Robert B. Email & Phone Number

Fort Mill, Sc

Lead Cost and Schedule Analyst for Nuclear Services division responsible for over 50 concurrent work authorizations across multiple projects ranging from $10k to multiple millions; Maintained communication lines with project teams and subcontractors at numerous locations across the country for some of the largest clients in the power industry.Supported Project Management team by providing and implementing detailed cost control methodologies and reporting including forecasting, tracking and development of project WBS; Established and sustained direct communication with Senior Management by providing timely internal and client cost, productivity and schedule performance reporting on a weekly basis or as required by the project.Interfaced with cross-functional project teams to ensure tasks were being executed on time and within budget; Recognized and integrated potential process improvements through open communication in order to provide more accurate project updates.Analyzed key performance indicators and performed variance analysis to proactively identify and troubleshoot cost/schedule issues; Worked with project team to provide recovery plans for negatively impacted deliverables.Developed a cost estimating Excel workbook designed to streamline and expedite the engineering proposal process; Automated the production of worksheets used for the loading of project budgets and the linking of cost accounts to project schedules, decreasing labor hours.Identified risk items and potential deviations to ensure timely delivery of work products; Initiated and oversaw change management process to capture any out of scope requests made by clients.Cost and schedule subject matter expert for business proposals; Responsible for inputs to schedule, budget and manpower estimates including break-even, profitably and resource analysis.Provided schedule support across several business lines; Led weekly internal and client schedule and progress update meetings.

Fort Mill, Sc

Reported directly to and provided day to day support to the Senior Engineering Manager.Compiled data to calculate and graph performance metrics used for weekly and monthly reports.Assisted in developing an Access database designed to identify engineering design input errors; Maintained database in order to issue weekly reports to Engineering Managers.

Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

Reported directly to Vice President of Sales of an international adhesive manufacturing and distributing company with annual sales exceeding $500 million.Performed price and volume analysis on select products and regions to assist national sales team.Generated and imported data into Excel to create spreadsheets, pivot tables, and graphs to aid regional managers. Created internal sales contests and item promotions to bolster sales on select products.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Forecasted and calculated project stages used in bidding process for a high-end custom home construction company.Scheduled sub-contractor and vendor activities on multiple concurrent projects in order to maintain efficient timelines.Managed and monitored A/R and A/P accounts averaging $500,000 monthly. Facilitated communication between vendors and over 60 clients.Assisted in balancing the company’s budget including weekly, bi-weekly and monthly billing, processing and writing checks, and account reconciliations.