Benjamin Gover PMP

Experience

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  Gulf Marine Fabricators and Technip

  Dec 2000 - Nov 2010

  Scheduler/Planner and Loftsman(drafting and design)

  Shell Brutus, Shell Magnolia, Kerr McGhee Red Hawke, Chevron Tahiti and ATP Mindoc 1Key Achievements:• Developed and maintained schedules (100 - 2000+ activities).• Served as Material Take-Off, AutoCAD operator, and Blue Line Reader. - Redrafted blue lines to ensure proper sizes and material were used, determined amount of material needed to perform construction of project.- Read and designed piping ISOs to include rerouting to fit. Projects included building offshore jackets, decks, spars, vessel structures, and pipe laying equipment. - Performed detailed planning/scheduling activities for compliance to contract requirements and internal reporting analysis requirements. Specifically, coordinated and scheduled five facilities of the company to include all tubular (non-process piping). - Managed materials, budgets, and man-hours associated with each facility. - Additionally, participated as a member of the company’s audit team.- Drafted accurate and timely reports and correspondence for internal and external clients. - Conducted weekly production and operations contractor meetings, which facilitated stronger communication and the ability to resolve critical issues. Show less

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  Spitzer Industries

  Nov 2010 - Aug 2011

  Planner Scheduler

  - Performing detailed planning/scheduling activities for compliance to contract requirements and internal reporting analysis requirements.- Preparing technical reports according to applicable project requirements, internal requirements, and client contract requirements.- As part of the project management team, responsible for preparing all project controls reports including, but not limited to, scheduling updates and analysis, progress reporting, and various internal and external reporting for management.- Drafting accurate and timely reports and correspondence to the project team as required.- Working directly with the Project Manager and project team members to identify and resolve problems.- Working directly with the field leads and superintendents to ensure schedule was being accurately reported. Determined any positive or negative situations that may have arisen. - Discussed corrective actions with the field to maintain required production as determined by contractual obligations, as well as available resources.- Communicating and assisting in preparation of all project related reports to ensure the requirements of the clients were met.- Implementing and maintaining company quality system requirements relative to responsibilities, including creating and maintaining WBS and all schedule aspects used for reporting and monitoring. Determined problems and or potential problems with the schedule and monitored for future schedule impacts. Show less

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  Worley Parsons

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

  Lead Construction/Commissioning Planner

  ExxonMobil- Hebron Topsides Project, Offshore Newfoundland- Developed and maintained the project engineering and commissioning schedules (5000+ activities), which included the sequence of all construction activities.- Prepared regular interval progress reports.- Work directly with team members/stakeholders to identify and resolve problems in the area of Planning and Scheduling. - Developed, reviewed and ensured communication of project-related information to ensure project objectives will be executed in a timely manner.- Developed, implemented and maintained compliance of company's quality system requirements relative to responsibilities.- Reviewed plans and specs during the schematic design of pre-construction. Show less

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  Polaris Planning - 3rd Party Contractor

  Jan 2013 - May 2015

  Senior Planner / Lead Planner / Consultant

  Marathon Oil - Eagle Ford Assets, Kenedy/San Antonio, TX Technip USA, Inc. - BP Juniper (Sub Sea) Project, Houston, TX Williams – Gulfstar- 1 (Spar) Project, Ingleside, TX - Led team of 3+ schedulers in estimating, planning and scheduling, and resource tracking on projects. Schedules ranged from 500 - 3000+ activities.- Conducted weekly verification on actual progress in the field against schedule baselines.- Conducted routine quality audits to ensure that work was progressing per the specifications and initiated corrective actions.- Provided analysis and reporting for special and/or specific Planning and Scheduling issues. - Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.- Developed and implemented systems to improve process efficiency and reduce the project duration.- Performed regular job site observations to provide direction for all general contractor personnel.- Developed engineering planning and scheduling best practices.- Developed, implemented and maintained compliance of company's quality system requirements relative to responsibilities.- Reviewed plans and specs during the schematic design of pre-construction. Show less

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  Lauren Engineers & Constructors

  May 2015 - Apr 2016

  Corporate Scheduling Manager

  - Ensure the development and maintenance of company standards and resources for schedule services. - Assign and allocate project resources (6+ schedulers) to all projects at various sites.- Eliminate any roadblocks that could impede the project controls team’s success.- In a coordinated effort with the quality management group, develop quality standards and monitor compliance through all phases of projects for schedule processes.- Perform periodic project audits to insure progress is accurately being reported by the project management team which entail a detailed site review and verification Show less

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  PC Construction Company

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

  Scheduling Manager

  • Manage schedules and schedulers in the water/waste water department within the company.• Turned existing projects with poor schedules and standards around to have a more reliable construction schedule.• Developed existing less qualified schedulers to perform at a higher level.• Hired more competent and qualified schedulers to perform the necessary function to run a successful project.• Brought new projects online with a better-quality schedule and schedulers to make the company more successful and less at risk for loss in lawsuit at end of projects.• Brought needed knowledge to the company to bring their standard of schedule up closer to the current standard.• Worked with project teams and managers to teach them the current standards and quality expectations of proper schedule building and maintenance.• Travel frequently to job sites to assist project team and site schedulers in all aspects of schedule management and stakeholder relations and satisfaction. Show less

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  Bechtel National Inc

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2020

  Lead Area Planner

  • Manage schedules and schedulers in the on a federal project• Developed existing less qualified schedulers to perform at a higher level.• Sharing knowledge to the company to bring their standard of schedule up closer to the current standard.• Worked with project teams and managers to teach them the current standards and quality expectations of proper schedule building and maintenance.• Work with project team and site schedulers in all aspects of schedule management and stakeholder relations and satisfaction.• Conducted weekly verification on actual progress in the field against schedule baselines.• Provided analysis and reporting for special and/or specific Planning and Scheduling issues. Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.• Developed, implemented and maintained compliance of company's quality system requirements relative to responsibilities.• Implementing of change control. Assisting and guiding other project controls engineers on the proper implementation of changes and the change control procedure.• Performing the implementation of vetted and approved change control into the baseline schedule per Project guidelines and company approved tools and procedures.• Assisting in the improvement of process to include involvement with the Six Sigma team. Show less

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  Kiewit Building Group Inc.

  Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

  Scheduling Manager
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  Aegis Project Controls

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  Senior Project Controls Engineer
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  Temptin Your Pleasin

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

  Business Owner
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  Black & Veatch

  Oct 2022 - now

  • Sr Claims Support Specialist

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Project Controls Manger

    Oct 2022 - Aug 2023