Seeking an opportunity to utilize my construction knowledge, skills, abilities and educational background.
Qualification:
Over 14 years of road and works, earthworks and public works construction, managing the technical, administrative and financial organization of construction sites that include new roads, infrastructure, facilities and renovation of highways. Success in achieving time, budgets, safety and quality goals on several thousand to multimillion dollar projects.
Site management : Strong background in supervision of field teams and local workers, hiring workers and selecting sub-contractors. Ability to manage and coordinate activities with responsible parties, meet tight deadlines, schedule efficiently, train for safety as well as understand and adapt design drawings.
Project management : Solid experience in reviewing and evaluating bid documents, project estimation, computerization of monthly and final invoicing, sales with individuals and project management offices, negotiation and purchase of materials and supplies, coordinating with clients to review job progress and address future needs, working effectively with engineers, architects, construction managers, contractors.
Experience:
BECHTELGabon, Africa July 2013- Sept 2014
Senior Site Engineer
C· Acted as project manager for the governmental road and works agency for all the road work (new roads and upgrading existing roads, utilities, civil work) in the capitol and the suburbs, coordinated and directed resources that allow sub-contractors to operate efficiently, prepared and presented projects to upper management and for strategic planning purposes, established meetings with contractors, consultants and staff.Total budget 240 million.
SOGEA SATOM(Mission abroad through VINCI Group): Guinea, Africa Jan 2011-Sept 2012
Construction superintendent: civil work, public work, earthworks, and roads
C· Brought on board to take over leadership on the construction of a camp base and road access for a Brazilian mining company that involved land surveying, earthworks, underground facilities, civil work for bridges (creation of a precast workshop), 60 miles of sub-grade road, and landscaping. Assigned by Sogea Satom to hire and train site and office teams, compare bids and select for sub-contractors, forecast and route the equipment through the forested area. On time, on budget completion at $8 million.
C· Managed the $8 million extension of the commercial port for Bollore Africa group in Conakry including creating a 2 mile rock fill dam and backfilling 8 million cubic feet of sub grade offshore with the constraints of the Atlantic tide. Overseeing day/night/weekend shifts to achieve time and budget goals.
SAUDIOGER (mission abroad through OGERINTERNATIONAL): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Oct 2009- Nov 2010
Superintendent Road and Works, earthworks, landscaping
· Management of international SAUDIOGER teams and local subcontractors for the excavation, backfill and networks at the PNU site (Princess Noura Bint University for women): 5.5 million m³ earthworks, 15 km underground networks, in compliance with United States Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design; coordination with state monitoring agencies to certify conformity of materials and construction; management of materials; scheduling road and works with all site partners; weekly reporting on the progress of the site.
PERRON Road and Works: Annecy, France Sept 2006- Sept 2009
Head of topography, road and works, earthworks department
· Technical, administrative and financial organization of construction sites: plotting and preparing as-built drawings using topography tools and techniques (LEICA TCP 1205), responsible for human resources and hiring, management and supervised site of 6 teams and scheduling, in charge of stock and vehicle management (maintenance, scheduling, renting and national smog and condition check), responsible for modernizing and updating the construction site management system through computerization of the monthly and final invoicing,
project progression, material and project estimation, sales with individuals and project management offices, negotiation and purchase of materials and supplies.
DECREMPS Road and Works: St. Pierre en Faucigny, France Dec 2005 – August 2006
Superintendent Road and Works, earthworks
· Technical, administrative and financial organization of construction sites for 6 teams : plotting and preparing as-built drawings using topography tools and techniques, material and project estimation, sales with individuals and project management offices, negotiation and purchase of materials and supplies, organization, project management and follow-up of annual civil maintenance contracts (Regional Freeway Association: ATMB) and of contracts through project managers (last project valued in excess of $1,700,000).
MEGEVAND Road and Works: St. Julien en Genevois, France August 2001- Dec 2005
Superintendent Road and Works, earthworks
· Technical, administrative and financial organization of construction sites for 5 teams: plotting and preparing as-built drawings using topography tools and techniques, management of the teams and scheduling, responsible for stock management, material and project estimation, sales with individuals and project management offices, negotiation and purchase of materials and supplies.
Education:
On the field assistant in topography: Cliff Plotting 1999-2001
ARDIZZI, ORCEL, ESTEROVICZ Land Surveying: Bonneville, France
School of Engineering in Geneva (Switzerland): 1995-1997
Department of civil engineering
Lycée Jean XXIII in Yvetot (France)
Two-year university degree in land surveying - topography 1993-1995
Skills:
Language : Native French, Fluent English, Good Spanish
