Taylor Woods
Lawrenceville,US
Summary
Experienced construction project manager skilled in planning, implementing, and completing multiple projects. Proficient in preparing construction documents, estimating costs, and coordinating project scheduling. Demonstrated success in maximizing profitability and operational efficiency through effective business strategies. Seeking a role with a progressive organization to leverage extensive experience.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Project Manager
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Atlanta, GA
11.2021 - 02.2024
- Supervise several project and construction managers in the successful implementation of Bond measures to modernize State of Georgia Parks, Monuments and Camping attractions
- Oversee all facets of the construction phases of State Park facility projects including mobilization, construction, and closeout
- Coordinate with all pertinent public agencies during construction
- Manage both the project budget and schedule to meet qualitative standards
- Perform day-to-day contract administration including assisting in bid analysis, Pre-construction meetings and related award coordinating activities
- Manage and coordinate construction project teams and contractors; communicated directives and ensured the project scope was built according to plans, specifications, and cost limits
- Monitors and reports on all phases of planning and construction to ensure that the implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives
- Conduct Pre-construction meetings, review change-orders and additional proposals for any/all projects
- Receive pay requests from consultants, contractors, and review and approve payment disbursements
- Prepare project reports and controls expenditures in accordance with budget allocations
- Completed all projects within designated timeline and budget, exceeding customer quality of expectation and resulted in higher than anticipated customer satisfaction, with an average rating of 4.8/5
Facilities Operations Manager
Georgia Department of Transportation
Atlanta, GA
11.2017 - 10.2021
- Accomplished and solution-focused professional with valuable experience in delivering multimillion-dollar projects to effectively improve commercial properties
- Effective property manager with many years of progressive leadership, and a proven record in achieving complex objectives under strict timelines
- Demonstrated success in developing improvement procedures, preparing budgets, and conducting operational analyses/statistical reports
- Led Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of evaluations to improve work processes, trend analysis to identify points of failure to maintain equipment reliability plans
- Meticulously accounted for all business transactions: maintenance, taxes, insurance requirements, scheduling, and subcontractor contract review and approval
- Managing all activities related to facilities and production maintenance in a Just-in-Time manufacturing environment
- Coordinating preventive maintenance, breakdown repair, installation of new machinery and related auxiliary equipment including HVAC, compressed air, electrical distribution, fire protection, & material handling systems
- Participated in FMEA meetings, countermeasure development, and test fixture design with utilizing PLC's to control the HVAC systems
- Implementation of facility Sustainability efforts with monthly tracking of waste production, recycling, and utilities consumption
- Operates facility within established operating, budgets, and makes recommendations for capital expenditures; considering operational needs, equipment condition, environmental priorities, and ability to sustain business operations and growth
- Project managed a variety of programs involving planning, sourcing of materials, warehousing, and process improvement
- Report, Overages, Shortages, and Damages (OS&D), detention charges and service issues in a concise and timely manner to appropriate parties
- Reduced costs by 10% and improved throughput efficiency by 14% by streamlining process flow and optimizing productivity resulting in more than $500,000 savings to the company
SCADA Engineer III
F. Wayne Hill Water Treatment Plant Gwinnett
Buford, GA
10.2015 - 11.2017
- Develop, write, test, install, and maintain programs and instructions for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Graphic Display Panels (GDPs), Distributed Process Controllers (DPCS), and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software for the existing Gwinnett County utility Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which monitors water and sewage flow, pressures, and temperatures to ensure safety standards are met and exceed state and local regulations and requirements.
- Program Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) RS Logix 5/500/500 General Electric Proficy Machine Edition and Wonderware Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Increase operations throughput by implementing process improvements in control systems.
- Manage and oversee in-house & contract services, repair and calibrate Instrumentation data acquisition systems, DCS, PLC, PC-based controllers, and control systems
- Developed, wrote, tested, installed, and maintained programs and instructions for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Graphic Display Panels (GDPs), Distributed Process Controllers (DPCs), and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software for the existing Gwinnett County utility Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA).
- Programmed PLCs, HMIs, RTUs, and other control devices to interface with the SCADA system.
- Troubleshot communication issues between SCADA systems and remote field devices.
- Configured databases to store real-time process data from field equipment.
