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Client Profiles

Benefit from Joel Kohler's experience with diverse clients and demanding projects. See also the complete client list.

U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Golden, CO
PMP Project Manager Level III

Responsible for managing design build and EPC new facilities, energy, and infrastructure development from conceptual design through project closeout.

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Suncor Energy

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Area Project Engineer

Direct responsibility includes managing the completion of Suncor's detailed engineering being performed at URS Denver to install 320 MW of gas turbine co-generation for Suncor's oil sands development in Alberta, Canada.

As the Area PE, skill set includes:

  • Managing project communications with key project staff members in the U.S. and Canada.
  • Managing the project punch list and drive the closure of open items affecting project performance
  • Managing the Request for Information (RFI) process
  • Analyzing project earned value cost and schedule performance derived from Primavera
  • Developing WBS' for key subprojects that have to be performed on time and on budget, develop deliverables definitions, activity performance, prepare level 1 and 2 schedules
  • Develop "work arounds" to mitigate impacted rework
  • Maintain the project risk registry
  • Deliver customer satisfaction by controlling project scope, cost, and schedule
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Los Alamos National Laboratories

Los Alamos, NM
Senior Project Engineer

Project Engineering:  Responsible for developing Title II design package for new nuclear facilities construction. 

Project Planning: Developed project plans and schedules for laboratory scientists operating in the Chemical and Metallurgical Research Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Integrated Work Control: Traced the work package development with the work package implementation at the floor level to identify the sources of work stoppages.

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Rocky Flats Environmental Test Site

Golden, CO
Senior Program Manager

Managed a project team that planned and executed the decommissioning, demolition, and closure of the radioactive, contaminated facilities at Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons facility.

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A.T. Kearney

Atlanta GA
Management Analyst

Examined benefits of centralized versus decentralized maintenance processes for Entergy Corporation. Prepared options for reorganizing power plant operations and maintenance.

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RCG Hagler Bailly, Inc.

Boulder, CO
Principal

Supervised team of nuclear engineering analysts, and advised clients on potential improvements in safety and operations.

Managed and marketed maintenance solutions for nuclear power clients. Developed client base, marketed data analysis, managed preparation of client deliverables.

Maintenance and Reliability: Used maintenance and reliability data to analyze feed-water transients caused by auxiliary feed-water pump machinery.

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Washington Group International, Inc.

Denver, CO
Design Integration Manager

Design Integration: Manages the final design integration of engineering work products developed for the Plutonium Process Design portion of the Department of Energy (DOE) Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility, Savannah River, SC. Assembles, checks, controls, and delivers all project deliverables to customer.

Configuration Management: Manages a team that conducts cross-discipline reviews of design products against system engineering requirements and interface control documents. Identifies mismatches and initiates design change requests. Tracks design change implementation and integration into design deliverables.

Final Design Report: Writes the final design report describing the DOE's Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility that accompanies the final design deliverables.

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Capital Associates, Inc.

Boulder, CO
Director of Wholesale Leasing

Performed net present value, internal rate of return, and tax analysis of projected cash flow sets. Developed a customer base, selected, evaluated, and structured investments in equipment leases.

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Allied Signal, Inc.

Chicago, IL
Financial Analyst

Analyzed investment opportunities in waste water and refuse, and energy projects. Performed pro-forma financial analyses of projected revenue streams. Made investment recommendations to management.

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U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization

Project Engineer Investigator

Team member on independent assessment of schedule and cost forecasts for chemical demilitarization facilities at Umatilla, Anniston, and Tooele. Worked with Alpha Management Solutions under contact to the U.S. Army.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Bethesda, MD
Senior Resident Nuclear Reactor Inspector

Implemented Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) power reactor inspection program for 2,000 MWe Zion nuclear power station. Managed the commercial/federal and customer/regulator relationships. Assessed plant safety and operational performance. Performed assessments, and performance evaluations. Wrote inspection reports and advised management of key issues.

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