Marléna Stahn
13720 Vern Drive  Anchorage, AK 99516  (907) 345-0294  (907) 952-5662


OBJECTIVE

Challenging position within Project Controls that will offer learning opportunities and/or growth potential.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Highlights of Qualifications
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong math and business writing skills
• Time management skills
• Multi-task and detail oriented
• Strong computer skills (Primavera P6, Publisher, Outlook, Power Point, MS Word, Excel, Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint)
• Experience with Oracle and SAP
• Ability to think independently and quickly resolve problems


Projects/Programs
Worked on the following projects/programs: Automation, Fire & Gas Program - Scheduling Lead (BP), Facility Maintenance and Upgrades (BP), Pipeline Renewal Program (BP), Oil & Gas Exploration (ConocoPhillips), Denali Alaska Gas Pipeline (Doyon Emerald), Oil Rig Fabrication (Doyon Emerald), Digital Plant (Conoco Phillips), SAP & Primavera Integration (ConocoPhillips), Risk Assessments (Doyon Emerald), Secondary Containment (BP), Y2K (GCI), Billing System Conversions (GCI), Oracle Implementation (GCI).


Scheduling
• Created and maintained EPC schedules (in Primavera and MS Project) by reviewing procurement status reports and gathering weekly and/or monthly schedule updates from Project Leads as well as from project resources in Procurement, Permitting, Engineering, and Construction organizations
• Regularly worked with contractors to optimize schedules and remove negative float
• Created schedule layouts for management highlighting upcoming activities, critical activities, major milestones, etc.
• Created project, program, and enterprise layouts to produce spend plans and analyze resource utilization
• Ensured schedules accurately reflected progress, change orders, shutdown work, and critical elements of a schedule
• Trained other Schedulers on the use of Primavera and on the company’s Scheduling Guidelines
• Reviewed schedules to ensure contractors followed company’s Scheduling Guidelines
• Reviewed contractors’ schedules for correct use of logic, WBS, activity/project codes, and baselines
• Reviewed contractors’ schedules for accurate progressing and application of rules of credit
• Performed system administrator duties such as adding new users and granting access rights, creating global codes and calendars, creating EPS and OBS nodes, etc.

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Budgeting and Accounting
• Monitored and researched capital costs and operating expenses in Oracle, SAP, and Accounting files
• Created spend plans for capital projects on the Long Range Plan
• Created and maintained $30,000,000 operating budgets (2002, 2003, and 2004)
• Maintained department capital budgets (2002, 2003, and 2004)
• Maintained Y2K budget (1998 – 2000)
• Converted all budgets to pivot tables and created numerous reports using pivot tables
• Monitored, researched, and tracked labor costs and expenses, ensuring that labor was coded correctly
• Interfaced with management to provide capital and operating forecasts
• Provided reports (as requested by management) regarding operating expenses and capital costs based on budget actuals, forecasts, and labor history reports
• Assisted in business case preparation and documentation
• Collected/tracked budgetary information and conducted a departmental needs assessment with respect to critical spares inventory for Y2K


Marketing and Communication
• Provided technical writing services for the Denali Alaska Gas Pipeline project
• Prepared Power Point presentations for executive staff meetings and bank presentations
• Published company policies on the intranet with the use of HTML
• Acted as a main point of contact for the Y2K project
• Created and presented analysis models to management


Administration and Organization
• Managed a project SharePoint site as the Administrator of the site
• Researched and analyzed current and future processes to create Visio flow charts for the Oracle HRMS project
• Tracked and updated Y2K compliance status of hardware, software, and equipment in Y2K database
• Created company forms (Excel & Word) and flow charts (VISIO) for use on the Intranet and by the Purchasing Department
• Published monthly project newsletters in Microsoft Publisher


Education and Professional Development
• Various computer classes including Primavera, Excel Levels I – IV, Access, MS Project, and Visio
• B.B.A. Management - University of Alaska Anchorage (1997)
• Currently enrolled in a PMP prep class (RMC’s online class)


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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY


2009 – 2010 Doyon Emerald
Anchorage, Alaska
Project Services Lead

2006 - 2009 Hawk Consultants
Anchorage, Alaska
Scheduler
(Contracted to BP)

2005 - 2006 Udelhoven
Anchorage, Alaska
Scheduler
(Contracted to ConocoPhillips)

2004 - 2005 Northwest Technical Services
Anchorage, Alaska
Project Controls Analyst
(Contracted to ConocoPhillips)

1997 - 2004 GCI
Anchorage, Alaska
Business Analyst (3 years)
(Formerly Project Coordinator)

1994 - 1997 University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Full-time student