Vinson Thompson
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** *.***
City: Kankakee
State: IL
Zip: 60901
Country: USA
Phone: 815-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: 60
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Vinson C. Thompson
1361 S. 4th
Kankakee, IL 60901
Residence 815-***-**** *********@********.*** Mobile 815-***-****
Construction Coordinator Specializing in Storm and
Sanitary Sewer Repair and Reconstruction
Construction Coordinator with 11 year experience in all phases of sanitary / storm sewer construction, repair and reconstruction. Verifiable track record with successful completion of a multitude of projects in the private and governmental sector. Objectives include coordinating with trades, developing partnerships with engineers, local officials, vendors, and clients while maintaining cost. Skills include: project estimating, document preparation, material purchasing, bid document development, site management, scheduling, project budgeting and quality control.
Areas of Expertise
* Construction Planning & Scheduling
* Vendor & Material Management
* Budget Analysis
* Job Estimating
* Safety & Compliance Management
Construction Coordinator Duties
Submit RFP's to contractors for bidding process. Reduced material, equipment and labor cost by 15-20% by negotiating and establishing competitive vendor contacts, hire, schedule, and supervised subcontractors, enforced company policies, procedures, and project safety regulations.
Education & Professional Development
* IMSA Work Zone Safety Certification Program (Safety Specialist).
* Illinois Department of Human Rights Certificate, EEO Law, Sexual Harassment Prevention, & Diversity Awareness
* 30 Hours WEFTEC Trade Shows
* 80 Hours of Underground Construction Technology Seminars
* Commercial Driver License for over 25 years with tanker endorsement, combination trailer, motorcycles
* Introduction to Construction Technology
* Versed in Microsoft windows, excel, publisher, word, office, internet, e-mail
* Currently studying to acquire class 4 wastewater treatment operator license
* Superior Truck Driver Training
Employment History
United States Army 1975
* Chrysler Corporation Machine Line Operator 1976-1977
* General Motors Corporation Mig & Spot Welder 1977-1980
Prep and weld door jams, window frames, kicker panels on automobiles
* Fesco Plastics Co. Machine Operator 1981-1983
Machine operator for plastic manufacturing of trash cans, baskets, etc.
* Sun Chemical Corporation Base Ink Processor 1983-1987
Mix powered base ink with chemicals and cook batches, perform lab samples, transfer to bins, tanks, and tanker trucks, weigh, load, break down machines for maintenance and repairs
* Superior Truck Driver Training- A.N. Webber Trucking Co. 1987-1988
Drive 18 Wheelers over the road delivering water heaters, stoves, refrigerators
* Kenny Hartman Construction Co. 1988-1990
Truck Driver and equipment operator (street router) crack and joint sealing
* City of Kankakee Collection Systems Operator 1990-2001
Field customer calls, respond to sewer backup calls, odor complaints
Respond to collapsed sewer lines, and other sewer emergencies
Respond to storm emergencies, flooding calls, system failures
Perform jetting of sanitary and storm sewers, pressure cleaning of mains
JULIE locates, lift stations operations, grease trap inspections, and testing for inflow and infiltrations
Sanitary sewer televising and inspections
* Kankakee Valley Environmental Group (Principal Owner) Director of Operations Construction Coordinator 2001-present
Inspection of sanitary and storm sewer related construction
Coordinate and schedule new construction and repairs
Respond to structural failures in sewer systems
Perform necessary duties for upholding the compliance of ordinances, policies and procedures
Use of computers in monitoring, report generating, scheduling, record keeping, e-mails, material ordering.
E-Waste site management
Abandoned property board ups
Affiliations
* Director of Operations Kankakee Valley Environmental Group LLC MBE
* Chairman Trustee Board Zion Gate Missionary Baptist Church
* Member Men's Fellowship Committee
* Executive Board Member
* Member scholarship Committee