Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Additional Information
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Paul Schwieger

Paul Schwieger

Spanaway,WA

Summary

Talented Journeyman Carpenter offering over 20 years of experience in often high stress environments. Well-organized with good multitasking and time management skills. Knowledgeable about both rough and finish carpentry techniques. Successful at managing supplies and site crews to lead safe and efficient projects. Skilled at taking on multiple projects at once. Experience with many types of remodels and renovations in a commercial and residential setting. Successful at providing clients with both technical skill and creative insight. Proficient with measurements, numbers, problem solving, adaptability, and very mechanically inclined.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Carpenter

Streamline Construction LLC
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Worked on six bathrooms in three different areas simultaneously
  • Always maintained safe and clean work area.
  • Led Commercial installs at boeing for Multiple Bathrooms, and additional ADA code upgrades helping run projects to completion.
  • Measured materials to determine sizes and quantity required for construction project.
  • Collaborated with other construction workers to coordinate projects and streamline process.

Lead Carpenter

Streamline Construction LLC
07.2023 - 02.2024
  • Helped lead start to finish 3 sets of bathrooms on 2 different floors
  • Coordinated movement of materials and equipment to job areas with forklift.
  • Planned and executed work with proper tools and materials to maximize productivity.
  • Read and interpreted blueprints, sketches and specifications to understand the scope of the job and relay to fellow tradesman, Subcontractors.
  • Followed established job site safety regulations and maintained safe and clean work area.

Journeyman Carpenter

Washington Patriot Construction
10.2022 - 04.2023
  • Larson Dodge Dealership build. Puyallup, wa
  • Muckleshoot tribe Smoke shop, liquor store remodel and addition. Auburn, wa
  • Read and interpreted blueprints, sketches and specifications to understand job.
  • Installed and repaired woodwork, millwork and cabinetry.
  • Installed seismic upgrades on all shelving units.
  • Removed/installed new metal stud framing, built storage loft, signs.

Journeyman Carpenter

Balfour Beatty Construction / Howard S. Wright
11.2020 - 09.2022


  • Amazon Towers in Bellevue WA, Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA
  • Installed tie-off points safety handrail and yo-yo hookups.
  • Forming and pouring walls, and slab decks.
  • Building walk decks and scaffolding, while Ensuring the safety of those around me by making sure danger areas are red taped off and communicating with those whose work, or access may interfere with the scope.
  • Built temporary walk decks over holes or any fall areas to protect people from falling.
  • Installed doors and thresholds and door hardware.

Journeyman Carpenter

Washington Patriot Construction
06.2016 - 01.2020
  • Seattle Boeing, Fredrickson Boeing, Auburn Boeing
  • Running both hand, industrial, and all terrain forklifts for for demo removal, and stocking new materials for sub contractors, and ourselves the General Contractor.
  • Doing concrete formwork for remodeling escalator pads.
  • Framing and Installing Temporary walls safety barriers and new access and egress areas around our work area.
  • Installing Batter boards for Piling and footing layout, and concrete placement for cnc machines.
  • Followed established job site safety regulations and maintained safe and clean work area.

Journeyman Carpenter

Harbor Pacific Construction
03.2015 - 04.2016
  • Installed Peri Concrete Form panels for Walls, and soffit lids.
  • Installed and discovered the proper radius for our digester build with peri adjustable radius forms.
  • Maintained safety, and site tidiness while continuing to work efficiently.
  • Belling the crane setting pole shoring, and scaffolding.
  • Demonstrated close attention to detail to verify quality and accuracy of work.

Lead Carpenter Crane Bellman

Kiewit Corporation
02.2013 - 01.2015
  • Port of Tacoma 520 Bridge pontoon builds
  • Completed precise and safe concrete form work.
  • Followed established job site safety regulations and maintained safe and clean work area.
  • Planned and executed work with proper tools and materials to maximize productivity.
  • Moved and cut rebar to ensure proper clearance tolerances to taper ties, she bolts and gang form work.
  • Maintained safe travel paths and communication while rigging and flying material loads in and out of pontoon cells.
  • Always maintained crane communication, and crane Schedule with other trades like Iron workers and laborers.

Bridge Carpenter

Guy F. Atkinson Construction
09.2009 - 11.2012
  • Building Start to finish Multiple bridges in Nalley Valley in Tacoma including the first segmental cable bridge on the westcoast.
  • Assisted in training new carpenters to demonstrate techniques, apply best practices and comply with protocols and regulations.
  • Installed false decks and hanging forms for the bridge decks.
  • Installed ledger brackets and ledger decks for the barrier to be built on and for walk decks.
  • Built and installed handrail and scaffolding for safety and access.
  • Very confident and precise with boom lifts, using boom lifts up to 125 feet in length.
  • Setting bridge girders with 2 point, 2 crane picks. Belling one crane while coordinating with the other bellman on the other end belling they're crane.

