Alexander Montelongo
Westminster,CO
Summary
Dedicated and ambitious construction industry worker with over five years of field experience in performing on-site inspections ensuring project scope of work is being performed to industry and state standards. Skilled in evaluating construction work for quantity, quality, and safety, identifying defects in ongoing and proposed work and effectively communicating findings to stakeholders and engineers. Proven ability to work alongside contractors and other entities to address construction related challenges to ensure project success. A reliable and hardworking professional committed to upholding high standards of quality and integrity on construction projects.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer
Yeh and Associates
04.2024 - Current
- Conduct field inspections of project utilities, structures, and materials used for the proposed work.
- Collaborate with contractor/third party engineers, project managers, and superintendents to ensure accurate material per plan and budget.
- Managed tracking systems, ensuring timely resolution of reported issues and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
- Monitored construction methods and installations, inspection and testing processes.
- Ensure civil testing on structures and utilities are in accordance with ACI, State, CDOT, and City regulations for project frequency.
- Responsible for tracking material quantity accurately and reporting them to DIA project engineers.
- Ensuring project is within state and city regulations per contractor Storm Water Management Plan.
- Attend quantity and stakeholder meetings for the project
- Review asbuilds, shop drawings, RFI's, submittals, and project special provisions and ensure contractor follows and build to spec.
- Oversee project material testers to ensure material is being tested in accordance with CDOT project specifications and that scope of work is being performed correctly.
- Responsible for contractor safety, environmental, and design flaws.
- Responsible for tracking contractor hours and amount of material used and sharing data with contractor and DIA faculty.
- Read and translate multiple plan sets.
- Use of microsoft office, teams, and autodesk engineering program.
Construction Inspector
City And County Of Broomfield
11.2023 - 04.2024
- Responsible for the progression of contractor work throughout the project, as well as reporting to the city Engineer and council members of larger cost projects.
- Responsible for the knowledge and of construction codes, regulations, and standards.
- Conducting onsite quality inspections and ensuring utilities and structures are built to spec and plan in accordance with city and state regulations (CDOT).
- Responsible for communicating and trouble shooting issues on projects.
- Perform in field water quality tests using chemicals as well as delivering samples to laboratory.
- Document all findings on job sites and report them in a timely and accurate matter using autodesk, google drive, and microsoft.
- Translating and reading construction plans and project specifications.
- Lead and direct city utility workers when contractors are in need of assistance with city owned utilities.
- Communicating with the general public on scope of work in areas affecting them.
- Managing time between projects, meetings, and documentation.
Crew Lead
City Of Westminster
04.2023 - 11.2023
- Inspect manholes as well as other areas of the collections system, Including but not limited to installing and repairing sewer lines and water lines in the city, being a operator on these utility digs involves leading crews during the duration of the installs as well as putting together traffic control plans doing locates and logging work using databases for the city on computers and ipads.
Collections Operator
Ramey Environmental
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Operate high pressure jet trucks as well as cctv video vans to ensure steady flow to wastewater pump stations and treatment plans minimizing debris and obstructions in the service lines
- Complete lift station checks this includes checking wet well levels, inspecting floats, visually checking instrument panels for pumps ensuring rotation and cycles are correct and running according to times previously ran, this also includes checking generators and meters outside of lift/pump stations checking hours and bulbs as well as amps at the station using an amp meter
- Responsible for installing and checking trends of flow meters in northern Colorado
- Locating wastewater lines for contractors and managing subcontractors and their work on utility lines
- Responsible for Fat Oil and Grease inspections for the city of Edgewater as well as areas of Lakewood, this includes checking grease interceptors as well as grease traps to ensure they are within the protocol limits for fats, oil, and grease in the system
- And trouble shooting with business owners on how to reduce the discharge of FOG within the facility.
