Extensive 10+ year professional career leading daily operations of the Engineered Lumber Department for fast paced lumber company. Strong qualifications in personal development, team building & team leadership. A dedicated employee previously trained to enhance continuous improvements in quality, productivity, efficiency, and customer service.
Operations Management / Human Resources & Training
Scope of responsibility includes planning, budgeting, expense control, recruitment, staffing, scheduling, purchasing, inventory control, structural design planning / pricing, facilities management, and providing outstanding customer service. Direct and decisive with “hands-on†management style directing a staff of up to 150+. Plan staff schedules to ensure adequate manpower coverage, coordinate employee training.
RESULT: Contributed to solid cost reductions and revenue / profit growth. Consistently improved & strengthened customer relations
Customer Relations
Manage ongoing relationships with key customer accounts. On-site liaison to client management, coordinate planning, development, and delivery of customized structural designs. Advise executive management regarding customer contract negotiations and allocation of personnel, budgets and resources.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Engineering Tech –Higginbotham Engineering Inc. Alpharetta, Ga. February 2008 – Present
Review residential and commercial projects for IRC and or IBC code compliance. Created Autocad 2008
Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing drawings and documentation to support these projects for local, county and state approval. Provided needed Energy Code Calculations. Some exposure to Revit 09.
Structural Designer – Wheeler’s Lumber – Winder, Ga. location.
November 2006 to October 2007 Provide location operation expertise to enhance client relations between builder, sales, architects, engineers and inspection department. Highly experienced at working with builders to obtain engineered sealed layouts for city and county approvals prior to construction. Co-ordinate field deliveries and builder requested structural inspections.
Structural Designer/Engineered Wood Manager - Home Depot Supply / Williams Brothers Lumber Duluth, Georgia (2001-2006) One of six key structural designers for residential client homes of up to one million dollars plus. Provide operations expertise to enhance client relations between builder, sales, architects, engineers and inspection department. Highly experienced at working with builders to obtain engineered sealed layouts for city and county approvals prior to construction. Co-ordinate field deliveries
and builder requested structural inspections.
Structural Designer/Operations Scheduling Manager - Atlanta Structural Products - Duluth, Georgia (employed twice 1993-1996) (2000-2001) Promotion through increasingly responsible positions from Structural Designer to Operations Scheduling Manager. Engineered Wood - Structural Designer responsible for designing cost effective structural designs. Coordinated inventory and shipping schedules.
President/ CEO / Structural Designer – Millennium Engineered Lumber Co. - Duluth, Georgia
(1999-2000) coordinated the Building Plan and helped secure financial support to open and operate an Engineered Lumber supplier location for commercial and residential support. Purchased properties and equipment, trained employees, delivered product and designed the structural layouts. Performed outside sales calls and supported the sales manager with field inspections.
Structural Designer/EWP Manager – Magbee Brothers Lumber & Supply - Duluth, Georgia
(1996-1999) Engineered Wood - Structural Designer responsible for designing cost effective structural designs. Coordinated inventory and shipping schedules. Trained employees on correct design procedure
and set up an outside inspection department.
Operations / Production Manager – Trusstech Industries - Buford, Georgia (1990-1992) Set up open web and roof truss department production for beginning plant location with sales starting at 250,000 to exceed 2.5 million in annual growth. Trained supervisors, set up vendors and coordinated shipping and receiving for deliveries.
Operations / Production Manager –Trussway Inc. Houston, Texas (1986-1990) Setup open web and roof truss production equipment and supporting production departments for beginning plant locations. Responsibilities’ included the training of shift supervisors, set up vendors and coordinated shipping and receiving for intrastate deliveries. Established an insurance safety procedure and security at each location. Managed Human Resource’s hiring of all plant personnel and training procedures. Setup and enforced strict quality control procedures and field inspections. Oversaw all truck maintenance and driver intrastate policies. Set up and established a strict inventory control that was proven to produce low shrinkage.
Structural Designer –Trussway Inc. Houston, Texas (1982-1986) Started employment in the design department doing quotes and structural layouts. Produced cutting bills for roof and floor truss production department. Worked very close and extensively with architects and engineers to resolve customer or design conflicts. Established a good working relationship with all customers and support personnel.
EDUCATION
Engineering – Dekalb Jr. College
AutoCAD I & II – Gwinnett Technical College
Drafting & Design – Macon Area Vocational Technical College
Drafting & Design – Houston County Vocational Technical College
U.S. ARMY 82nd Airborne- Fort Bragg, N.C.
COMPUTER FLUENCY
(ADVANCED)
Auto Cad 2008
Arch. Desktop 2006
Acrobat Pro
(PDF)
Data Cad 9
TJ Spec
Word
GP-Fastplan
TJ Beam
Excel
GP-Fastbeam
Wood E Cad
PowerPoint
GP-Optimizer
Wood E Design ICAD
Boise BCFramer
Boise BCCalc
Alpine - Hombase
Fla. Energy Gauge USA Res Check Revit 9
LANGUAGE
Spanish (Fluent)
References and supporting documentation available on request
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