Structural Steel Overhead Crane

Kevin M. Godwin

Professional Cover Letter & Resume

*** ******* *****, ************, ******* 35078

Phone: 678-***-****

E-Mail: ************@*****.***

Dear, Potential Employer,

My goal is to work for a company that values the dedication of an experienced construction leader. I thrive in knowing I can surpass projected goals. I look forward to seeing results from my efforts. I pride myself in being a hard worker and a problem solver. I love to review all task and analyze them to see if there is a safer, and more productive way to accomplish all task. A dedicated team can find ways of any condition or situation on a project and orchestrate the outcome, and contribute cost-effective methods to obtain the final results. I realize that most employees also desire to feel the same feeling of contribution. I know that getting employees involved, they will take ownership and take more pride in their quality of work, they work safer and are more productive employees when they know they are part of the team. I strive to ensure all craft and craft supervision know and see they have the same opportunities of contribution as myself. I want them to go home each day knowing that they made a difference and feeling that satisfaction. They are the main key of success on any project. I’m am very safety oriented and I don’t place schedule or quality before zero incidents. I believe zero incidents are very much attainable by the decisions we make. In turn it is just our culture of habits that we need to work on changing. Changing a person or groups habits should be approached in a positive manner. It is human nature for us to retain and buy into personal change when the changes are delivered to us in a positive manner. Some have a hard time accepting change in a positive manner. Most every company today invests a lot of money to teach & train their employees safe work practices, policies and procedures. However, the KEY to a safe worker’s cultural development is accomplished by helping them learn to be open minded to change. That culture will also teach them to develop safer decision-making skills. I myself have always been interested in furthering my education in any way that will enhance my skills, and that makes me a more valuable employee. I am a highly motivated leader that also that is determined that all obstacles can be moved, or strategies developed to work around them. Mentoring craft to develop that same culture and hold each other accountable that will make huge impacts in our industry now and in the future.

These are some bullet points that I believe are important to execute a successful and safe project.

•Every employee needs to know their role of what is expected of them, don’t make them guess.

•When every employee is given the opportunity for input involving a task, they will be more involved in striving to reach the goal.

•A positive attitude by supervision in any situation sets the tone for all employees to follow and they will.

•Training and development of your employees pays for itself in time.

•Everyone must be held accountable for their performance has it relates to their position & knowledge.

•A main key to success is to be confident that your employees and frontline supervision are trained & qualified to perform the task not only safely, but including a high standard of quality as the end result.

•If crews aren’t given a voice to input their thoughts and suggestions they will not be fully focused as a team, and they will not be aware of all the hazards around them.

•When enforcing rules, policies and procedures you have to be stern and consistent without demeaning the employee. • You get better results as a leader than reminding them who’s the boss.

Thank you for your time and consideration in choosing me to be a part of the success and of your company.

Sincerely,

Kevin Godwin

KEVIN M. GODWIN

Construction & Maintenance Professional

www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-godwin-a382311 / ************@*****.*** 678-***-****

I have a solid & proven ability to plan, execute and oversee the construction of various designs of plant facilities, buildings and structures including structural steel, welding, fabrication, setting of plant equipment and other discipline scopes of work. This includes both commercial & heavy industrial sectors. Emerging through multi discipline trades, I have served at the craft level working up to management. I am very knowledgeable in troubleshooting for design errors, vendor fabrication errors, and installation errors, verifying code compliance, specifications of equipment storage preventive maintenance & installation requirements. I am very versed on the normal construction procedures of RFI submittals, including non-conformance & recommendations for engineering dispositions. I have a strong background in pre-construction phase planning, including performing constructability studies, working together with design engineers with input on design solutions that prove to be safer and cost-effective during construction. I am very detailed in augmenting opportunities to eliminate or reduce safety hazards, mitigation of hazards whilst supporting productivity. I have thirty-eight years in the construction trades from commercial office buildings, hospitals, parking decks. On the heavy industrial side, I am very experienced performing outage maintenance and new builds of foundries, pulp & paper mills, quarries, mining facilities including power generation plants, nuclear, natural gas, wood, trash, coal and renewable energy projects. My overall experience has paved the way for my opportunities to work project pursuits, planning, writing execution plans, and client presentations. I have performed many portions of the project estimates, including projected direct & indirect man-hours, durations, equipment needs, tooling & training of manpower.

CERTIFICATIONS OBTAINED

40 HR HAZWOPER Certification, 30 HR & 10Hr OSHA Training, NCCER Master Trainer, NCCER Craft Instructor, NCCER Ironworker Plus Certified, NCCER Rigging Plus Certified, Confined Space & High Angle Rescue Certification with 40 Hour & 16 Hour Refresher, MSHA Trainer, CPR/First Aid & AED, Canadian Mining Certification Program (CMCP), Crane Institute of America Certified Lift Director, Mobile Crane Safety, Assembly & Dis-assembly, and Train the Trainer.