Facilities Building Supervisor
Georgia Department of Corrections/Phillips State Prison
Buford, GA
10.2013 - 09.2015
- Oversee and coordinate the workers who maintain and repair electrical, plumbing, ventilation, and other building systems
- Evaluate problematic systems or facilities and determining what critical repairs, replacements or upgrades need to be done in a timely manner
- Equipment troubleshooting and repair, preventive maintenance of mechanical, electrical and HVAC machinery located on the prison grounds which included the print shop, auto body shop, as well as the Inmate Transitional Housing Rehabilitation Center
- Assist building Engineer with general maintenance budgets, procedures, equipment ordering as well as training of Inmate Labor in general trades and maintenance
- Keep open and productive communication with Warder, Deputy Warden, and Senior Corrections Officers on moral and inmate OJT for skills assessment
- Implemented strategies resulting in 14% increased efficiency in daily operations, introduced preventive maintenance programs for 80% of system equipment, resulting in a 53% reduction in system downtime and a 30% decrease in costs
Project Operations Manager
City of Atlanta Watershed
05.2009 - 10.2013
- Accountable for all operations from surveying to project completion
- Handles invoice approval, order scheduling, vendor negotiations, inspector meetings, construction management and project work
- Senior Project Manager for the City of Atlanta AMR Water Meter Replacement Project
- Was responsibility for ensuring the correct functioning of new water meters that were to be installed
- Tied together monitoring and config ration management of network devices with open source and internal tools
- Participated in monthly on-call pager rotation to repair and diagnose problems in the application tier, and engage network, security, database, and systems teams if needed
- Supervised over 70+ field technicians and 5 service supervisors
- Advised on best practices and spearheaded an upgrade project from older Linux distributions to Cent OS/RHEL
- First point of contact for customer complaints and inquiries from the city regarding information being transmitted from a malfunctioning meter
- Assisted in the setup of the GSM wireless network for receiving data
- Worked on the set up of the automated billing and tracking system for the cities new meters
- Successfully managed the City of Atlanta AMR Water Meter Replacement Project, overseeing 70+ field technicians and 5 service supervisors to ensure the functioning of new water meters
- Implemented open source and internal tools to monitor and configure network devices
- Guided customers and assisted in the setup of a GSM wireless network for receiving data, as well as an automated
Education
Certificate - Construction Engineering
CED Engineering
Wyckoff, NJ02-2019
High School Diploma -
Willingboro High School
Willingboro, NJ06-1985
Skills
- Technical Skills: Project Management, Management, Budget, Timeline, Scope, Resource Allocation, Activity, Oversight, Strategic, Tactical, Cross-Functional, Delivery
- Building Project Supervision
- Renovation Management
- Requirements Gathering and Scope Development
- Construction Coordination
- Project Planning
- Renovation Oversight
- Experienced with Autodesk Revit Software
- Environmental Consciousness
- Warranty Compliance Management
- Design and Develop Applications
- Subcontractor Relations Management
- Construction Development Expertise
- Design Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Fundamental Inspection Techniques
Certification
- Asbestos Abatement and Inspection
- Environmental Institute 2022 For Asbestos testing and monitoring
- Level 1A Blue card Georgia Water and Soil Conservation 2021 EPD Water and Soil testing and monitoring
References
References available upon request.
Affiliations
- Mountain West Church
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteHybridRemoteImportant To Me
Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureHealthcare benefitsPaid time offPersonal development programsPaid sick leave401k matchStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingTimeline
Construction Project Manager
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
11.2021 - 02.2024
Facilities Operations Manager
Georgia Department of Transportation
11.2017 - 10.2021
SCADA Engineer III
F. Wayne Hill Water Treatment Plant Gwinnett
10.2015 - 11.2017
Facilities Building Supervisor
Georgia Department of Corrections/Phillips State Prison
10.2013 - 09.2015
Project Operations Manager
City of Atlanta Watershed
05.2009 - 10.2013
- Asbestos Abatement and Inspection
- Environmental Institute 2022 For Asbestos testing and monitoring
- Level 1A Blue card Georgia Water and Soil Conservation 2021 EPD Water and Soil testing and monitoring
Certificate - Construction Engineering
CED Engineering
High School Diploma -
Willingboro High School
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