Professional Engineer

Summary
- More than 22 years of experience in the construction industry
- More than 10 years as project manager.
- I've participated in the construction of foundations for equipment in a combined cycle power plant worth more than 1.2 mill dlls, I was in charge of rebar bending schedules, set up and placement of these steel.
- I Designed and developed structural projects for 2 high school buildings 3-story ea... worth more than 800K for steel structure only, I was in charge for the complete structural design as well as the bid.
- Developed structural project for a 164,000 ft² industrial building worth more than 3.3 mill dlls, I was in charge for the complete structural design as well as the bid.
- I've designed and overseen the fabrication and erection of more than 15 10-ton traveler cranes worth more than 1.5 mill dlls.  All of them, my own structural design.
- Developed, quoted, presented a bid, designed foundations and steel framing and finally erected a 5,700 ft² 2-story commercial center worth 640,000 dlls
- I Developed the project, prepared a bid and built a process water treatment plant for a mining firm worth more than 1.9 mill dlls. I was in charge of the whole construction and safety regulations, it was a processing plant for cyanide-contaminated water and near the zone of dynamite blasting.
- I Developed the project, prepared a bid and built an industrial (press and disc filters), process installation for a mining firm worth more than 1.1 mill dlls, as well as before, I was in charge of the whole construction and safety regulations.
- I Developed the project, prepared a bid and directed site offices for a mining firm worth more than 556,000 dlls, I was in charge of the whole construction and safety regulations.
- I Developed, quoted, presented a bid, designed foundations and steel framing for a non-profit organization headquarters worth more than 160,000 dlls I was in charge of the complete structural project development.
- I was in charge as a general supervisor, of the construction of an imprisonment facility for the government of the state of durango in mexico, a 2.5 years project with more than 50 buildings inside a 125 acre land and a budget 120+ mil US dlls I was in charge of the whole project, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities to my crew (6 civil engineers, 1 structural engineer, 1 mechanical engineer, 1 electrical engineer and 3 architects), selecting vendors, checking and approving their invoices, overseeing contractors time lines, budgets, order changes, RFI's, modifications, attending meetings as required, preparing reports once a week and one more general once a month, checking and authorizing extra jobs and watching for the entire budget and the quality of the work. In this project, there were more than 750 workers at peak.

> Currently working as Project Manager with THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON <

University of Houston [May 2023 – present]

• Managing the project design/architect team

• Checking the project schedule

• Checking and approving payments

• Attending meetings as required

• Physical site visits as required

Partial Project List with UH

• UH Computing Center chillers replacement (100%)

• UH main campus water line replacement (40%)

• UH Engineering College fire suppression system upgrades (60%)

• UH Dining Woods Generator replacement (85%)

• UH Lofts interior and furniture refresh (100%)

• UH Parking Lot 8B resurfacing (100%)

• UH Parking Lot 19C resurfacing (20%)

• UH Campus Rec flooring replacement (100%)

• UH Campus Rec crane replacement (100%)

• UH Campus Rec boilers replacement (40%)

• UH Campus Rec cooling tower replacement (30%)

Technical skills
- Microsoft Word 90%
- Excel 90%
- PowerPoint 80%
- AutoCAD 2021, 2022
- STAAD - ISD (STAAD Pro)
- AISC, SJI, CMAA, ACI codes
- MS visual studio C#
- Engineering code writer C# and Pascal
 

Previous Experience/Project Work

Operaciones y Proyectos de Mexico SA de CV

Role: Chief Engineer      Dates: 08/1998 - 01/2022

Responsibilities / Deliverables:

- Perform steel and concrete estimating
- Managing the shop crew, the crane crew, the erecting crew
- Perform structural calculations
- Perform foundation design
- Supervising and writing specifications
- Supervising construction works from ground up
- Coordinating subcontractors, their budget and their timelines
- Managing the project team which included the drafting team
- Checking steel detailing drafting team
- Managed the project scheduling of material and project resources
- Checking structural design and drawings made by others
 

Education and Certification
- BS/Civil Engineering focused to structural engineering, UACJ Juarez, Chih, Mexico, 1985-1989
- P.E. (Mexican Professional Engineer registration issued by the government of mexico) reg. 1995873, Nov 1995