Project Manager Management

Laura Switaj, LEED Green, CPM, CD

860-***-**** • ********@*****.*** • https://www.linkedin.com/in/switaj/ SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT MANAGER

Leadership with Empowerment, Innovation, and Integrity Persuasive communicator with ten years of experience, knowledge, and skills to achieve efficient projects utilizing the right process at the right time. An inspirational team player, practical planner, and organizer who thrives in a diverse environment that nurtures innovative, sustainable solutions. A project manager strives to continuously improve principal negotiations in a diverse community to create processes that comply with Global, Federal, and State regulatory frameworks.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

● Designed an 8 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) project with the municipalities of Somerset County within one year, saving taxpayers an estimated $18.35 million in energy costs over the next ten years

● Charted an enhanced design for multiple corporate PV contracts, including 60 Wall Street, delivered the largest solar PV array in Manhattan, and is currently the highest elevated solar PV flat panel array in the world to decrease carbon emissions by 100 metric tons per year, with 122.76 kW of power.

● Instituted a design and coordination plan for two $1 million High-Voltage transmission capital projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island within an accelerated six-month schedule, mitigating risk for the local area and improving Capital project program costs.

● Co-created a business for dislocated timber workers and youth-at-risk individuals on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, facilitating a self-sufficient and independent business enterprise.

● Integrated technical and financial stakeholder requirements to strengthen an effective cadence using a variety of platforms, including ProjectWise, Access, and Navisworks

● Incorporated a continual improvement model to optimize the design and review collaboration to cultivate project effectiveness and efficiency for 30%, 60%, and 90% stage analyses

● Delivered vigorous Change Management process solutions to a C-suite board, developed a Business Continuity Plan, and implemented innovative products to recover critical functions, inspiring Core Value enhancement

EDUCATION

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Master of Science, Sustainable Construction Project Management Master Certification, Project Management - Sustainability Porter and Chester Institute, Rocky Hill, CT

Technical Certification, Architectural Mechanical CAD Design Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

Bachelor of Science, Applied Biometry-Toxicologyin Arctic Geology CERTIFICATIONS

● ADDA International Drafting/Design Certification

● HAZMAT 40-hour Certification (HAZWOPPER)

● LEED Green Associate

● Certified Construction Project Manager (CPM)

Laura Switaj, LEED Green, CPM, CD

860-***-**** • ********@*****.*** • https://www.linkedin.com/in/switaj/ KEY EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

Energy Manager Regal - CineWorld, multiple locations 06/2024-04/2025

● Conducted energy audits and analyses to assess current energy usage and consumption and identify areas for improvement. Through this implementation of energy efficiency programs and initiatives, my presentation assisted the procurement team in quantifying and monitoring energy performance and reports on energy-saving progress.

● Leading technical expertise in compliance with energy-related regulations, energy technologies, and systems standards while following industry trends and best practices.

● Communicated and executed energy management strategies and performance with internal and external stakeholders, resulting in 10% annual cost savings in forecasted energy budgets and developer contracts with energy suppliers, consultants, property management, and relevant regulatory parties. High-Voltage Project Engineer PRYSMIAN Group, multiple locations 11/2022-06/2024

● Establish relationships with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate technical engineering submittals on issues consistent with project initiatives and standards, delivering construction phase planning and schedules to complete infrastructure projects within budget, according to schedules, for high voltage cable installations (69kV to 500kV)

● Generate and review AutoCAD Engineering designs and records for implementation plans, specifications for project elements, compliance with contract agreements, applicable reliability standards, and project-specific requests for field execution of IFC design packages for high-voltage cable installation. Asset Manager- Transmission Engineering EVERSOURCE, Hartford, CT 3/2021 – 6/2022

● Ensured OP16 guidelines, NEC, ASME, ANSI, and IEEE regulatory codes within Electric Transmission Capital projects from inception to completion. In response to risk analysis strategies and analytics to improve asset performance, Capital project programs, budgets, scheduling, generated RFP documents, and program initiation.

● Provided professional guidance for operational and sustainability reports to ISO New England, the North American Transmission Forum, and the Electric Power Research Institute for monitoring, Bidding, and permitting with Engineering, Project Management, Telecom, Operations, and Management teams to deliver redundant systems for managing Capital assets.

Mechanical Designer - Nuclear Energy, ZACHRY, Stonington, CT 8/2019 – 2/2020

● Generated Civil, Structural, and Mechanical Engineering drawings and records for the maintenance of nuclear facilities utilizing custom Design platforms integrated into MicroStation and ProjectWise software to converge projects

● Enhanced safety compliance standards to provide guidance and aid in the improvement/optimization of performance to deliver amplified redundant systems with isometric layouts, Bills of Materials, schedules, detailed designs, 3D Models, electrical circuit schematics, and engineering data for drainage, power generation, and HVAC project analysis. Senior Electric Transmission Designer, NATIONAL GRID, Waltham, MA and Providence, RI 11/2014 – 4/2019

● Executed electrical, civil, and structural engineering drawings/documentation for 115kV-450kV capital projects, which upheld safety compliance and stakeholder needs per ISO-NE, ANSI, AMSE, and NEC codes to produce impact studies, RFP project documentation, and ISO-NE submittals.

● Revitalized specifications, estimates, and schedules to mitigate project risk. Integrating AutoCAD, PLS-CADD, Primavera P6, ProjectWise, SharePoint, and MicroStation software with documentation, models, reports, and verification for the department's Business Continuity Plan and improving performance optimization by 75% for capital operational projects, product development initiation, and maintenance.

● To initiate and plan generation opportunities at 16 substations and 15 underground networks, I deciphered and compiled electric Distribution data in Smallworld, AutoCAD, and ESRI to achieve revamped tie maps to track Capital Assets, upcoming distribution upgrade projects, outage incidents, and amalgamate RFP proposals to management. Solar System Designer VANGUARD ENERGY PARTNERS, Branchburg, NJ. 6/2010 – 5/2012

● Unified field surveys, permitting, and bidding requirements to orchestrate photovoltaic system designs using AutoCAD and an enhanced Revit platform, which accelerated training and reduced design errors by 80%

● Enhanced a vigorous change management process, comparing benefits and costs for each capital project to use resources, winning bids through RFI and RFP processes that adhere to compliance, operational efficiency, and streamlined development of work plans, risk management, and material schedules.

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