Joel Kohler Resume
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Nuclear Energy or Project
Engineering resume
Summary of Qualifications
- Accomplished project manager with over twenty years of progressively
responsible experience
- Proven team leader, manages project teams through project planning and
execution
- Skilled in design integration, contractual requirements verification,
and performance assessment
- Direct experience balancing project engineering, safety, and finance
interfaces
- Current PMP Certification
Education, Certifications, Clearances
- Northwestern University, M.B.A. Finance
- New York University, M.E. Nuclear
Engineering
- Temple University, B.A. Mathematics
- PMP certification from Project Management
Institute
- Inactive Q clearance from the U.S. Department of Energy
Work Experience
2009 - 2011: PMP Program and Project Manager, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
- PMP Program and Project Manager responsible for managing a $20 million program using design build and EPC delivery method from developing user requirements through design, construction, startup and turnover
- $5.0 million high efficiency heating and cooling upgrade to central heating plant
- $10.0 million facility addition of renewable energy (photo-voltaic) addition
- $5.4 million design build facilities automation and site wide security control system connecting twenty facilities across two campuses
2007 - 2011: Area Project Engineer, Suncor Energy, Alberta, Canada
- Manage project communications with key project staff members in the
U.S. and Canada
- Manage the project punch list and drive the closure of
open items affecting project performance
- Manage the Request for Information
(RFI) process
- Analyze project earned value cost and schedule performance
derived from Primavera
- Develop 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
2005 - 2007: Senior Project Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratories,
Los Alamos, NM
- Manage the final design integration and development of the Title I
design report for a major modification to a nuclear facility
2002 – 2005: Design Integration Manager, Washington Group International,
Inc., Denver, CO
- Supervise design integration team of five project engineers
- Manage final design integration/requirements verification for project
engineering work products
- Manage cost center within integrated project schedule
- Organize, assemble, and cross check final project design deliverables
- Work closely with client ensuring adherence to project scope
- Write final design report
2001 – 2002: Project Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los
Alamos, NM
- Developed facility-wide integrated project schedule
- Developed project plans and schedules for the conversion of contaminated
nuclear process laboratories
1995 – 2001: Senior Program Manager, Rocky Flats Environmental Test
Site, Golden, CO
- Planning Phase: Developed, evaluated, and selected optimum site closure
strategy
- Operational Phase: Developed and implemented new safety procedures and
controls
- Project Planning Phase: Developed project plans and schedule
- Project Execution Phase: Supervised project team that closed radioactive,
contaminated facilities
1994 – 1995: Management Analyst, A.T. Kearney, Atlanta, GA
- Examined benefits of centralized versus decentralized maintenance processes
for Entergy Corp
- Prepared options paper for reorganizing power plant operations and maintenance
1991 – 1994: Principal, RCG Hagler Bailly, Inc., Boulder, CO
- Managed and marketed maintenance solutions for nuclear power clients
- Developed client base, marketed data analysis, managed preparation of
client deliverables
- Supervised team of nuclear engineering analysts, and advised clients
on potential improvements in safety and operations
1984 – 1991: Director of Wholesale Leasing, Capital Associates, Inc.,
Boulder, CO
- Raised external capital from the sale of equipment leases
- Developed a customer base, selected, evaluated, and structured investments
in equipment leases
- Developed pricing options and cost benefit profiles from rental and
residual income streams
- Performed net present value, internal rate of return, and tax analysis
of projected cash flow sets
1982 – 1984: Financial Analyst, Allied Signal/Universal Oil Products,
Chicago, IL
- 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
1972 – 1982: Senior Resident Nuclear Reactor Inspector, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Bethesda, MD
- Implemented Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) power reactor inspection program for 2,000 MWe
Zion nuclear power station
- Qualified pressurized water reactor inspector
- Inspected and verified
pressure tests of reactor containment buildings
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