Quentin Cole
Ramboll Americas
OSWEGO,NY
16
years of professional experience
Positive, collaborative, and results-driven with strong foundation in program management principles and best practices. Possesses in-depth understanding of project lifecycle, risk management, and resource allocation, coupled with proficiency in strategic planning and stakeholder engagement. Committed to driving impactful program outcomes and fostering continuous improvement.
Work History
Capital Project Planning
11 Months- Interacted with various clients to ensure alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
- Maintained Primavera (P6) schedules to ensure project timelines aligned with client expectations.
- Prepare Critical Path analysis for my PM's and CMs to help them identify those activities
- Implemented Project Controls Policy to enhance consistency and accountability for internal and external stakeholders.
- Engaged in scheduled project team meetings to ensure communication and coordination among members on a weekly basis to review status of a project.
- Established bi-weekly schedule meetings
- Prepared Critical Path analysis for project managers and construction managers to identify critical activities impacting project delivery.
- Utilized Earned Value Method to analyze project metrics and enhance reporting accuracy.
Project Scheduler
2 Years 9 Months- Maintain Primavera (P6) schedules for over 80 projects.
- Established bi-weekly schedule meetings with Project Developers and Project Managers to align on project timelines and deliverables.
- Implemented Project Controls Policy to enhance project tracking and communication for internal and external stakeholders.
- Established bi-weekly schedule meetings with two Project Developers and eight Project Managers.
- Attend regularly scheduled project team meetings on a weekly basis to review status of a project.
- Prepare Critical Path analysis for my PMs and PDs to help them identify those activities.
- Helped in the transition of my shareholders from SharePoint to Team Member for our monthly updates.
Sr. Project Controls/Scheduler
8 Months- Developed and maintained Primavera (P6) schedule, categorizing project activities to enhance clarity and tracking.
- Established meetings with PMs to review monthly actuals and forecasts, adjusting schedules and providing recommendations to Senior Management.
- Establish meetings with each PM to discuss monthly actuals and forecast, make adjustments and deliver recommendations to Senior Management
- Conducted weekly scheduling meetings with Senior Management to review project status and ensure alignment with timelines.
Project Controls Manager/Scheduler
1 Year 10 Months- Collaborated to create an actionable working schedule and accurate Estimate to Complete proposal
- Collaborated to develop actionable working schedule and accurate estimate to complete proposal, aligning project timelines with stakeholder expectations.
- Update the project schedule as needed to accommodate changes
- Led weekly scheduling meetings with senior management to review activity status and ensure project team remains on schedule.
- Updated the project schedule to accommodate changes
- Work with Department of Energy providing monthly performance reports using the PRISM system
- Oversee contracts and cost codes, making recommendations to Senior Management as needed
- Provide standardized monthly reports to the PM's showing cost, cost variances, EVM or other KPIs
- Resolve conflicts within the team to maintain a positive work environment
- Implement Project Controls Policy for both internal and external customers
- Achievements: Quickly promoted based on performance from Project Controls Analyst to Project Controls Manager and Lead Scheduler.
Project Cost/Schedule Engineer
1 Year 4 Months- Manage budgets totaling over $80M across 3 projects
- Created requisitions in SAP for vendors/contractors based on project proposals and workload
- Implemented working with schedulers using P6 to develop a fully integrated and cost loaded schedule
- Provided standard monthly reports to PMs detailing cost, cost variances, EVM, and other KPIs
- Create requisitions in SAP for project to vendors/contractors based on proposals and workload
- Oversaw the management of month-end expenses and accruals.
- Oversaw completion of tasks and activities related to project schedule
- Achievements: Successfully assisted in bringing two projects in two different outages under budget and ahead of schedule.
- Completed PM Certification at the University of Delaware.
Project Controls Specialist
7 Months- Collaborated on development of project controls program protocol adopted by Duke Energy across projects
- Designed advanced spreadsheets to monitor ~30 projects at various development stages
- Delivered critical insights to project leadership using graphs and advanced metrics
Project Controls Analyst
4 Years 10 Months- Oversaw estimating, scheduling, and cost control for project budgets and responsibilities of the Project Controls Organization.
- Collaborated with vendors to ensure quality and efficiency of contracted project scope
- Managed budgets and forecasts, contributing to alignment with project scope
- Reported on management of expenditures, accruals
- Ensured the completion of tasks and activities relating to schedule
- Executed tasks and activities to maintain the project schedule.
Education
Project Management Certification Program - Project Management
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Associates of Applied Science - Accounting
Skills
Primavera6
Project Scheduling
Cost Analysis
Budgeting
Cost Monitoring
Forecasting
Regulatory Compliance
Reporting
Operational Planning
SAP
PRISM
Oracle Financials
Collaboration
Project Leadership
Scheduling
FutureNow
Timeline
Capital Project Planning
Ramboll Americas
05.2024 - 04.2025Read More
Project Scheduler
National Grid (NY Electrical)
02.2021 - 11.2023Read More
Sr. Project Controls/Scheduler
Avangrid Smart Grid Fan (Telecommunication)
07.2019 - 03.2020Read More
Project Controls Manager/Scheduler
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories (KAPL)
12.2016 - 10.2018Read More
Project Cost/Schedule Engineer
PSEG (Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Plant)
02.2015 - 06.2016Read More
Project Controls Specialist
Duke Energy (McGuire)
04.2014 - 11.2014Read More
Project Controls Analyst
Constellation (Nine Mile Point)
06.2009 - 04.2014Read More
State University of New York (SUNY) at Canton
Associates of Applied Science from Accounting
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State University of New York (SUNY) Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science from Accounting
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University of Delaware
Project Management Certification Program from Project Management
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