ANDREA POTTER
2715 Foothi l l Blvd,
Oakland, CA 94601
Objective
To obtain a mid-level civil/environmental engineering, planning/building services, or construction
management/superintendent position, field work is a plus.
Education
Post Graduate: Civil/Environmental Engineering UC Davis
· Environmental water resources and water/wastewater specialization track
· All coursework was completed, Master’s Degree pending completion of thesis.
BS: Civil Engineering
AS: Science
· Engineering transfer track
· Extra focus in construction management
Certification
Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Ø Engineer-in-Training Certificate
No. EIT 139922
Carpenter’s Training Committee of Northern California
Ø Journeyman’s Certificate
Carpenters International Certification Committee
Ø Certified Rigger and Signaler
Experience
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER
Saarman Construction, Ltd
10/03
07/10
UC Davis
Laney College
01/08 - 03/11
· Extra focus in environmental, air-quality, geotechnical, structural, & water resources, air and
water pollution control.
01/04 – 07/07
9/11 – 9/12
(510) 434-0236
drea.potter@gmai l.com
09/15 - present
08/15 – present
Jobsite operations management including managing of contracts, assigning phase codes and
tracking costs, scheduling, weekly construction meeting direction, and quality control.
Produce progress reports, and final cost reports
Organize duties; implement policies, directions and prioritizations
Document management including generation, expediting, and distributing submittals, permits,
subcontracts, change orders, RFI’s, schedules, meeting minutes and close-out documents
Procurement of materials, equipment, subcontract items, samples and product data
PROPERTY MANAGENT AND RENOVOVAIONS (Self Employed)
10/12 – present
Managed schedules, contracts, material selection, cost estimates, payments and budgets
Designed alterations and additions, hired contractors and tradesman or performed work myself
Bought, sold and rented properties I owned solely or in partnership with others
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER
UC Davis
01/11 – 10/12
Researched, built and tested design options for single-family-dwelling scale graywater
treatment systems for direct, unrestricted, non-potable onsite reuse in accordance with
California Title 22 Tertiary Disinfected Recycled Water standards
Lab testing and statistical analyses performed for MPN of total coliform/e.coli bacteria, turbidity,
alkalinity, nitrates, sequential hardness, suspended and dissolve solids (fixed and volatile), DO,
COD, and free chlorine concentrations on multi-stage water samples
Compared multiple primary treatment options for performance, robustness and flexibility
Produced written reports and delivered periodic oral PowerPoint aided presentations
Conducted a technology needs assessment, a cost analysis and a final operational energy audit
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ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
City of Oakland
05/07 – 06/10
Imported, updated and created improved roadway striping plans for construction that specifically
focused on expanding citywide bicycle facilities by updating roadway layout designs to meet new
MUTCD standards using AutoCAD Civil 3D. Construction drawings were imbedded with GPS
coordinates and layered with satellite aerial images
Simplified and standardized design protocols and authored a drafting design training manual for
new hires
Created and maintained engineering estimates for roadway striping projects
Maintained grading and public right-of-way building permits in databases
Performed site inspections for existing and as-built conditions
JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER
APPRENTICE CARPENTER
Country Builders Inc.
DPR Construction Inc.
4/01-1/02, 9/03-1/04
Built wood structure stairways from construction plans for a variety of building types
General commercial wood frame construction
03/02 - 09/03
Safety coordination and implementation, general commercial carpentry, construction plan layout,
wood stair building, structural imbed system installation and alterations (welding and cutting),
punch list items, liaison to inspectors and subcontractors, concrete estimating and pour
coordination, heavy machinery operation, temporary structures construction, etc.
Other
COMPUTER SKILLS
Highly Experienced user of Microsoft EXCEL and WORD
Moderately Experienced user of: Microsoft ACCESS, POWERPOINT and OUTLOOK
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D and REVIT (BIM)
Primavera SURETRACK
SAS
MATLAB
Adobe ACROBAT
TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT
MATHEMATICS TUTOR
Laney College
Laney College
01/15 - present
· Continuation coursework in construction management, California Codes (Building, Mechanical,
Plumbing Codes) and Autodesk REVIT Building Information Modeling
10/05 - 05/07
Offered drop-in tutoring in mathematics (arithmetic through multi-variable calculus) at the
Laney College Mathematics Lab and in-class tutor
In class tutor in off-site remedial mathematics classes for Native American parolees
Learned to convey technical and scientific concepts in lay terms
References
Ref Torres
Contact info:
George Thomas, PE
Contact info:
Jason Patton, PhD
Contact info:
Kathy Williamson
Contact info:
DPR Construction
650-743-4896
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
510-604-5727
City of Oakland
510-238-7049
Laney College
707-208-5658
*Additional references available upon request
General Superintendent
rtorres@dpr.com
Engineering Department Head
GAThomas@lbl.gov
Bike/Ped Program Manager
JPatton@oaklandnet.com
Mathematics Department Chair
kathmatics@yahoo.com
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