Carpenter Foreman

Fischer Construction
08.2008 - 07.2009
  • Mcneil Island prison, pod demo and restoration to stucco exterior.
  • Overlooked 4 carpenters, 2 laborers, and the sub contracted demo crew.
  • Coordinated movement of materials and equipment to job site, verifying supply readiness prior to project start.
  • Observed all OSHA and corporate safety regulations and procedures to prevent mishaps and injuries on job site.
  • Supervised teams of multiple employees, and trades answering questions, and providing feedback on work progress.

Journeyman Carpenter

CE&C Construction
07.2006 - 07.2008
  • Section 8 Housing Remodels, code updates, refreshers, asbestos abatement.
  • Worked On gluelam beam repair and a new building addition at White River Community College.
  • 5 story retro fit Seismic upgrade at evergreen College in Olympia.
  • Did layout for core drilling, core drilled, placed concrete, tied rebar, built and installed concrete wall forms.
  • Roof off Apartment remodels, truss work, framing, sheeting all the way down to the finish work, doors, and trim.
  • Installed and repaired woodwork, Framing, Footing formwork, post and beam foundations.

Carpenter Apprentice

Guy F. Atkinson Construction
10.2004 - 02.2006
  • Building and stripping concrete form walls, greasing she bolts, building concrete bulkheads.
  • Setting grade for bid well rail systems, clearing rebar from finished grade, to bar hitting form work.
  • Gained valuable education in the steps from Start to finish in bridge work decking, scaffolding, rigging, belling the crane, crane and forklift signals.
  • Cut materials according to specifications in preparation for installation.
  • Kept job site cleaned up properly and all debris disposed of, and or recycled materials that could be.

Carpenter Apprentice

Pease Construction
09.2003 - 07.2004
  • Built Mock up urban warfare city called Leschi Town on Ft.lewis.
  • Helped Establish grade, Built, Placed concrete, and stripped 55 building footings with one other Carpenter.
  • Installed steel door frames, and frame buckouts for the bricklayers to build off of.
  • Snapped gradelines, and layout corners for the bricklayers.

Carpenter Apprentice

SAK Construction
09.2002 - 05.2003
  • Tilt up Construction in Redmond, and opus park tilt up in Auburn, wa.
  • Helped Journeyman snap lines and put down layout for chamfer strips and feature strips.
  • Built and pinned down form work for tilt up panels.
  • Placed concrete in flat wall forms on the slab, and helped vibrate and consolidate concrete.
  • Cord and power management during every concrete pour to make sure the finishers and me had the power and lights we needed at all times of what was sometimes 12 hour pours.

Education

No Degree - Carpenter Apprenticeship

Renton Technical College
Renton, WA
01-2007

Skills

  • Experience in Commercial Construction Projects
  • Blueprint interpretation
  • Subcontractor coordination
  • Layout planning
  • Scaffold setup
  • Effective Team Collaborator
  • Site supervision
  • Skilled in Power Tool Operation
  • Hand tools proficiency

Additional Information

Timeline

Lead Carpenter

Streamline Construction LLC
08.2024 - 10.2024

Lead Carpenter

Streamline Construction LLC
07.2023 - 02.2024

Journeyman Carpenter

Washington Patriot Construction
10.2022 - 04.2023

Journeyman Carpenter

Balfour Beatty Construction / Howard S. Wright
11.2020 - 09.2022

Journeyman Carpenter

Washington Patriot Construction
06.2016 - 01.2020

Journeyman Carpenter

Harbor Pacific Construction
03.2015 - 04.2016

Lead Carpenter Crane Bellman

Kiewit Corporation
02.2013 - 01.2015

Bridge Carpenter

Guy F. Atkinson Construction
09.2009 - 11.2012

Carpenter Foreman

Fischer Construction
08.2008 - 07.2009

Journeyman Carpenter

CE&C Construction
07.2006 - 07.2008

Carpenter Apprentice

Guy F. Atkinson Construction
10.2004 - 02.2006

Carpenter Apprentice

Pease Construction
09.2003 - 07.2004

Carpenter Apprentice

SAK Construction
09.2002 - 05.2003

No Degree - Carpenter Apprenticeship

Renton Technical College
Paul Schwieger