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STARCON Project Controls Manager

START Date: 
November, 2001
END Date: 
June, 2007
Divisional Cost Control Manager, San Nicolas, Aruba
Directed 11 team members responsible for in-house application operation, maintenance of IT systems, and numerous accounting duties. Tracked and analyzed multimillion dollar grass-roots and turnaround projects executed under arduous conditions.
Senior Cost Control Engineer, Manhattan, IL
Analyzed and monitored costs for the Maintenance Division. Provided on-going application support and improvement for “ACE” Application including data exports to client SAP and interfaces to 3rd party software / databases (P3, MS Project, ComData, and TimeTrax).
Cost Control Engineer, Manhattan, IL
Conducted turnaround and maintenance job tracking and analysis for Time & Material, Lump Sum and Fixed Fee contracts spanning multiple sites and states. Served as sole developer on “ACE” Application written in Visual Basic .NET, providing cost tracking, purchase order tracking, payroll export, invoice tracking, corporate upload, and numerous custom reports.
Planner-Scheduler / Software Engineer, San Nicolas, Aruba
Assisted with planning, scheduling, and tracking a multiple unit turnaround using P3, MS Access, Microsoft Project, and MS Excel. Completed multiple development projects under compressed timeframes with limited resources. Recognized as the subject matter expert for the resolution of hardware, software and system problems. Conducted training on all Microsoft Office applications. Designed and deployed Access 2002 databases and trained end users. Developed process improvements that increased efficiency and productivity.
CAD 3D Modeler / Junior Planner, San Nicolas, Aruba
Provided AutoCAD 2000 support for numerous units for turnaround and capital projects. Operated P3 and P3 Enterprise to produce various reports and update progress.

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