Senior Cost Engineer

JAMES BOYD KYLE, JR.

SENIOR COST ENGINEER

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Forty-one (41) years of cost engineering, budget analysis, management/supervision and financial reporting experience in the construction and operation of Nuclear Power and Petrochemical Industries. Experience includes cost benefit analysis, CPI, SPI, quantity tracking and reporting, trending, estimating (civil, structural, electrical, piping, etc.), strategic planning, scheduling, plant operations, structural detailing, Research & Development (R&D), Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Version Control (PVCS) and data maintenance of computer systems. I am proficient in the use of multiple software applications such as MS Projects, Word, Power Point, Excel, and various other scheduling tools, with intermediate knowledge of MS Access, PeopleSoft programs, Oracle Tools, Maximo and Cognos applications.

Have had security clearance for nuclear power plant (unescorted/vital area) access; currently inactive.

PROJECT TYPES PERSONAL DATA

Nuclear Power Plants Phone: Home 423-***-**** Cell 423-***-****

Petroleum-Chemical Plants

Aluminum Producing Plants Address: 1381 Manassas Drive

Freight Transport Companies Hixson, TN 37343

Email: ********@***.***

Education: 2 years college, Victoria College

Victoria, TX. (Additional skills training/credits acquired through various classes throughout career)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (JOHNSON SERVICES GP) Mar, 2013 – Apr, 2016

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (BURNS & MCDONNELL) Nov, 2011 - Mar, 2013

TOSHIBA AMERICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORP. (TANE) May, 2010 – Nov, 2010

SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY (STPNOC) – Oct, 2006 – Apr, 2010

VOLUNTEER TRUCKING, INC. – Jun, 2000 - Sep, 2006

MODERN CONTINENTAL SOUTH – Mar, 2000 – May, 2000

SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY (STPNOC) (Formerly HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY) - 1989 – 2000

EBASCO CONSTRUCTORS, INC. – 1983 – 1989 (During construction phase of STPNOC)

BROWN & ROOT, INC. – 1975 – 1983

AUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (ALCOA) – 1970 – 1975

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Software Quality Assurance Developmental courses (SQA Suite Team Test, Practical Software Testing Methods, PVCS Version Manager for Administrators 6.5, Continuous Maturity Model – CMM)

Crucial Conversations

Facilitative Leadership (Certified)

Supervisor Skills Training/Development Program

Zenger-Miller, Supervisory Training Programs

Zenger-Miller, Frontline Leadership

EEO/Affirmative Action Training

Communications Skills Program

Basic PDM-CPM Scheduling

Computerized Scheduling – PRIMAVERA

Software Application Courses (Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, MS Projects)

The American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE) (March, 1988)

JAMES BOYD KYLE, JR.

SENIOR COST ENGINEER

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (JOHSON SERVICES GROUP) – Mar, 2013 – Apr, 2016

PROJECT CONTROLS / SENIOR COST ENGINEER

Assigned as a senior cost engineer in TVA’s Nuclear Projects Group (NPG) providing financial support for the NRC required multi-year ~$330M NFPA 805 Fire Protection program at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. Responsibilities included providing monthly budget and forecast information along with monthly accruals to corporate finance and site management and in addition, develop budget cash flows for various projects within the program along with developing monthly CPI/SPI data. Other duties included reviewing and monitoring contracts and purchase orders for various engineering vendors associated with the program.

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (BURNS & MCDONNELL) – Nov, 2010 – Mar, 2013

PROJECT CONTROLS / SENIOR COST ENGINEER

Assigned as a senior cost engineer in the core Project Controls organization representing TVA at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant by providing support and oversight to the project’s two (2) major construction contractors; VECTOR (Bechtel and Sargent & Lundy, a consortium) and Areva. During the initial phase of the project, responsibilities include providing monthly forecasts to Financial Services, working with the schedulers in conjunction with CPI / SPI reporting, etc. As the project grows from the engineering discovery phase into the construction phase, my responsibilities will increase.

TOSHIBA AMERICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION – May, 2010 – Nov, 2010

PROJECT CONTROLS / COST ENGINEERING MANAGER

Responsible for the change control program, cost reporting (CPI / SPI), and budgeting / forecasting in support of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) Team that consists of TANE, Toshiba, Fluor, Sargent & Lundy, Westinghouse and MPR Associates. TANE represents Toshiba as the managing member of the EPC Team. Toshiba is a part owner of the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company Units 3 & 4 Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) new builds.

SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY – Oct, 2006 – Apr, 2010

COST ENGINEER CONSULTANT

Responsible for cost control and business plan development of the $106M Reactor Vessel Heads replacement project at STPNOC. This multi-year major project is a ‘first time evolution’ change out of the twin 1,350 MW reactor heads. Other responsibilities are to develop and maintain earned value metrics (SPI / CPI) utilizing the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and the “Earned Value Project Management” methods. In addition to the Reactor Replacement Project, I was responsible for the budget and business plan development of the License Extension Project. This project upon completion will enable the plant to extend the operating license by twenty additional years. Currently providing decommissioning analyses associated with the decision to store the two (2) used reactor heads on site versus shipping them to a final disposal site.

JAMES BOYD KYLE, JR.

SENIOR COST ENGINEER

VOLUNTEER TRUCKING, INC. – 2000 - 2006

SENIOR COST ANALYST

Responsible for cost control and budgeting for a 136 unit, $21.4M annual revenue trucking company in Dayton, TN. A direct report to the president/owner to provide cost/budget data, profit & loss statements, trend reporting, etc. Develop and maintain a multi-year business plan to perform analysis, economical evaluations, provide reports and other tools to aid in prudent business decisions.

SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY (Formerly HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY) - 1989 – 2000 (took early eligible retirement)

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT – WADSWORTH, TX

BUSINESS ANALYST CONSULTANT

Responsible for cost control and budgeting functions in support of the Nuclear Information

Systems (Information Technology IT) department. This includes preparing and monitoring budgets, develop long-range business planning strategies for IT and perform economic evaluations and feasibility studies for software/hardware/contract service purchases. Have one-year Software Quality Assurance (SQA) software testing experience.

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT – WADSWORTH, TX

BUSINESS ANALYST CONSULTANT

LEAD FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE – PROJECT CONTROLS (COST ENGINEER)

Responsible for leadership of personnel involved in cost control and budgeting functions in support of Engineering, Generation and Business Services business units. This includes preparing and monitoring budgets, summarizing and variance analysis of actual performance versus the budget, year-end forecasting and preparation of reports to project and executive management. Maintain a cost and commitment system for contracts and material purchases. Monitor the maintenance and modification contractor’s budget performance including craft man-hour reporting, quantity and progress tracking and management reporting.

JAMES BOYD KYLE, JR.

SENIOR COST ENGINEER

EBASCO CONSTRUCTORS’, INC. – 1983 – 1989

SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT- WADSWORTH, TX

COST ENGINEERING MANAGER/SUPERVISOR

Responsible for the supervision of personnel (average 38) in cost and quantity tracking of manual labor for Unit 1, Unit 2 and Balance of Plant (BOP). This includes direct labor timesheet coding, field quantity/man-hour reports (IBM Mainframe). Responsible for field cost control, estimating and productivity analysis including development of the manual labor man-hours and quantities for the project completion forecasts. Prepare field installation status; manpower and crew mix per CRQ to support the site PCP scheduling system. Establish quantity and man-hour database by FERC coding for final cost reports. Interface with client, project management and construction supervision with their efforts.

Contact this candidate