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Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

Brownsville, Wi, Us

Im excited to be on-board with Michels and I look forward to helping Michels meet our customer needs and expectations!!When get a chance check us out!!

I am the QC/QA Manager // Civil Engineer for MCM (Midwest Concrete Materials). I have the responsibility of QC/QA functions for the ready mix concrete and aggregates (sand/gravel) for MCM. We have 6 RMX plants and some redundancy at them and 5 aggregate plants. I will handle concrete mix designs, KDOT mix designs and relations, and any technical issues etc. My territory extends from Lawrence, KS to Abilene, KS.

I was the Corporate QC/QA Manager for Aggregates USA. My responsibility was QC/QA, Technical Services, and Customer Relations for the entire company. My territory included shipping locations in TN, SC, NC, AL, VA, GA, and FL.I am currently IADOT Certified, INDOT CAPP Certified, Quarry Monitoring Certified for KDOT and ACI Level 1 Certified. I am a NRMCA Certified Sales Professional as well and have attended NCAT's Training Facility in Auburn, AL and certified in their short course for Asphalt Technology.Im very active in ACI 130, 130A, 130 B, and ACI 221.

Brooklyn, Ia, Us

Managed six employees and QC/QA at 3 mines and 3 quarriesIn-charge of all Kansas City Metro Area QC/QA OperationsACI Level 1 Certified Concrete TechnicianSupervised the testing of concrete, aggregate, and other construction materialsAssisted sales staff with customer complaints and aggregate issuesPresented new products and technologies for Architects, Engineers, Owners, and ContractorsAssisted in the financial and budgetary processes Documented and file concrete, employee, customer, and client issuesTroubleshoot quality issues, concerns, and customer expectations

Managed four employees and one engineer-in-development In-charge of all Kansas City concrete mix designs and submittalsACI Level 1 Certified Concrete TechnicianSupervised the testing of concrete, aggregate, and other construction materialsAssisted sales staff with customer complaints and concrete issuesPresented new products and technologies for Architects, Engineers, Owners, and ContractorsAssisted in the financial and budgetary processes (~800,000 CY)In-charge of material costs and mix bidding for M.O. DivisionDocumented and file concrete, employee, customer, and client issuesTroubleshoot quality issues, concerns, and customer expectations

Tested construction materials on several jobsitesCalculated several measurements of concrete / asphalt paving, guardrail, seeding, cut / fills, bridges, re-inforcement; and designed minor adjustments, flowlines, layouts, traffic control, etc.