Project Manager

LATISHA SKINNER

PO Box *****

Alexandria VA *****

Phone: 703-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Collaborative Assistant Project Manager/Project Controls with 8+ years of experience working closely with Project Management teams to support engineering planning and environmental assignments for federal, state, and municipal contracts.

• Adept at tracking and monitoring project schedules, budget updating and reviewing financial status reports, consistently exceeding goals, and ensuring deliverable deadlines. During my time with Pepco, I was responsible for reducing costs by $68k through process optimization, contract negotiations, and contractor/supplier proposal evaluation.

• Currently, I am responsible for managing and coordinating various aspects of the project. Responsible for coordinating a staff of control specialists, including project controls, manage invoicing process, Scheduler, Estimator, Document Control, Office Engineers, Value Engineers, DBE compliance, and Coordination for Design Management

• I am readily available for an interview with 24-hour notice and can start as quickly as two weeks post accepted offer.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

Project Controls Academy

• Project Controls Management 2020

University of Phoenix

• Master of Science Management – Project Management / Finance

• Bachelor of Science – Business Management

Simplilearn - Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt, April 2020, PMI Associate Simplilearn – PMP 2019 – Certified, PMI Associate

Villanova University

• Lean Six Sigma – Yellow Belt, January 2020

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Primavera6 & Maximo (EAM) (end-user)

• Project Wise & CM13 (end user)

• Oracle-Hyperion & Dolphin/SAP (end-user)

• Deltek / AutoCAD / SharePoint (end-user)

• Power BI

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Project Management/Project Controls

• Change Order Management

• Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

• Communications

• Customer Service

• Leadership

• PeopleSoft / Fin (end-user)

• MS Office Suite

• Procore

• Bluebeam

• SharePoint

• Google Apps

• Team Leadership

• Analytical Problem Solver

• Process Optimization

• Budget Management

• Emotional Intelligence

• Attention to Detail

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RADIN Consultant – Washington, DC Area

For WMATA February 2019 – Present

Assistant Project Manager / Project Controls

• Provide professional cost accounting, financial reporting, and project analysis. Provide adequate team supervision and leadership by mentoring project team members and fostering a working environment where a culturally diverse project staff can work cooperatively in billing, recording, monitoring, controlling, and reporting on all financial aspects of the project.

• Assist Project Manager in planning, implementing, and completing complex multi-disciple tasks related to managing the construction and rehabilitation of Northern Bus Garage.

• Manage Project Document Controls, cost controls for project-related activities in strict adherence to projects' approved budget.

• Manage change orders, PPA's (invoices), Cost Allocations, Purchase Orders, and Modifications for the project

• Manage Procore protocols and procedures.

• Perform quality control checks of financial data, analyze and report accounting information for internal and external use, and work with project management members to monitor the project's financial performance against established key performance indices.

• Acts as liaison with internal and external entities to ensure effective communication in resolving administrative issues related to the project.

• Assist continually overall project administrative activity related to the planning, design, and construction/implementation phases of the project and provide

• Provide projections, periodic budget reporting, responsible and accountable for developing and submitting a realistic and reasonable project budget.

• Provide OMBS with a Quarterly Progress Report.

• Write up PNPs, SRNs for PCOs and assist in modification preparation with team/consultants and Contractor.

• Ensure that all associated procurement planned contracts developed, are tracked, and delivered following the PIM Guidelines.

• Project Tracking of Action Items, scheduling, and team coordination.

• Review and approve meeting minutes

• Prepare project-related correspondence to consultants, contractors, other Authority Departments, and outside agencies.

Pepco/Constellation an Exelon Company – Washington, DC Assistant Project Manager/CHP Administrator

• As the Assistant Project Manager/CHP Administrator, I was responsible for budget management of the $172M Project and oversight of the 16 sites with 23 FTEs. To provide leadership, consistent measurements of performance, and implementation of the strategic plan related to a construction project in the Power & Thermal Division, establishing priorities and determining resource allocation for efficient and effective delivery of all construction projects.

• Monitor budgets reducing costs by $68K through process optimization.

• Establish, maintain and manage business partnerships with suppliers, subcontractors, site operations, and maintenance management.

• Implement operational decision-making, strategic planning for team assignments, and deliverables schedules in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Act as the point person to communicate with external stakeholders, suppliers, and third parties. Deliver effective presentations at meetings.

• Organize detail-oriented audits to achieve appropriate warehouse inventory levels and traffic strategies, identify root causes, follow up on discrepancies and take corrective action to apply preventative measures.

• Evaluate contractor/supplier proposals and change requests. Negotiate contracts and recommend appropriate action.

• Maintained, reviewed, and updated site operations and maintenance management's policies and procedures according to new rules and regulations.

Pepco Energy Services (An Exelon Company) – Arlington, VA 2013 – 2015 Construction Project Manager Assistant (Contract)

• Effectively interviewed and hired 20+person staff and external contractors to complete complex projects.

• I worked with the project team and key stakeholders to devise best practices and continuous improvement of project delivery.

• I have worked with Senior PM generating strategies that direct the successful implementation of change management through training project personnel to develop plans, procedures, and administrative tools.

• Coached teams and built employee motivation to improve performance.

• Ensured timely and accurate project expenditures, tracking/logs, and monthly report reviews.

• I Managed the arrangements for temporary utilities and job offices and trailers.

• Joint meetings to oversee construction's quality control - review risks, tracking material delivery progress.

• Documented individual site visits and prepared precise field reports for work observed and deficiencies identified. Managed change order schedules.

• I am committed to best practice operations for safety by enforcing and maintaining safety regulations, compliance programs, and procedures.

• I have drafted and finalized documentation to submit correction processes. Evoke Research and Consulting – Arlington, VA 2012 – 2013 Project Manager Associate

• Assist with supervision of business projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs Benefits and additional government staff offices.

• I have implemented change control processes to the project by including plans, schedules, requirements, technical documents, and status report preparation.

• I continuously optimized processes by preparing checklists, drafting written communication for letters and scopes, contracts and proposal reviews, tracking tools, and reporting to include contact for project cost estimates, purchases requisitions, schedules, monthly reports, and performance to provide practical recommendations.

• Monitored all project metrics for management to decipher project progress.

• Solved complex administrative problems, maintained and analyzed project costs and schedules. Volunteer Work – Alexis Solis 2021- Current

Campaign Director

• Identify, develop, and lead high-profile, high-impact, creative, digital-first campaigns and offline strategies that center on equity and progressive values; tap into member energy; credible harness theories of change; and can propel national impact.

• Engage partner organizations, especially those representing impacted communities, to inform priorities and strategic direction for campaigns.

• Track breaking news and longer-term trends affecting organizational and campaign priorities.

• Write compelling emails and associated mobile, press, and social content that motivates members to take a range of actions.

• Lead internal, cross-organizational working groups to execute all aspects of campaigns you direct; assess technical and creative needs for campaigns and work with colleagues on the execution of these assets; and direct contractors and consultants as needed.

• Learn and utilize the full range of digital campaigning tools, including our email, mobile messaging, petition, call alert, event, and querying platforms.

• Participate as a member of a dynamic, committed, and passionate team, where you will move nimbly among campaigns, support the work of your colleagues, and lean on others for help.

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