·                      Coordination and supervision of two international contractors, across several specialties (Civil, Electrical, HVAC, and Classified Telecommunications Installation & Operations) for an extremely demanding client.

·                      Communications project upgraded not only the camp’s communications capacity, but also its required cooling capacity from five to twenty tons of cooling.

·                      All required quality testing passed (100%) during respective initial-testing phase (material placements, concrete work, mandrel testing, and grounding testing).

·                      Upgraded prime power by “swapping” and upgrading transformer feeds.

·                      Prime Power upgrade required generator backup to the new prime power distribution (with new ATS), associated cabling and power-panel placements - MDP (Main Distribution Panel), and critical and non-critical panel placements.

·                      Led the team, facilitated, and project managed the placement of two redundant UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) during primer power and generator power transition were placed to address and power-service gap.

Achievements:

·                      Maintained a “live” network in a extremely congested facility, during facility upgrade.

·                      All milestones and project tasks were achieved as per the original schedule.

·                      Achieved parity with material delivery and its final placement, ensuring no gaps between phases.

·                      No safety incidents, all while working on live systems with a lockout-tag out requirements.

} Jun 2007 – Dec 2009      Michael Baker Corporation    Salerno, Afghanistan & Fallujah, Iraq

Position: Projects Manager

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Managed 35 projects in the construction phase - All projects combined valued over 50 million US dollars. 

·                      On-going project management included: containerized housing including “winterization” upgrade, API buildings, 30 BAM (Brick and Mortar) buildings and “Clamshell” hangar structure erection, for compound, runway for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Drone).

·                      Schedule review, 3 week look-ahead, critical path analysis, budget control, and quality assurance and high profile health and safety management.

·                      Compiled contract amendments and change orders, weekly management reports, weekly cost summaries and trend alerts.

·                      Reviewed technical submittals and manage site technical issues.

·                      Designed, Managed, Analyzed, & Recommended actionable insights for stakeholder’s projects.

Achievements:

·                      Successfully managed over 35 projects to meet minimum quality standards, albeit with limited staffing through improved training for my local Afghan QA team for most efficient oversight.

·                      Salvaged projects (3 months behind schedule) by implementing more frequent contractors “Partnering” meetings. 

·                      Served as change leader by stimulating, communicating and institutionalizing best-practice initiatives as well as partnering with clients, companies, Country/Regional Managing Directors, Business Process Owners, and leaders to define and execute a strategy focusing on effective and efficient process and teams.  

·                      Established internal Project Management Team and new process within 2 weeks upon team’s arrival. including implementation of a development program for local Engineers

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Waste-water treatment plant program in Fallujah, Iraq. The program consists of 44 varied contracts; from initial design, design peer review, equipment procurements, construction, life support, and O&M. Program funded is balanced by several funding streams.

·                      Employed as (Forward) Projects Suite Manager, the role requires a special focus and energy to overcome severe security, funding and design concerns.

·                      Assign and supervise design engineering process for the engineering reach-back contract, requiring determination of the most economically and technically feasible options integrating into on-going construction efforts. This was facilitated with weekly project development meetings.

·                      Additional functions include engineer for civil and electro-mechanical systems.

Achievements:

·                      Overcame program challenges including: inadequate funding, synchronization construction efforts by combative contractors, low skill set of local contractors, inadequate primary design and contracts, poor construction practices, understaffing of projects to achieve contract schedule at both labor and supervisory levels, critical electro-mechanical equipment left out of original construction contract, on-going security problems, working within the confines inherent with a large bureaucracy, stakeholder turnover during construction phase.

·                      Ensured materials met contract requirements: identified counterfeit generators arrived on site and ensured replacement for stakeholder.

·                      Initiated the contractors’ to stakeholder’s quality and safety requirements, while maintaining the schedule and budget constraints.

} Jul 2006 – Jan 2007           Washington International, Inc/ Black and Veatch JV               Nasiriyah, Iraq

Position: Projects Civil Superintendent

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Provide technical expertise and civil-works management for local-national engineering, quality and safety team.

·                      Enforced the project schedule, quality and safety compliance, and material procurement for Nasiriyah pump station.

·                      Specific site civil work includes erection, mechanical installation and verification including 6.6 kV Switchgear Building, Inverted Siphon Substation, Inverted Siphon Structure, Industrial Service Water Building, and ongoing Earthen Dam Construction and associated dewatering efforts.

