Power Plant Manager

Samuel Ilechukwu

PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER/SR.SCHEDULER

Firm

Phone number: 602-***-****

Education

MS, Mechanical Engineering and MBA from Widener University in Chester PA.

BS, Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe AZ.

Years of Experience 31

Professional Summary

Mr. Ilechukwu has more than 31 years of diverse experience in program and project cost planning and scheduling across various industries. He is a P6 (Professional Version 17.7 & 8.3.2) and Oracle risk expert. Mr. Ilechukwu is also experienced in construction management, risk analysis and project control system development. He was the Planner for the construction of 3 Nuclear Power Stations in Arizona (Parlo Verdi Nuclear Generation Station outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Ilechukwu was the Planner for the construction of 2 Power Plants in Iraq. Mr. Ilechukwu was the Planner on at least 15 Power Plant Outages while at Westinghouse Corporation. He was also a consultant to Con Edison in New York. Some of his recent assignments include: Planning and Scheduling Consultancy which includes the review of baseline schedules for the expansion of Penn Station in New York City. The project is called Moynihan Station Redevelopment Project which has Amtrak and LIRR as two of the major Railroad companies involved in the project in addition to the State of New York and Skanska as the Contractor/Construction Manager. After the first explosion at the World Trade Center in 1993, he developed the baseline schedules used for the restoration upgrade of railway platforms. As the President/CEO of GPPG Projects Management Ltd Nigeria and CEO of GPPG Inc. New York; outage optimization management for Covanta Energy Corporation’s Fleet of 49 Plants; senior lead shutdown planner consultant for OMV Oil Company in Tunisia; project controls implementation for the construction of uranium enrichment facility at URENCO USA in Eunice New Mexico; project controls implementation for Botswana mining company in South Africa; Primavera P6, PCM, and Primavera risk training program by the U.S. Department of State to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Engineers; risk analysis and Primavera P6 Solution provision; World Trade Center projects for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; project controls and Primavera Systems implementation for Shaw Group at PSEG Hudson Power Plant; and project controls implementation using Primavera P6 and Pert Master Risk Management tools for PacifiCorp Power Plant outages in Utah.

Selected Project Experience

Project Controls Consulting, Nigeria. (Feb 2019 – November 2019) Project Controls Manager at the Lekki Port Project, Represented Louis Berger in Nigeria.

Project Controls Consulting, Manhattan New York (May 2017 – February 2019)

Represented Invictus Engineering Company. Project Controls Consultant for Railroad projects in New York City (the expansion of Penn Station).

Project Controls Consulting, New York, New York (Feb 2016– April 2017)

Reprented HSE at Con Edison, New York. Oracle P6 Scheduling Consultant for Tutoperini on multiple projects.

GPPG Projects Management Ltd, Nigeria, West Africa. (Feb 2015 – Feb 2016) President. Project management consultant to Pheranzy Oil and Gas Company and WESCO Cable Manufacturing Facility construction project in Lagos Nigeria. Provided Oracle P6 professional training to Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), Laser Engineering and Weltek Nigeria Ltd in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Covanta Energy Corporation, Fleet of 47 Plants, Morristown, New Jersey. (March 2014 – Feb 2015)

Outage optimization manager for more than 200 outages performed within the Covanta Fleet of 47 total Energy from Waste Plants.

Waha Oil Processing Facility for Six Oil Wells Shutdown Project, Tunis, Tunisia. (Dec 2013 – Mar 2014) Consultant for the successful planning and risk management of Waha Total Plant Shutdown for the maintenance of this facility that processes fuel from six oil wells.

New York Department of Design and Construction (NYC DDC) and Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), Phase 3 Beachfront Restoration and Fulton Subway Center Construction, New York. (Oct 2013 – Dec 2013) Program controls and scheduling consultant (short term consulting assignment). Responsibilities included using Primavera P6 V7.0 for planning and scheduling, Oracle risk analysis and management, and progress reporting.

URENCO USA, Uranium Enrichment Project. (Sep 2011 – Oct 2013) Senior project planner and scheduler. Produced resource and cost loaded schedules and reports using Primavera P6 V7.0 for the construction and commissioning of Cascades (containing Centrifuges) for the world’s largest Uranium Enrichment Facility for supplying nuclear fuel to commercial nuclear stations.

Chusam, Inc., Fluor Daniel Holdings, Jwaneng Mine, Botswana. (Jan 2011 – Sep 2011) Consultant. Responsible for all shutdown planning/progress and performance functions. Also responsible for the development and maintenance of September 2011 Cut-8 Shut Down Schedule using Primavera P6, 7.0 and Primavera risk analysis applications. Developed and maintained process to proactively manage the critical path of the project. Provided accurate and timely “what-if “ schedule scenarios, variance analysis and an early warning to management on critical and near critical activities.

Chusam, Inc., International Relief & Dev. /U.S. Department of State, Virginia. (Jul 2010 – Dec 2010) Responsible for hands-on planning, scheduling, mentoring and training of Iraqi Ministry of Electricity’s engineering and construction staff on power plant shutdowns and turnaround project planning and Scheduling. Used Primavera P6, 7.0 and contract manager Primavera CM.

World Trade Center (WTC) Construction Program, New York, New York. (May 2009 – Jul 2010) Program Risk manager, claims and scheduling. Assigned on consultancy basis to the WTC Reconstruction program as a senior program risk Manager. Responsible for hands-on development of the overall program risk management schedule. Used Primavera P6 and performed program risk analysis using Oracle Risk Analysis.

