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Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for estimating, scheduling, overseeing, and managing the completion of drywall contracts for high-rise residential and commercial developments across the GTA
• Create and analyze budgets to track material / labor costs and maximize profits through the usage of Plexxis software, by coordinating with Foreman on-site as required
• Establish, develop, and, maintain excellent working relationships with suppliers, builders, and subcontractors

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Review estimator's drywall take-offs / pricing to identify discrepancies between contract issued and new drawings (site instructions)
• Estimate and coordinate on-site drywall changes directed by builders
• Synchronize site team and subcontractors with engineering, architectural, mechanical, and ID drawings to achieve scheduled timelines and proper construction
• Assist in the creation of engineering shop drawings as required on-site
• Generate LEED forms and provide product data sheets for materials used on each project

Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada

• Compose quotations to participate in the project bidding / award process. Once the job is obtained, negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements
• Verify discrepancies between bid/tender documents and drawings to those issued for construction
• Work with BIM design staff to ensure end design meets estimate
• Coordinate with customers and consultants to obtain missing information and to ensure that estimates are based on information that is as accurate and complete as possible
• Prepare, plan, and manage internal constructions budget estimates, construction schedules, milestones, and monitor progress
• Develop and implement production quality control programs while preparing reports, organizing, directing, controlling, and evaluating daily operations

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

• Manage projects from inception to completion while coordinating labour, subcontractors, and materials
• Analyze blueprints to estimate the time, cost, and materials for residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects
• Develop and maintain daily project schedules and communicate changes to clients as they occur
• Analyze and approve shop drawings to assemble accurate construction estimates in a timely manner
• Coordinate restoration activities and resources for multiple projects simultaneously
• Issue and revise construction documents and drawings

Windsor, ON

• Responsible for managing diverse interior and exterior residential, commercial, and industrial restorations
• Coordinated labour and material for numerous activities, such as: drywall, bathroom remodeling, concrete driveways, decks, fencing, driveway paving, enclosures, flooring installations, house insulations, kitchen.

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

• Perform daily quality assurance activities for the facility by inspecting and testing product and materials as required by the ACI quality control manual
• Perform pre-pour inspections
• Perform post-pour and product acceptance inspections according to program guidelines and standards
• Perform daily testing of product (specimen testing, air content, spread, temperature, moisture content, percentage of aggregates,etc.) and advises supervisor of any deviations to standards or specifications
• Ensure proper product labeling
• Report on quality issues/deficiencies and assist supervisor

Windsor, ON

• Performed any combination of duties involved in preparing and pouring concrete forms to make prestressed structural beams, columns, girders, deck panels, hollow core, double tees, walls, etc.
• Strong familiarity with safety regulations and potential occupational hazards
• Read blueprints, rough sketches, and construction drawings to determine materials, tools, measurements, and equipment needed to complete projects
• Coordinate and work side by side with labor crews to achieve tasks
• Developed an understanding in operations, techniques and skills used in the construction field

Windsor, ON

• Loaded and transported prestressed concrete products, forms, and equipment
• Assisted heavy equipment operators to mechanically adjust and maintain machinery
• Inspected storage area before and after transportation to ensure workability and safety

Windsor, ON

• Operated automated stations for parts assembly in various work stations
• Monitored the assembler's interface to confirm mechanical procedures and meet cycle times
• Managed time wisely to work effectively and efficiently within a fast paced environment

Ontario, Canada

• Produced parts from metals using punch press
• Monitored equipment and reported malfunctions as needed while troubleshooting dies to repair failures
• Hands on experience in determining tools and equipment needed for each process
• Checked the quality of pieces and facilitated further quality checks
• Assisted fellow workers with press set-up, takedown, and maintenance

Windsor, ON

• Analyzed the city's mapping and PI stationing to accurately locate the area of study and understand the blueprints provided
• Performed a manual traffic survey with the usage of tally sheets, to determine the current level of service of the section
• Designed a geometric cross section for a 4-Lane highway
• Designed vertical and horizontal alignments in accordance to CHBDC and other codes standards (radius, length, super-elevation, grades, and lateral friction)
• Applied Concise Beam software to design, study and predict the bridge deck structural behavior
• Improved the level of service and eliminated traffic congestion

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Supported Project Manager and Superintendent
• Helped to coordinate project schedules, purchase materials, and checked deliveries
• Organized, delegated, and monitored the functions and activities of engineering design, measurements, and inspection

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provided recommendations for security requirements through the usage of network integration systems
• Analyzed blueprints, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to quote necessary products and devices to prepare time, cost and labour estimates
• Directed and managed numerous technical projects from conception to completion
• Created long term business relations and worked side by side with foreign consultants from North and South America
• Applied AutoCAD drafting and mapping to different infrastructures in order to reference and locate different security devices through the usage of hyperlinks and IP address networking
• Responsible for supervision of concrete, wood, masonry and drywall employees to install devices and electrical conduits by maintaining or improving infrastructure aesthetics

Panama, Panama City

• Provided executive level administrative support to the Vice-President
• Collected employee attendance and formulated reports for six departments
• Worked collaboratively with the Human Resources Department with managing staff and payrollinformation

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering

Bachelors Of Applied Science B.A.Sc., Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: University of Windsor Intramural Co-ed Soccer