Stephen A. Wattelet
“Maestroâ€
231-631-6501
sawattelet[at]yahoo.com
Wind Energy Construction Site Manager
Heavy & Civil Transportation Environmental Remediation& Mitigation
Wind Energy/Project Management
Industrial Site Development Municipal Infrastructure
Objective
Using my current expertise to become a more effective onsite/oversight manager for all phases of power generation, including feasibility, development, construction, and operation.
Distinctive Qualities
Solid twenty years of construction management and field supervision orchestrating a very diverse range of projects and construction applications from conception to completion. Leadership qualities that make people want to follow. Innate ability to incite cooperation from all levels creating a solid foundation for a well executed project.
Ethics
Effective communication in the spirit of cooperation creates the platform for accelerated collaboration of a common goal.
Current Experience
2008 to Present
E.ON Climate and Renewables, North America, Inc /Think Energy .
5384 Co rd 3161, San Patricio County, Taft, Texas 78390 361-815-6355
Civil Site Supervisor
On-site civil construction manager for a two-phase wind generation project in San Patricio County, Texas. Project consists of 109 1.65 MW Vestas turbines for each phase; totaling 360 Megawatts and 218 turbines. Phase I consisted of 375,000 lf of collection line, substation, O&M building, 80 miles of new, upgraded, and temporary roads over Victoria clay and through cotton fields and oil field pipelines.
Development responsibilities included determining turbine locations, lease acquisition, line drops, identifying collection locations, identifying buried utilities, community rapport, and liaison with development, land owners, regulators and design engineers.
Pre-construction duties encompassed refining engineers civil design to reduce cost and expedite performance, permitting, assisting in selection of general contractor, procuring materials, contractual agreements for general contractor and sub-contractors, isolating bid quantities, developing strategies, budgets and time lines.
Construction tasks incorporated oversight for all construction processes, effective enforcement of design and specifications of the EPC and BOP, ensuring proper construction methodologies, implementation of TSA agreement, communicating scope of work and critical path items to various disciplines and management, approving expenditures, negotiating add-ons, managing change orders, daily progress reports, mandating QA, QC, oversight for HSSE violations and prevention programs, initiate S.T.O.P. audits, supervising installation of turbine foundation, verifying ACI standards, coordinating turbine deliveries, crane walks, pads, and turbine erection, collaboration with electrical engineers and contractors for collection and connection.
Overall responsible for keeping the project within budget and time lines while assuring the quality of the final product to be turned over to O&M.
Previous Experience
1999 to 2008
SRW Contracting and Paving, LLC
6457 E. Railway Commons
Williamsburg, MI 49690 Telephone 231-267-9750
Project Supervisor, Vice President, Partner
Senior partner and manager of a heavy construction business incorporating, engineering, development, design, and civil construction of a diverse range of civil projects. Assisted engineering department with oversight of plan specifications, design and bid quantities. Design built a number of projects over challenging topography and intricate drainage demands in adverse conditions. Solicited contracts, procured construction equipment, selection, training and mentoring of staff, and sub-contractors. Increased overall financial security by honing job cost efficiencies and resource allocation. Sold ownership of business to pursue project management in wind power generation.
1998 to 1999
Shaw Incorporated
6724 E. Railway Commons
Williamsburg, MI 49690
Civil Site Consultant (Purchased company w/3 partners.)
Consultant for industrial and commercial projects.
1997 to 1998
Norris Contracting, Inc.
4576 S. Mackinaw Trail
Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783 Telephone 906-632-1200
Civil Site Superintendent
Project Manager for state highways and consultant of construction methodologies.
1983 to 1997
Elmer’s Crane and Dozer
3600 Rennie School Road
Traverse City, MI 49684 Telephone 231-943-5541
Project Manager Heavy Construction
Senior project manager for state, federal, industrial, and private projects including remediation, state and federal roads, harbors, marinas, landfills, airports, golf courses, army core of engineer projects and municipal infrastructure. Projects ranging from 10 to 25 million.
1972 to 1983
Guthrie Construction Company
Hwy M-37
Mesick, MI 49668
Foreman/Operator
Project foreman for numerous industrial, municipal and airport projects.
Education
o Horlic High-Racine, WI
o University of Wisconsin Parkside, Racine, WI
o Racine Technical Institute- Computer Sciences
o Troxler Radiological Safety Certified
o OSHA Training Institute Certificate 2009
o DuPont “STOP†safety training
o Safety Matters, Inc., Online Environmental, Health & Safety Course
o Hazmat Certified
o DEQ Storm Water Management-Construction Site Certified
o Continuing Education of management and construction seminars.
o Operating Engineers Local 324 since 1976
o Con-Expo, World of Concrete, and heavy equipment training grounds participation.
o Passport
o Current CDL
o Conversational Spanish
Mailing address:
526 W. 14th St. #231
Traverse City, MI 49684
Stephen A. Wattelet
231-631-6501
sawattelet[at]yaoo.com
References
Engineers
John Yost, Senior Vice President and Project Mgr Papalote Creek, E.ON Climate & Renewables North America, Inc., 401 N. Michigan Ave. #1720, Chicago, IL 60611
312.245.3039, john.yost[at]eon.com
Jim Collins, Civil Engineer/ Senior Vice President
E.ON Climates & Renewables North America, Inc., 812 San Antonio, Suite #201, Austin, TX 78701
214.649.1697, jim.collins[at]eon.com
Dan Boie, Senior Project Manager Papalote Creek Wind Farm, M.A. Mortenson Co.
515.720.7593 dan.boie[at]mortenson.com
Eric Erfling, Civil Engineer, M.A. Mortenson Co.
700 Meadow Lane North, Minneapolis, MN 55422
763.522.2100 eric.erfling[at]mortenson.com
Don Morrow, Senior Engineer, Naismith Engineering
4501 Gollihar Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411
361.814.9900 DMorrow[at]naismith-engineering.com
Jochen Wissmann, Senior Project Manager, Vestas, USA
503.327.2042 jow[at]vestas.com
Steve Maxfield, Electrical Engineer, Papalote Creek Wind Farm
Think Resources/E.ON Climate & Renewables, Inc
max84093[at]msn.com
Michael McLarty, Henkels & McCoy, Inc, Project Management formerly from E.ON
214.499.6966 michael.mclarty59[at]gmail.com
Russell Stephens, Chief Estimator, SRW Contracting and Paving
6724 E Railway Commons, Williamsburg, MI 49690
231.267.9750
Judy Browning, Delivery Engineer, Michigan Dept. of Transportation (MDOT)
2084 US 31 S., Ste. B., Traverse City, MI 49684
231.941.1986
Dave Helmsteader, Airport Engineer, URS
3950 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616.822.5092
Developers/Contractors/Resource Managers
Adam Cohen, Field Development Manger
E.ON Climate & Renewables North America, Inc., 812 San Antonio Suite #201, Austin, TX 78701
512.461.6918, adam.cohen[at]eon.com
Robert Podsiadlo, Account Manager, Think Resources, LLC, 60 Harvard Mill Square, MA 01880
678.969.2920 Robert_Podsiadlo[at]thinkenergygroup.com
John Periman, Project Manager, Barton Malow
26500 American Drive, Southfield, MI 48034
248.755.2019
I have listed my most current references but can supply additional references upon request. Also, I wouldn’t have any problems passing a high level security screening.
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