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Phone 912-***-****

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Tony Sikes

Education 1980-1985 Vidalia Comprehensive High School

Pipe Fitter and Steam Fitter Local 188 Mem. #1232406

Framatome NP - Nuclear Components Design – CR&R Division 2002-2006

Penn Foster College, AS - Mechanical Engineering 2009-2012 Professional

experience

I have more than 30 years in the power construction industry. 15 years in management. Extensive experience related to safety, field engineering, quality assurance, budget compliance, planning, scheduling, estimating, labor relations, quality control, and direct labor supervision and construction claims resolution. Coordination of work with client/owners, subcontractors, utilities, trades and municipal authorities. Projects experience include nuclear, chemical, resource recovery boiler, combined cycle, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper. My positions held over the last eighteen years have primarily been nuclear Maintenance/Construction Management, Consulting, Oversight and Supervision. Oct 1994 to Dec1999 Pro Arc Inc. Vidalia, Georgia

CEO

As CEO, my responsibilities included but were not limited to the following:

Interfacing with clients.

Acquiring bid packages.

Scheduling and Planning

Ensuring company maintained proper certifications, permits, and licenses.

Hiring and training supervision, safety, and management personnel for Pro Arc Inc.

Maintained quality assurance and quality control programs

Generated Project cost estimates and proposal development for installation of all materials and components

July 2005 to Jan 2006, Areva / NPS,St. Lucie Fla. Unit 1 pressurizer replacement Day Shift Project Manager/Estimator

Planned daily activities for day shift mechanical personnel.

Maintained all work packages and travelers.

Inspections of the work performed to ensure that correct procedures were followed

Designed mock ups for surge line welds. Designed surge line restraints.

Conducted meetings with FPL and Areva for POD and daily status

Interfaced with FPL Eng. for all design changes and revisions.

Constructed and outlined work packages for the replacement project

Generated Project cost estimates and proposal development for installation of all materials and components

Aug 2006 to Dec 2006 Areva / NPS Millstone Nuclear Plant, Pressurizer Replacement Day Shift Project Manager / Capital Estimator

Scheduling and planning

Conducted POD and Pre-Job Briefs

Reviewed WOs and Drawings to add new revisions daily

Inspected work performed and work areas for Areva and client procedures adherence

QA on all documents involved with work orders

Generated Project cost estimates and proposal development for installation of materials and components

Interfaced with craft supervisors to insure tasks were performed correctly/efficiently Apr 2009 to Jan 2010 - MTI Global Services, Unit 1 Generator rebuild, DC Cook Project Manager / Task Lead / Oversight / Engineer

Assist the Control Account Managers with Earned Value Management (EVMS) performance to program cost and schedule performance

Providing work package management support to the Engineering Projects Manager and WA Operations Manager

To assist project manager in project management,give solutions f or the potential trouble to make sure the project is following the schedule

Actively participate in the firms’ performance management and development process co- developing Annual Plans with appointed counsellor

Manages project scope, cost, and timeline and risk management and establish priorities for work delegated to others

Efforts will include work scope management, address RFQ’s, customer interface and action item closure, schedule, EVMS, Risk, Standard Work management

Routinely reviews fleet OPEX and project lessons learned and applies to improve performance in their work area. Contributes to fleet OPEX and lessons learned

Interfaced with client mgt and Eng. to relay assessments and plan shift activities

Inspected all aspects of the event affected mechanical components for possible reuse

Interfaced with D&Z management on scope and manpower needed for project

Directed third party inspection on NDE focus areas and systems

Managed and directed D&Z craft supervisors per task project

Managed and maintained all inspection data and generated criteria to be met for reinstallation

Generated Project cost estimates and proposal development for installation of all materials and components

Feb 2010 to April 2010 - Day & Zimmerman/ NPS, Maintenance Outage, Salem 1R20 Mechanical Estimator / Planner

Conducted pre-job briefs for the crews working projects

Reviewed Work Orders and drawings to plan my daily work tasks and material procurement

