programs to $4.0B and Convertible Lump Sums to $3.0B

Education:

Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA BA English

Widener University, Chester, PA MBA Program

AECOM (Saint Louis, MO) Project Control Manager/Lead 04/14 – 12/16

URS is the Program Manager on a $1.4B Power and Distribution Program for AMEREN Electric in Southern Illinois. The Program encompasses 400 miles of new Transmission lines, comprising nine substations and three river crossings. I oversee 3 Lines comprising 145 miles of transmission and $354 mm of total installed cost. I am responsible for cash flow, schedule adherence, Sub-Contractor earned value validation, and Status Reports.

Jacobs Engineers Mining & Minerals (Tucson, AZ) Project Control Manager 08/12 – 9/13

Project Control Manager $2.2B 125K Mine Expansion Program for Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold, Morenci, AZ. Jacobs has responsibility for EPC on this direct hire program, which entails seven simultaneous work fronts (Hydraulic Roll Crusher, Ball Mills, Conveyors, Filter Building, Tailings/Thickeners et al).

Jacobs Engineers Infrastructure (Phoenix, AZ) Project Controls Manager 02/12 – 07/12

Project Controls Manager, Ina Road Waste Water Treatment Plant, Pima County, Arizona. As Jacobs was the Construction Manager. I served as the Project Controls Manager on the $270mm expansion effort, which doubled the units treatment capacity for the city of Tucson, Arizona. I instituted Field Audits, implemented interim milestone analysis and chaired the Monthly Critical Path Review Meeting, attended by senior management. The East Train startup was successfully attained under my supervision.

Jacobs Engineers Infrastructure (Arlington, VA) Project Controls Manager 11/10 – 02/12

Project Controls Manager, Project Management Support Staff, Municipal Washington Airports Authority, Vienna, Virginia. I was the Project Controls Manager (Phase 2) on the $3.8B rail extension to Dulles Airport. The first phase of the project, slated for completion in 2013, extended the “Silver Line” from Falls Church, Virginia to Tysons Corner, Virginia. The second phase extends the line to the airport; forecast for revenue service 2020. I provided oversight and managed invoice approval, risk mitigation, change order management, and administered the “Master Schedule.” I oversaw the cost, schedule and estimating functions for the program.

Conquest Consulting Group (Vancouver, WA) Project Controls Consultant 07/10 – 10/10

Project Controls Consultant, “Sunrise” Oil Sands - Contractor Bid Package Review, Husky Energy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a subject matter expert, I was responsible for reviewing the Steam Assist Gravity Drain (SAGD) Central Processing Facility (CPF) Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction Tender - Contractor supplied Cost and Schedule Documents for Husky Energy’s $2.7B “Sunrise” Program. Specifically, my Team reviewed, appraised and formally “graded” the Technical aspects for the following: the Level 2 Schedule, Progress Curves, Manpower Histograms, Planning Software Utilization, Schedule Basis and Assumptions including Calendars, Milestones, Schedule Critical Path, Activity Durations, Format, Layout, WBS Identification and Resource Loading and Leveling, Man-power Histograms and Progress Curves. The Packages were normalized and equalized, providing balance throughout the assessment process. The Project Control criterion was heavily weighted and an integral part of the Technical Bid Evaluation process. Primavera P6 was utilized for the schedule review portions of this endeavor.

Independent Consultant - Project Controls Manager 04/08 - 04/10

Project Controls Lead, Department Manager – Planning & Scheduling, Refinery Expansion, ConocoPhillips, Roxana, IL. As a Manager Secunded to ConocoPhillips, my staff oversaw the Integrated Program Schedule (comprised of Bechtel, Fluor, URS & Cherney Project Plans) The IPS permitted Executive Management to view the Program critical path, overall Program Manpower Loads and “What-If” scenarios. Primavera P3 was utilized for this application. I chaired the “Stakeholders” Program Schedule Coordination Meeting, comprised of Contractor Project Control Managers, Refinery Start-up & Commissioning Managers and ConocoPhillips Senior Project Control Staff. These working sessions addressed all Inter-relationships and constraints between Contractors, construction sequencing and shared resources. Further responsibilities included oversight of twenty Conoco Planners, standardized the Reporting formats for Installed Commodities, Progress and Milestone Reporting. My team also conducted in-depth pre Turn-around audits, validating quantity installations, based on Earned Value Management System principals. The scope of work is comprised of “New Units”, “Reuse & Renew”, “Sulfur Block” and “OSBL” for a total installed Program cost of $3.9b.

Jacobs Engineers Oil & Gas (Houston, TX) Project Controls Manager 03/05 - 03/08

Project Controls Manager, Polypropylene Production Expansion, TOTAL Petrochemicals USA, Inc., La Porte, TX. My team of 7 cost and schedule professionals produced the Field Labor Analysis, Productivity, Progress and Commodity Installation Curves, Earned Value Management System Reports, Planning/Scheduling and Shift Variance Analysis for this $100mm turnaround, which enabled this facility to produce 2.35b pounds/year (the largest polypropylene facility in the world). Primavera P3 was utilized for this effort.

Project Controls, SO2 Installation Project, Valero Oil Refinery, Delaware City, DE. Provided validation, reconciliation and approval of Contractor’s Invoices, as appropriate, for Time and Material Contracts. Tracked, analyzed and reported Contractor’s physical progress and productivity for the $360mm effort.

Project Controls Manager, ARCEL Packaging and PES Processing Expansion, NOVA Chemicals, Monaca, PA. Coordinated the field planning, scheduling, cost control and estimating efforts for the $70mm plant expansion. Discerned potential problem areas, offered solutions to mitigate schedule deviations and issues and maintained and issued cost and schedule control documents to Senior Management. Primavera P3e was used.

Union Switch & Signal (Pittsburgh, PA) Manager - Planning & Controls 02/00 - 02/05

Department Scheduling Manager, Provided forecasted Cost at Completion progress reports to Executive Management and trained company personnel in Project Controls and Earned Value Management System principles and techniques. Established standardized company progress reporting by expressing the planned and actual performance against budget and schedule (Cost Performance Index and Schedule Performance Index). Introduced Performance Curves, standardized cost engineering reports, variance analysis, and performance based forecasting reports. I hired, trained, and mentored departmental personnel, and enhanced Project Control methodologies and practices.

Kaiser Engineers (Pittsburgh, PA) Manager – Scheduling 07/97 - 01/00

Project Controls Manager, Pedestrian Walk-back Tunnel, Dulles Airport. Coordinated the scheduling efforts of 12 Engineering Subcontractors, utilized Primavera P3 for construction schedule preparation. The two year schedule included 24 –hour-a-day tunnel excavation and close coordination with airport operations. The New Austrian Tunneling Method was utilized.

Project Controls Manager, BOF/Caster, AK Steel, Middletown, OH. Assembled the resource and cost loaded outage plan and chaired the Shift Turnover Meetings

Project Controls Manager, Nitric Acid Plant Installation, El Dorado Chemical Company, Geismer, LA. Implemented engineering, procurement and construction project controls for two Nitric Acid Plants. Initiated the Earned Value Progress System for the PDS 3-D models, specifically piping isos and modeled equipment progress. Instituted the physical progress models for earned value determination on equipment installation, piping fabrication and installation.

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