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This page represents purely our opinion, or at least the author's (Bill,Damian and Mort don't necessarily agree!), on trends, practices andevents in the Engineering, Procurement (or Project Management,

depending on where you work), Construction Management andMaintenance industry. We share it with the wish that it stimulate useful

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The following pages show examples of real resumes, written by realpeople who have been successfully reviewed by major corporations.The applicants who wrote these resumes were chosen for interview; most

received offers.

Note differences in Headings and categories. However each resume iswell formatted, with lots of white space, good contrast and very easy toread.

Good Resume example #1 of 3

NameAddressPhone and e-mail contact

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Company Name, City, StateProject Engineer April 2010- January 2013Lead project engineer for numerous rural State community infrastructureprojects. Projects included civil site design; project document (plans /specifications) development; client bidding assistance; projectpermitting; construction administration and construction (substantial /final) completion inspection. Projects ranged from rural roadimprovements, bridge replacements and pedestrian trails to waterutilities, wastewater utilities, school upgrades and fuel supply facilitiesand varied in size from $150K to $25M. These projects required site

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visits to identify project scope and site requirements for the developmentof project plans and specifications. Prior to construction, coordinatedinternal and external projects, both in the office and field, reviews forquality control and conformance with original project scope. Duringconstruction, was responsible for inspection of facilities, verification ofcontractor payment requests and reporting current project status ofprogress and budget performance to client and engineeringmanagement.

Notable Accomplishments: Lead project engineer for the Local NameCommunity Water and Wastewater Facility. This proposed $20M utilityproject included design services consisting of a community survey,value engineering evaluation/feasibility, community presentation,preliminary design and utility business plan development. Thesedocuments were utilized for prioritization of State and Federal funding forthe final design and construction of this community water/wastewaterutility.

Company Name, City, StateCivil Engineer July 2007- April 2010Engineering design assistance and project lead for several projects in

rural Staten communities. Projects included civil site design; utilitypipeline design; project document (plans / specifications) development;client bidding assistance; project permitting; construction administrationand construction (substantial / final) completion inspection. A majority ofthese projects were for energy related community infrastructureimprovements and ranged in size from $50K to $6.8M.Developed a comprehensive working knowledge of regulatory agencyrequirements and established numerous agency contacts.

Notable Accomplishments: Lead project engineer for the Local NameSchool District (LNSD), Wastewater Treatment Plant projects. Thesecombined $6.8M facilities included design and construction services for

the installation, at three LNSD School sites, of Membrane Bio-Reactor(MBR) wastewater treatment plants for wastewater treatment and disposalat these facilities. This included coordination between A&E discipl ines,MBR manufacturer and regulatory agencies during design reviews andimplementation of comments into final construction documents for bidpurposes. Assisted the client with project RFPs, contract administration,evaluation of contractor RFIs, COs and A&Es DCNs, SCNs. Evaluatedsubmitted value engineering proposals for conformance with projectoriginal requirements, scope and documentation. This project wasextremely complex in its application of cutting edge technology, whichrequired an overall knowledge of other engineering disciplines along withincorporating client/management/agency directives during the design

and construction effort.

Company Name, City, StateCity, StateCivil Engineer November 2004 April 2007Primary review and approval authority of civil site development plans forenvironmental compliance. Responsible for overall Engineering Sectionplan review information management/communications within the City ofCityName and the development community. Additional ly, was theresponsible City Project Manager for the design/construction of drainagebasin capital improvement projects and assisted Public WorksDepartment with design/construction services during various


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maintenance projects. Aided developers in meeting Local, State andFederal environmental regulations that pertained to their projects.Worked under the direction of the Assistant City Engineer(Environmental Section), assisted with implementation of NPDESConstruction General Permit and MS4 Phase II certification.Implemented standards for environmental regulatory compliance usedby the local development community. As a delegated environmentalreview entity, worked with the State of State Name to meet therequirements it imposed on the city.

Notable Accomplishments: Created the Permit Engineering ReviewTracking System (PERTS) for the Engineering Department. This web-based system was used to track project review status, report on reviewmetrics and create electronic records of community developmentprojects.

Company Name, City, StateCivil Engineer May 2003 September 2004Assisted company staff civil engineers with their engineering tasks andproject management duties. Tasks involved developing initial projectproposals, tracking of project budget performance, and assistance with

production of construction documents for public/commercial sitedevelopment projects. Worked with the State of State and Municipality ofCityName officials with the project permitting process and updatedcompany knowledge of EPA Clean Water Act requirements. This workspecifically focused on industrial/construction storm water managementand spill control and countermeasures. Developed company standardspecifications to meet project storm water permitting requirements andprovided training/consulting services to developers concerningregulatory compliance.

Company Name, City, StateSystem Advisor/Systems Analyst June 1994 - April 2003

As part of ClientName Pipeline Service Companys program tooutsource computer services, joined CTG in approximately June of1994. As a Systems Advisor, was a lead technical and business analystand was responsible for initial software design/feasibility proposals,implementation and maintenance of engineering and surveyingcomputer systems. Was also responsible to work with clients to establishproject requirements, deliverables and worked with technical staff todeliver the software products and documentation.

