JUAN G. SANTAMARIA
Commercial Construction Manager, B.S. Civil Engineering
1481 Leisure Lake Lane, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30044 • Home: (678) 344-7846 • Cell: (404) 432-5775 •Email: jgsta1[at]hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Major experience includes work in the projects construction management. Some of my major skills and qualifications are:
• Bilingual skills (Fluent in English and Spanish)
• Commercial and residential Construction Management
• Standing Seam Metal Roofing Management
• Commercial and Residential Estimating Construction
• Highways and roads construction
• Surveying
• Supervision in the laying of Natural Gas Networks
• Drafting (Interpretation, visualization and reading of blue prints and drawings)
• Strong Computer skills (MS Office: Project, Word, Excel, and Power Point among others: Max View, Isqft, etc.)
• Self-motivated, fast learner, and innovated with excellent team building skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager – Saco Systems, Inc. Architectural Metals for New and Retrofit Construction (Mar 2006 – Present)
Management and control of multiple projects for shop and site fabrications for installation of structural metal roofing products. Close working relationship with many Architects, Contractors, Home Owners and Building Owners throughout the region. Suwanee, Georgia
Key Achievements:
• Handling projects in all stages for subcontracting from bidding to closing.
• Identifying resources needed and assigning individual responsibilities.
• Managing day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects and scope of works.
• Effectively apply company’s methodology and enforcing project standards.
• Preparing engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
• Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
Quality Control Engineer - United Technologies Corporation (UTC) (Jan 2003 – Mar 2006)
Controlled hermetic tests in Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Remanufactured compressors. Carlyle-Carrier division. Stone Mountain, Georgia
Key Achievements:
• Provided engineering of values to improve the procedures and methods of compressor’s assembly.
• Verified every compressor was built in order to comply with the most stringent internationally recognized safety standards.
Assistant Project Manager - TSP Construction Ltd. Jul 1997 – Jan 2000
Assisted the general manager with company’s commercial construction operations and office procedures. This included project organization, supervision permits, insurance, project meetings, cash flow; purchasing, subcontractors, project communication, shop drawings, contract modifications, project records, quality control, substitutions, and contract close out. Barranquilla, Colombia
Key Achievements:
• Administered projects and rebuilt sections of seven miles of roads.
• Contracted and supervised machine rentals of 27½ tons telescope crane.
• Drafted Architectural and Civil drawings.
• Supervised dump trucks transportation.
• Built superstructure of five (5) story building for Architectural faculty at the Atlantic university in Barranquilla City.
• Built and assembled of Wireless tower (shell and tower). Located in Barranquilla City for Celumovil S.A. (Former Colombian wireless Company).
Project Engineer - Universal Equipment Ltd., & Castro Tcherassi Ltd. Consortium, Dec 1996 – Jun 1997, Supervised the upgrade of the North Freeway and Seventh Street in Bogotá. Bogota, Colombia.
Key Achievements:
• Managed the application of asphalt concrete on the North Road Development Project in Bogotá - DEVINORTE.
• Project delivered with a daily intensity of three shifts (7 am to Midnight), seven days a week. Daily average of minimum 471 cubic yards of asphalt concrete.
• Successfully delivered project’s first stage under project schedule in six months.
Utilities Superintendent – Group Garcia Ltd. Consortium, Dec 1994 – Dec 1996, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Superintendent of Gases of the Caribbean S.A., Utility services company in the laying of natural gas networks in the Atlantic north coast of Colombia.
Key Achievements:
• Developed internal affairs and supervision for the company; therefore, implemented the use of Superintendence Manual of Natural Gas Network and Accessories Installation
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Strength Materials’ Instructor – University Corporation of the Coast – CUC. Engineering faculty, industrial, electrical, & electronic programs
• Surveying Instructor Assistant – University Corporation of the Coast – CUC. Engineering faculty, civil and environmental programs. Assisted with Surveying practice I and II. Supported instructor’s classes and supervised assignments and tasks.
• Private Tutor/Instructor - Taught private lessons to high school and college students in algebra, trigonometry, Surveying, and calculus, among others.
EDUCATION
• Master of Science in Construction. Next to start in Spring 2010 - Southern Polytechnic State University, Mar 2010 – Jun 2012, Smyrna, Georgia.
• Commercial Construction Management. Associate Degree-Gwinnett Technical College, Jul 2005 – Jun 2007, Lawrenceville, Georgia.
• English as a Second Language (ESL). Georgia Institute of Technology, Language Institute, Georgia Tech. Sep 2000 – Jul 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Graduate Program: Specialization in Construction Project Management. University of Cartagena, Aug 1996 – Dec1998, Barranquilla, Colombia.
• Bachelor’s Science Degree in Civil Engineering-BSCE. University Corporation of the Coast – CUC, Jan1990 – Jul1995, Barranquilla, Colombia.
CERTIFICATES
• Commercial Construction Contract Administrator - Gwinnett Technical College-Lawrenceville, GA
• Commercial Construction Building Inspector - Gwinnett Technical College- Lawrenceville, GA
• Commercial Construction Estimator - Gwinnett Technical College-Lawrenceville, GA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• American Society of Civil Engineers (S.M. ASCE)
• Gwinnett Tech Commercial Construction Guild (GTCCG)
• National Honor Society (NHS)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Strong experience using the computer programs in academic and professional environment: Microsoft Office 2007 under Window’s Vista. Advanced knowledge in estimating software, Internet, software and peripheral hardware.
• MS Word 2007
• MS Excel 2007
• MS Outlook 2007
• MS Access 2007
• MS PowerPoint 2007 MS Project 2007
• Adobe Acrobat
• Basic Knowledge in AutoCAD 2003
• Reed Connect
• Max View
• ISQFt
REFERENCES
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