SUMMARY:

• Construction Project Manager with 23 years of successful experience in many fields of construction, including: Industrial, Mining, LNG, Commercial, Environmental, Residential, Hazardous waste clean - up and control, Landfill construction, and Airport expansions.
• Focused on safe work practices above all else
• Managing mining, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, valued up to US$175 million.
• Managing projects to finish on time and under budget
• Managing Quality Control to assure a final project of the highest possible quality
• Leading and motivating others
• Acting as the face of the company in meetings and negotiations with clients, subs, and vendors
• Preparing and delivering studies, reports, etc.
• Managing risk and mitigating cost and/or schedule overruns
• Controlling project scope
• Managing stakeholder expectations
• Managing other group leaders
• Identifying and resolving project problems and opportunities
• Making maximum use of project resources
• Managing change and quickly developing mitigation strategies
• Leading and/or participating in contract negotiations
• Experienced in achieving project success through productive relationships with engineers, government authorities, vendors, clients, and all other stakeholders, while maintaining costs, meeting schedules, and coordinating various trades’ activities.
• Also experienced in subcontractor selection, contract negotiation, project estimating, design and specification review (with emphasis on spotting potential problems before they arise), management of procurement and purchasing, and personnel management.
• Experienced at leading Owner’s teams, as well as EPC, EPCM, and PCM contractors’ teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

Construction Manager

Responsibilities:

• 25 400-meter deep water wells
• 92 km of carbon steel and HDPE piping up to 36” diam.
• 90 km of gravel access roads
• 62 km of 69 kv high voltage transmission line
• 57 km of medium and low voltage transmission lines
• Electrical substation and mechanical pump station
• 2 No. water storage tanks

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

Project Area Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed the concept and design of the Tailings Deposition Facility at Questa Mine to a level that enabled owner’s team stockholders to make a final investment decision (FID).
• Supervised the Engineers of Record as they assessed design and operational options; guided them in developing scope of work.
• Successfully extracted FID-relevant information from several geotechnical investigations.
• Reviewed and assessed technical reports and trade-off studies, and assisted Decision Executives in making final decisions.
• Led charge to determine whether TDF could function safely and effectively in close proximity to active mine workings.
• Concurrently, managed the final design phase and construction phase of the Stormwater Management System at Questa Mine, valued at approximately $150 million.
• Kept EPC contractor on schedule and on budget as they took design from 30% complete through 100% complete.
• Efficiently managed contract and design change issues in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Led project through schedule and budget assessment exercises to measure economic feasibility against the long-term plans for the mine.
• Managed mobilization and activities of initial early works construction crews.

Confidential

Construction Manager

Responsibilities:

• managing and coordinating multiple contractors and subcontractors, representing the client before all bidders and contractors, verseeing and managing contractors’ activities, coordinating all commercial, operative, administrative, and financial project activities, assuring that all contractors meet all of the project goals (HES, QA/QC, schedule milestones, and productivity), planning and scheduling projects, verseeing and managing bid process, versight and management of the engineering phase for various new construction, maintenance, and repair projects.

Confidential, Reno, Nevada

Construction Manager

• Mooney Basin SAHL Facility, Leach Pad expansion, Mooney Basin, Nevada. Provided oversight, management, and quality assurance for the construction of 7 new Leach Pads, total of 333,000 cy of compacted clay liner, and 9 million square feet of 80-mil LLDPE textured geomembrane.

Confidential, Grass Valley, California

Construction Manager/ Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Organize and manage expansion projects for mine and landfill sites in various locations around the world.
• Responsibilities include managing and coordinating multiple contractors and subcontractors, overseeing and managing contractors’ activities, assuring that all contractors meet all of the project goals (HS, QA/QC, deadlines, and productivity), planning and scheduling projects, oversight and management of the engineering phase for various new construction, maintenance, and repair projects.

Confidential, Roseville, California

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Construction of a 101,000 linear foot cut-off wall around the perimeter of the new section of the quarry. Conducted the following testing: slurry density, viscosity, filtrate loss testing, backfill density, slump, and permeability testing. CQA monitoring of excavation and backfilling procedures.

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Management of 330 acre site-wide Erosion and Sedimentation control program; involved weekly inspections of site and direction to contractor to correct or improve any problems noted regarding erosion or sedimentation buildup. Collected soil samples for off-site environmental testing, including VOC content. Conducted air monitoring using PID and FID air monitoring equipment. Kept well logs during installation of 6 new groundwater monitoring wells. Kept lithology logs during the same well installation activities; wells installed with a sonic drill rig.

Confidential, Cincinnati, Ohio

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and submitted bids on small commercial construction projects.

Confidential, Las Vegas, Nevada

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Quality Control testing, including Slump, Entrained Air, Concrete Compressive Strength, Shrinkage bars, and Unit Weight. On-Site Concrete Batch Plant inspections, verifying mix design and recording batch times and truck numbers. CQA Monitoring of concrete placement during white paving operations.

Confidential, Roseville, California

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Installation of 3,000,000 sq ft of HDPE geomembrane and 400,000 sq ft of reinforced polypropylene liner. Managed team of 6 CQA technicians. CQA inspection for sub-grade preparation, liner installation, leachate collection system installation, and soil cover installation. On-site CQA testing of geomembrane destructive weld samples.

Confidential, Tampa, Florida/ Phoenix, Arizona

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Monitored Dike removal adjacent to river in the path of the new turning basin; involved mass excavation of soils using Scrapers and Track Hoes. Monitored Dike construction of new DMCA riverside dike. Included tracking soils used and reporting lift thicknesses and compaction efforts during construction. Monitored Rip Rap placement on river's edge. Monitored water in DMCA’s; Conducted dredged water sampling and testing using the following equipment: Turbidimeters, pH Meters, Colorimeters, Conductivity meters, and Dissolved oxygen meters.

Confidential, Boxborough, Massachusetts

Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Density testing of house pads, road base, and parking lot base materials. Slump testing, Temperature testing, Air Content testing, and Concrete Cylinder preparation on residential and commercial foundations and structures. Rice testing, Marshal testing, and Asphalt Content testing of roadway asphalts

Confidential, Henderson, Nevada

Superintendent

Responsibilities:

• Ran crews of 2-30 people installing liner systems in various locations around the country. Handled payroll. Activity Scheduling. Heavy equipment rental scheduling and receiving. Delivery scheduling and receiving. Personnel management. HES responsibility. Vehicle maintenance. Logistics and simultaneous operations management. Managing subcontractors. Writing and delivering handover documentation.

Confidential, Boca Raton, Florida

Engineering Technician/ Senior Technician

Responsibilities:

• Expansion of runways at the Confidential . Took sandcone density tests on limerock runway base material. Took Speedie Moisture Content tests of on-site subgrade soils. Took backscatter density tests on asphalt runway surfaces.