Project Manager Cost Control
Resume:
Darla Mihalcin
*** ***** ******** ****** ********** PA 15224
*********************@*****.*** 412-***-****
Project COST Control Engineer Engineering Department 2018 To Present
Client Giangarlo Scientific Company Pittsburgh PA
Safety OSHA, EPA, Clean Water Act Water & Waste Water
Market: Nuclear, Water & Waste Water Treatment, Oil & Gas, Steel, Chemical, and Bio
Product: Magnetic Flow Meters- Toshiba, Gas Detection Monitoring Systems -Draeger, etc.
Territory: Western Pa, Western Ohio, Western NY, and Western West Virginia
●Evaluation for Installation of Process Instrumentation, Liaison between Executive, Bidder, MFG Plant Personnel, DEC, End User
●Cost Control of Quote, CRM Procurement/Purchasing, Engineering, Project Manager, Estimator, Sales
●Cost analysis/control of magnetic flow meters
●Provides comments and recommendations for planning
●Takes a lead role in estimating activities.
●Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with all levels of management, staff, customers, and stakeholders.
Global/USA Project Cost Control Engineer/Design Engineer 2012 To 2018
Heeco Associates and Equipment Company Tampa FL
Market: Oil & Gas, Steel, Chemical, Coal & Sulfur Mines, Steel, DoD
Product: Hydraulic Cylinders and Protective Covers
Territory: China, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden, North America: USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico
●Systems Evaluation for the Installation or Protective Cover on Hydraulic Cylinders
●Cost analysis/control of protective covers
●COST Control of Total Product Life Cycle for Protective Covers for Hydraulic Cylinders
●Total Customer Relationship Management System, QA/QC, Raw Material, JIT Inventory, Shipment, Delivery
●Planned and scheduled activities for projects
●CRM Procurement/Purchasing, Engineering, Project Manager, Estimator, Sales
●Assisted in developing pricing for protective cover for a specific application
●Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with all levels of management, staff, customers, and stakeholders.
Systems Safety/Human Systems Integration Engineer Warfare Systems Weapons Department 2006 To 2012
DOD Navy Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division VA DoD Programs-Navy, Army, Airforce and Marines
●Littoral Combat Ship Program -SS Evaluation on Helicopter Pad Joint High Speed Vessel Program -SS Evaluation
●International War Fighter Programs -HSI Team Evaluations and Lessons Learned Database
●Supports project or program organizational
●Makes safety and security an integral part of every task, including taking the necessary steps to stop work, if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security.
●Fostered a mutually respectful and inclusive work environment
●Experience leading large organizations, programs, or projects with significant fiscal and programmatic responsibilities.
●Ability to lead without positional authority.
DoD Certificates: Human Systems Integration, Systems Safety Engineer, Systems Engineer Level IV, Sigma Green Belt
HIV Researcher Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2005 To 2006
●Formulation of Prevention HIV Gel and Research Pharmaceutical Drugs
●Fostered a mutually respectful and inclusive work environment
Magee Womens Research Institute Pittsburgh PA
Darla Mihalcin
200 South Millvale Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15224
*********************@*****.*** 412-***-****
Project Cost Control Engineer Project Management Department 1997 To 1998
FedEx Corporation Pittsburgh PA
●Responsible for Cost Control of Total Life Cycle of Project: Budget, Installation, Vendors, Manpower, Time Line, etc
●Supervised and lead schedule development, maintenance and monitoring activities.
●Supervised cost engineering analysis, and control activities.
●Supported projects
●Ability to lead without positional authority.
●Cost analysis/control
●Planned and scheduled activities for projects
●Made safety and security an integral part of every task, including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe or compromises security.
●Provided comments and recommendations for planning
●Planned and supervised the effort to establish milestones for total project or major portions of the project.
●Reviewed project work activities to ensure support of project milestones.
●Obtained vendor information to update the cost data file, and maintains cost data files.
●Collected, verified, and integrated work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
●Obtained required schedule information by all disciplines.
●Monitored and reported critical path and schedule performance of the total project.
●Fostered a mutually respectful and inclusive work environment
●Interfaced with designated management and client counterparts for specific planning
Information Systems Instructor Information Systems Department 1995 To 2006
Robert Morris University
●Taught Project Management, SDLC, Risk Management, HTML, JAVA, Page Maker, Web Design, Micro-Soft
●Executive Information Systems Projects for Students: Giangarlo Scientific Company, PNC Bank Corporate
●Uses independent judgment for determining course of action to accomplish objectives.
●Uses wide latitude in the methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
●Assignments are often self-initiated.
●Virtually self-supervisory.
●Fostered a mutually respectful and inclusive work environment
●Participated in developing and presenting classes on designated subjects
●Ability to lead without positional authority.
●Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with all levels of management, staff, customers, and stakeholders.
●Advanced Knowledge and experience of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel
Nuclear Procurement Engineer Nuclear Procurement Department 1992 To 1996
Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Shippingport PA
●Cost Control of Nuclear Procurement of Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation & Control Spare Parts
●Cost analysis/control
●Responsible for the Nuclear Spare Parts Daily Report for Unit 1 and Unit 2
●Responsible for the Nuclear Spare Parts Inventory Validation for Unit 1 and Unit 2
●Nuclear Certifications and Electric Power Research Institute Certifications Annually
●Made Safety and security an integral part of every task, including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the job is unsafe
●Interfaced with designated management and client counterparts for specific planning
●Obtained vendor information to update the cost data file, and maintains cost data files.
●Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with all levels of management, staff, customers, and stakeholders.
Darla Mihalcin
200 South Millvale Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15224
*********************@*****.*** 412-***-****
Business Cost Control Analyst Project Management Department 1991 to 1992
Tetra Technologies Coraopolis PA
●Performed Control Activities Analysis
●Supported project or program organizational
●Identified, Analyzed, and provided innovative solutions to cost engineering and schedule guidance to projects
●Provided analysis and reports on assigned areas to the project.
●Assisted in developing unit job-hour and pricing data for a specific discipline
●Prepared cost trend estimates in support of project cost trend programs.
●Collected, verified, and integrated of work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
●Obtained required scheduled information by all disciplines.
●Monitored and reported critical path and schedule performance of the total project.
●Cost Control and Responsible for Financial Evaluation of all Projects from $1million to $500 million
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2019-2022
ESWP-Engineering Society OF Western PA, PWEA, WPWPCA, AIHA, AIST, SWE
EDUCATION
M.S., Information Systems and Communications Robert Morris College PA 1995 To 1997
B.S., Industrial Engineering B.S.B.A-Business Geneva College PA 1993 To 1995
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