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Tacoma, Washington, United States

Provide management of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure program. Coordinate and manage chartered cross-functional project work groups with designated key work stream activities. Provide leadership of the AMI project management workstream and manage project managers through direction and leadership of complex, technical work. Assign and review the work of vendors, project staff, contractors, supervisors, technical, and advanced professionals assigned to the AMI Program. Responsible for program governance reporting to governance committees and co-sponsors program with content related to overall program status, risk/issue management, benefits realization and change control recommendations. Oversee and hire program staff and consultants as needed. Ensure that the smart water program is implemented in accordance with the roadmap.

Responsible for overseeing Tacoma Water’s engagement with the Tacoma Public Utilities AMI project. Supervise staff and maintain clear communication with the Executive Leadership Team and the Superintendent. Responsible for supervising system planning staff and ensuring the hydraulic model and economic model are used effectively in support of budget development for the Capital program.

Manage the Water Distribution Operations maintenance and construction crews and staff. Apply advanced management principles and skills, with planning and management of strategic and technical work within the section and often across the organization. Interpret and implement organizational, departmental and section policies, guidelines and procedures including union contract negotiations, hiring, personnel investigations, and civil service lists. Budget and control of substantial capital and maintenance programs. Major Strategic Project Assignments - AMI, Work Force Connect, Planning & Scheduling steering team, Lead Gooseneck removal project, TTEP Board, JATC committee. Fill in for Water Division Manager as needed.

Anacortes, Wa

Manage high visibility multi-discipline capital projects spanning across multiple business units to meet the needs of external customers. Collaborate with affected departments during gated Front-End Loading to vet resource estimates, schedules, business benefits, environmental/health/safety impacts. Provide input on technical reviews to ensure detailed engineering meets corporate engineering standards. Prepare decision support packages for review and approval by management. Monitor and control project performance during Project Execution stage to ensure project meets agreed quality, cost and time parameters in safe and environmentally sound manner. Review productivity analysis to identify and resolve critical variances. Develop contracting strategy for resources. Develop and implement risk response plan to monitor and control risks throughout project lifecycle. Maintain accurate and current project documentation. Manage development of start-up manuals, operating and emergency response procedures, and training materials.

Anacortes, Wa

Manage cost and schedule for the capital projects portfolio consisting of approximately forty projects ranging in expense from $22,000 to $78,000,000. Forecast monthly cash expenditures and accruals for each project using TCM. Collaborate with project engineers to develop estimates, contract strategies, contractor selection, scheduling, and progress tracking through EPC. Responsible for maintaining the ten year capital plan and facilitating the annual budget development. Proficient in SAP, Primavera, Microsoft Projects and Office suite. Recipient of the 2012 Tesoro President’s Excellence Award for work on the Anacortes Crude Rail Off-loading Facility.

Ferndale, Washington, United States

Developed and maintained cost reporting processes and procedures for major expense and capital construction projects executed at client petrochemical facilities. Tracked and managed all scope and contract changes through out the execution of the project. Provided technical construction support for field construction crews and acted as a liaison between construction and engineering disciplines. As a member of regional management team performed estimating and scheduling of projects. Provided technical support for project proposals (lump sum, fixed fee, T&M). Managed and maintained quality control and quality assurance program. Created new sub-contracts and coordinated work authorization distribution. Developed Excel based estimating and earned value tracking program. Projects ranged in size from $25,000 to $8,000,000.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician