Alex Shah
San Diego,CA
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement and Sales
Stora Enso Thermowood Industry
11.2019 - 07.2023
- Sales and marketing of 'Thermo woods' and Aluminum composite panels
- Distribution of our products to architects and interior designers. (Used in cladding, facades, pergolas, roof gardens, & deck covering)
- Attending trade shows and site visits to find new clients
- Maintained existing customers' satisfaction by giving them good offers
- Inviting potential customers to our show room
- Created and presented packages, catalogs, and brochures for the company
- Conducted market research to engage in new revenue opportunities
- Sales follow-up, marketing strategy, customer service, e-commerce.
Project Engineer
AM Ortega Construction Inc
05.2016 - 09.2019
- Contacting subcontractors, making sure deliveries are on time
- Ensuring that all subcontractors have been pre-qualified
- Monitoring installations, trenching, and excavations
- Take Offs of PDF drawings for electrical and gas pipes with Bluebeam
- Generating weekly and daily progress reports
- Reviewing and tracking of construction proposals & plans
- Performing field investigation, inspecting, and site visiting
- Analyzing technical data and give the results to the clients
- Quality Control of verifying rebar is tied and braced so it does not move during handling and concrete placement operations and no soil, oil, or flaking on rebar cage.
Project Coordinator
Parkco Building (Parking Structures Builders)
10.2013 - 04.2016
- Sending 'invitation to bid' emails to subcontractors of all the construction trades to ask them to review the plans and estimate on them
- Reviewing the proposals sent by subcontractors and comparing them (price wise and quality-wise) in order to choose the qualified bidder
- Providing detailed written specifications, including all the terms and conditions for the works that we wanted to contract out
- Holding AOC meeting weekly in our office
- Preparing reports for engineering problems confronting the project.
Entry Level Field Engineer
Condon-Johnson (Geotechnical Subcontractor)
01.2011 - 08.2013
- Dewatering Perris Dam (removal of groundwater by pumping water out from multiple wells and using sheet piles to lower water level)
- Monitoring Wells by water level detector
- Cement deep soil mixing by hollow augers to improve soft cohesive soils for the application in retaining walls, and ground stabilization
- Soil testing to find out maximum density and moisture content
- Sieve analysis, CPT test, & SPT test
- Compaction Test to remove air voids
- Submitting weekly and monthly progress reports
- Inspecting the work of subcontractors and other third parties
- Reporting Engineering problems confronting the project
- Confirm excavation is clear of debris before and during Corrugated Steel Pipe and to confirm all required testing for drilling fluid
- AutoCAD drafting and layouts, Reviewing plans and shop drawings.
Internship as a Junior Civil Engineer
City of San Diego (Traffic Department)
06.2008 - 11.2010
- Internship in Civil Engineering and Public Services
- Reviewing Construction, Improvement, Grading, and Traffic Plans
- Plan checking the storm water requirement, & Pad Elevations
- Issuing traffic and construction permits
- Verifying all required utility mark-outs before drilling/excavation begins
- Performing field investigation.
Education
Master of Civil Engineering -
San Diego State University
12.2012
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering -
San Diego State University
05.2009
EIT certificate & Nuclear Gauge certificate -
APNGA
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- AutoCAD
- Bluebeam
Timeline
Procurement and Sales
Stora Enso Thermowood Industry
11.2019 - 07.2023
Project Engineer
AM Ortega Construction Inc
05.2016 - 09.2019
Project Coordinator
Parkco Building (Parking Structures Builders)
10.2013 - 04.2016
Entry Level Field Engineer
Condon-Johnson (Geotechnical Subcontractor)
01.2011 - 08.2013
Internship as a Junior Civil Engineer
City of San Diego (Traffic Department)
06.2008 - 11.2010
Master of Civil Engineering -
San Diego State University
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering -
San Diego State University
EIT certificate & Nuclear Gauge certificate -
APNGA