TECHNIQAL SKILLS & TRAINING

Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word & PowerPoint Presentations, Navis Works Freedom Model Review Managing Projects using P6 EPPM 8.2, Architectural & Mechanical Drafting, Material Management Software,

Smart Plant Model, Acrobat Pro, Auto Desk DWG Viewer, Bluebeam Software, Safety Management Software.

SUPPORTING PUBLICATIONS

In 2011, I was invited to set on the authoring team as an SME to revise the NCCER Ironworking Level 3 Training Curriculum, revised from the 1st Edition to the now current 2nd Edition.

In 2011, I was primary lead in writing a book for PCL’s College of Construction. Titled the Development of Project Execution Plans.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Jim Oxendine - Civil Discipline Lead @ Southern Company Generation- 334-***-****

Josh Randall - Crane & Rigging Manager @PCL Industrial Construction- 770-***-****

John Smith - General Superintendent @PCL Industrial Construction- 770-***-****

Carlos Herrera – Site Manager/Quartz Solar Site @ RWE- 561-***-****

Steve Benton -Safety Manager /Quartz Solar Site @ RWE-225-***-****

Last 13 Year Work History (All 42 Years Experience Available Upon Request)

Wanzek Construction

1/30/23 to Current

Quartz Solar Project Wynne Arkansas

Site Manager

Responsibilities included managing self-perform of all discipline site activities on a 175MW solar site including civil roads, PV mechanical, above and below ground of all electrical including setting of all Inverters. Preparing the full project execution plan prior to site mobilization. Monitoring Safety, Quality. Tracking schedule, budget. I am the main liaison with the owner (RWE) which also has a Site Manager and Safety Rep. Continually identifying risk and opportunities, including schedule constraints with late material deliveries and current site logistics.

Borrego Solar

2/22/2022 to 1/20/23

Blue Harvest Solar Park Project, Continental OH.

Site Manager

Responsibilities included managing all discipline site activities on a 75MW solar site including civil roads, fencing, 39kv substation, PV mechanical, above and below ground of all electrical including setting of all Inverters. Monitoring Safety, Quality. Tracking schedule, budget. I am the main liaison with the owner which also has a Site Manager and discipline leads.

Signal Energy Constructors

6/2021 to 11/2021

Blythe Mesa II Solar & Battery Storage Project, Blythe CA.

Construction Manager

Main responsibilities in managing all LNTP work including 110k + ft. of Desert Tortious Fencing and Security Fencing for a 235MW Solar & 100MW Battery Storage Project. Also working with the preconstruction & engineering team with constructability means & methods of the project. Identifying risk and opportunities, including schedule constraints with material deliveries and site logistics.

Primoris Renewable Energy

11/2020 to 4/2021

St. James Solar Farm Vacherie LA.

Construction Manager

Main responsibilities in managing construction activities including schedule and budget for a 35MW bifacial panel solar power generation plant. This entailed daily meetings with field teams discussing construction progress, site safety performance and any quality issues. Overseen all underground AC and DC installations, above ground DC, setting of inverters, all mechanical solar arrays. Worked with design teams on field equipment problems including constructability issues as well as vendor deliverables.

Supported the procurement teams with information for to purchase permanent plant equipment and consumables needed for project execution.

Helped lead the team to meet successful on time commissioning.

Renewable Energy Systems

4/2017 to 4/2020

Construction Manager

I was over the complete turnkey of each project including the safe execution. Responsibilities include contractor’s safety, quality, schedule, cost and budget. I supported the procurement teams, my piers & engineering to write Scopes of Work and RFP’s for the work. Building & maintaining client relationships, with all stakeholders including the owner/client. Responsible for all site construction management & safety management. Overall leading, teaching & mentoring a zeroincident safety record attaining a TRIR of 1.0 and below. The main scopes of work were the erection of the battery storage buildings and containers not limited to components including, HVAC, electrical, fire suppression, inverters, biofiltration systems, installation of substations, switchgears & transformers. My duties also included supporting commissioning and project closeout. I also served as a company lift director, writing & reviewing crane and rigging lift plans.

