Uteva Chesser Mpm, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, TN, US

Knoxville, TN, US

Lead the team and efforts to support the chattanooga office complex transformation as it transitions into a more collaborative working environment.

Knoxville, TN, US

Lead the project efforts to analyze TVA’s corporate office portfolio and evaluate opportunities to improve, consolidate, optimize, or reduce our Facilities to take advantage of the cost-savings, community engagement, and talent retention opportunities from TVA’s transition to a hybrid work model.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Manage and support the ~$90-million-dollar CT refurbishment effort at the Colbert CT site.
• Manage and support the Colbert site Construction Manager
• Work through and support ongoing contractual obligations and requirements between Contractor and Supply Chain
• Organize and attend JPT meetings for each project
• Facilitate the co-ordination of multiple contractors site work to ensure appropriate alignment of key work and completion on time.
• Maintain annual budgets and cashflows for each individual project on a monthly basis, to ensure that the projects align with the planned portfolio.

Knoxville, TN, US

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US

• Provide continual support for the Gas Fleet power operations project managers and their assigned projects.
• Prepare, analyze and execute monthly forecasted spend associated with assigned projects.
• Communicate with project vendors on a monthly basis to ensure that all completed work is accurately being documented and accrued for SOX compliance.
• Develop and update all project schedules ensuring milestones are being met and projects are closed out within the required time limitations.
• Develop and submit a complete project package for approval and/or closure to the projects approval board. Which includes vital project information, schedules, cash flows, environmental checks, and real estate.
• Continually work with the project manager and all the asset owners to create work orders, purchase requisitions and purchase orders to ensure procurement stays on track for each project.

US

• Create contract matrices for potential future projects reviews with the Business Development Team during the RFP and job bidding process.
• Review all contracts and contract exhibits such as: scope of work, drawings and specs, lien waivers, payment applications, insurance requirements, and additional projects requirements.
• Successfully managed the prime contract administration for a $27M project in Happy, TX for a 163 MW wind farm construction project, of which 60% of the value was internal labor and general condition costs.
• Executed, negotiated, and completed $18M worth of subcontractor work, not including additional short work agreements arranged with smaller vendors.
• Designed and implemented excel tracking logs for all internal and external change orders, that easily allowed for active updating of status and coordinated with appropriate billing.
• Ensured that all subcontractors had a schedule of values for processing percentage of completion for internal billing to Owner.

US

• Collaborated in the implementation of a new accounting system. Including writing specific operation instructions for both the accounting staff and employee usage.
• Performed multi-state payroll for multiple employees and processed the according state and federal taxes for each payroll.
• Processed all incoming corporate and project related invoices.
• Trained staff on new time entry system.
• Reconciled all bank and credit accounts on a daily and monthly basis.
• Designed a spreadsheet in order to track all AP and AR with current day balances that reflected a 30 day look ahead for cash flow.

US

• Successfully managed the $9.2 M Pantex Facility 11MW wind farm for the National Nuclear Security Administration in Panhandle, TX, as a Subcontractor to the Prime Contractor.
• Collaborated in the management of the $7M Pioneer Grove 6MW wind farm in Mechanicsville, IA, as the Prime Contractor. On a first of its kind prototype project for concrete tower construction.
• Familiarized and knowledgeable on Government FARS (Federal Acquisition Regulations), as well as Department of Defense Contracts and Task Orders.
• Supervised and managed Quality Control field staff and administration for accuracy of records.
• Developed and implanted Quality Control data recording logs for field staff.
• Promoted vendor relations throughout procurement, shipping and receiving to ensure all items were expedited accordingly.

US

• Implemented an enhanced Quality Control process for the $13M Steel Winds II 15MW wind farm on an environmental brown site in the city of Hamburg, NY near Lake Erie.
• Collaborated on the usage of Quality Control documentation procedures for the $45M Laurel Mountain 97.6MW wind farm in Elkins, WV.
• Achieved a 100% passing audit during the Steel Winds II project on all quality control documentation.
• Completed NYSERDA audit for the Steel Winds II project for energy efficiency reporting.
• Ensured that all quality control data sheets had appropriate hold points and pay points that met the projects specific contractual requirements.
• Re-vised and edited internal company policies and procedures such as employee handbooks, safety policies, and quality procedures.

• Worked as a contracted employee for the Laurel Mountain wind project in Elkins, WV as a Subcontractor performing civil construction such as road and entry constructions under an $11M Subcontract.
• Performed new hire orientation, safety overview, completion of HR paper work, and logged all entries to the corporate office.
• Developed forms to track man hours, equipment repairs, equipment hours, and fuel consumption.
• Reviewed and edited safety reports for submission to the Prime Contractor and submitted when complete.
• Communicated via email and phone to the satellite office location in Morgantown, WV.
• Compiled appropriate information for required certified payroll due to project being union based

• Provided overall office management and support to the Owner’s for a granite fabrication company.
• Created the procedure and implemented onsite drug testing for the company.
• Created cost analysis spreadsheets that allowed us to see the profit we would gain from each installed project.
• Communicated with outside vendors to organize deliveries and process payments for invoices.
• Processed weekly purchase orders for various tooling and supplies.
• Designed a template that allowed for more accurate estimates for clients.

• Provided office and on location services to three convenience store locations across two counties.
• Reduced unneeded banking accounts and the time spent on bank transactions by 50%.
• Started and inventory control program at all three locations to prevent internal and external losses. Was able to reduce lost and waste by 30% in the first year.
• Processed all invoices for vendors, contractors, and all other billing entities.
• Handled daily deposits from each location and ensured that funds were available when needed.
• Help to integrate a dining facility and liquor depot into one of the locations, successfully gaining 50% more business from locally owned facilities for stocking purposes.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Studies

Masters, Project Management

Bachelors, Technical Management In Finance