Erik Hickerson Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Lamesa, California

Project manager for growing residential and commercial remodeling and building construction company.*Responsible for material takeoffs, purchases, job costing, employee scheduling, quality assurance, customer satisfaction and job take-aways.*Additional responsibilities included safety manager, warehouse manager, material costs negotiator, basic IT and assistance in the development and implimentation of spreadsheets and forms.*Achievements include rapid intigration into company

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Songs)

Communicated with adjacent foreman to organized crew placement and promote efficient use of manpower; Monitored the safe construction of scaffolding for valve change out project through duration of the power down outage; Applied the organizational guidelines for procedural compliant construction of elevated work platforms and ensured work practices were in keeping with highest industry standards; Performed work hour accounting daily and payroll duties weekly on computer. Resolved schedule conflicts with partner craft to ensure continual progress.* Received valve change project out at 2 weeks behind schedule. Through critical thinking and workflow management, completed valve change out under budget and 4 days ahead of schedule.* Designed simplified excel spreadsheet for daily time sheet submittal reducing the time took to complete daily hours report.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Songs)

Lead work group in safe and productive completion of daily assignments; Received direction and completed assigned tasks within procedural and regulatory guidelines; Maintained strong work ethics; Ensured that actions were in keeping with the highest industry standards; Considered the needs and desires of the company before making decisions.* Received and executed daily assignments within alotted schedule.* Organized team around effective workflow strategy minimizing down time.

Build scaffolding according to regulations and best industrial practices. Studied specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required; Shaped or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws; Followed established safety rules and regulations and maintained a safe and clean environment; Measured and marked cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.* Built safe and productive scaffolding within regulatory and procedural guidelines.

Greater San Diego Area

Install cabinetry and fixtures with precision and attention to detail; Read and interpret blueprint and floor elevation plans; Modify, repair and fabricate cabinetry; Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard using carpenter's hand tools and power tools; Place and finish solid surface countertops to include apoxy and natural stone; Measure, cut and instal interior finish panels and trim.* Proposed and implimented effective method to install 4' x 10' wood panels onto walls while maintaining a 1/4" reveal

Valley Center, Ca

Build pour-in-place forms according to regulations and best industrial practices; Utilized Snap-tie and systems forms; Studied specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required; Shaped or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws; Followed established safety rules and regulations and maintained a safe and clean environment; Measured and marked cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.* Constructed walls and forms with dimension accuracy, satisfying the regulatory requirements of 1/8" tolerance.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Songs)

Build scaffolding according to regulations and best industrial practices. Studied specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required; Shaped or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws; Followed established safety rules and regulations and maintained a safe and clean environment; Measured and marked cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.

Greater San Diego Area

Install cabinetry and fixtures with precision and attention to detail; Read and interpret blueprint and floor elevation plans; Modify, repair and build cabinetry; Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools; Place and finish solid surface counter tops to include epoxy and natural stone; Measure, cut and install interior finish panels and trim.

Greater San Diego Area

Built John-wall form systems; Layout and rebar installation for site and slab work; concrete pour watch; Concrete stair form construction; Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.* Identified and corrected an error in rebar layout prior to concrete pour, saving time and money.

Global

Infantry Squad Leader for 1 year during which time was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; Developed and implemented training designed towards skill acquisition and enhancement; Supported the designing and maintenance of company and battalion MS access database; Designed MS Office and Excel spreadsheets and linked them with database for ease of input and output;* Using MS Office tools, reduced completion time for company-wide leave requests from one week to little more than 4 hours.* Received rank of Sergeant within four years, ahead of my peers.* Supervised squad of 13 Marines during combat operations in Iraq.

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering Technology, 3.72

Bachelor Of Science, Business Management, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Colorado Technical University AlumniGraduated Suma Cum Laude. Coursework designed around the globalization.

Associate Of Arts, Carpentry, 3.82 Gpa

Computer Science, Business Management and General Studies