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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

• Manage projects for various project types (higher education, water treatment plant, commercial office buildings, multi-family projects, shopping complexes, etc.).• Perform drawing reviews that incorporate detail design of building envelope components.• Perform project contract reviews (specifications, shop drawings, material submittals, etc.).• Attend construction meetings, documents discussions, and give input to solving construction problems for the project.• Perform site visits during construction progress and give recommendations on best construction practices, product choices, installation issues and detailing issues happening in the field.• Conduct BECx commissioning services for the building envelope (building envelope commissioning lead on several projects).• Development of company BECx documentation and head of company BECx committee. • Proposal writing, including estimating, for project financials/budget.• Business development strategy.• Building envelope O/M manual development.• Project specification development.• Building Code Review.• WUFI modeling software.• Building envelope diagnostic testing.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Manage multiple projects from bidding phase to job completion - estimating, budgets, drawings, site visits, calculations.• Took the initiative to learn both project management and estimating - two different career paths in the company. • Navigate through difficult situations with clients, contractors, deadlines, fabrication shops, and logistics.• Solve project problems, jointly, with international offices and customers - often through language barriers. • Frequently traveled to construction sites for client meetings, installation and startup of equipment. • Succeeded in running jobs as the lead PM with million dollar budgets.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

University Of Utah

• Designed experiments and researched solutions on nutrient recovery to maximizesustainability and functionality of a local wastewater treatment plant. The research will beused by Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility for future upgrades.• Delivered engaging and visually appealing presentations to undergraduate students andprofessionals (i.e. Water Environment Association of Utah conference).• Developed research protocols (SOPs) that were used by myself and other students.• Created an engaging story for the final thesis paper that interestingly portrays how thisspecific research project is applicable to sustainability worldwide.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Worked with partners on product-page content and photo quality. • Redesigned this position by proposing efficient methods of photo organization along withteam and partner communication.• Trained 2 photographers in product-page building.

Salt Lake City

• Organized the company’s large photo database, creating easy access to images for employees. • Designed 100+ graphics for marketing use: company websites, print, email, and social media.• Contributed ideas in marketing meetings.

• Assisted architects and interior designers with site plans, blueprints, graphic design, andphotography of finished projects for marketing use.• Managed front desk operations - liaison between product representatives and designers.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Created a photo organizational infrastructure that organized hundreds of photos for client and employee use.• Strategized how to successfully photograph lighting fixtures to obtain the correct ambianceand creative outlook for the product pages.• Contributed ideas and solutions to the marketing team regarding visual content of products.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Assisted architects with site plans, floor plans, blueprints, and graphics for clients. • Corresponded with structural engineering firms in regards to drawing edits and license stamping. • Took the initiative to learn Revit. Very willing to learn new programs. • Created material boards for project bids and client meetings.

Master'S Degree, Civil Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Architecture

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