Achievements:

·                      Achieved contract requirements through the, supervision, discipline integration and coordination between Iraqi and Russian subcontractors.

·                      Facilitated coordination between the various disciplines (Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical) and ensured compliance with quality, budget and schedule. 

·                      Implemented extensive process changes including tasking stateside engineering support.

} Apr 2006 – Jul 2006                                 IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.Talil, Iraq

Position: Engineering and Construction Manager

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Telecommunications infrastructure upgrade for remote camp.

Achievements:

·                      Integrated of “tactical” labor to install within tight communications tolerances.

} Nov 2005 – Feb 2006                               FEMA Independent ContractorLafayette, LA

Position: Senior Cost Estimator/ Projects Officer

Key Responsibilities:

·                      FEMA’s Hurricane Rita and Katrina restoration efforts

·                      Coordinated client claims (public and private non-profit entities) and developed scopes of work and cost estimates for large projects.

Achievements:

·                      Obtained over 35 million US dollars of federal funding to restore community facilities.

} Jun 2004 – Jul 2005                                       Fluor AMEC, LLC                 Baghdad and Khor al Zubair, Iraq

Position: Site Civil Engineering and QA/ QC Manager

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Civil works for the installation of two GE frame 9E 125MW gas turbines in Khor Al Zubair power plant expansion.

·                      Supervised 150 man subcontractor labor, engineering staff, quality department and surveying crew.

·                      Manage on-site testing laboratory’s test methods and compliance with standards required (ASTM, ACI, and ANSI).

·                      Coordinated off-site office design with field construction efforts. 

·                      Prepared and approved completion of “punch lists” associated with building erection.

·                      Managed daily subcontractor construction meetings outlining progress to ensure schedule compliance.

Achievements:

·                      Ensured conflicting, designs met constructability and commissioning standards, all while maintaining schedule requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

·                      New outside plant telecommunications system for remote military installation.

·                      Supervised survey crew, and drafting department.

·                      Initiated construction permitting and processes, requiring utility location, construction traffic and safety control plans, and construction forecasting for stakeholder’s permitting agency notification and approval.

Achievements:

·                      Supported projects manager with project solution design, conflict resolutions, which resulted in additional 20 million USD of contract modifications due to discovered design omissions.

} Jan 2004 – Jun 2004                                     Tetra Tech RMC                                              Denver, Colorado

Position: Civil Engineer & Construction Supervisor

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Contract negotiations, change orders and technical specifications.

·                      QA/QC field engineering for Meadows Water Treatment Plant Expansion (which received its water from a system of wells), and an urban drainage system in Fredrick, Co.

·                      Bulk earthworks for earthen dam project: cut and fill balance, utility location, soil excavation (haul and disposal), grade verification, and conformance with compaction specifications, erosion control, and ADA requirements.

Achievements:

·                      Supported client to deny prime contractor’s erroneous claim, which exceeded 25 percent of contract value.

} Aug 2000 – Feb 2001             Raytheon Polar Services Corporation              McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Position: Electrical Support

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Responsible for maintenance, issue and movement of electrical equipment often using heavy machinery (CAT) equipment.

·                      This required the completion of numerous operations and safety certifications.

·                      Inventory and retrograde equipment. This was accomplished through my own research, but also by consulting a diverse group of other employees including electricians, utilities technicians and engineers on station.

Achievements:

·                      Completed six-month, summer tasking, which were projected to spill over into next Austral summer season.

} Mar 1997 – Jul 2000                                      Power Engineers Inc.                                     Denver, Colorado

Position: Civil and OSP Engineer (Outside Plant Engineer)

Key Responsibilities:

·                      Placement of T1, OC-1 and OC-3 systems implementing both copper (T1 systems) and fiber fed systems.

·                      Placement includes splicing, placing proper physical (cabinet and pad) size, and electronic matching (multiplexers (Mux), digital cross connects (DSX), and office repeater bays (ORB’s) if required).

·                      Ensured right-of-way and other city and county requirements for the permitting process were met.

·                      Worked with clients on-site planning and preparing drawings for construction of new, and removal or rearrangement of existing, overhead or underground lines, cables and conduits to obtain optimum and economical utilization of communications facilities.

·                      Analyzed traffic loads, for available and existing lines, and estimate projected traffic to determine new construction or rearrangements and removals required.

Achievements:

·                      95 percent billability during my entire tenure.

} ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)       

} PMI (Project Management Institute)       

                                           Further details provided upon request