Adam J. Smith

• Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency.
• Monitored project progress and adjusted plans to ensure alignment with established goals.
• Led team meetings to review progress, address challenges, and discuss solutions.
• Worked with subcontractors and suppliers to keep project delivery on schedule.
• Led ESI panel procurement team, driving supplier research to align with strategic company goals.
• Developed cost-effective procurement plans and sourced reliable vendors and suppliers.
• Negotiated supplier agreements and reviewed contract terms to establish and maintain strong vendor relationships.
• Prepared purchase orders, confirmed delivery of goods and services, and managed an IT tracking system for shipments, inventory, and supply levels.
• Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.

• Built long-term relationships with company vendors and suppliers to secure optimal prices.
• Managed supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align purchasing goals.
• Ordered new materials to prevent shortages and approved delivery details and times.
• Monitored inventory levels to prevent stockouts and excess supply.
• Developed systems for tracking inventory levels at all times so that critical supplies were not depleted unexpectedly.
• Tracked company inventories and recorded item quantities in company databases.
• Located vendors of materials, equipment or supplies to conduct interviews, determining product availability and terms of sales.

Establishes & implements operational plan for one or more designated activities of highway maintenance program (e.g., equipment maintenance & repair &/or heavy equipment operation) for Pike County, develops short range plans to implement policies to include establishing work priorities, determining work schedules, coordinating equipment needs, establishing standard operating procedures, scheduling & coordinating workforce training plan & evaluating work unit practices for effectiveness & efficiency, makes necessary policy or procedure changes, & recommends long term changes in work practice based trends effecting work unit including but not limited to conducting research into new equipment, facility change product utilization. Provides technical advice to staff; generates operational, workforce & fiscal reports; approves purchases of equipment & supplies; oversees disposal of equipment oversees & directs inventory; conducts safety inspections & take necessary action to correct unsafe activities; works with safety personnel to review injury & accident claims & investigate solutions. Operates automobile or other state vehicle to inspect existing conditions (e.g., heavy motorized equipment, highways, bridges, culverts) to evaluate condition & determine necessary repairs; inspects equipment for proper operation & upkeep; schedules equipment maintenance. Reads publications & attends training to stay current on trends, new regulations, improved practices & other related topics; oversees work activities in assigned areas as needed to troubleshoot or supervise employees.

• Managed employees performing highway maintenance tasks such as bridge maintenance and route marking. Evaluated project progress and completed reports for the assigned area. Oversaw adherence to policies and safety regulations. Recorded daily equipment and material usage; coordinated orders with vendors; and tracked material inventories. Operated equipment related to work crew activities. Responded to public inquiries and resolved minor complaints, escalating major issues as necessary.
• Promoted to Team Manager 2 due to exceptional performance and leadership skills.

• Operates basic equipment (i.e., see glossary for identification of basic equipment) & performs general highway maintenance duties which vary by season (e.g., constructs, improves, maintains, repairs & cleans highways &/or roadways & rights-of-way to include excavating & grading ditches, digging channels & cleaning waterways, cuts brush, grass & other vegetation, applies chemicals to vegetation, patches & seals berm & pavement, mixes mortar & concrete, shovels backfill, installs & repairs catch basin & stream channel & completes other drainage work, screens bleeding surface, reshapes/digs ditches/trenches, pours hot tar, removes trash, cleans & repairs highways &/or roadways & rights-of-way, mows grass, moves & loads supplies & materials & completes other related highway maintenance assignments, operates any combination of basic equipment to haul trash), performs snow & ice control & related maintenance duties by operation of snow plow with spreader, brine dispensing equipment, dump truck with attachments, maintains, repairs & installs traffic signs & pavement markings on inter-state, federal & state highways &/or roadways (e.g., repairs/replaces/straightens street &/or traffic signs & other route markers; installs & repairs guardrails).
• Performs emergency response & clean-up & performs traffic control (e.g., flags traffic through work zone or around accident site; sets lane closures; places high water signs; erects barricades); receives training (on the job & formal) in several types of construction inspection activities (maintenance related inspection items).
• Performs minor repairs & maintenance on equipment (e.g., sharpens; sands; paints; refuels; lubricates; checks tires for wear & pressure; replaces light bulbs; washes & cleans trucks & equipment to prevent rusting); changes tailgates & snowplow blades; conducts pre-trip inspections of equipment.
• Performs miscellaneous labor & bookkeeping tasks; operates two-way radio/base station; telephones crews for emergencies; cleans offices & garage; keeps daily records & logs (e.g., fuel sheets, material check sheets); responds to general inquiries from the public (e.g., gives directions; explains delays; explains work underway); assists stranded motorists (e.g., telephones for needed assistance); performs general labor & maintenance functions at garage; loads & unloads freight; arranges stock in warehouse; moves equipment.
• REASON FOR LEAVING, PROMOTED TO TM 1