L,Ead Resume Example CECW EC U.S. Army Corps Engineers

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Accomplishments

The job announcement states three key job requirements.
This is specific information for these: DAWIA Level II (Contracting) certification within 24 months of hire: Yes, this can be achieved.
Professional Engineer or Registered Architect license: Yes, I have a P.E.
license.
Professional Engineer, FL 65005, since 2006.
Administrative Contracting Officer Warrant: Yes, on track for ACO warrant.
JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE REQUIRED AND EVALUATION AREAS: The job announcement states experience required and evaluation areas.
This is specific information for these: Managing and directing large ($100M+) military construction (MILCON) projects: Yes.
Worked on over $4Billion worth of contracts as a full time lead position, managing and directing work.
Additional project value for DCE, Levee Safety Program and other work.
Worked on two mega projects (one $614M+ and the other $1.2B) full time and have clear understanding of increased level of complexity and higher risk of this level of project.
Experienced with MILCON work projects from a national level and as an evaluator of projects.
Developing, managing an operating budget for execution of construction operations: Developed and managed operating budget for PCCP by contributing IGE (Independent Government Estimates), producing modification costs, evaluating and negotiating for Contractor's proposed costs for modifications and other proposals.
Tracked and managed budget for performance of engineering team (22 people) and re-organized team as a savings to the budget.
Evaluated schedule for task logic and compared to incremental budgets.
Supervising and overseeing construction organizations: Supervised and oversaw large integrated team with engineering, construction, project management and construction team members on PCCP.
As structural lead for IHNC LBSB oversaw AE engineers, district engineers and designer of record engineers; evaluated work, wrote objectives and provided projected goal plans.
See also above - managed large (22 people) and had NFS engineers in addition (6 lead engineers) as part of review team.
Held weekly and issue specific meetings.
Conducted comment resolution meetings.
Prepared Price Negotiation Memos and participated and led negotiations with AE and construction contractors.
Able to deal with difficult conflict and variety of strong personalities and come to resolutions.
Administration: Experienced in project administration and understand criticality of communication and decision making.
Also understand how to prepare information, and make decisions, at the same time able to brief through proper chains of communication up to senior leaders.
Instruct on Design Build course for project administration section and have unique understanding of key determinants.
Prepared CPARS evaluations and conducted meetings to review evaluations.
Participated in partnering surveys and partnering meetings.

Professional Summary

Experienced in writing contract criteria, evaluating Contractor's proposals to meet Contract criteria, recommending selection of Contractor, evaluating and communicating (verbally and in writing) with the Contractor and their representatives for meeting aspects of the Contract, taking corrective action with the Contractor to re-align to Contract requirements, and modifying the Contract to meet project goals that are not clear or not define in original Contract. Participated and led meetings with Contracting and Contractor. Authored letters to Contractor for potential and realized Contract changes. Negotiated changes. This work was on PCCP, IHNC LBSB and MVN New Orleans projects; over eight years of experiences and $4B worth of contracts. Managerial/Supervision: See 3 and project experience above. Over 20 years of experience with a broad background in engineering and construction. Accomplished in assessing complex challenging project risks, and providing sound advice considering all project aspect consequences. The first half of her career was performing bridge design including structural design and plan and specification development as well as hydraulic studies for the bridges and culverts. Over the last eight years she has served in lead engineering roles for a variety of flood and hurricane risk reduction projects performing and managing design and construction aspects of over $4 billion worth of contracts. She has experience on various types of design and construction contracts and valued skills in technical contractual communications.

