About
With eleven years of Project Management & Civil Engineering Design experience. I have gained a wide-ranging knowledge in designing engineered structures, including buildings, roads, parking lots, drainage structures, utilities, and subdivision plats. I have been given the responsibility for a number of projects pertaining to educational, municipal, county and private industry. Throughout my professional career, I have been involved in the areas of project management and civil engineering designs.
Experience
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Project Manager
Hinojosa Engineering, Inc. ·
Aug 2012 –
Present
12 yrs 4 mos
Mission, TX, USA
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to owners and design team in a timely and clear fashion.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with design team members and owners.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals and observations reports.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.
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Design engineer
Hinojosa Engineering, Inc. ·
Aug 2007 –
Present
17 yrs 4 mos
Mission, TX, USA
• Production of drainage report
• Design of runoff, detention and hydraulic calculations
• Design of storage volume calculations
• Design of pipe and inlet capacities
• Design of Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL)
• Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer
• Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system
• Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
• Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation
• Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications
• Prepare reports and document project activities and data
• Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, and other topographical or geologic data to plan projects
• Plan, design and draft transportation or hydraulic systems and structures, following construction and government standards, using design software and drawing tools
• Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, and material stress factors to determine design specifications
• Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards
• Direct construction, operations, and maintenance activities at project site
• Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility
• Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications
• Attending meetings: Pre-Bid, Pre-Construction, Weekly-Biweekly Construction Meetings, Weekly-Biweekly Progress Reports, Weekly-Biweekly Observation Reports and complete final walk-thru of completed projects.
Education
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South Texas College
Bachelor of Science, Organizational Leadership
2015 – 2017
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South Texas College
Associates Degree, Architectural and Engineering Technology
2004 – 2006