Project Manager Security Clearance
Resume:
Luis F. Velasco
Program and Project Manager
Oxnard, CA. 93033
****.*******@*******.***
Education
• Master of Business Administration Concentration Leadership and Management. (University of La Verne)
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration. (University of La Verne)
• Associate of Arts Degree in Technical Construction. (Coastline Community College).
• Naval Construction Training Basic and Advance Courses, Leadership and Management Courses, Project Planner and Estimator Course, Physical and Fitness Instructor, Operational Risk Management Courses, and Numerous Certifications / Qualifications.
Skills
• Strategic Vision & Planning.
• Training & Workforce Development.
• Construction Project Estimator, Planner and Manager.
• Win-Win Negotiator & Experienced Personal Selling Skills.
• Team Building, Coaching & Leadership.
• Transformation/Change Management.
• Deckplate Leadership, Company Supervisor and department/Operational Management.
• Journeyman Instructor Training Specialist.
• Journeyman Carpenter, Builder and Computer Operator.
• Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Recruiter, Instructor, Course Manager and scheduler.
Languages
Spanish & English
Executive Summary
-Outstanding leader, strategic planner, project estimator, project manager, and team motivator offering over 20 years of successful executive-level leadership, administrative and program management experience.
-First-rate personal, analytical, communications and government-relations skills. Outstanding ability to manage multiple large-scale projects, tasks and priorities effectively in a global environment.
-Superior communicator who readily distills the most complex of materials into easily-understood, compelling reports and presentations.
-Experience
Facilities, Company and Department Manager.
Project & Program Manager, Supervisor and Estimator Specialist.
Sep 2004 to Present - 20 yrs of Government employment.
Served in multiple positions of increased responsibility and complexity at various worldwide locations, demonstrating exceptional leadership, knowledge, skills, and proven abilities in the following areas:
-Human Resources Management
• Expertly support the Naval Construction Force and 7th Fleet taskings and mission in the Pacific, while encouraging the personal and professional growth of 80 instructors and staff members, administering courses and learning continuums to over 4,500 students annually.
• Inform, train and enforce leadership policies & programs, encourage recruitment and retention, conduct employee training & development, labor management, employee assistance programs, health and safety, Equal Opportunity (EO) and other HR issues.
• Ensure proper counseling of individuals on HR/personnel programs, advancement and educational opportunities, naval programs that encourage personal development, procedures and benefits. Including becoming an advisor to employees on retention activities, programs and career decisions.
• Recognized by leadership for instilling a culture of excellence, collective responsibility, esprit de corps, and professionalism in every individual assigned.
• Provide oversight and collaboration with community managers enabling the assembly of high performance teams, ensuring all personnel acquired the skills necessary to be members of a global-ready force.
• Completed 500+ of Career Development Boards and personal development boards ensuring personnel had the right tools and information to be successful in and out the Navy.
• Provide position classification services to various organizations for positions covering a variety of professional, technical, administrative, and trade/labor.
• Develop job descriptions and evaluation statements using various position classification tools and resources.
• Ensure the Navy’s EO policy becomes an integral part of day-to-day personnel management and supervise identification/resolution of EO/sexual harassment and other discrimination problems/concerns.
-Employee Relations
• Directly responsible for the training, readiness and operational commitment of 22 sailors and civilians. Also,Handle daily employee relations counseling, transfers, and exit interviews
• Educate and counsel managers regarding employee relations issues including but not limited to investigation, discipline, communication, termination, hiring, training, and related areas.
• Provide employee relations assistance to organizational managers of a complex nature and serve as a senior specialist resolving very difficult employee relations issues in multiple, diverse organizations.
• Apply a full range of labor relations theories, principles, methods, and techniques to include interpreting labor relations law, regulation, Executive order, and decisions of labor relations matters.
• Provide sound leadership and technical oversight for work center programs associated with business processes, resource requirements and management, organizational analysis, metrics and training to accomplish objectives.
-Training & Workforce Development
• Coordinated the training of military and civil personnel, a total of 5000+ students, in support of Naval construction Force operations across the INDOPACOM.
• Master Scheduler of the Seabee Construction University and Manager of 22o annual courses, in support of 12 subordinate command’s tactical and construction training requirements.
• Catalyst for success during the execution of 20K+ man-days of local tasking; balanced training requirements, operational support and pre-deployment project tasking to meet/exceed execution of multiple
• Responsible for the quantity and quality of work produced by instructors including development, revision, and presentation of a full range of training curricula.
• Reviewed and approved lesson plans; observed classes to determine quality of instruction and evaluate instructional methods and subject matter accuracy of instruction.
-Project Manager
• Managed 3-senior managers, 20-supervisors and 226-personnel and multiple project teams; planned and estimated construction projects, procured materials, determined time/labor requirements, defined scope, developed/managed project plans, budgets/schedules.
• Coordinated, scheduled and assigned tasks, maintained working relationships with client functional areas, and ensured projects progressed on schedule and within budget. Including, Elicit, analyze, specify and validate the business needs of project stakeholders and end customers.
• Identified and scheduled project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks to meet project objectives. Also, directed activities, project objectives, risk management, change control processes, and project communications.
• Spearheaded the successful completion of 20 projects and 12K+ man-days of construction in Five different countries. Including resource leveled and enacted sound solutions to a myriad of complex issues.
• Execute internal management support services in the areas of program cost monitoring, annual fiscal planning, and development of annual work-plans, for the procedural and relationship aspects of various agencies.
• Direct manpower and organizational studies/analyses of functions and work processes and provide management consultation to improve operational effectiveness, and resource efficiency and savings.
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