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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Manage all aspects of Earned Value for contracts within the business unit, creating baselines, performing BCRs, managing CAs, producing monthly IPMR formats 1-5, and leading comprehensive EACs.• Encourage team members to identify out-of-scope work, seek out an ECP, and receive additional award and fee for deliverables (AUP).• Guide CAMs and PMs on how to better plan work using appropriate EV techniques and ensuring teams are set up for success, considering staffing, prior performance, and R and O.• Serve as main Finance/Earned Value POC for subcontractors and PMs who have received contracts from Draper.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Provided oversight for all active construction projects on the East Coast totaling $500 million.• Collaborated with project teams to guide cost and schedule management by creating multi-year construction schedules in Asta Powerproject and managing corresponding budgets using Earned Value in Oracle Project Unifier.• Performed critical path analysis to ensure on-time delivery of construction projects.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Responsible for managing a combined annual budget of $22 million through earned value management.• Transitioning engineering leads to using a data-driven approach when providing revised estimates at complete, by creating tools in excel, which will increase the accuracy of program financials.• Create the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) from the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and implement Budget Change Requests (BCRs) as needed.• Meet with engineering leads monthly to review year-to-date budget accruals and adjust the remaining forecast.• Perform quarterly headcount analyses to ensure engineering and program goals are aligned with the program budget.• Increased CPI by 7.5% by re-baselining engineering budgets which brought program metrics within goal thresholds.• Found $400K in undistributed budget by auditing program financials and proposed a plan to program leadership on how to use the remaining budget to mitigate a production stopping issue.• Uncovered an error in pricing which unintentionally marked up final cost by 33% through auditing expense types such as prime dollars, G&A, cost of money, and fixed fee.

Greater Boston Area

• Managed a budget of $4.7 million, consisting of funding for technical engineering scope, material, and subcontractors.• Acted as the main POC for seven customer sites resolving technical inquiries by engaging various engineering groups to resolve customer requests.• Applied technical chemical engineering and EHS regulatory knowledge to solve a backlog of chemical and EHS issues.• Mitigated effects of a supply chain shortage by creating a shelf life extension procedure for an adhesive chemical to ensure adequate quantities were available for production.• Served as an internal consultant on chemical issues by providing recommendations on chemical shelf life, REACH (EU chemical) regulations, and EHS issues.• Coordinated a quarterly status report to our customers, which required obtaining input from seven engineering groups across two business units.• Served as alternate lead engineer by, briefing engineering directors on program status, resolving technical issues that arose, and leading tasking performed by junior engineers. • Appointed ambassador for two new full-time hires and three temporary employees.

Stafford, Connecticut

• Produced $25K in annual savings by implementing in house wastewater treatment for hazardous wastewater previously being shipped off site.• Supported manufacturing and waste treatment in daily operations by resolving any issues that may arise in the microfiltration system, batch treatment, and metals precipitation process.• Planned, Approved, and logged all wastewater discharge data to ensure compliance with our state-issued permit, as well as compliance for state and federal audits.• Spearheaded an effort to reduce labor hours by 70%, by using MATLAB to automate an annual EPA report.• Tracked all costs related to wastewater treatment and environmental KPI's, compared against historical data, and investigated variances.• Collaborated with the area supervisor to implement a new shipping method which led to $30K in annual cost savings.• Presented month end financials to plant leadership on projected cost vs actual cost incurred, including root cause analysis on variances.

Stafford, Connecticut

• Developed, tested, and scaled up an in-house treatment process for highly acidic metal bearing waste, which led to $30K in cost savings.• Designed and installed a system to automate the mixing process for three corrosive chemicals, to increase safety and minimize employee exposure.• Performed a failure analysis on a batch treatment process to identify the cause of failed treatments.• Collaborated with the local water treatment plant to reduce harmful COD levels in the wastewater discharge.• Conveyed project updates and timelines to upper managements though a weekly presentation.

West Hartford, Ct

• Assisted in a worst-to-first turnaround of an $8M store, transforming one of the districts lowest-ranked-stores.• Reported on sales and employee productivity to the Store Manager, to ensure store performance was aligned with company goals. • Lead the front-end department, created employee schedules, verified all employees were complying with breaking regulations, closed registers, and prepared nightly deposits.

Westfarms Mall

Westfarms Mall