Estimating, bidding, and managing all aspects of structural and miscellaneous steel erection scopes on several residential, commercial and industrial projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.Safety, the completion of projects at or under budget and schedule, the achievement of high quality standards, and the establishment and maintenance of excellent relationships with colleagues, suppliers, peer contractors and clients is paramount in my daily operation.

Overseeing the erection of 3,000 tons of temporary roof support steel and 15,000 tons of structural steel erection at the new Climate Pledge Arena.

• Pursued the prompt resolution of constructability field issues via RFIs or non-conformance notices.• Assisted the project manager with subcontractor pay application review and approvals.• Assisted the construction manager with coordinating erection activities and material logistics for the scopes of work of 6 different subcontractors.• Gathered labor and material cost data for the preparation of change order requests.• Controlled data logs for tracking erection progress of work packages and issued reports for review.• Managed material purchases for work packages to be executed on site.• Liaised with fabricators in Canada and the US in concert with corporate procurement for the transport logistics of 28,000 tons of steel to the jobsite and a pre-assembly yard.• Tracked erection progress in close coordination with client’s engineers in order to schedule follow-up trades.• Monitored QA of subcontractor erectors in accordance to AISC and AWS specifications.• Created and maintained a team cloud storage drive to store and distribute drawings and specifications which eventually became indispensable for information distribution to subcontractors.• Established and maintained excellent relationships with all project stakeholders.

• Managed the fabrication and erection of small and medium miscellaneous and structural steel projects throughout Texas.• Participated in kick-off meetings with estimator and operations manager to review contract, scope, budget and schedule of projects.• Collaborated with safety manager for the submission of project-specific safety plans, erection plans and SDS packages and promoted the company’s emphasis on jobsite safety.• Assisted in the procurement of materials and detailers.• Monitored field labor costs and tracked them against project budget.• Issued pay applications and change order requests to the general contractor and pursued their approval and maintained documentation for appropriate project closeout.• Wrote project RFIs and submittals and pursued their prompt resolution.• Coordinated the distribution of contract documents to the shop and field.• Attended all required work meetings, internal and external, to report on progress.• Collaborated with superintendents for review and planning of punchlist execution.• Maintained excellent relationships with other project stakeholders in accordance to the corporate culture of returning customers.• Projects worked on throughout Texas include: Circuit of the Americas observation tower and concert amphitheater (500 tons, Austin), Seaholm Residential Tower (320 tons, Austin), ARAMCO Research Center (320 tons, Houston), and the erection package of precast façade panels for the Jenny Sealy Replacement Hospital (Galveston).

• Assisted project managers and superintendents with fabrication and erection scheduling for projects.• Planned shop fabrication work in accordance to erection schedules and available labor resources.• Oversaw the procurement of materials and consumables for shop operations.• Estimated unit prices for fabrication and erection labor and materials.• Wrote project RFIs and submittals and pursued their prompt resolution.• Maintained project control logs for fabrication and erection progress.• Coordinated the distribution of contract documents to all project participants, including engineering, detailing, fabrication, erection, and as-builts.• Reviewed and approved subcontractor billings for fabrication and erection work.• Directed QC of fabrication in accordance to ASTM, AISC, AWS, ASME, SSPC and NACE specifications.• Directly managed the fabrication shop for about a year after management shake-up.• Projects worked on throughout northern Mexico include: Golden Dragon Copper industrial plant (1,275 tons, Monclova), Minera Roble/Peñoles mining plant (675 tons, Velardeña), Torreón city hall building (650 tons, Torreón), AHMSA steel mill furnace #6 retrofit (400 tons, Monclova), TecMilenio university buildings (200 tons, Torreón).

Assisted shop manager and project managers in diverse fabrication and erection tracking functions such as detailing, QC, document control, project control logs and submittal of pay applications.