Maintained all boundary tags daily to insure crew’s safety

Visited each project to insure schedule would be met or revised

Insured safe work environments were being maintained

Estimated Project cost and resource requirements Feb 2011 to May 2011- Day & Zimmerman /NPS, Maintenance. Outage, Watts Bar Nuclear Mechanical Estimator

Scheduling and planning, Project Controls/Estimate project cost and resource requirements

Work order and drawing review to plan daily work activities

Tracked the man hours and dollars throughout the outage for scope of work

Assisted is design for new ERCW piping as per ASME standards

Insured all welders and mechanics had appropriate qualifications required for scope of work June to Aug 2011– Areva / NPS, Steam Generator Replacement, Ringhals 4. Sweden Project Manager / Cost Analyst

Planned daily activities for supervisors and craft labor

Reviewing work packages/scope for interpretation

Interfaced with the French AREVA management organizing the generator change out

Maintained control and procurement of all code documents-materials Sept 2011 to Oct 2013 – Day & Zimmerman Maintenance Outage, Watts Bar & Sequoyah Nuclear Capital Projects And O&M Estimator III

Developed labor man hour cost estimations for 2012 outage projects.

Planned duration and man hour loading charts for 2012 outage projects.

Generate all nuclear projects estimates for project cost in Win-Est. software

Capital Projects Baselines / Schedules in Primavera Software P3/P6 Sept 2013 to Jan 2015 – Williams Plant Services, Hatch & Vogtle, Farley Nuclear Capital Projects And O&M Lead Estimator

Developed labor man hour cost estimates for 2014 outage projects.

Planned duration and man hour loading charts for 2014 outage projects.

Generated all nuclear projects estimates for project cost in Win-Est. software

Capital Projects Baselines / Unit Rate Tracking / Plant Hatch Labor Rates and Cost Estimates Jan 2015 to May 2015 - Williams Plant Services, Hatch Project Manager/Site Estimator

Managed all activities for projects supervision

Planned duration and man hour loading charts for 2015 outage projects.

Generated all nuclear projects cost estimates for project cost in Win-Est. software

Capital Projects Baselines / Unit Rate Tracking / Plant Hatch Labor Rates

Tracked Project Burn Curves

Managed all daily cost per project

Maintained schedules and milestones for projects/ generated all recovery plans for schedule impacts June 2015 to Feb 2017 – Day & Zimmermann – Plant Hatch Capital Projects & O&M / Lead Estimator III

Developed labor man hour cost estimations for 2016 1R27 outage projects.

Planned duration and man hour loading matrix for 2016 1R27 outage projects.

Generation all nuclear projects estimates for project cost in Win-Est. software

Capital Projects Baselines / Schedules in Primavera Software P6 February 2017 to May 2017 – Westinghouse - PCI – Corporate Office Lake Bluff Ill. Project Manager / Estimator – EDF 1300 SGR Replacement Qualifications

Developed labor man hour cost estimations For EDF SGR projects.

Planned duration and man hour loading matrix for EDF Phase 2 SGR Project Process Qualifications

Generated weekly reports from SAP / monitored – recorded daily burn rate.

EDF SGR Project Baselines / Created Project Schedules in Microsoft Projects – P6

Generated All PINS (impacts) for project

Reported to French WEF weekly / schedule Impact and burn rate

Managed supervisors for EDF projects / generated process Travelers

Initiated PQR and process for SGR main steam and secondary piping welds Jan 2018 to July 2018 – BHI Energy Services – Corporate Office West Palm Fla Lead Projects Coordinator – Nuclear

Developed labor unit rates per demographics regionally.

Identified costing deficiencies in existing costing platform.

Generated templates for tracking earned value for the O&M and Projects activities

Generated baseline cost estimates for upcoming capital projects

Generated baseline schedules for upcoming capital projects

Trained site staff to the correct process of schedule and cost alignment Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 – Powertek Plant Services – Director of Contracts

Developed safety program and procedure compliance.

