Heather Snead, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Cary, North Carolina

Cary, North Carolina

Newport News, Virginia

Procurement Requirements PM• Implemented process ensuring reliable PO info is sent to vendors and reducing cost for procurements• Utilized Cradle and Access databases through Citrix to streamline requirements, document traceability, and analyze risk to budget and schedule• Improved first time quality, cost, and schedule while reducing vendor information requests and turnaround time, with potential to save $5M across programs when fully implementedEngineering Division Growth Work Liaison• Collaborated with senior mgmt to capture and evaluate metrics on scope, budget, and schedule for growth projects• Documented requirements, risks and mitigations, stakeholder issues, key decisions, and weekly statuses using SharePoint and Excel spreadsheets and data visualization• Determined project cost-benefit analyses, ROIs, and hours required to distinguish which projects to pursue to offset decline in fundingMarketing Procurement PM• Utilized Waterfall methodology to develop project plans for procurement of new marketing materials for AMWire projects• Managed communications and oversaw project deliverable schedules, action items, and deliverable review process using Basecamp and MS Project• Materials procured successfully within established timeline for use in tradeshows resulting in new businessMCMS Test Procedure Liaison • Assisted Test Engineers with writing and updating test procedures for MCMS on aircraft carriers• Monitored and recorded lab testing for MCMS using Excel and Visio to support rigorous testing schedules and deadlines• Completed 96% of procedure updates before system testing beganCoatings Requirements Alignment PM• Utilized Cradle, Visio, and AutoCAD to identify, trace, and determine relationships between requirements for aircraft carriers through project life-cycle• Managed timelines, schedules, and project resources using MS Project• Created precise package of requirements to transfer between ships, resulting in 31% reduction in rework

• Served as lead document checker and lead change verifier for requirements documents for the Machinery Control & Monitoring System (MCMS) of a nuclear aircraft carrier• Translated customer needs into functional, performance, design, interface, and other derived requirements • Generated requirements documents for various projects using Cradle database• Performed requirements validation, verification, traceability, and change management • Created metrics capture plan for Ship Cable Management (SCM) project• Wrote test cases and tested cable routing software AMWire for SCM project

• Supervised three coworkers as lead engineer for bent frames analysis• Designed and analyzed reactor compartment foundations for nuclear aircraft carriers• Reviewed drawings for corresponding foundations and structure• Directed department Quality Lead Team by interpreting and preparing data for presentations and quarterly reports• Performed finite element analysis for foundations using FEMAP, NASTRAN, and CATIA

Bachelor, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity, Women in Engineering Program, THON, Fitness Instructor

Masters In Business Administration

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