Gary P. Smith, P.E. Page * of *

GARY P. SMITH, P.E., CCM

Senior Engineering Project and Business Development Manager ad1mdg@r.postjobfree.com 917-***-****; Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Residence Gary is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of project, engineering, construction and railroad operations management experience. Has supervised, managed and provided capital program and project schedules, budgets, Safety. Quality and Risk Assessment programs and supports. Performed extensive monitoring and control of contractor work activities, including work site inspections, along with supervison of the coordination of flagging, track outages, work trains and access and protection. Gary has also been in charge of the development of technical and cost document packages for dozens of Request for Proposal (RFP) design, construction and administration contract bid packages. Tectonic Engineering & Land Surveying: Transportation Rail - Senior Project Manager:

(06/2019 – 05/2023) Project Manager of NYC Transit 3 station repair and renewal projects. Supervise the Resident, Office, and Field Engineers for the $140 million project and provide overall project administration. Provided construction management and inspection support for numerous other projects such as LIRR East Side Access (Grand Central Madison) fire alarm testing, City of New Rochelle sewer repair projects, NYC Metro North Grand Central Terminal new employee facilities, NYC School facilities, numerous residential and commercial buildings, and various structures. Special Inspection work performed included various foundation piles, HVAC, mechanical, energy and other construction work. Also responsible for recruitment and assessment of personnel candidates, along with development of rail project consultant design and construction management technical proposals, cost proposals and presentations for numerous hiring agencies’ request for proposals (RFP’s) bid submissions. Gary’s responsibilities also included, but was not limited to, prospective employee candidate screening, interviews and selections of applicants for hundreds of RFP positions. Gary created and maintained Tectonic’s employee master candidate spreadsheet and database containing detailed work experience, qualifications and contact information for over 350 applicants. Hiring agencies for submitted bid proposals include, but are not limited to: MTA NYC Transit, Long Island Railroad, Metro North, NJ Transit, Port Authority NYNJ. Reported directly to the Executive Vice President. Intertek / MT Group – Project Engineer: (05/2016 – 05/2019) Performed special inspections of commercial and residential building construction for compliance with building code requirements and construction documents. Provided construction, equipment, and system installation progress, testing and quality reports primarily for: foundation pile drilling/driving, rebar, underpinning, support of excavation, penetrometer soil load capacity, emergency generator, HVAC/mechanical equipment, and sprinkler systems. Also oversaw foundation pile load and reaction tests and data recording as well as providing inspection training and support to other Engineers. Special Inspection project clients included NYC School Construction Authority, NYC Parks Department, MTA Bridges & Tunnels GP SMITH CORP / ASSAI Management / Project Mgmt. Resource Group – Project Management / Inspection Engineer / Safety Compliance Officer: (10/2009 – 05/2016) Primarily performed the following special inspections of commercial building and residential equipment and systems for fulfillment of NY City Dept. of Buildings requirements: HVAC/Mechanical and Sprinkler Systems, electrical/mechanical/lighting energy code compliance, fire proofing/fire resistant penetrations & joints/fire rated construction, concrete rebar verification. Reviewed project specifications and drawings for project work completion assessment and compliance. Created detailed equipment and system installation progress and quality inspection reports. Served as the Safety Compliance Officer for multi-million dollar residential with retail building construction projects. Provided program and construction management oversight and advisory for approximately $850 million in NY City high-rise construction projects. Effectively managed all aspects of contract procurement and administration, engaging in requirements analysis, estimates, and bidding. Recruited, hired, and trained a staff of 14 cross-disciplinary professionals while implementing performance metrics and controls to motivate the highest levels of performance. EDUCATION:

Executive Construction

Management – NY State

Graduate Program

Certificate, Polytechnic

University, Brooklyn, NY

B.S. Mechanical

Engineering & Applied

Mechanics,

Old Dominion University,

Norfolk, VA

LICENSE:

Professional Engineer:

New York, #076523

ADDITIONAL

CERTIFICATIONS:

OSHA 30

NYCT Track Safety

SOFTWARE:

MS-Office Suite

ASITE Project Mgmt.

