Project Management

MATTHEW MOREL, PSP

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REDONDO BEACH

CALIFORNIA 90278

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MATTHEW D MOREL, PSP

NAME: Matthew Daniel Morel

STATUS: US Permanent Resident – Green Card

ADDRESS: 1744 Morgan Lane Redondo Beach, CA 90278

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CONTACT: Cell: +1-310-***-**** Home: +1-310-***-****

EXPERIENCE: 14 years professional experience (1998-2012)

UNIVERSITY: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia

School of Engineering & Construction Management

DEGREE: Bachelor Applied Science Construction Management 1998

CERTIFICATIONS: AACE Planning Scheduling Professional 2009

Project Controls Management professional with 14 years international project experience in DEPC Project Controls, Planning and Scheduling, Cost and Schedule Integration, Contract Management, Change Management, Project Reporting, Quantity Surveying, Earned Value Measurement & Productivity Controls, EPCM, D&C and CM projects..

Advanced knowledge of detailed project controls functions, practices and procedures including senior-level experience in budgeting, planning, monitoring, controlling and managing project controls cost databases. Responsibilities include: cost estimating; quantity surveying; EVMS cost reporting; developing performance metrics; early/late schedule cost analysis; value engineering; EAC forecasting; commodity reporting; and corporate financial reporting (weekly, monthly and quarterly); as well as design and development of WBS/OBS/CBS, including cost coding system implementation and maintenance.

PSP Certification in CPM project planning and scheduling functions, including: baseline schedule development to Level 5 schedule detail; resource and man-power planning; constraint analysis; resource and cost loading; activity duration calculations, sequencing and relationships; establishing milestones; schedule acceleration and recovery planning; and change management, crash analysis, fragnet scheduling & weekly reporting.

Managerial experience in developing project scope, budgets, schedules, and operational milestones and sustaining relationships with Staff, Subcontractors, Vendors and Clients. Senior level project professional.

Field proven experience and demonstrated skills in establishing project / program criteria for all Project Controls activities. Senior level skills in construction project management, staff supervision & personnel mentoring & business administration functions. Advanced oral and written communication skills, performing as Lead Cost Engineer & Senior Scheduler with ability to design, develop, utilize and present Project Controls reports, S-Curves, Gantt Charts and complex Forecasts to corporate management & project client.

Advanced skills in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems. Advanced knowledge of engineering, project constructability & construction operational functions, through specialized education, specialized training & practical field experience. Solid knowledge of recent industry and technical developments. Earned Value Measurement & Quantity Surveying expertise with focus on time, cost and quality. Advanced experience developing, managing, reporting and tracking data in complex spreadsheets’ & databases for project, corporate and financial reporting purposes. Presently preparing for AACE CCC Certified Cost Consultant certification.

Provides Cost & Schedule control to a large complex projects or multiple projects simultaneously. Responsible for the overall direction, administration, completion, and financial outcome of a construction projects. Responsible for developing project scope, budget, schedule and actively participates in establishing operational milestones & business relationships with Staff, Subcontractors, Vendors and Clients. Responsible for analyzing & interpreting data, developing solutions & alternatives, presenting findings and recommendations, and consulting with PCM, client and corporate management in all project operations.

PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Project Controls, Cost Analysis, Cost Modelling, Cost Scheduling, Scope Development, Value Engineering

Earned Value Management Systems, Direct & Indirect Cost Estimating & Forecasting, Quantity Surveying

Capital Costing, Lifecycle Costing, ROI & ROI Metrics, Bill of Materials, Bill of Quantities, Purchasing

Progress Measurement & Progress Cost Reporting, Labor Forecasting & Resource Levelling S-Curves

WBS Management, Direct & Indirect Labor Baselines, Forecasts, Targets, Actuals, Earned & EAC Calcs

Distributable & Preliminary Expenditure Planning, Forecasting, Measuring & Estimating EAC Calcs/Tables

EVMS Unit Rate Production, Rules of Credit Applications, Productivity Analysis, Efficiency Statistics/Tables

Field Staff Planning, Staff Forecasting, Overtime & Escalation Forecasts’, Staffing EAC Calcs/Tables

Equipment Planning, Forecasting, Reporting, Supply Agreements & Inventory Purchasing, Rentals/Returns

Trade Composite Rates & Weighted Efficiency & Progress Modelling, EAC & Trade Productivity Reports

Schedule Development, Baseline to Level CPM Schedules, Reporting, Forecasting & Delay Analysis

