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LOGAN RICHARD

Coolidge,AZ

Summary

Senior project manager bringing highly credible technical leadership to direct multi-functional project teams engaged in full system development and implementation in high tech environments. Experienced overseeing diverse teams of developers, analysts and quality professionals engaged in complex projects. Solid understanding of project management tools and certified Project management professional methodology (PMP).

Adept at spearheading projects to fruition, my tenure at Sterling CM showcased my prowess in lean six sigma, saving the company over $400K. With a knack for cross-functional coordination and continuous process improvement, I excel in driving efficiency and fostering client relationships, ensuring project success and stakeholder satisfaction.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

GC Senior Project Manager

Sterling CM
06.2022 - Current
  • Business development using lean six sigma for the company
  • Identifying company bleeds saving the company 400K+ for year 2023 and 2024
  • Develop, create, and improve policies, procedures and templates to establish consistent application of project management principles across all projects
  • Trains, develops, motivates and disciplines subordinates as necessary to meet established goals; reviews and appraises their work performance
  • Plan, manage and execute work in accordance with performance metrics
  • Provide formal and informal training to Project Managers and project teams on Project Management principles and project life-cycle activities
  • Oversees the work of the GC Project Manager assigning and scoping projects
  • Providing guidance on more complex projects
  • Identifies and directs the implementation of process improvements that significantly reduce workloads or improve quality across the department
  • Manage project staffing efforts that include securing resources and managing allocations within the project schedule
  • Provide daily project leadership and managing of projects
  • Manage project/program scope, schedule and cost, following an established and precise management process
  • Keeps abreast of emerging project management trends and best practices through contact with peers, internal and external, and professional organizations
  • Facilitates project/program communications with sponsors and other leaders/contributors
  • Responsible for providing extensive consultation to stakeholders and ensuring effective relevant information is received and accurately exchanged
  • Provides guidance and motivation to team members and project stakeholders; and effectively deploys resources to achieve project objectives

GC Project Manager

Diamond Contractors
Kansas City, MO
12.2020 - 05.2022
  • Develop comprehensive project plans, defining scope, objectives, and deliverables
  • Create timelines, budgets, and resource allocation strategies
  • Lead, motivate, and manage project teams, ensuring they work cohesively and efficiently
  • Provide direction and support to team members
  • Establish and maintain clear communication with clients, team members, and senior leadership
  • Provide regular project status updates and manage expectations effectively
  • Identify potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them
  • Monitor and address issues as they arise to keep the project on track
  • Set and maintain quality standards for project deliverables
  • Conduct regular quality checks to ensure compliance with best practices and industry standards
  • Allocate and manage project resources, including personnel, equipment, and budgets
  • Optimize resource allocation to achieve project goals
  • Quickly identify and address project-related issues and obstacles
  • Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to find effective solutions
  • Adapt to changing project requirements and scope
  • Implement changes effectively while minimizing disruptions to the project's progress
  • Ensure a smooth project closure process, including client acceptance, documentation, and knowledge transfer
  • Conduct post-project evaluations to identify lessons learned
  • Align project goals and outcomes with the organization's strategic objectives
  • Ensure that project work contributes to the overall success of the business

Engineering Lead Project Manager

Dialectic Engineering
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Defines the engineering organization charts, staffing and personnel roles with engineering discipline departments
  • Defines provisional manpower histograms and controls the qualification of assigned engineering personnel
  • Ensures the technical part of the Contract review
  • Participates to the induction of the engineering team to contract/project requirements
  • Provides instructions to the engineering team through project engineering instructions and procedures
  • Ensures the issue, the validation and the maintenance of the project equipment lists and/or other key engineering documents as applicable to each project
  • Ensures effective interdisciplinary coordination in particular through weekly meetings
  • Takes the necessary technical decisions in case of unresolved conflicts between disciplines
  • Controls that the engineering team properly interfaces with other project members
  • Supervises the issue of engineering deliverables and approves the key engineering documents
  • Participates to project planning definition by providing engineering milestones and requirements
  • Ensures that engineering activity is compliant with project milestones
  • Alerts project management in case of unforeseen variation and suggests if needed mitigation measures
  • Consolidates engineering budgets based on discipline departments budgets and controls during the course of the project
  • Alerts Asst/Jr Project Management in case of variation and suggests if needed mitigation measures
  • Supervises the initiation and maintenance of project files, assists designers in CAD work when necessary
  • Leads and attends the design and safety reviews and supervises the follow up of the outcomes
  • Contributes to Project reporting for the engineering part (activities, quantities, budget, areas of concern)
  • Participates to contract management by initiating, collecting and consolidating the variation requests and change orders
  • Initiates Value engineering and best practice
  • Ensures that the engineering final dossier is properly prepared and filed and that lessons learned for engineering are clearly identified

Project Manager (12 Month Contract)

General Services Administration (GSA)
Kansas City, MO
12.2018 - 12.2019
  • Maintain open lines of communication between internal departments
  • Analyze drawings and specifications to ensure that the entire scope of work is understood and has been addressed, accurately forecast project cost ranging from 0-150,000$ and duration of projects
  • Provide timely and complete estimates to the approval officer for on time start dates
  • Bid, award, and execute projects ranging $0-$150,000
  • Provide leadership and technical expertise to maintain existing procedures and continuous improvement
  • Provide comprehensive and conceptual estimates
  • Maintain Government records, track documents, and create progress reports
  • Evaluate and assure material requisitions, work plans, and full utilization of schedules

