Client Profiles
Benefit from Joel Kohler's experience with diverse clients and demanding projects.
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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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