As a Systems Analyst, functioned as a lead and team member of theApplication Maintenance Group which supported and maintainedengineering and surveying applications for the ClientName Pipeline

Service Company. Developed software processes and manualprocedures to handle and track work maintaining these applications.

Notable Accomplishments: During the year 2000 (Y2K) project forClientName Pipeline Service Company, functioned as a RemediationTeam Lead. The project scope was to make sure all date relatedinformation was compliant with the upcoming change of the century. Thisinvolved the assessment, remediation, coordination and testing ofnumerous engineering and other computer applications. This was a verycomplex project due to the number of departments affected and thetechnical requirements of each of these computer applications.Regularly reported project progress, schedule and budget performance


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to management.

Company Name, City, StateBusiness System Analyst /Civil Engineer-Land Surveyor 1981-1994During employment with ClientName Pipeline Service Company (Trans-State Pipeline) held two different job positions. Initial position held wasas a Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor working specifically in the companysEngineering Department. As part of ClientName Pipeline Service

Companys program to outsource engineering services, I transferred tothe Computer Services Department sometime in 1988. As a BusinessSystems Specialist, supported surveying, engineering, environmentaland operational computer systems; acted as the Engineering andEnvironmental departments liaison for software development,coordination, support, training and documentation.

As a Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor, worked and managed SurveyDepartment projects, coordinated office staff, and tracked costs incurredby ClientName contractor personnel. Primary responsibility was datagathering and reporting for the Trans-State Pipeline below groundmonitoring and stabilization program. During the companies MP 200

pipeline reroute project was responsible for the redesign of a two milesegment of the HwyName Highway crossing over the newly reroutedportion of the Trans-State Pipeline near the RivName River.

Notable Accomplishments: Created the Survey Data ManagementSystem (SDM) for field data collection, office computer installation, andimplementation of software packages and programming for specialneeds. Trained personnel on the usage of these systems and createdthe first interface between this application and the IBM MainframeEngineering Data Management database (EDM) for automated dataexchange.

EDUCATION:University of State CityName 2004 to 2012 (for continuing education)B.S. Civil Engineering StateName State University, CityName 1981SchlName Junior College 1973 to 1975

Professional Licensing:Professional Civil Engineer StateName (CE 00000), 2008 to Present;Professional Civil Engineer StateName (Application CurrentlyPending Board Review/Approval)

Professional Certifications:Stormwater Plan Review Inspector (#0002), StateName DHEC

(expired June 2011)Construction Documents Technologist (CDT), ConstructionSpecification Institute (CSI)Land Surveyor-in-Training (LSIT), StateName (#0000)Engineer-in-Training (EIT/FE), StateName (#00000)

SOFTWARE TRAINING AND EXPERTISE: AutoCAD , HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HEC-1, EPA SWMM, ArcGIS,HTML, ASP, JavaScript, Visual Basic, MS Office Products, MS Access and MS Project. IBM mainframe andHP desktop software.


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Good Resume Example #2 of 3

Name Addresse-mail City, State, Zip Phone Contact_____________________________________________________________________

DISTINGUISHING QUALIFICATIONS

Over 24 years of extensive experience in the heavy highway constructionindustry from project management to estimating. Particular expertise intransportation projects including those in the heavy concrete and bridgeconstruction area with projects ranging from repairs to segmental bridgeconstruction. Also involved in estimating and negotiating numerousdesign build and P3 pursuits throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Workwith the executives on a go, no-go decision pertaining to the manyprojects the business development department tracks down. Set up theestimate structure once the decision to go is made with the HCSSsoftware and the P6 scheduling software and manage the estimate

creation from start to final close out.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Estimator: Company A, location. (2010 to Present)Work activities are relative to the overseeing of the EstimatingDepartment of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, reporting directly to theChief Estimator. Projects include highway infrastructure, airport runwaywork, sewage treatment plants, and design/build projects in theStateName, StateName, Delaware, West StateName and Kentuckyregions. Directly supervise five estimators and manage all estimates

that are generated in this office. The estimates generated range in valuefrom $5,000,000 to $1.3 bill ion.

Chief Estimator: Company B, location. (2008 to 2010)Responsibility was centered in the overall operation and success of theEstimating Department. Assistance was given to the President of thecompany in determining market conditions, setting bid parameters, andguiding the global direction and function of the company. The focus ofbids was in the bridge rehabilitation, concrete repair area with projects inthe $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 range. Continued the use of HCSSEstimating Software in this role and attended the HCSS Advanced Usersmeeting in Houston in 2009.

Chief EstimatorStructures: Company C, location. (1998 to 2008)From 2001 to 2008, work activities concentrated on the formulation ofhard bid project estimates for large infrastructure projects in theStateName and StateName highway market. Responsibi lities includedproject identification and procurement, vendor and subcontractorsolicitation, detailed plan take offs, and the formulation of a projectestimate using the HCSS Estimating Software package.Responsibilities also included supervising and training junior levelestimators. From 1998 to 2001 was responsible for overall managementof various structural projects in the companys central and northernStateName markets including the PrkwayName Parkway and the


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IntName Interchange Phase 2/3.

