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Edmonton, Ab, Ca

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Achievements Mentored project managers in project management concepts and soft skills to create consistency in project execution across multiple divisions.  Created and monitored key performance indicators for the Project Managers. Implemented monthly financial & project status reporting to upper management.Responsibilities Developed and implemented an integrated project management plan that included budgeting, resource allocation, and scheduling for multiple Non-Destructive Testing projects simultaneously. Established effective communication channels with stakeholders, resulting in improved project visibility and transparency Facilitated team meetings to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives Perform risk assessments of projects in collaboration with others, created risk management plans and complete lessons learned exercises.  Contract review and negotiation of terms and conditions with customers as required.  Work with Operations, R&D, Engineering & HR to manage resource allocation, training and equipment logistics coordination for execution of projects. Create and submit change orders and request for information.  Management of financial milestones and completion of invoices in ERP system.  Create and review project estimates and bid documents.

Acheson Ab

Achievements  Commercial contract review and negotiations of terms and conditions with major clients.  Improved relationships with key clients.  Successful management of multi-million dollar engineering projects while meeting internal and external expectations.  Created training documentation and taught internal team members subjects centered on various project management and soft skills subjects.  Improved internal processes: development of a Terms and Conditions Guide for Project Managers, graphed internal audit metrics for better review, revised Progress Reports and produced cost calculators to increase efficiency. Responsibilities  Stakeholder management and relationship building - both internal and external (local and distance).  Monthly financial forecasting of projects within portfolio and reporting of project status and financial data to upper management on key projects.  Perform risk assessments of projects and escalates concerns when appropriate.  Contract review and negotiation of terms and conditions with customers.  Ensure adherence to the project scope as outlined in the contract for waterfall style projects.  Management of change orders and requests for information.  Management of invoice milestones and submission of invoices to clients.  Conduct client calls and submission of progress reports and schedules.  Leadership and management of document control department (four team members).

Achievements  Created the baseline for Project Management activities, hired and created a team of project managers and coordinators. Recognized by major data center client as contributing to Silent-Aire receiving the highest vendor rating and award of additional work.  Secured additional funding of over $1.3M by managing and recording additional costs associated with the commissioning of units due to site delays.  Managed multiple projects simultaneously valued $37M and consisting of 480 air handling units.  Positive and lasting relationships established with clients, general contractor and other vendors. Responsibilities  Assist with creating bid documents and submit to client.  Read and review engineering drawings and client specifications to ensure compliance and drawing accuracy.  Work with the manufacturing team on build cycle times to ensure delivery dates are met.  Collaborate with procurement and inventory teams to ensure on-time product delivery to meet schedule.  Monitor project costs during manufacturing and field commissioning.  Assist field service technicians regarding daily activities, material procurement and site safety.  Monitor and ensure completion of all quality issues entered in construction site management system..  Collaborate with engineering, quality and manufacturing on lessons learned from site commissioning.  Present commissioning status and quality issue updates to the client on a monthly basis.  Communicate with the client and general contractors regarding requests for information, change orders, and quality or installation issues, warranty and close out information.

 Developed a team of Quality inspectors both in Edmonton and Phoenix divisions. Outlined inspection expectations and executed the inspector training program.  Implemented quality reviews of engineering drawings prior to production to ensure accuracy and reduce waste and rework.  Created production standard operating procedures to ensure consistency of work.  Worked with manufacturing on corrective and preventative action reports.  Reviewed engineering drawings.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

o Completed year end inventory. o Sparked employee engagement by engaging in assisting with production activities and researching equipment improvements.o Managed receiving and production employees to ensure production schedule was adhered to.o Organized labour and scheduled maintenance based on production schedule.

 Saved $10K in costs annually by analyzing process data and increasing raw material efficiency. Orchestrated large scale production shutdowns by coordinating with resident engineer and contractors, allocating labour resources, managing production constraints and communicating with departmental staff. Production schedule management, labour scheduling and maintenance organization, data entry and inventory counts, collaboration with quality team.

 Improved maintenance work order completion by 60% by increasing interdepartmental communication and devising a prioritization tool. Lead operational activities for the department, educated, coached and empowered operators and addressed all employee performance issues promptly and directly. Hired, managed and oversaw administrative staff to ensure all duties were accomplished accurately.

o Created month end closing procedures to make certain that financials were closed on time.o Instituted procedural solutions to ensure accurate data entry and inventory discrepancies were eliminated.o Maintained low overhead costs by closely managing stock quantities and orders.o Scheduled departmental staff hours and vacation requests while adhering to the union collective agreement.o Preform audits and enforced corrective action when required to ensure product safety and traceability remained an important focus of operational staff.

o Analytical testing of in process and packaged product to ensure all legal and profile specifications are met.o Product control testing to determine the precision of equipment data so that consumer safety is guaranteed.o Perform biannual mock product recall exercises to determine that product could be properly tracked, effectively recalled and that involved personnel understood the necessary response duties.o Executed audits of quality testing of operational staff to confirm accuracy and replication of measurements.o Maintain calibration and cleaning of laboratory equipment in compliance with quality management system.

o Conduct fuel alcohol fermentation experiments, from a variety of fermented grains.o Extract alcohol using distillation and preform microbial tests. o Acquire relevant information from scientific journals regarding fuel alcohol fermentation to support the development of the research project.

Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Microbiology, Biochemistry

Bachelors Of Science, - Major: Biological Sciences - Minor: Physical Sciences

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General