Staff

oracle_primavera_logo-jpgPRESIDENT – AL YOUNG
Salt Lake City, Utah 84171.

EDUCATION:
Fitting & Turning Trade Certificate, majoring in Hydraulics & Pneumatics 1990
Business Management Certificate 1994
Accounting Certificate 1992
Crisis and Risk Management Certificate 1991
Logistics Management & Material Control Certificate 1991

WORK HISTORY:

2011-Current Strategic Consulting Group – Whiting, Indiana; Salt Lake City, Utah
Senior Consultant, Project Controls Manager, Master Scheduler, Hydro Test Engineer
Assignments included: BP Refinery, Water and Power Technologies, Ameren Power Station. Master Scheduler on $73 million new construction of Vapor Recovery Unit with 21,000 activities, CPM Analysis, Master Scheduler for mechanical work for Cycle Ending Outage of 617 Megawatt coal fired unit, prepared documentation for claims, merged two separate schedules into one master schedule mid-way through project, hydro tested water purification / reverse osmosis plant for Saudi Electric Company, scheduled construction of electrical substation for plant.

2006- 2011 British Petroleum – Whiting, Indiana
Lead Turnaround Scheduler, Senior Consultant
Worked with the turnaround group at a major refinery handing all aspects of scheduling on many unit turnarounds, Lead Scheduler on $82 Million Crude Unit Cycle Ending Turnaround with 800 person crew size, Built schedules from contractor estimates, Organized and conducted interactive planning sessions live with a projector and 20 people in the room, Estimated Extra Work Orders and discovery work into schedules, Prepared documentation for claims, Ran weekly audits of contractor compliance.

2003-2004 Jacobs Engineering – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Indianapolis, Indiana
Project Controls Lead, Planner / Lead Scheduler
Worked as scheduler on civil construction projects. Wrote and managed resource-loaded schedule in P3ec 5.0 for $60 Million multi story building and plant expansion project, $42 million construction project of a 30,000-sq. ft. 4-story office / production facility, reorganized work flow after project changed from schedule driven to cost driven, conducted daily walkthrough of job site to validate contractors earned value, prepared documentation for damage claims, performed critical path analysis weekly to advise contractors and management of areas for focus, used P3e to plan & schedule 28,000 activities for 5 yearly major cycle ending turnaround.

1998-2003 Computerized Engineering Designs & Management – Sydney, Australia
Design Engineering Consultant, Scheduler, Estimator, Logistics Consultant
Worked in project design and management on various construction projects, using CPM and resource levelling to manage schedules to support work crews due to change of project scope and emergency situations with other smaller short term projects to satisfy existing clients, planning, scheduling & estimating earthworks for high rise construction and freeway construction, assisted with project management of roadway expansion projects and commercial civil projects, Turn-Key project design, maintenance manual writing, designed factory layouts & warehouse expansions, performed risk management audits, implemented Just-In-Time management as well as on-site warehousing.

1992-1998 Strategic Contracting Services – Sydney, Australia
Operated as Mechanical Repair Contractor
Performed craft work at oil refineries during turnarounds (BP, Shell), as well as various construction projects, installed and commissioned baggage handling systems for international airport, installed building service piping in high rise buildings, water / sewage treatment and purification plants, pump & valve maintenance and repairs, pipeline installation of both water supply and sewer.

1986-1992 ASTRA Pharmaceuticals – Sydney, Australia
Did a 4 year degree and was trained in project management, manufacturing process management, turnaround / shutdown planning & scheduling of production facility, design engineering and the manufacture of custom packaging machinery to suit various requirements, process management and warehousing logistics, crisis management, containment and damage control, risk management. Assisted in implementing Just-In-Time management as well as on-site warehousing and managed small $50K – $600K projects.