Software

AWARD:

NYCT Distinguished

Service Award

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MTA, New York City Transit (NYCT) - Construction Manager / Project Engineer: (07/1999 – 09/2009) Responsible for railroad signals and telecommunications equipment design and construction projects, with contract budgets exceeding $560 million. Major projects included a system-wide high speed fiber optic telecommunications network along with construction planning and constructability analyses for a $300 million Public Address/Customer Information Signage telecommunications system, the Jerome Line Signal System Modernization contract (which achieved substantial completion 3 months ahead of the 3 year construction schedule with more than 10% savings of the ~$60 million project budget), and the $40+ million dollar Systemwide Stop Arm Machine Cable Replacement projects (where Mr. Smith implemented work procedure innovations resulting in the project being completed 2 years ahead of the initial 4-year construction schedule) and multi-million dollars of savings. Directly supervised various personnel, including Project Engineers, Resident Engineers, Safety and Quality Managers, Project Schedulers, Project Estimators, and Construction Inspectors for a wide range of rail transit construction work.

MTA, New York City Transit (NYCT) - Director of Capital Planning & Control/Engineering Acceptance: (12/94 – 07/1999) In charge of planning, developing, monitoring, providing design & construction support, and processing contractual substantial and final completion for several hundred capital projects within NYCT’s Dept of Subways' five-year capital programs, with cumulative budgets exceeding $5 Billion. Led user/maintainer department technical and administrative efforts for various federal, state, and city funding grant applications (for third-party contractor and in-house labor projects), which required preparation of preliminary scopes of work, project master plans, order-of-magnitude project and equipment cost estimates, order-of-magnitude schedule development, and execution of cost–benefit analyses for track, signals, passenger station, power, employee facilities, communications and electrical equipment and infrastructure projects. Mr. Smith developed presentations and reports for Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) representatives for new and continued grant funding of numerous projects in preliminary design, design, construction, and closeout phases. Created NYCT’s 63rd Street to Queens Boulevard Rail Corridor Countdown Implementation Plan to facilitate FTA continued grant funding, which detailed the construction, operations and support activities required for integration. (This effort was cited by FTA executive management as “outstanding” in detail and clarity.) Spearheaded expedited development for scope / schedule / budget for the in-house labor 2nd Avenue IND Passenger Station Operating Terminal Conversion Project (associated with the Williamsburg Bridge replacement project) for which FTA grant representatives also highly praised for on-time and within budget project completion.

• As a Maintenance of Way – Infrastructure Engineering & Technical Support Manager received NYC Transit's Distinguished Service Award for outstanding management, engineering, and technical support for significantly improving maintenance and repair operations management along with excellent capital program project support including creation of equipment testing and acceptance procedures, and development of new O & M manual contract specifications.

• Jerome Line Signal System Modernization contract achieved substantial completion 3 months ahead of schedule (after taking over project that was 3 months behind schedule) with more than 10% savings of the ~$60+ million project budget.

• Implemented project work procedure innovations (under flagging protection, in lieu of dozens of diversions of service) resulting in NYC Transit Systemwide Stop Machine Cable Replacement projects being completed 2 years ahead of the initial 4-year construction schedules.

• One of 4 of the first selected Railroad Operations Superintendent Trainees, out of over 400 applicants, that successfully completed hands-on Conductor, Train Operator, Tower Operator, Dispatcher, Control Center training and work assignments. Promoted to Deputy Line Superintendent in charge of over 1,000 railroad operations employees.

• Performed successful recruitment and assessment of several hundred employee applicant candidates for dozens of submissions as technical bid proposal team members, resulting in multiple contract procurement awards.

• Successfully selected, created, and modified dozens of applicant candidate resumes, developed proposal documents, and performed administration for several selected applicants for various NY City – MTA C&D, Long Island Railroad, Metro-North, NJ Transit, Port Authority NY/NJ and other hiring agencies program and project management consultant management and administrative positions for Request for Proposals bid submissions.

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