Shaw Power Group, Coal Fired New Jersey PSEG Hudson Unit 2 BET (FGD) Project. (Aug 2007 – Nov 2008) Field project controls manager/master scheduler. Provided master scheduling support and field project controls managerial services. Was also the site master scheduler at Duke Energy, Marshal Plants FGD Project.

PacifiCorp Coal Fired Power Plant Outages, Utah. (Nov 2006 – Jun 2007) Primavera P5/P6 outage scheduling and planning consultant. Provided hands-on baseline scheduling development, staff training on shutdown turnaround maintenance completion planning, mentoring, daily status presentations, and progress and risk analysis reports to management.

Representing Various Primavera Dealerships. (Feb 2000 – Present) Developed hands-on Primavera schedules to its clients. Responsibilities included training, mentoring, reporting, and explaining the intricacies of project scheduling, planning and contract management methods using P6, P3, P4.5, P5, and expedition.

Fluor/AMEC, Iraq Reconstruction Program, Units 5 & 6, Khor Al Zubair Power Plant, Iraq. (Nov 2005 – Nov 2006) Lead planner. Developed scope of work (SOW); work breakdown structure (WBS), organization breakdown structure (OBS), and levels I through level IV construction schedules for the construction of two natural gas power plant projects. Responsibilities included establishing a baseline for controlling the project; analyzing performances against the plan using EV management methods; performing risk analysis (Monte Carlo), developing forecast of schedule impacts on the plan, and reporting status to project team members and the client.

AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Iraq. (Jul 2004 – Nov 2005) Program planner for the Coalition of Forces in Iraq where we did 112 projects as scheduling consultant. Developed enterprise project structure and baseline program schedules which included all the Iraqi oil Production and construction projects; communicated plan to various tiers of the program; monitored execution versus the plan and analyzed performance against the plan; forecasted program schedule impacts on the plan; and provided part of the reports for work in progress (WIP) from the sectors of the program. Developed the enterprise structure and organization breakdown structure (OBS) and trained staff on P3e/c software used for scheduling and reporting, and provided some of the reports requested by various sectors of the program.

SCI Engineers & Associates. (Mar1988 – Jul 2004) Principal program/project scheduling and planning consultant. Provided services to clients in their respective programs and projects.

HUNT Construction Group, Turning Stone Casino Resort, New 20 Story Tower Hotel Construction Project, Event Center Project, and Winter Garden Project, Oneida, New York. Project Management Consultant.

INTEL Corporation, Centrino Chip Design, Development and Fabrication Plant Construction, Chandler, Arizona. Senior project management consultant. Used P3e/c for comprehensive reporting. Structured projects by developing EPS; WBS; OBS needed for reporting. Developed internal, intel project management and training documents. Developed progress reports for the design and construction managers, and developed comprehensive resource loaded Primavera Enterprise schedules. Monitored progress and provided project schedule/resource/cost performance reports, weekly and monthly, to all teams involved.

Motorola Inc., Iridium & Teledesic Satellite Communication Program, Chandler, Arizona. Program planner. Responsible for developing program baseline schedules based on scope, [Platforms and launch pads for the 72 telecommunication Satellites], time, cost, resource and earned value management services. Responsibilities included using Primavera and Microsoft applications to provide reports for all the projects in the enterprise. Developed project logistics: phasing: work breakdown structure: EV Graphics.

NYNEX Corporation New York (Now Verizon), Flag Project ($10.7 billion, 129,000 Kilometers of Fiber Optic Link/Local Station Construction Around The Globe- From UK to Japan), White Plains, New York. Senior construction planning/scheduling consultant. Developed program scope, time, and resource management schedules. Provided comprehensive project logistics, schedules, including what-if and risk analysis. Developed and maintained project performance reports using Primavera P3 project planner, Monte Carlo simulation package and Microsoft suite of products.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), World Trade Center Recovery Project, New York, New York. Developed project baseline schedules for the upgrade of rail platforms/stations which included work breakdown structures. Developed and maintained updated detail cost and resource loaded CPM Schedules using Primavera for windows and PMBOK methodology. Prepared monthly status reports for project managers and executive management describing program status, including cost and schedule performance, and flagging key issues requiring senior management attention. Developed as-built construction schedules from scratch for the recovery which was used by Coopers and Lybrand for Insurance claims.

Health & Hospitals Corporation, New York, New York. Director of project management. Used Primavera and other project management tools to provide resource loaded schedules. Developed strategic planning, key performance indicators using PMBOK, and evaluated and awarded construction contracts. Trained and managed groups of project/program management controls specialists using P3. Provided project control and management directives to the corporation and staff. Developed, updated, and performed critical path analysis using Primavera (P3) and PMBOK on cost and resource loaded CPM schedules. Developed program and project logistics, phasing, and prepared weekly and monthly project status reports and made presentations to top management.

Ebasco Constructors, Inc., Schering-Plough Corp., Construction Project, Kenilworth, New Jersey. (Jul 1987 – Mar 1988)

Senior scheduling consultant. Helped provide logistics, and cost scheduling of a new cogeneration plant during the upgrade and plant modernization program.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Oct 1982 – Jul 1987)

Cost and scheduling engineer. Provided cost and scheduling services on a variety of domestic and international (Saudi Arabia) oil and gas, and power projects.

Bechtel Power Corp., Parlo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Construction. (May 1980 – Oct 1982) Assistant project cost and scheduling engineer. Supported cost and scheduling department in providing construction scheduling services to various project groups.

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