Manufacturing, Constructability, Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis, Valuations, Report Standardization

Prime Contract & Subcontract Administration & Contract Management, Scope Development & Award

Engineering Phase Planning & Forecasting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Project Budgeting Development

Project Financial Reporting, SOX Compliance & Internal Auditing Evaluations, Project Documentation

Workplace Occupational Health & Safety Policy & Procedures, Risk Assessments & Hazard Evaluation

Direct Labor Scheduling, Logic & Network Diagrams, Float Calculations, Schedule Recovery Planning,

Leadership in Business Unit operations & project management / Project Controls functions & mentoring

COMPUTER SKILLS & SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

P6, P5, P3, Primavera Project Planner, Microsoft Project, Suretrack, Maximo

CMiC, Prolog, Proliance, JDEdwards, Timberline, Jobpac, Costcom, Lotus

Aconex, QDM, MPM, Contract Manager, Databuild, Buildsoft, Tasbeam, Cheops II

Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Vista, XP Pro, Adobe Acrobat, Costcom,

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote, Media Centre,

Autodesk, DWG Trueview, AutoCAD, Shaw suite of software

PROJECT HISTORY & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER Sept 2010 - current

NRG ENERGY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Project: El Segundo Demolition & Repowering Project

Location: El Segundo Energy Center, Los Angeles, California

Type: 528mw Combined Cycle 2x1x1 Gas Fired Electrical Power Generating Station

Value: $650m+ EPC

Development, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management lead project controls specialist in planning, forecasting, analyzing and reporting on project budgets, procurement & contract management, quantity surveying, earned value management systems, cashflow forecasting & progress measurement.

Coordinator of business mapping process interrelationships among project team, inter-departmental functional leads, executives and other stakeholders.

Leads design & development and implementation of standardized project control processes, methodologies, software systems and tools to control and improve project execution in areas such as, but not limited to: capital cost estimating, planning/scheduling, cost control, claims avoidance, schedule integration, and progress measurement.

Consult with functional area leaders and project personnel to promote effective time and budget management, proactively flag/avoid/mitigate risks, to resolve issues, to identify trends, to create value-adding opportunities. Produces performance metrics and performance variance analysis on capital projects in conjunction with Project Management, corporate and field based staff.

Manages consistent application of systems, processes & methods, tools, and software across projects and interfacing functional areas. Ensures consistent integration across all information management systems including P6, JDE, Maximo, Monthly Reports, Cashflow Forecasts, Graphs & charts, KPI’s, Sharepoint.

Generates process management protocols in order to measure, analyze, improve and control all project management functions, particularly planning/scheduling and cost controls. Identifies improvements and implement enhancements in accordance with company policies and industry best practices. Document findings and projections for implementation on future projects.

Generates project controls analysis and customized management reports using quantitative data with input to/from development, engineering, procurement, construction, accounting, finance, and executive management. Reports findings, flags and trends to functional leads and project managers. Publishes executive reports including commentaries and results.

Provides project controls expert guidance to project team. Trains and mentors company staff to ensure consistent application of project controls tools and methods. Coordinates with IT manager on information systems administration issues. Conducts periodic reviews to assess effectiveness of project controls and associated tools. Train and mentor users (e.g. Primavera).

Coordinate with IT and corporate finance/accounting to ensure accurate record of cost data from enterprise accounting system and integration into project control reports. Implement a comprehensive Corporate Project Controls and Accounting Platform. GL and Subledger coding, correction & control to WBS.

Compile and maintains consolidated master schedule of current project from advanced development stage through construction close-out. Calculate durations & progress management of critical path activities.

Communicate with key suppliers and contractors to analyze and interrogate schedules and progress reports, and optimize workflows to improve baseline construction schedules. Integrate Cost-Schedule.

Establish and update internal cost estimating database including monitoring of relevant indices for construction materials and commodity price trends to manage timing of critical material buys.

Advanced analytical and problem solving skills and requisite attention to minute details. Ability to meet deadlines with critical path mindset, network logic, delay evaluation & cost schedule integration focus.

Ability to effectively communicate and demonstrate leadership in preparing reports and presenting complex program details and reports to SVP level corporate staff and site supervision level project staff.

References will be disclosed further to completion of formal interview.

Matthew Morel

PSP, BAppScCM

AACE Planning & Scheduling Professional

Cell: +1-310-***-****

Home: +1-310-***-****

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