Equipment Operator
Metro Water Recovery
04.2021 - 02.2023
- Keep equipment fueled and ready for immediate use to support scheduling demands
- Checked equipment for defects before and after shift and submitted reports indicating equipment condition
- Steered forklifts, hand trucks, scissor lifts and other equipment to move materials around work sites
- Operating high pressure cleaning equipment on site of the wastewater treatment plant to ensure no build up came to be in the lines of the facility
- Performed acid injections in aeration basins of the facility
- Responsible for scaling weights of struvite and sharing information with engineers onsite
- Using equipment to load tandem trucks with waste and lagoon grit
- Oil and grease every pump and air compressor on the plant
- Assist with repairs and using the vac truck in bar screens, digesters, and gravity mixers.
Journeyman Heavy Equipment Operator
RailWorks
08.2019 - 07.2021
- Responsible for teaching apprentices how to safely and effectively operate and maintain railroad equipment/heavy machinery and tools.
- Perform track inspections on IJ's, switch points, welds, pads, clips, and ties.
- Communicated with clients and studied plans and diagrams to establish work requirements and materials needed for scope of work.
- Coordinated machine operations with other site personnel to keep materials moving smoothly and prevent accidents.
- Assist welders grind and weld track for plug repairs, switch, and turnout welds.
- Perform accurate elevation readings using survey equipment on sub-base and ballast to ensure grade is to design.
- Responsible for reading and translating track plans to crew and reporting to crew superintendent.
Equipment Operator
Balfour Beatty Rail
10.2017 - 08.2019
- Responsible for the knowledge of FRA inspection and repair guidelines, as well as following State/ Department of Transportation specs.
- Responsible for the operation of heavy railroad and civil equipment on the SERE and North Metro Light Rail projects. Including but not limited to ballast regulator, speedswing, dump/swivel truck, stabalizer, loader, etc.
- Responsible for reading grade for the tamper operator and creating design asbuilds for the project based on accurate data collection using Trimble GPS.
- Responsible for the accuracy of tie, switch, and turnout layout per plan.
- Assist in the grinding and welding of rail per FRA and job specifications.
- Responsible for safety of self and crew near and around live power track.
Education
High School Diploma -
Northglenn High School
Northglenn, CO05.2016
Skills
- Knowledge of state and local construction codes and regulations meeting project needs and expectations
- Attention to detail and the ability to identify potential issues or defects in construction work
- Problem Solving infield issues and making adjustments in field as needed
- Strong communication for interactions with contractors, engineers, team members, and stakeholders
- OSHA 30 Safety Certified
- Technical skills for construction management software used to document and report project issues and findings
- CDOT Basic Survey
- CDOT Basic Math
- CDOT Plan Reading
- CDL holder
- Time management
- Construction engineering knowledge
- Team oriented
- Strong leadership values
- CPR Certified
- ACI/Inspector certified
- TECS certified
- TCS certified
- Certified CAPA Asphalt Technician
- Certified CAPA Asphalt Inspector
- Certified NASSCO utility inspector/coding
Certification
- The University of Texas at Arlington Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education.
- ACI Certified/Pavement inspector.
- TECS Certified.
- TCS Supervisor.
- Level 1 Asphalt Technician.
- Level 3 Asphalt Pavement Inspector.
- CPR Certified.
- Lock out tag out trained for equipment and OCS systems.
- OSHA 30 certified.
- CDOT Engineering, Math, Plan Reading, and Survey.
- CDL holder.
- Certified in NASSCO underground utility inspector/coding.
Timeline
Quality Assurance Engineer
Yeh and Associates
04.2024 - Current
Construction Inspector
City And County Of Broomfield
11.2023 - 04.2024
Crew Lead
City Of Westminster
04.2023 - 11.2023
Collections Operator
Ramey Environmental
02.2022 - 03.2023
Equipment Operator
Metro Water Recovery
04.2021 - 02.2023
Journeyman Heavy Equipment Operator
RailWorks
08.2019 - 07.2021
Equipment Operator
Balfour Beatty Rail
10.2017 - 08.2019
High School Diploma -
Northglenn High School
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