Project Manager

An experienced project manager with 11 years of experience offering strong environmental, planning, reporting, budgeting, and scheduling expertise. A professional that consistently exercises good judgment, solves complex problems, is results driven, and ensures the legal defensibility and integrity of environmental compliance documents in a fast-paced dynamic environment. Is self-motivated and performance-driven with the ability to communicate and interact with clients and cross-functional teams throughout any organization.

Computer proficient with Microsoft Office applications including:, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Additionally, experienced with Primavera Scheduling, AutoCAD14/2000, ArchiCad, ArcView 3.3, ArcInfo, ArcGIS 8. OSHA-30 hour certified, and bilingual in Spanish.

Experience

Confidential

• Responsible for numerous public school infrastructure projects for the new school construction and existing school modernization programs for the Office of Environmental Health and Safety OEHS at Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD . Duties included but were not limited to preparing numerous environmental compliance documents provided oversight for the production of technical studies, conducted due diligence and assisted with permit applications for land use entitlements. Environmental compliance documents included Initial Studies IS Categorical Exemptions CE Mitigated Negative Declarations MND Environmental Impact Statements EIS and Environmental Impacts Reports EIR pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA . Associated environmental technical studies included traffic and pedestrian safety studies biological assessments archeological/paleontological surveys pipeline studies railroad studies shade and shadow studies air quality analysis geology and soils reports hydrology and noise studies. Executed and managed numerous project schedules, project scopes, milestones, and budgets prepared and processed Request for Proposals RFP for subcontractor selection, processed contract amendments, work requests and invoices. Additional duties included hosting project kick-off meetings attending weekly project team meetings which included subcontractors, architects, engineers, and senior management to discuss and provide project updates review architectural site plans and renderings conducted site reconnaissance acted as liaison between the contractor's construction crews, construction monitors biological, cultural, contractor, as either an employee or a subcontractors . developed mitigation measures conducted mitigation and construction monitoring conducted mold and water runoff inspections in accordance with the National Pollutant and Discharge Elimination System NPDES Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans SWPPP and Best Management Practices BMP's . In coordination with LAUSD Community Outreach Department, held scooping meetings with members of the community and followed up with presentations on the findings of the environmental analysis for each new school construction. Coordinated with members of the Board of Education BOE to provide feedback on potential environmental issues related to schools in their district, also attended BOE public hearings to provide insight about the project or the environmental analysis.
• Key Achievements
• Developed the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program MMRP protocol bulletin and the tracking mechanism for OEHS which outlines the process by which mitigation monitoring is to be conducted, documented and enforced.

Confidential

Responsible for authoring numerous sections of environmental compliance documents as well as providing oversight for the production of technical studies, regulatory permit compliance and environmental compliance documents which included Initial Studies IS Categorical Exemptions CE Mitigated Negative Declarations MND Environmental Impact Statements EIS and Environmental Impacts Reports EIR pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA . Associated environmental technical studies included traffic and pedestrian safety studies biological assessments archeological/paleontological surveys pipeline studies Phase I and Phase II reports railroad studies shade and shadow studies air quality analysis geology and soils reports hydrology and noise studies. Extensive experience working with state and federal regulatory agencies obtaining required permits which included the Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act Section 106 of the National Preservation Historic Act NPHA the California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW -Streambed Alteration Agreements and the California Endangered Species Act the Los Angeles Department of Transportation LADOT the Federal Rail Administration FRA the Southern California Air Quality Management District SCAQMD California Department of Transportation CalTrans the Federal Transit Administration FTA and the Los Angeles World Airports LAWA . Executed on-site reconnaissance tracked project budgets scheduled resources retained subcontractors for the preparation of air quality, noise, and traffic studies consulted with clients in regards to project scope and issues performed feasibility and sustainability studies for various clients. Additionally, maintained project schedules, proposal writing, business development, and participated in Q A sessions regarding CEQA issues at community meetings.

Confidential

Responsible for authoring numerous sections of environmental compliance documents and responsible for obtaining federal and state permits along with the production of environmental compliance documents including: Initial Studies IS Categorical Exemptions CE Mitigated Negative Declarations MND Environmental Impact Statements EIS and Environmental Impacts Reports EIR pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA . Project experience working with state and federal agencies including the Army Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act Section 106 of the National Preservation Historic Act NPHA the California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW Streambed Alteration Agreements and the California Endangered Species Act Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act the Los Angeles Department of Transportation LADOT the Federal Rail Administration FRA the Southern California Air Quality Management District SCAQMD California Department of Transportation CalTrans and the Federal Transit Administration FTA . Conducted various shade and shadow studies using a three-dimensional ArchiCad software program. Conducted various wind analysis studies with the construction of three dimensional models in conjunction with the UC Davis wind test laboratory. Executed on-site reconnaissance tracked project budgets scheduled resources retained subcontractors for the preparation of air quality, noise, and traffic studies consulted with clients in regards to project scopes and issues performed feasibility and sustainability studies for various clients. Additionally, maintained project schedules, proposal writing, business development, and participated in Q A sessions regarding CEQA issues at community meetings.