Heather Farney Email and Phone Number

• Responsible for leading a team of engineers for construction and technical aspects of the Over Pressure Protection (OPP) program• Assist in the planning, development, and execution of OPP capital budget, and regional standing work order (SWO) budgets• Assist in the planning and development of the overall department capital budgets• Coordinate field activities between Operations, Contractors, and Pipeline Suppliers to ensure projects are completed on time with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and cost effectiveness• Provide technical support to gas technical supervisors, field engineering representatives, gas construction supervisors, consulting engineering firms, union represented employees, contractors, and customers• Prepare construction prints for gas delivery stations, regulator stations, and large industrial meter sets• Develop work procedures for projects requiring high pressure tapping, stopping, and purging• Contribute to department goals by identifying and implementing improvements to processes to help control cost and improve productivity• Develop cost estimates and engineering designs for a variety of transmission, high pressure distribution, and distribution gas projects• Responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle: Budgeting, design, engineering, project management, as-built documentation, records, and project close-out for each project assigned

• Worked face-to-face with customers on all new business and construction requests• Responsible for acting as the forward facing liaison between customers and company personnel• Assembled cost estimates and presented information to customers and contractors• Designed non-standard gas and electric services to residential and non residential facilities• Responsible for compiling work packages and coordinating the work with field operations

• Managed drafting projects for all Ameren Energy Resources (AER) power plants in Illinois• Prioritized projects and schedule tasks to ensure deadlines are met• Assigned drafting tasks to contracted employees and monitored project progress• Coordinated with outside vendors to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget• Reviewed drawings to ensure compliance with Ameren standards