Project Controls Manager

Laura McNamara is open to a new opportunity in Project Controls. Ms. McNamara became a Certified Cost Consultant (CCC) in 2003. She has 18 years of experience on domestic and international EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) programs. Her expertise includes project controls, project management, quantity surveying, cost engineering, accounting, scheduling, and planning.

Representative Experience:

Black & Veatch

Program: Construction & Procurement – Telecom Division

Location: Overland Park, Kansas

10/2013 – 02/2015

Manager-Project Controls Team. Lead a nationwide team of Program Controls professionals in the Black & Veatch Telecom business line for the Construction & Procurement (C&P) group. She trained, implemented, and improved the controls program using industry best practices. Ms. McNamara built and mentored a robust team which provided exceptional value to internal and external stakeholders.

Southern California Edison (through Footbridge)

Program: SONGS – San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (Nuclear Power Generation)

Client: Southern California Edison

Location: Southern California

03/2010 – 10/2013

Cost and Estimating Lead. Managed the costs and budgets of a variety of Nuclear Operations & Maintenance programs and Capital projects. Prepared forecasts, estimated change orders, and provided detailed analyses of financial data for the Director of PMO (project management organization) and project managers.

Capital Cost Engineer. Managed the budgets of multiple capital projects at an operating nuclear plant. Prepared weekly, monthly, and ad hoc financial reports for management. Provided weekly outage forecasts using various earned value methodologies. Managed vendor invoicing, change orders, and addenda.

Burns & McDonnell (through Ajilon)

Program: Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (Transmission & Distribution)

Client: Southern California Edison

Location: Southern California

02/2009 – 12/2009

Program Controls Lead. Managed the Owners Engineer Program Controls team on the $2.1 Bn (US), five-year, 200 mile, T&D (transmission and distribution) program. In addition to leading the controls team, Ms. McNamara provided program management and program controls expertise, advice, and guidance to the client.

AECOM

Program: Saadiyat Island Cultural District (Commercial & Residential)

Client: Tourism Development & Investments Company (TDIC)

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

09/2008 – 01/2009

ePM Manager. Recruited to join the senior management team developing and implementing the Electronic Program Management (ePM) System for the Saadiyat Island Cultural District program. A $28 Bn (US) design and construction management program which consisted of the engineering, procurement, and construction of five iconic museums including the new Guggenheim and Louvre Abu Dhabi. Ms. McNamara provided program management, program controls, and systems advice and guidance.

MICHAEL BAKER, JR., INC.

Program: Economic Support Fund, Corp of Engineers-Gulf Region Central (GRC) (Industrial, Commercial, & Residential)

Clients: US Department of Defense (DOD), US State Department (DOS), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Location: Baghdad, Iraq

05/2007 – 01/2008

Program Manager. Camp Victory, Iraq. Division Program Manager of the Economic Support Fund (ESF) Program. Managed a $1.1 Bn (US) 250 project reconstruction and rehabilitation program utilizing USACE business practices, procedures, and regulations, including FAR. Prepared and provided briefings to senior US Embassy and USACE leadership utilizing detailed data analysis and earned value methodologies.

Program: Capacity Development, Corp of Engineers-Gulf Region Division (GRD)

Clients: US Department of Defense (DOD), US State Department (DOS), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Location: Baghdad, Iraq

09/2006 - 05/2007

Sr. Program Manager. International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Managed the USACE GRD Capacity Development Program. Facilitated and implemented US Government interagency and coalition programs to train and prepare the Iraqi people to manage, operate, and maintain new or reconstructed infrastructure facilities. Developed and assisted in briefings and presentations to various military and state department senior staff.

BLACK & VEATCH

Black & Veatch employee for 11+ years progressing from Accountant to Manager of Project Controls – Telecom. Positions included:

Program: Sprint Power Back Up Program (Telecommunication)

Client: Sprint

Location: Nationwide

2005 -2006

Program Controls Manager. Supervised 24 person staff with responsibility for program cost and schedule on $1 Bn (US) program (600+ sites) throughout the US. Duties included management of financial and schedule analyses, oversaw information interchange with the clients, prepared and presented cost forecasts to both B&V senior management and other stakeholders. Directly involved in the preparation of budgets and forecasts as well as invoicing and cash management.

Program: Sprint Keebler Program Administration Program (Telecommunication)

Client: Sprint

Location: Nationwide

2003 - 2005

Program Controls Manager. Lead controls manager of six regional controls managers on a nationwide EPC upgrade program for Sprint PCS.

Program: Allegheny Springdale, 2x1 Combined Cycle Power Plant (Power Generation)

Client: Allegheny Energy

Location: Springdale, Pennsylvania

2001 - 2002

Scheduler. Maintained the engineering and procurement portions of the CPM schedule on the $300M+ (US) project. Updated the Earned Value and Procurement Status Reports. Prepared the scheduling portions of the internal monthly report and monthly client report.

Additional Black & Veatch Representative Assignments

Program: Shelby County 8 Unit LM6000 Simple Cycle Power Plant (Power Generation)

Client: Reliant Energy

Location: Neoga, Illinois

2000

Field Cost Engineer and Field Scheduler. Prepared the monthly cost report, job analysis, and staffing plan. Prepared the weekly construction schedule update and Field Progress Measurement System (quantity tracking). Preparation and maintenance of engineering work orders, work-authorizations, change orders and back charges.

Deer Park Sulfur Recovery Unit, Shell Oil, Deer Park, Illinois (Petrochemical)

1998 – 2000

Home Office Cost Engineer. Prepared monthly cost report and cash flow report, prepared and maintained change orders. Analysis duties included: the forecast of cost to complete and trend analysis of potential cost impacts to the project.

KNPC Refinery Modification, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait (Petrochemical)

1997 – 2000

Home Office Cost Engineer.

Black & Veatch Pritchard Inc., Accounting, Overland Park, Kansas (Petrochemical)

1995 - 1997

Accountant. Various general accounting duties for Process Division of Black & Veatch.

Professional Certifications

Certified Cost Consultant (CCC) Accredited certification by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering - International (AACE-I)

Education

Bachelor’s in Business Administration – Accounting, Central Missouri State University, (now University of Central Missouri) 1993

Professional Associations

Kansas City Section - Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering - International (AACE-I)

Software Experience

SAP, Primavera P6.2, Primavera P3.1, Primavera Contract Manager (Expedition), MS Project,

MS Office (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Maximo, Prolog, Oracle Financials

Security Clearance

Secret Security Clearance

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