Virginia 'Ginger' Heald

Experience

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  Facility Care Services, LLC

  Dec 2002 - Jun 2013

  Director of Design & Facility Planning

  • Marketed company’s services to local businesses, corporations and industries offering turn-key solutions and services for facility expansion, improvement projects and ongoing facility operation services.• Led and executed design/build projects from as-built verification, inventory assessment, design and space planning presentations, document preparation, labor execution and management, additional FFE procurement.• Prepared service contracts, project estimates/bids, labor and materials estimates, client invoicing, financial statements and customer satisfaction surveys.• Tracked project process and cost controls ensuring company’s profit margins. Show less

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  Tulsa Women's Foundation

  Dec 2009 - Jul 2013

  Director
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  MGC, Inc.

  May 2013 - Oct 2014

  Construction Project Manager

  • Managed construction installations from estimating and planning, project progress and adherence to design to close-out ensuring timely project completion within or under budget.• Engaged field verifications and contract compliance, implemented material take-offs and their estimated costs, verified scope of bid, prepared SOW, prepared monthly draw statements, submitted MSDS, closeout documents, operations and maintenance manuals and warranties and facilitated audits of final costs.• Reviewed and initiated purchase orders, deliveries and labor contracts, submittals, change orders and RFI’s.• Provided insight to preparation of shop drawings to collaborate with construction documents and project schedule.• Managed 3rd party vendor and subcontracted services associated within the project ensuring that vendors achieved required expectations. Show less

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  JLL

  Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

  Sr. Facility Planner

  (short term contract)• Performed comprehensive monthly and annual space audits, summarized audit findings in concise space reports, providing space metrics, analytical charts and illustrated dashboards.• Evaluated and verified the integrity of building as-built’s and CAFM/IWMS data.• Provided quality assurance/quality control verification for the data management to ensure effective and successful maintenance and improvement strategy.• Reported on the data integrity in order to address any concerns to the DCAA that would pose a potential risk to the company’s earnings. Show less

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  Sanofi

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2020

  Sr. Facility Planner

  • Provided planning support to Framingham, Cambridge, New York and Connecticut sites.• Led, managed, developed and supported relocation teams including the oversight, management, quality assurance/control, coaching and staff development of the space planning business unit.• Initiated programs and processes for occupancy data, furniture solutions, verification, reporting and data integrity of CAFM/IWMS program and offered solutions where short comings were identified.• Interacted with key stakeholders to develop and collect programing information, organizational charts, adjacency requirements and guided space planning discussions to align with global and regional workplace standards.• Developed and recommended continuous improvement initiatives with senior leadership as new strategic production scenarios were decided upon and implemented.• Interfaced with facility engineering and project staff to support building functions, operational improvements and capital projects.• Managed space planning teams, 3rd party vendors and subcontracted services associated within the facility planning functions.• Developed, implemented, and enforced space standards, furniture, fixture and equipment based on identifying market trends. Show less

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  BAE Systems, Inc.

  Mar 2021 - now

  Facility Planning Specialist Principal