Laura Brown
Construction
West Monroe,LA
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Surveyor/ DCSM
Mortenson Construction
06.2025 - Current
- Surveying, testing all material, inspecting, data management, data collection, completing all ground work to grade.
- DCSM, Logistics Lead, offloading, inventory management, all shipments coming in, setting vaults for fiber, and duct banks, getting all inventory to lay down yards, bring trucks in to proper location, inspection of materials, crew leader
Quality Control Inspector/Cable Forman
MACH 1
11.2024 - 06.2025
- Manage Crew
- Ensuring that products and services meet quality standards and customer expectations.
- : Create and maintain quality control systems
- Conduct tests and inspections:
- Verify compliance with quality standards
- Identify and fix issues:
- Propose process improvements to reduce defects and downtime
- Monitor processes: Ensure products meet industry benchmarks
- Analyze results
- Communicate findings to the development team
- Lead investigations
- Determine root causes of quality deviations
- Train and mentor: Help team members develop their skills
- Inspect all cable for damages
- Complete all daily calculation footage and cable
- Ensure every segment is complete two plans
- Check all job plans daily and plan daily job movements
- Cable Installation
Warehouse Manager/ Inspector
Windstream
06.2023 - 06.2025
- Ordering and coordinating materials for all jobs, completing and preparing for jobs with all materials, inventory, making sure to look through all the plans in job trac to assure of anything that might be added or changed, closing out task as needed, sales orders, transfer orders, all JDE transactions, coordinating and communicating with contractors or all jobs, ensuring all materials for callouts for techs are complete.
- Loading and unloading trucks keeping warehouse organized. JobTrac, Excel Job Tracking for Windstream, Quality Assurance
- JobTrac plans for all jobs
Owner and Operator
BBC, LLC Commercial Cleaning
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Own my own commercial cleaning company
- Sales
- Payroll
- Customer Service
- Inventory
- Accounts Receivable
- Taxes
- Cleaning
- All calls in and out going
- Records
- Filing
- Contracts
- Insurance
Site Inventory Specialist
Blattner Company
05.2021 - 11.2022
- Inventory of all incoming and outgoing, equipment, tools, supplies
- Inspections
- Complete Daily and monthly reports
- All Company Programs
Outside Sales Manager
Turnkey Print and Embroidery
06.2022 - 08.2022
- All outside sales, customer service, travel, business meetings, setting meetings, ordering, invoicing, collection of payments, contacting and getting new customers daily.
Correctional Officer
TX Department of Criminal Justice
06.2018 - 03.2020
- Provided security
- Composed daily shift reports
- Conveyed offenders to required destinations
Manager
Buck's Steak & BBQ
11.2017 - 05.2018
- Directed and led team of 25employees
- # Coordinated scheduling
- # Tracked and maintained inventory
- # Implemented advertising campaigns
- # Showcased various promotions to increase sales
Dispatcher
Thomas Petroleum
05.2013 - 08.2014
- Coordinated truck dispatch
- # Charted truck locations at all times
- # Reconciled Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
- # Resolved customer service issues
- # Reported and documented monthly issues and efficiency
Safety Coordinator
Canada & Associates
05.2007 - 09.2008
- Instructed all safety training for multiple companies such as Haliburton and Patterson
- # Facilitated instruction of CPR and First Aid
- # Received Homeland Security certification
- # Conducted drug testing
- # Created and displayed various presentations
- # Recruited and acquired new clients
- # Performed regular safety checks
- # Recorded expenses
- # Directed company leaders on employee training schedules
- # Partnered in opening of multiple new offices
Education
High school diploma - undefined
Woodson High School
Woodson, TX05.1991
Skills
Wind energy (5 years)
Basic math
Network architecture
Computer literacy (10 years)
Electrical experience (2 years)
Infrastructure projects
Underground utilities
Conflict management
E & I (4 years)
Writing skills (5 years)
Microsoft Office
Employee Evaluation
Accounts Payable (3 years)
Typing (10 years)
Law Enforcement
Continuous improvement
Software troubleshooting
Outdoor work
Teamwork
Crew management
Project management experience (3 years)
Renewable energy
Event planning
Phone etiquette
Construction management
Security (10 years)
Human resources
Organizational skills
Administrative experience
Substation construction project experience
Microsoft Excel
Project management software
Construction management software
Inventory Control (7 years)
Direct sales
Word
Blueprint reading
Excavator
Workplace safety
Telecommunication
Outside Sales
Microsoft Project
Civil 3D
Controlling experience
GPS
Solar energy (5 years)
Construction personnel scheduling
Microsoft Word
Training & development
Search engines
Communication skills
Project planning
Compliance team management during risk management framework introduction
Sales Management
Databases
Property leasing
Construction administrative experience
Construction risk monitoring
Quality control corrective actions
Adobe Acrobat
Construction quality audits
Ohmmeter
Windows
Property management
Zoning regulations
Data Entry
SharePoint (4 years)
Construction project scheduler experience
Individual consumer customer service (10 years)
Bookkeeping
Time Management
Data collection
Risk management
Utility locating
Management
Business management
Program management
Data analysis skills
Math
Schematics
Oil & gas
Supervising experience
Purchasing (6 years)
Debits & credits
Schedule management
Project management
Construction risk response planning
Quality assurance
Driving
Filing
Cost control
Outlook
Environmental impact regulations
Industrial construction project management
Construction risk identification
CPR
Clerical experience
Construction scheduling
Quickbooks
ISO 9001
Quality control (5 years)
Multi-line Phone Systems
Customer relationship management
Warehouse experience (4 years)
Classroom experience
Construction estimating
Payroll
Regulatory compliance
Electrical systems
Packaging
Mechanical knowledge (5 years)
High voltage
Office Management
Self-direction (3 years)
Cashier
Microsoft Access
Office experience
Sales
Calendar management
Plumbing
Customer Service (7 years)
Map reading
Construction risk registers
Ethernet
Adult learning
Energy building codes
Process improvement
Operations management (4 years)
Hand tools
Equipment troubleshooting
Recruiting
10-Key (5 years)
Vendor management
Fair Housing regulations
Safety (2 years)
Document management systems
PowerPoint
Training
Budgeting
Commercial construction project management
Accounts Receivable (3 years)
Compliance
Construction process standardization
Word processing (10 years)
Construction budget management
Contracts
Construction quality assurance
Project scheduling
Commercial construction
Industrial construction (10 years)
Public speaking
Certification
OSHA 30
Timeline
Surveyor/ DCSM
Mortenson Construction
06.2025 - Current
Quality Control Inspector/Cable Forman
MACH 1
11.2024 - 06.2025
Warehouse Manager/ Inspector
Windstream
06.2023 - 06.2025
Outside Sales Manager
Turnkey Print and Embroidery
06.2022 - 08.2022
Owner and Operator
BBC, LLC Commercial Cleaning
03.2022 - 11.2022
Site Inventory Specialist
Blattner Company
05.2021 - 11.2022
Correctional Officer
TX Department of Criminal Justice
06.2018 - 03.2020
Manager
Buck's Steak & BBQ
11.2017 - 05.2018
Dispatcher
Thomas Petroleum
05.2013 - 08.2014
Safety Coordinator
Canada & Associates
05.2007 - 09.2008
High school diploma - undefined
Woodson High School