Generated the corporate costing platform.

Responsible for all contracts and proposals.

Generated baseline cost estimates for projects.

Generated baseline schedules for projects.

Responsible for all sales and client interface.

Responsible for all project scope implementation oversight. Feb 2019 to May 2019 – Consolidated Contracting and Consulting – Project Manager

Generated the corporate costing platform.

Responsible for all contracts and proposals.

Generated baseline cost estimates for projects.

Generated baseline schedules for projects.

Responsible for all sales and client interface.

Generation of unit rates for database.

Tracking projects earned value.

Dec 2019 to Feb. 2021 – Project Controls Director – ARK - Industrial Fabricators

Generated the company costing platform.

Review of contracts and proposals.

Generate cost estimates for projects.

Generate schedules for projects.

Responsible for sales and client interface.

Generation of unit rates for database.

Tracking projects earned value.

Sept. 2021 to January 2021 – Project Controls Director – ARK - Industrial Fabricators

Generated the company costing platform.

Review of contracts and proposals.

Generate cost estimates for projects.

Generate schedules for projects.

Responsible for sales and client interface.

Generation of unit rates for database.

Tracking projects earned value.

Jan 25, 2022 - April 20, 2022, Welding Engineer - Steam Generator Replacements SGT at TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

• Perform PQRs For All Welds Primary and Secondary Steam Piping.

• Establish Weld Procedures Per System and Material Per ASME Section IIIIV/ Section XI

• Qualify Automatic Welding Machines and Maintain Performance Records

• Qualify Automatic and Manual Welders - Primary and Secondary Piping

• Maintain Welder Qualifications

• Inspect Piping / Piping Welds to Code

• Order, {Inspect/Approve per code} - Maintain All Code Piping Materials / Code Filler Materials

• Interface with client with detailed weld proficiency and detailed mitigation process outlines

• Establish Detailed Repair Processes Per Code and Maintain All Records / Weld Repair Maps and Documents

• Estimate Cost for Code Materials and Implementation

• Generate Schedule and Resource Workflow

Patents and

publications

Developed patents owned by Sikes Cookers LLC

Patent numbers: 7320278,6143341,6038964,6813995

Additional

professional

activities

Summary of professional activities:

Pipe Fitter/ Pipe Welder

Mechanical Foreman/ General Foreman / Superintendent / Project Manager / Capital Projects Consultant

Quality Assurance/Quality Control / Welding Inspector ASME B 31 Level II Visual Inspector and Level II Radiographic Film Interpretation.

Professional Activities As A Project Management Professional :

• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members in a timely and clear fashion.

• Estimate the General Contractors resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members.

• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel on the design team and General Contractor.

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

• Assess the General Contractors plan and schedule project timelines and milestones and provide input and feedback.

• Track project milestones and deliverables.

• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas with the General Contractor

• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.

• Conduct project post mortem shit and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

• Prepare and manage product and service contracts from beginning to end.

• Define contract recommendations that support business goals, in collaboration with senior management.

• Assist as required in contract change management and contract closure.

• Where necessary, provide appropriate contract and subcontract information to accounting department.

• Monitor and analyze trends in contractual agreements to make recommendations for the future, and to identify areas for possible savings.

• Analyze trends and market conditions for the present and future contract requirements of goods, services, and third-party agents.

• Partner with General Contractors to establish pre-construction services, construction budgets and schedules

• Review contracts, proposals, claims and supporting negotiations as required

• Work closely with the VP of Construction overseeing the design teams to ensure that project budgets and design are in alignment

• Provide feedback and guidance on design constructibility and construction means & methods

• Ensure that each development property is adequately resourced with key personnel to effectively manage projects

• Review existing agreements and recommend amendments as necessary

• Provide feedback and recommendations to other General Contractors on budgets, schedules, cashflow, bid lists, bid scopes of work, contracts scopes of work, contract terms

& conditions, contract disputes, Change Orders/Extras etc.

