Project Manager Engineer

Cobus Botha

**** *** ********** **** ~ Acworth, Georgia 30101

770-***-**** ~ *******@****.***

CIVIL ENGINEER

Commercial Construction ~ Project Management ~ Project Engineer

Combine astute strategic, Engineering and Project Management skills with a

14 year history of consistently completing commercial projects on time and

within budget. Collaborative leader, skilled in motivating teams to

achieve aggressive goals and objectives. Experienced estimator, able to

identify and solve impending design problems; well versed in building codes

and local regulations. Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Skilled communicator, both oral and written, able to manage trade workers,

develop partnerships and build positive relationships with architects,

engineers, local officials, suppliers and stakeholders. Multilingual,

fluent in English, Afrikaans, conversational in Spanish. Proficient in MS

Word, Excel, Highway Capacity Software, Transit and AutoCAD.

Core Competencies

Project Management Bond Releases Permitting

Blueprints/Specification Cost Estimating Site Inspections

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Customer Service AutoCAD Time Management

Quality Control Highway Capacity Software Staff Management

Budget Preparation Transit Software Structural

Analysis

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering), 1997

University of Pretoria, South Africa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SJB CONSTRUCTION ~ Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2001 - Present

Project Manager, Principal

SJB Construction was founded in 2001 and began operating as a subcontractor

for Steel Building Manufacturers throughout the United States. Projects

have ranged from 5,000 sq ft to 100,000 sq ft.

. Provided leadership and direction for all contracting, programming,

scheduling, negotiating, cost control, staffing, quality control and

delivery to the customer.

. Minimized down time by properly scheduling all jobs/functions.

. Increased company annual revenue 600% to $1.5 million over seven years

by establishing positive relationships with all new and existing

customers.

. Maintained and managed up to 20 employees.

RIBROOF METAL SYSTEMS ~ Memphis, Tennessee, USA 2000

Engineer, Designer

Ribroof Metal Systems specializes in the manufacturing and supply of

commercial steel buildings in the United States.

. Engineered building designs and prepared working drawings using

AutoCAD software.

. Designed a program to calculate quantities for Home Depot roofs in 30

minutes, saving a draftsman almost 2 days time.

. Created Material Lists and processed building orders for submission to

production and eventual shipping.

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LTA CONSTRUCTION ~ Republic of Botswana 1998 - 1999

Production Engineer and Site Agent/Supervisor

Recruited as Production Engineer and site supervisor on a construction

project in The Republic of Botswana. The project included 100 miles of

asphalt road with 10 bridge class culverts and an innovative railroad

culvert. The contractor's team included a Project Manager, Quantity

Surveyor, Surveyor, administration team of four and several foremen.

Responsibilities included:

. Coordinated communication between site foremen and the planning

office; ensured that issues were addressed quickly.

. Challenged with keeping employee morale high in such a remote part of

the world; communicated frequently, resolved problems quickly and

acted as a positive role model for all foremen and employees.

. Promoted to Site Agent within 12 months.

. Direct oversight of equipment and personnel needs; minimized site

costs.

. Established Quality Control procedures; performed duplicate material

tests to ensure limited down time.

. Developed daily, weekly and monthly schedules throughout the project;

collaborated with consultant on program revisions and updated PM

internal schedule weekly.

. Led a team effort to consolidate input from the Project Manager,

Materials Engineer and Surveyor in order to secure site work approvals

from the Managing Consultant.

. Instituted all sub-contractor programming and scheduling, to include

targeting work areas, authorizing materials used and maintaining

quality control.

V3 CONSULTING ENGINEERS ~ Pretoria, South Africa 1996 - 1997

Project Engineer

V3 is one of the largest consulting firms in South Africa. Appointed to

Traffic Engineering department in Pretoria to provide technical assistance

to the Project Managers. Subsequently, was promoted to Project Engineer.

Projects included:

. Developed proposals and traffic impact studies of developments, for

city councils and private developers throughout South Africa using

Highway Capacity and Transit software.

. Authored a thesis on "Delay at over-saturated signalized

intersections", 1997.

Professional Organizations

South African Institution of Civil Engineers, Graduate Member

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