Bruce Dickens

About Bruce Dickens

Experienced estimator for all phases of engineering and construction efforts- MBA graduate with a proven record of Cost/Scheduling Project Controls- Designs and Prepares financial reports and analyzes results- Implementation of fiscal and administrative practices for engineering functions- Track budgets against plan and EAC, estimates at completion- Analyze and track staffing for program scope changes- Identify variances and make corrective action recommendations- Earned Value management and variance analysis.Specialties: estimating, conceptual estimates, factored estimates, detailed estimates, cost control, scheduling, cost analysis, risk assessment, management, microsoft office, microsoft works, project controls, financial reports, earned value management, variance analysis, Forecast trends, scope deviations, change orders, budget shifts, potential deviations, work breakdown, vendor quotes,

Experience

1. Cost Trend Engineer Change Management

   Bechtel Corporation

   Jul 2012 — Present

   Collaborated with project managers and teams in developing up to a hundred conceptual and detail estimates- Provided management with estimates of change details to facilitate analysis and completion of the change- Analyzed blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare time, cost, and labor estimates for the routing of offsite buildings, saved $300k and rescued the electrical schedule- Computed cost factors and prepared estimates used for planning, organizing, and scheduling work; prepared bids; selected vendors or subcontractors; and determined cost effectiveness requirements and local inspection standards for building crane cost and installation impact- Examined mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry to determine and or estimate quantities from drawings and conceptual sketches.

Education

• Pepperdine University

  MBA, Business

  1981 — 1982

• Iowa State University

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  1968 — 1973

Skills

• Project Estimation
• Pipelines
• Cost Benefit
• Lng
• Engineering
• Construction
• Epc
• Proposal Writing
• Operations Management
• Feed
• Estimates
• Microsoft Project
• Ms Project
• Gas
• Primavera P6
• Process Scheduler
• Materials
• Project Bidding
• Project Planning
• Subcontracting
• Contract Management
• Cost Management
• Process Engineering
• Construction Management
• Petroleum
• Refinery Operations
• Refinery
• Cpm Scheduling
• Construction Safety
• Cost Engineering
• Petrochemical
• Cost Control
• Project Engineering
• Earned Value Management
• Piping
• Procurement
• Project Control
• Wbs
• Power Plants
• Value Engineering