Abraham Rodriguez

Engineering consulting from different clients.

EXCEL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, Casselberry, FL
Civil/Environmental Engineer, 03/2013 to Present
❖ Helped a major federal client avoid a costly change order by identifying coordination conflicts between two engineering firms working at the same site.
❖ Achieved a project cost reduction of $20, 000 by repurposing an existing water main in lieu of abandonment.
❖ Re-designed the document and calculation spreadsheets to exchange information to increase productivity and reduce errors.
❖ Maintained excellent relationships and stayed in constant contact with vendors and clients, which proved instrumental in generating additional project work.

THERMOCIVIL LLC, Orlando, FL
Owner, 01/2012 to Present
❖ Completed the engineering design and permitting of a lift station. Negotiated with the adjacent land owner and the County to use the existing gravity sewer in lieu of the lift station. This change effectively reduced the construction cost of the project by 40% and a substantial reduction in ongoing maintenance and operational costs.
❖ Developed relationships with major engineering firms, contractors and potential clients.
❖ Managed the day to day activities of running a firm, such as financial management, marketing, project bidding, bookkeeping, and sales.

* Helped a major federal client avoid a costly change order by identifying coordination conflicts between two engineering firms working at the same site.
* Achieved a project cost reduction of $20, 000 by repurposing an existing water main in lieu of abandonment.
* Re-designed the document and calculation spreadsheets to exchange information to increase productivity and reduce errors.
* Maintained excellent relationships and stayed in constant contact with vendors and clients, which proved instrumental in generating additional project work.

HANSON, WALTER AND ASSOCIATES, Kissimmee, FL
Project Engineer, 05/2005 to 10/2009
❖ Successfully negotiated with Osceola County to eliminate required non-necessary items from a timeshare project that produced project savings of $ 50, 000 for the project.
❖ Mentored the firm drafters in the advanced features of AutoCad Civil 3d. Streamlined the drafting procedures to yield drafting time savings of 20 %.
❖ Successfully estimated the accurate construction cost for a residential subdivision within one % of the contractors low bid price.
Experience (cont.)

* Successfully negotiated with Osceola County to eliminate required non-necessary items from a timeshare project that produced project savings of $ 50, 000 for the project.
* Mentored the firm drafters in the advanced features of AutoCad Civil 3d. Streamlined the drafting procedures to yield drafting time savings of 20 %.
* Successfully estimated the accurate construction cost for a residential subdivision within one % of the contractors low bid price.

GREELEY AND HANSEN LLC, New York, NY
Assistant Project Manager, 12/2003 to 05/2005
❖ Coordinated the research and prompt response of over 100 requests for information (RFI) and change orders between three design firms and two contractors. Typical turnaround for a RFI request was less than three days.
❖ Managed weekly design meetings for a virtual design team spread in four different US cities.
❖ Assisted the project manager for the Newtown Creek WWTP in manage two construction contracts valued at $200 and $250 million.

NYS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, Long Island City, NY
Environmental Engineer, 12/1998 to 12/2003
❖ Worked for three different divisions simultaneously (water/wastewater, solid waste and emergency oil spill response)
❖ Investigated and closed over 1000 open oil spill cases.
❖ Conducted over 300 environmental compliance inspections of wastewater treatment plants and power plants.