Brandi Moody
Blue Springs,MO
Summary
Experienced with managing high-stakes projects and ensuring client satisfaction. Utilizes analytical skills and strategic thinking to drive successful outcomes. Track record of effective teamwork and adaptability in dynamic environments.
Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Controls Sr. Associate
Black & Veatch Corporation
Overland Park, KS
01.2025 - Current
- Lead weekly project control team meetings
- Lead monthly forecast meetings with Project Managers
- Prepare and analyze monthly Generation and Transmission Budget and Cash flow report for client presentation with board showing variances in budget
- Prepare and analyze monthly finance report showing variances in actuals
- Prepare and distribute weekly manhours report
- Update and process weekly finance purchase order report
- Prepare Monthly Project Progress report completed by gathering schedule changes, risk report and staffing updates
- Analyze forecast cost spreads and cash flows for Project Manager forecast meetings
- Maintain change log and ensure forecast reflects change orders
- Update and maintain agreement budgets and changes as needed from Project Managers for financial reporting
Engineering Billing Specialist
Black & Veatch Corporation
Overland Park, KS
02.2021 - 01.2025
- Prepare and code engineering permits for invoicing
- Identify and package up all required documents and submit for invoicing
- Ensure all client codes accurately recorded on internal and external systems
- Create project invoice
- Prepare and process invoices
- Create and execute all invoicing processes for project execution plan
- Track and monitor all invoices for approval, respond to client invoice questions and resubmit invoices as needed
- Accept, track and monitor final invoice reconciliation task received from client
- Monitor invoices from creation to paid date ensuring full payment has been received
- Coordinate with client on all financial issues as they arise
- Manage job status completion reporting
- Request PO reservations as needed from client
Engineering Manager
Black & Veatch Corporation
Overland Park, KS
03.2015 - 03.2021
- Make Ready Engineering Lead
- Monthly reporting of make ready engineering team progress and stats
- Manage and report status of 5 make ready engineers
- Manage 1 finance employee and ensure payments are processed timely
- Coordinate with 64 utilities, establish make ready engineering requirements and submit joint use fiber attachment requests, request make ready construction invoices, ensure payments are processed and monitor construction status
- Maintain make ready engineering submission processes and workflow
- Monitor 89k poles status and maintain approval to attach
- Track and report status of more than 89k utility poles and 64 utilities for make ready submissions team
- Create and implement QC review process for the make ready engineering submission team
- Make Ready Engineering Utility Coordinator Lead
- Make Ready Engineering Utilities Submission Coordinator managing the training and mentoring of the submission team
- Coordinate with 43 utilities to establish make ready engineering requirements and submit joint use fiber attachment requests
- Create and implement make ready engineering submission processes and workflow for my team
- Track and report status of more than 85k utility poles and 32 utilities for make ready submissions team
- Create and implement QC review process for the make ready engineering submission team
- Create and administrate Make Ready Engineering SharePoint 365 site
- Train and troubleshoot sharepoint site to make ready engineering team
Engineering Team Lead
Black & Veatch Corporation
Overland Park / Pittsburg, KS / PA
09.2013 - 03.2015
- WPA/INDY AT&T Turf Engineering Lead
- Travel to Pennsylvania to meet face to face with AT&T manager and perform site visits
- Order, manage & track all engineering services of more than 245 Western Pennsylvania cell sites and 175 Indiana AT&T cell sites
- Attend weekly meetings with AT&T to report the status of the engineering services site by site
- Request and track bid requests for structural modifications to general contractors for construction
Engineering Technician
Black & Veatch Corporation
Overland Park, KS
04.2011 - 09.2013
- Request and review/redline construction drawings, lease exhibits or zoning drawings for in house production team and vendors
- Request, review and process structural analysis for in house engineers and vendors
- Order additional services required to perform structurals such as Geotechnical reports, Foundation mappings, Tower mappings, Mount analysis and mount mappings
- Negotiate vendor pricing for additional services keeping below my allotted budget
- Manage and track tower modification schedule from general construction contractors
- Coordinate and resolve any construction issues between signing engineer and general contractor, assisting with resolutions
- Collect and maintain all required close out documents
- Process purchase orders to vendors for additional services
- Assign work and train direct reports
- Design Radio Frequency Data sheets using Visio for AT&T LTE upgrades
- UMTS Project Team lead for AT&T Los Angeles Turf
- QA/QC, Production & Processing of AT&T Site Audits and Site Sketches
- Performed QA/QC Review, redline markups while maintain adherence to Quality Management System Policies & procedures
- Coordination & Preparation for UMTS & LTE of Zoning Drawings, Construction Drawings, PlotPlans, Lease Exhibit and Templates
- Prepare interior & exterior elevations, equipment layouts, site plans, electrical & grounding diagrams
Education
Computer Aided Drafting & Design/Certificate -
Vatterott College
Kansas City, MO01-2009
Skills
- Training and mentoring
- Team leadership
- Client engagement
- Proficient in Excel, Powerpoint, Word, OneNote
- Project management
- Forecasting
- Project reporting
- Preparing reports
- Cash flow management
- Financial acumen
- Cost control
- Forecasting skills
- Data compiling and analysis
Timeline
Project Controls Sr. Associate
Black & Veatch Corporation
01.2025 - Current
Engineering Billing Specialist
Black & Veatch Corporation
02.2021 - 01.2025
Engineering Manager
Black & Veatch Corporation
03.2015 - 03.2021
Engineering Team Lead
Black & Veatch Corporation
09.2013 - 03.2015
Engineering Technician
Black & Veatch Corporation
04.2011 - 09.2013
Computer Aided Drafting & Design/Certificate -
Vatterott College