ALEXANDER GRAUER
*********@*****.*** Palo Alto, CA 943**-***-*** 9314
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Quality Focused Construction
Highly skilled Individual with experience working on residential, commercial, and self-designed construction projects. Expertise in planning construction projects, defining scopes of work, managing material lists and labor costs. Contributor to the importance of safety initiatives to improve occupational safety goals and mitigate safety hazards.
Hands on experience in all facets of residential and commercial construction, including remodeling and renovations
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Cement Mason & Finisher
Blueprint & Schematic Interpreting
Inventory Management
Metal & Wood Framing
Every Floor Covering Installation
Microsoft Office Suite
Site Safety Management
3 Types of Roofing Installation
Electrical
Plumbing
Carpenter
Drywalling
CONSTRUCTION ACHIEVEMENTS
Helped in constructing more than 170 custom and track residential homes with 75 homes being with Habitat for Humanity from start to finish with each house built, extensively trained in each trade.
Experienced 2 years as a lead Carpenter, supervised 1 carpenter and 4 laborers. Followed with inspecting of all of their work and made creative quick ways to fix situations that arose. Defined key success factors for carpentry crew. Such as project management, resource planning, strategies, and to go over any OSHA safety standards.
Estimated costs, times, and materials required for meeting construction project deadlines.
Devised safety management initiatives and maintained an accident-free workplace for 20 years now.
WORK HISTORY
2012 – Present Handyman
Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines.
Prepare and submit budget estimates, present progress reports or cost tracking reports.
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the constructions or repairs of houses interiors/exteriors.
Provide ingenious solutions and preventative actions to help preserve one’s quality of area, living or work.
2015 – 2016 SAMTRANS
Efficiently and effectively scheduled work order requests, assisted in arranging of corporate meetings (sound checks/seat placements).
Performed the following duties: Replacing ballasts, lights, outlets and fuses, taking trash out to cleaning a whole room out, clearing out offices and moving things in for new officials, Painting, Drywall and constant maintenance of personal relationships to keep things going very smoothly in the workplace.
2011 – 2013 YOUNGER BROS
Erect walls, apply correct bracing, make for beams over windows and doors of different sized openings, make for beams, plumb and square off walls, sheathing outside walls, subfloors, Anchor walls, hurricane ties, fire blocking and backing inspections.
2010 – 2011 3G CONSTRUCTION
Erect walls, apply correct bracing, make for beams over windows and doors of different sized openings, make for beams, plumb and square off walls, sheathing outside walls, subfloors, Anchor walls, hurricane ties, fire blocking and backing inspections.
2009 – 2010 A.J. DECKER
Installed the following interior and exterior fixtures: Decorational beams, Ceiling planks, custom wooden interiors, installation of luxury hardware, stained doors and trim.
2008 – 2009 UNION #408
Paint grade trim installation, Cabinet installation, and Cabinetry.
2007 – 2008 MCARTHUR DOORS & TRIM
Paint grade trim and door installation.
2006 – 2007 STONE IMPRESSIONS
Applied a thin layer of white cement, with a nonstick spray added I stamped partly wet cement with stamp of three different style coatings (Flagstone, Slate and Granite), waited for it to dry, grind grout lines with angle grinder, sand down partial mountain tops to cement material, took custom-colored grouts and could make 3 different styling patterns that would go throughout the whole area.
2005 – 2006 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Helped as a learning apprentice for the following occupations: Carpenter, Cement Mason, Plumber, Electrician, Roofer, Drywaller, Painter and Stucco. I was also trained to use a Forklift in this endeavor.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Web Design Programming
Site Safety Management
Stone Impression Coatings
Small & Large Forklift
Inventory Management
MIG, TIG & Gas Welding
Scissor Lift
Plastering
Project Management