Project Manager: Company D, location. (1996 to 1998)Responsibilities included material purchase and buyout after award ofproject, issuance of purchase orders, and locating qualifiedsubcontractors. Tasks included preparing job budgets, CPM schedules,and all job correspondence. At the peak time supervised five projectsspread over Central StateName with an aggregate value of over

$50,000,000, and manned by approximately 100 people. Projects allcame in on time and under budget.

Project Engineer: Company E, location (1995 - 1996)Member of the operation management team in the firms City Division.Projects involved curb and gutter, stone base and asphalt paving, andincluded turnkey site packages. Tasks included originating projectbudgets and progress schedules, as well as detailed work orders for fieldcrews.

Project Superintendent: Company F, location (1993 - 1995)Responsibilities included overseeing the rehabilitation/reconstruction of

two bridges in CityName, StateName relative to a $2.1 million contractwith NCDOT. Hired, trained, and supervised work crews. Implementedand maintained the companys safety program.

Engineer II: Company G, Location (1991 - 1993)Applied structural design, hydrology and construction managementskills in the development, design, construction, maintenance andoperations of county-wide capital improvement projects.

Office Engineer: Company H, location (1989 to 1991)Performed engineering, management and contract administration tasksrelative to several SHA contracts. Assisted superintendent in

interpreting and implementing project plans, created and updatedproject schedules, identified and negotiated change orders, producedfield reports including job diaries.

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

BSCE: University of StateName at CityName

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND TRAINING

Advanced user of HCSS Heavy Bid software.Intermediate user of P6 scheduling software.Training in Agtek Earthwork 4D and Highway 4D software.

Good Resume Example #3 of 3

NameAddress, e-mail , and phone contact

Experienced Senior Estimator with 20+ years of estimating project


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Company CEstimating Supervisor (assignment completed) Sept 2010 - December2012

Provided input into estimating department staffing and budget plans andinput into planning workload and resource allocation. Coordinatedestimating work with project control programs.Managed change order documentation and the change order tracking

system; Negotiated change orders with Construction contractor. Advisedand assisted in change/claim negotiation and strategy.Coordinated and executed and oversaw variety of construction estimateproposals, change order requests and arising claims; controlled andmanaged overhead and project budget costs; created and maintainednew sub-contractors/suppliers database. Reviewed instructions andproposals specifications, drawings, technical data and welding processnecessary to estimate the current work; incorporated historical data fromprevious estimates and purchase orders, subcontractors and suppliersquotations and job reports into unit and man hour figures for estimateproposals.

Company DSenior Estimator (assignmentcompleted) May 2008 May 2010Interpreted project drawings and specifications; assessed contractdocuments and prepared estimates of detailed cost of materials, laborand equipment using Candys estimating softwares for light rail, heavycivil, underground utilities, and industrial projects based on schematicsketches, drawings and specifications, including regional and municipalforeign standards.Liaised, consulted and communicated with engineers, owners,subcontractors and suppliers; ensured accurate take-off from projectdrawings, negotiated best pricing , established and administered

tendering procedures, examined and analyzed tenders, collected pricingfrom subcontractors and suppliers.Prepared and maintained directory of suppliers, contractors andsubcontractors; successfully built and maintained estimating database;negotiated and incorporated addendums to plans and specifications;prepared staffing estimate.

Company EEstimator (assignment completed)January2006 April 2008Prepared cost estimates and solicited bids for hard bids, negotiatedprojects including heavy civil, power and transportation type of the

project ranging from $45 million to $550 million.Provided on-site management and quality control to ensure projects mettime and budget requirements, worked closely with A/E firm from thebeginning and made recommendations on design improvements.

Company FEstimator/Project Manager May 2004-November 2005 Analyzed job specifications to determine appropriate constructionmethods; developed and presented proposal work with cost estimatesand critical activities scheduling; organized, supervised and monitoredthe construction crews.


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Company GConstruction Manager/SeniorEstimator June 2000-May 2004 Created and developed Construction Management Division fromGround Zero; continuously delivered professional products, establishedeffective relationship with clients, which contributed to companys repeatbusiness. Provided superior leadership for scheduling and estimating support,working with prime consultant and agency staff to develop and maintain

project controls system for design and CM tasks.

Company HResident Engineer/Inspector April 94 June 2000 Provided on-site management and quality control to ensure projectsmet time and budget requirements; worked closely with A/E firm from thebeginning and made recommendation on design improvements.

Company IConstruction Manager/Superintendent August1982 October 1992Oversaw daily field and office operations on projects.Identified labor, materials, and time requirements; computed costs by

analyzing labor and materials.

EDUCATION AND TRAININGMasters of Construction Engineering-3.5 GPA-UnivNameUniversity City, StateBachelor of Construction Management-3.2 GPA- UnivNameUniversity City, State

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS HCSS, Timberline, MC2, Prism, Candys,Best Estimating, Prolog Manager, Expedition, Maxwell, Excel,Primavera P3, Sure Track.

Damian

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