Joseph Dever Email & Phone Number

United States

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Developed cost-loaded program schedule for a multi-billion dollar light rail program • Wrote schedule management plan• Re-established the scheduling department for an $800MM per year capital program in a management position that had been vacant for 3 years• Assisted in the development of a revised technical schedule specification for major projects and programs (over $100MM)• Led the development of a Work Breakdown Structure (EPS/WBS/CBS) for SEPTA's portfolio to align cost, schedule, and program data

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Champion organizational best practices• Develop actionable processes and procedures for the engineering team to manage cost and schedule (Activity Request Forms, Project Approvals, Status Update meetings, Project Initiation Requests, Change Control)• Create and maintain staffing plans• Create and maintain engineering schedules in Primavera P6• Budgeted and managed more than 50 support and administrative projects• Develop monthly reports for communication to supervisory team and senior leadership• Develop weekly reports for resource management for use by Project Managers• Train engineering team on cost and schedule management

London, Gb

Cost Manager and Faithful+Gould Site Lead at an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility; Cost lead for JFK Airport New Terminal One preconstruction phase; Other responsibilities included limited schedule and cost roles for WMATA's Purple Line design contracts and corporate real estate fit outs.• Supported the development of procedures, reports, and responsibilities in an unstructured environment for a new Project Management Organization (PMO)• Trained and developed direct-hire staffing on Project Controls procedures• Developed weekly and monthly cost reports for multiple projects and maintained Yet To Buy scope in order to forecast project costs (Values ranging from $5M to over $250M)• Implemented Earned Value tracking protocols for a consortium of six companies• Led reconciliation efforts between PMWeb (Cost System), Oracle, and Contractor documents to identify actual project costs; Supported audits of these project costs• Reviewed change orders, payment applications, closeout documentation and accruals to support project managers and finance representatives• Developed and evaluated quarterly funding requirements and cash flows on a monthly basisRelated job skills include the use of PMWeb, Oracle, and BI Reporting.

Houston, Texas, Us

Lead Cost Analyst on a construction site for 2 new nuclear reactors.• Developed weekly and monthly project reports for Project Management• Developed project baseline to establish commodity and labor completion rates• Directed daily activities and reviewed reports for 5 project controls personnel• Trained new hires to project controls organization• Analyzed, updated, forecasted & reconciled budgets based on approved change orders• Created staffing forecasts and cost impact evaluations against the performance baseline• Initiated and completed cost & schedule trends and change orders in accordance with contractual requirements under limited supervision in a rapidly changing environmentRelated job skills required on this project included the use of Primavera (P6), JD Edwards, and ShawTracker (Internal cost tracking system). As an employee at this site, I have an understanding of regulations associated with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as the Change Management protocols and Earned Value Management System within the project controls group for a complex construction project.

Oak Ridge, Tn, Us

Cost Analyst working on a pre-construction project for a waste processing facility.• Perform technical oversight and interface with contractors on behalf of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)• Develop cost assessments to analyze and consolidate contractor performance data• Provide weekly schedule updates for NNSA activities to project integrator• Review schedules with appropriate functional leads to ensure accuracy and reliability• Participate in trend and change control activities, including reviews of trends & BCP’s• Perform reviews on submitted business management and project controls documents• Support federal financial review process and yearly budget planning processRelated job skills include the use of Primavera (P6), Cobra, and ICTS, an integrated cost tracking system developed at the Savannah River Site (SRS). As an employee for Navarro at SRS, I have an understanding of federal contracts and regulations for the US Department of Energy, as well as the Earned Value Management System within the project controls group for a complex construction project.

• Acted as team lead in assembling, reviewing, and submitting an out year baseline. This work additionally included both providing guidance for and reviewing submittals from 8 team members, and supporting an independent review team in their audit of the baseline submittal• Maintained a resource loaded schedule in Primavera (P6) project management software that included 9 control accounts, totaling $45 million• Identified potential deviations from the contract performance baseline in order to minimize negative consequences and maximize the benefit of positive events.• Interacted with control account managers to review variances and cost estimates and provided recommendations for corrective action and work-around plans• Performed monthly Estimate At Completion assessment• Provided direction to and oversaw performance of summer interns

During two summer internships, I had the following responsibilities:- Supported the alignment of site activities (and metrics) to the Site Strategic Plan- Worked with the federal cost estimator to review various cost estimates and P6 schedules- Maintained oversight documents for both the Management & Operations and Liquid Waste contract transitions- Assisted managers with the development and implementation of computer programs and databases related to the transitions- Supported the development of a new intranet portal.

B.A., Economics

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