Renewable Energy Systems Project History:

Construction Manager

12/19 to 3/20

San Diego Gas & Electric/ 40MW/120MWHR Top Gun Energy Storage

5/2019 to 11/2019

Glidepath Prospect 10MW/40MWHR Prospect Energy Storage

10/2018 to 5/2019

CPS 10MW/40MWHR Energy Storage & 15MW/HR

Solar 10/2017 to 9/2018

Vista Energy Storage/ LS Power, Vista CA. 40MW/30MWH Energy Storage

4/2017 to 9/2018

Rattlesnake Wind Farm- Melvin TX. 64 X 2.5MW Turbines

Southern Company Generation 1/2014 to 4/2017

Vogtle Nuclear Plant Unit 3&4 Waynesboro GA

I served a few different roles as the client changed contractors for various reasons. I was mainly responsible for the Unit 3 Annex Structural Steel Erection & Equipment placement. I supported my team to ensure construction activities executed met the goals and objectives of the project design requirements and customer satisfaction. I worked hard to ensure that all assigned scopes were executed in a safe manner and within the defined schedule, quality and technical baselines. The grassroots project requires complex training to maintain strict guidelines for adherence to Nuclear Safety & Quality. I constantly coordinated manpower; manpower training & equipment needs per the requirements of the resource-loaded schedule. My main responsibility was to keep employees properly trained and with the resources needed to keep them safe without injury. I was tasked as normal and wrote the Structural Steel Execution plan that explained how the structural steel would be erected and the interfaces of equipment installation through the erection activities. I also wrote the Safety Job Risk Analysis for all task, hazards and safety mitigation. My positions on this project are listed below.

Construction Engineering Manager I

Fluor Enterprises

Sr. Site Superintendent III

Westinghouse Electric (WECTEC)

Site Superintendent III

CB&I

PCL INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION

2009 to 2014

PCL Projects:

Black & Veatch/PCL Joint Venture

Louisville Gas &Electric/Can Run NGCC Unit 7 Combined Cycle Project/Louisville KY.

HRSG Boiler & Structural Steel Superintendent

Reasonability’s included the Erection of a Heat Recovery Steam Generation Boiler (HRSG), overseeing the

Ironworkers & Boilermakers. Constructability studies, scheduling of steel and equipment deliveries for the Turbine Building, HRSG, and pipe racks. I worked in the offices of both engineering firms during the pre-bid phase on the construction execution planning. Reviewing vendor design requirements, scheduling of the erection. Oversite for the HRSG Boiler, I wrote the Steel Erection Plan and prepared JHA's for both craft to follow in their daily task execution.

PCL- Duke Energy/ Mayo ZLD Project/Roxboro NC

General Superintendent

Responsible for the construction of the Zero Liquidation Discharge Project on Duke Energy's coal fired plant. Duties included pre-construction development supporting the estimating team, writing the construction execution plan. Supported construction storage lay-down, craft parking, utilities to include office complex, warehouse, tool rooms and craft facilities. Supporting all superintendents over the Civil, Structural, Piping, Millwright and Electrical Craft disciplines. Served as the primary customer interface for construction to provide the assigned team members the leadership, management and support needed to ensure construction activities executed met the goals and objectives of the project and the customer. I was responsible for tracking cost and cost overruns and providing documentation to support added cost not included in the target budget.

PCL- Agrium Pot Ash Mine Upgrades /JV. Vault/ SNC Lavalin / PCL J.V.

Saskatoon SK Canada

Outage General Superintendent

This project was a Joint Venture project partnered with SNC Lavalin and PCL.

I was as assigned to the job to perform the construction execution planning of the design changes and upgrades for the Agrium Potash Mine Project including the areas of the head frame tower structural steel and hoist change. Responsible for coordinating work activities and schedule all craft trades working the head frame and the associated conveyor galleries including the 2012, 2013 & 2014 scheduled tie-in outages. I worked in the SNC Lavalin office in Toronto Canada to study and understand the full scope of the project including each outage scope of work and then was able to support design with input and constructability options and that would support the overall design and construction to support a cost effective and safe project. Wrote the execution plan and built the level 2 schedule for all three outages.

PCL & Kiewit, JV CPS, JT Deely Unit 2 SCR Retrofit Project, San Antonio, TX

General Superintendent

This was a great and challenging project. Our competitive bid approach was to use half of the existing Electrostatic Precipitator Support Steel and perform the Structural steel modifications & structural steel upgrades to mitigate the demolition of the complete structure. Which would have created additional cost and risk of the underground utilities that supported other Units. I was assigned to the Kiewit office for six months and Interfaced with Babcock & Wilcox to help with constructability and design of the flue gas duct connections and support steel. This approach was the concept that won the award for the competitive bid and prepared it to be a successful project. Responsible for the construction execution of a B&W design SCR for the 550 MW Coal Burner Unit systems included structural steel modifications to existing steel, erection of 1000 plus tons structural steel, 1100 tons of SCR duct, damper installation, ammonia injection system and all supporting equipment, mechanical piping, electrical duct banks and civil activities. Before arriving onsite, I came up with the concept to have the large sectional duct fabricated offsite that reduced the safety risk for onsite fabrication and this concept was supported by my management team. This concept proved to be very cost effective for the project. These concepts among others with the support of the team, helped make this a very successful project.

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