Skills

Work History

l,ead, 09/2016 to 11/2016
CECW-EC U.S. Army Corps Engineers

Experience which provided extensive knowledge in all aspects of structural, mechanical and electrical engineering studies and designs pertaining to hurricane protection, flood control, navigation, coastal restoration, and related water resource development activities: and Experience directing the work of professional and technical employees engaged in accomplishing the mission of the organization, which includes planning and designing civil works projects; and Experience working with local interest groups, state and other Federal agencies through personal and telephone contacts and/or correspondence; attends meetings and conferences to discuss project plans, and changes thereto, and renders advice and guidance on matters relating to designing civil works projects.
Ms.
Kline has over seven years of experience with these qualifications in her work on PCCP and LBSB.
These are some examples that demonstrate her experience corresponding to the points above: While working on the PCCP project she has had technically complex experience with welded pipe piles, open cell walls, electrical enclosures, electrical and mechanical equipment design used to operate pumps, and hurricane and event intermediate designs.
She has a unique understanding of the Corps criteria and industry standards and how they are applied to successfully design all the elements of a pump station.
While working on the New Orleans East and Metro projects she inspected steel frames with cracks, verified fatigue cracking of temporary bridge panels, and oversaw a pull test quality assurance program for adjoining new T-walls to portion of existing T-walls.
While working on LBSB she oversaw all elements of the structural design and participated in weekly meetings with navigation representatives.
She oversaw the remedial work on the sector gate to re-set the hinge plates and insert galvanized shim plates.
She did extensive destructive and non-destructive testing of the barge gate failure.
This failure was due to the barge gate being set down on debris during operation by the Contractor.
The crack was a punching shear failure that was arrested by an interior knee wall.
The repair was a one foot additional slab with doweled rebar connectors.
She provided technical support for several TRS (temporary retaining structures), road way flood gates, and various other structural components of HSDRRS projects.
Through her work with the DCE team she has an understanding of the lessons learned for rock anchors, tainter gate construction, drilled piers, composite decks in buildings, as well as the USACE and industry standards that form the basis for these structural elements.
In addition to flood related structures, she is a certified bridge inspector and understands the AASHTO bridge design standards.
Structural design of bridges shares several elements with the structural design of flood related structures and many of the same failure modes and risks to design life performance are the same even though the use and purpose of the two structure group types are different.
Such concerns as concrete condition categorization, concrete quality in placement, steel fabrication, steel corrosion, steel material types and member uses all apply to both structure types.
Ms.
Kline's studiedstructural analysis; both hand calculations and numerical analysis and understands the limits and uses of design applications.
During her work on PCCP Ms.
Kline has had a large (about sixteen) engineers reporting to her on the project.
She held weekly meetings with the team to focus the engineering tasks and coordinate between disciplines.
She coordinates one-on-one or in small groups with the design professionals on the technical issues and ensures the project was meeting USACE standards for structural, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, civil, geotechnical, surveys and material design life.
She coordinated with subject matter experts for open cell design and was a proponent for the required quality.
The DOR optimized their design, and as a result, they added two plastic hinges the wall design.
This is a high risk design concept, and through her work with the structural subject matter experts and the PCCP PDT, the open cell walls performed well.
She provided technical support to the ACO (acting contracting officer) by writing the technical aspects of USACE criteria to support changes, modifications, variances and correspondence to administer the contract.
She also co-authored or authored technical memorandums of record and position papers to document the technical issues and recommendations for variable frequency drives, electrical enclosure ratings and spiral welded pipe piles (to name a few.) This required effort for oversight of several technical team members.
As the project progressed and the PCCP JV DOR did not complete their design as scheduled, she re-organized the PCCP technical team to reduce efforts as well as capture portions of the technical effort that were not included in the original IGE.
This was named the New Work Plan and was part of a CCR approved in Dec 2015.
Without this plan and re-organized effort and new IGE, the PCCP technical team resources would have exceeded the originally anticipated budget by $2.5M.
This required detailed coordination with all USACE MVN ED branches.
During her work on the New Orleans East and Metro projects she coordinated with design engineers both in the Corps and AEs for RFIs, construction submittal review and modifications.
The Corps designers were in MVR and MVP, so she has experience with regional coordination as well.
During her career in bridge design she oversaw structural and civil engineers as well as CAD technicians to produce plans and specifications.
Ms.
Kline has built a trusted relationship with CPRA representatives, New Orleans Levee Board representatives and has experience through her work on the LBSB with the navigation industry.
She is known as someone that considers the perspective of the NFS and communicates openly about technical topics.
She has attended several meetings and training sessions with NFS members from all levels and communicated about the Corps engineering aspects of projects.
Reviewed calculations and analytical data to maintain accuracy of the technical reports.
Advised managerial staff about design, construction and program modifications.
Reviewed and assisted in performing technical bid analysis.
Determined schedule and budget requirements for [Describe project].
Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.
Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.
Guided and directed third-party inspectors through project construction, commissioning and closeout.
Avoided construction delays by efficiently following through with all site inspections in a timely manner.
Supported construction management in emergency repair and restoration on both oil and natural gas pipeline systems.
Provided safety kits to all construction personnel, which complied with safety protocols for the job site.
Determined the project schedule, which included the sequence of all construction activities.
Oversaw the entire building turnover process, while enhancing communication between all construction management.
Worked with construction administration consultants to plan field observations on schedule.
Reviewed plans and specs during the schematic design of pre-construction.
Supported construction management in emergency repair and restoration on both oil and natural gas pipeline systems.
Avoided construction delays by efficiently following through with all site inspections in a timely manner.
Guided and directed third-party inspectors through project construction, commissioning and closeout.
Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.
Provided safety kits to all construction personnel, which complied with safety protocols for the job site.
Determined the project schedule, which included the sequence of all construction activities.
Determined the project schedule, which included the sequence of all construction activities.

Lead Engineer, 03/2013 to 09/2016
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MVN ED-T GS-13, Structures Branch, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, Full time (40 hours/week), Supervisor
Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.
Supported construction management in emergency repair and restoration on both oil and natural gas pipeline systems.
Avoided construction delays by efficiently following through with all site inspections in a timely manner.
Determined the project schedule, which included the sequence of all construction activities.
Oversaw the entire building turnover process, while enhancing communication between all construction management.

12/2010 to 03/2013

MVN ET-T GS-12, Civil Engineer (Structural), Structures Branch, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.
Full time (40 hours/week) Supervisor
Reported the quality of performance on site to all site construction managers.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Civil Engineering, 1996
University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL

3.28[Number] GPA
Coursework in Project Management, Construction Management, and Accounting
Coursework in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Master of Science: 2000
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia FL
Advanced Concrete Design, Advanced Steel Design, and Prestressed Concrete

Additional Information

AWARDS: Certificate of Appreciation for MVN Levee Safety Program Team June 2012 Superior Civilian Service Award, May 2011 Project Delivery Team Merit Award for IHNC 2010. Certificate of Appreciation, May 2009 for IHNC Value Engineering, "Ms. Kline's' efforts essential in developing and validating 11 of the total 22 engineering alternatives." Three coins of excellence while working on PCCP, one from General Bostick, one from Major General Wehr, and one from Col. Hansen. One coin of excellence while working on LBSB.

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CECW-EC U.S. Army Corps Engineers
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School Attended

University of Central Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology

Job Titles Held:

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Lead Engineer

Degrees

Bachelor of Science : Civil Engineering , 1996
Master of Science : 2000

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