I have loved design, engineering, construction and fabrication since I started in the tech center of my high school. I have 20 years experience in the industry and hope to put in many more!
EXPERIENCE
Operations Manager | Green Mountain Welding, Inc.
Managing day to day operations of a steel fabrication and steel erection company. Setting up company workflow from estimating to fabrication and installation for miscellaneous metals, pre-engineered buildings, and structural steel. Setting up and utilizing Office 365, Power BI, Power Automate and custom-built software to complete Estimating, quality control of assemblies, drafting, shipping, and fabrication of projects. Writing job descriptions, training, and onboarding procedures, as well as interviewing new employees as needed.
Owner | RCL Technology, LLC
Drafting and design firm focusing mainly on structural engineering and steel fabrication projects. Work included structural design for high end residential homes ranging from 700k to 20M. Structural design and drafting working in all industries including restaurants, hotels, colleges, and municipal projects. Utilizing Sketchup, Adobe, Autodesk AEC Suite, and other products to get plan sets done from conceptualization to construction drawings. Also creating steel erection and shop drawings for miscellaneous metals and structural steel fabrication companies.
Project Manager | HP Cummings Construction Co.
Project management from Pre-Construction to finished project turnover. Mainly working on projects from 1 to 50 million dollars. Doing estimating, scheduling, budgeting, and coordination in conjunction with architects, engineers, and owners. Utilizing Procore for submittal management, change orders and financials and making sure projects were built within the budget and completed on schedule. Performing site visits to make sure project supervisors were staying on track and the project was being completed properly.
Steel Drafting Manager | Reliance Steel, Inc.
Managing a team of drafters creating steel erection plans, shop drawings and 3D models from architectural and engineering prints. Writing AISC procedures for the detailing department and performing AISC audits as needed. Setup and implementation of MRP & ERP systems for tracking drawing status, shipping, and material and hardware inventory. Setup and implementation of CNC equipment so detailing standards were kept and flowed from the office to the shop floor. Having the team output DXF and NC files from the steel models to work on plasma tables, waterjet tables, pipe benders and beam lines. Sending and receiving change orders, RFI’s and general correspondence with clients, architects, and engineers.
Environmental Technician IV | State of Vermont, A.N.R., D.E.C., Facilities Engineering Division.
Agency of Natural Resources, Facilities Engineering Dept., using AutoCAD Civil 3D/Land Desktop to complete plan sets from preliminary design to finished construction for municipal and commercial construction, while completing all necessary permit applications and incidental work. Working with lead engineer and other team members from the Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, and Dept. of Forests, Parks, & Recreation to complete design/construction projects for dams, forestry bridges, state parks, fishing access areas and other projects.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematic Currently Pursuing
Associates Degree in Computer Aided Drafting & Design Received
SKILLS:
- AutoCAD all versions
- Autodesk Civil 3D
- Autodesk Advanced Steel
- Autodesk Revit
- Autodesk LT
- Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis
- Autodesk Architecture
- Navisworks
- Formit
- Sketchup and Sketchup Layout
- General BIM Management for projects
- All of Microsoft Office 365
- Microsoft Project
- MS Teams
- OneNote
- Excel
- Word
- Using C# for built in add on’s, custom formulas and macros
- MS Access Database design, pushing databases to SharePoint lists for use in Power BI Apps/Power Apps, utilizing the full functionality of MS Power Automate.
- Visual Studio and C# .NET Framework, PHP, HTML, CSS and LISP.
- Layout and field dimensioning with Topcon and Leica total stations, 3D scanners Lidar.
- Procore Financials, Procore Submittals, RFI’s, Drawings, etc. General project management with Procore.
- DocuSign
- Bluebeam and other PDF editors for general PDF management, overlays, takeoffs and markups.
- Inkscape and GIMP
- Adobe Creative Cloud products
- Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom
- Video Editing
- General IT Networking and understanding of common computer networking setups.
- Self sufficient in calling clients, setting up project meetings with owners, architects and engineers to progress projects along at any stage.
- Self sufficient in setting up jobsites with job trailers, temp power, temp heat/ac and working with vendors to get projects started.
- Creating ROM, SD, DD and other estimates for projects ranging from $500,000 to $200M, personally doing or running a team to do takeoffs in all divisions of construction.
- Creating bid packages, working with subcontractors and vendors to get accurate pricing at all stages of estimating.