• Supporting Construction Managers by reviewing and providing input on trade prequalification’s, project schedules, site logistics, trade recommendations, vendor pricing, purchase orders, base contracts and claims

• Work closely with the Construction Managers to ensure timely delivery of suite finishing packages both during Pre-Construction and Construction phases

• Communicate with building department authorities

Experience and Training:

Manual and specialized Welding

Manual and specialized Machining

General and specialized Piping

Radiographic Testing Methods

Magnetic Particle Testing Methods

Ultrasonic Testing Methods

Destructive Testing Methods

Hydrostatic Testing Methods

Visual Acceptance Standards Specific Industrial Training: ASME Section III Nuclear Power- Construction and Start up Pharmaceutical Plant / Construction and Start up

Petrochemical / Construction and Start up

Synthetic Fibers / Construction and Start up

Power and Recovery Boiler / Construction and Start up Food Processing / Construction and Start up

Chemical Refineries / Construction and Start up

Pulp and Paper Mill / Construction and Start up

Nuclear/ Maintenance and Oversight

Experience consists of qualifying welders in accordance with ASME Section IX and AWS D1.1. Welding inspection in accordance with B 31.1, B 31.3, ASME Sections IX DIV 1, API 1104 and API 650. Engineering/

Skills

Highly motivated, a critical thinker and problem solver, detail-oriented, organized, and a team player with strong focus on quality

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to handle multiple tasks and strong attention to detail

Technical knowledge - has strong process knowledge/ability to operate and maintain the production assets

To support the generation of general assembly, detailed drawings and Bill of Materials ensuring that they are to an acceptable standard to enable manufacturing

Expert knowledge of small molecule API manufacturing processes highly desirable

Quality awareness and a proven track record of excellent quality standards

Strong knowledge of ISO/QS9000 and FDA Quality standards

Excellent oral and written communication skills with the strong ability to effectively communicate with all levels of employees and all cross-functional teams

Strong business acumen; ability to relate professionally inside the work environment with customers/colleagues

An ideal candidate is detailed orientated and able to embrace a culture of quality

Project Controls Experience

Experience Includes Costing, costing analytics and scheduling

● Experience includes generating costing program in excel spreadsheet.

● Generating cost with WinEst software, creating and maintaining the database for all disciplines, labor an materials.

● AutoCAD, Solid Works and Solid software.

● Generating cost with Timberline software, creating and maintaining the database for all disciplines, labor an materials.

● Primavera and Microsoft Projects. Generating baseline schedules.

● EV Max software. Earned value tracking.

● Analytics to determine unit rate, develop project baseline tracking unit rate accuracy.

● Generating methodology by which costing and schedule derive at the same value.(Time and Resource)

● Generation of effective tracking for cost estimates and for schedules.

● Project Management, Project Controls Oversight, training for project controls personnel. Master Scheduler /Senior Estimator

I have 25 years experience as a master scheduler. Scheduling capital and o&m projects for the nuclear indust fossil fuel industries, and green energy industries. Also I have experience in product industries . I utilize being a Senior scheduler as a primary tool to generate effective cost for client budgets given the ability and experience generate accurate alignment between cost and scheduling. Professional

Membership

Member of the American Welding Society. Member # 542217 State of Connecticut S-3 Mechanical Heating, Piping & Cooling Contractor License # 397267 Certified Welding Inspector in accordance with AWS QC1, VT-1, Certification # 12031121 ASNT-ACCP Level II, VT Inspection # 208742

Certified CEP

References Dennis Higgs Independent 706-***-**** Freddy Feus LU 188 912-***-****

John Coleman Friend 912-***-****

Kenny Skaggs Areva 757-***-****

Mike Bailey WPS 912-***-****

Bobby Clark LU 188 912-***-****

Barry Zeigler BA LU 188 912-***-****

Jay Tapley Friend 912-***-****

Objective To apply my professional skills and experience in the industry to ensure that all projects are completed to the highest standards of quality and safety, as well as being cost effective.

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