Jr. Project Manager

PKC Construction
Lenexa, KS
01.2016 - 12.2018
  • Preparing Project Initiation documentation
  • Responsible for costing, estimating and planning projects through public databases with a margin of 30% or higher
  • Compiled data and generated reports needed for project planning, ensuring accuracy and appropriate cost/inventory management
  • Identifying, costing and processing any contract variations to decrease Change Orders/unanticipated cost in a project
  • Collaborated with internal partners on issues regarding cost variance analysis and/or timelines ensuring forecasting was on target
  • Audited proposed budgets and databases systems to ensure accuracy of information
  • Responsible for ensuring best quality of value is obtained for the project including supplier base, use of internal and external resources
  • Responsible for the oversight of key milestones, identified and resolved foreseen and unforeseen issues
  • Ensuring Projects and Programs are executed using agreed standards & processes within company guidelines
  • Surveyed activities through organization software against the detailed project plans including MS Project, Procore and Excel
  • Authored detailed and summarized project progress reports, giving briefs on project deliverables, budgets and timelines
  • Managed and supervised project teams including any subcontractors
  • Organizing and facilitating Project Steering / Operating Committees meetings
  • Ensured staff and sub-contractors timesheets were accurately completed generating Work Packages and Work Instructions for classroom/field train of employees
  • Implemented moral in the workplace i.e
  • Company dinners and appreciation awards

Project Management

Stratus Building Solutions
Lenexa, KS
01.2012 - 12.2015
  • Present organizational software for managing the delivery of critical projects, and for providing managerial support for all the projects conducted by the company
  • Also responsible for providing monthly financial and technical updates of any known issues/risks to senior manager duties
  • Managed all project through Organizational software database
  • Managed the project team including any subcontractors
  • Ensuring Projects are executed using agreed standards & processes reviewed and approved all project documentation
  • Resolved any problems and issues that arose
  • Undertook all monthly project financial cost reporting
  • Preparing status reports for use in communication to stakeholders
  • Escalating issues and areas of concern to senior managers

Aviation Ordnanceman

United States Navy
01.2004 - 12.2011
  • Assisting weapons department in operational ordnance builds and Quality Assurance, across three deployments with a total of 21 months in the Arabian Gulf
  • Weapons include: GBU series bombs, AIM 9M and 9X, AGM 65, AGM 114, AGM 84 and AGM 88
  • Stood numerous gun mount watches and reported suspicious behavior in defense of my ship and aircraft only firing on the enemies
  • Collateral Duties included Aircrew and ART Team on board the USS Dwight D
  • Eisenhower
  • Insured that operational risk management was maintained in the work center, ART teams and watches
  • Analysis work centers for continues process improvement (CPI)
  • Assurance of Damage Control maintenance meets Navy standards
  • Manage Hazardous Material program for the work center
  • Helped set high Divisional standards for 3M assessments, by passing three naval 3M assessments with 100 percent accuracy
  • Flew various rescue mission extracting military personnel from hostile environments

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Majoring in Project Management

DeVry University
Chesapeake, VA

Skills

  • Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)
  • CPI (Continuous Process Improvement)
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Cost control
  • Documentation management
  • Project scheduling
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Project plan development
  • Site plan creation
  • Client relationship management
  • Project planning
  • Scope management
  • Multi-project management
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Specification review
  • Project goals and milestones
  • Requirements gathering
  • Client relations
  • Meeting participation
  • Contract preparation
  • Client liaison
  • Training and mentoring
  • Agile methodology
  • Schedule coordination

Certification

  • Certificate Of completion for Procore (database)
  • Experience in application of lean six sigma methodology.
  • Green Belt / Six Sigma.

Militaryexperience

United States Navy, 01/04, 12/11, Aviation Ordnanceman, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Assisting weapons department in operational ordnance builds and Quality Assurance, across three deployments with a total of 21 months in the Arabian Gulf., Weapons include: GBU series bombs, AIM 9M and 9X, AGM 65, AGM 114, AGM 84 and AGM 88., Stood numerous gun mount watches and reported suspicious behavior in defense of my ship and aircraft only firing on the enemies., Collateral Duties included Aircrew and ART Team on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower., Ensured that operational risk management was maintained in the work center, ART teams and watches., Analysis work centers for continuous process improvement (CPI)., Assurance of Damage Control maintenance meets Navy standards., Manage Hazardous Material program for the work center., Helped set high Divisional standards for 3M assessments, by passing three naval 3M assessments with 100 percent accuracy., Flew various rescue missions extracting military personnel from hostile environments., Naval Station Oceana, Assurance of 20 weapons magazines were operational and processes for quick builds were put in place using Process improvement (CPI)., Stood armed Base Watches reporting any suspicious behavior and reporting to base law enforcement., Inspected deliveries of munitions to the base and was in charge of the ammo unloads., In charge of getting weapons to the flight line for uploads to aircraft., Helping junior sailors with the SF-86.

Timeline

GC Senior Project Manager

Sterling CM
06.2022 - Current

GC Project Manager

Diamond Contractors
12.2020 - 05.2022

Engineering Lead Project Manager

Dialectic Engineering
01.2020 - 12.2020

Project Manager (12 Month Contract)

General Services Administration (GSA)
12.2018 - 12.2019

Jr. Project Manager

PKC Construction
01.2016 - 12.2018

Project Management

Stratus Building Solutions
01.2012 - 12.2015

Aviation Ordnanceman

United States Navy
01.2004 - 12.2011

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration Majoring in Project Management

DeVry University

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