Benjamin Kwong

WORK EXPERIENCE

Mission Materials Co. (A Kiewit Company), Phoenix, AZ November 2007 – March 2009

District Environmental Manager / Assistant Plant Manager / Safety & Training Coordinator

• Responsible for company-wide environmental compliance.

• Manage aggregate mining, asphalt production, and mineral aggregate production.

• Generate annual emissions, dewatering, and Tier II reporting.

• Facilitate performance testing of Hot Mix Asphalt Plants.

• Obtain permits for mining exemptions, commercial material sources, general air quality, well ownership, mine reclamation plans, and dust control.

• Manage sales accounts successfully.

• Coordinate annual operating and capital budget projects.

• Participate in monthly operations reporting meeting.

• Monitor financial controls and participate in site environmental assessments and monthly inventory calculations.

• Assist management with in-situ reserves procurement and acquisition process.

• Schedule and assist personnel in weekly safety meetings, opacity certification, and MSHA annual refresher training.

• Environmental committee member for ARPA, AGC, and West Valley Mining District.

Rinker Materials, Phoenix, AZ June 2003 – November 2007

Ready Mix Operations Manager / Transportation Manager (promoted November 2006)

• Specialize in production optimization and efficiency of concrete production plant.

• Manage high volume projects.

• Manage ready mix business personnel.

• Maintain direct customer relationships.

Operational Improvement Program Analyst (promoted March 2005)

• Facilitate improvement and cost reduction for western states.

• Formulate methods to increase revenue.

• Review and evaluate profit and loss reports.

• Monitor capital projects expenditure from proposals to closures.

• Track actual operational improvement process results versus targets.

• Participate in site evaluations across western states.

Management Trainee

• Develop and deliver a wide variety of tasks for the Engineering and Environmental Manager.

• Budget and manage concrete batch plant construction.

• Develop mining plans for various locations in the Metro Phoenix area.

• Calculate annual in-situ reserve estimates for western states.

• Review crushing and screening operations and reclamation plans for various sites in the Metro Phoenix area.

• Administer permitting for various applications and operations.

• Budget high profile demolition and remodel project.

CDI Engineering Services (A Honeywell Contractor), Phoenix, AZ January 2001 – October 2002

Engineer Level I / Engineer Level II

• Manage external hardware inventories for the AS900 gas turbine engine project.

• Create documents for assembly and test instruction.

• Supervise component build and performance test on assigned engine.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Ellipse

• SAP

• Command

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Windows 9X, XP, and Vista

EDUCATION

Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona

Bachelor of Science, General Studies Graduated December 2000

Emphasis in Engineering

Minor in Mathematics

Western International University Phoenix, Arizona

Post graduate classes in pursuance of MBA 2002-2003

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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