Experience

Pattern Energy Group

• United States
• Renewable Energy Power Generation
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Pre-construction Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Support activities associated with wind, solar, storage, hydrogen development, including origination, land acquisition, interconnection, finance, procurement, engineering and construction. • Lead all pre-construction activities including project engineering, planning, budgeting, scheduling, contracting of major construction and equipment supply. • Review developer construction related documents for completeness and compliance with utility interconnect agreements, power purchase agreements, land lease agreements, environmental permits, and ensure good industry practice. • Provide Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) cost estimates, commercial and technical due diligence and support of solar, wind, transmission and energy storage projects to the development team during development/pre-construction phase. • Develop and maintain CAPEX budgets, cashflows and financial models. • Assess the key project risks and opportunities with the goal to limit exposure. • Work in partnership with Development department to assure a seamless transition into the late-stage development phase and construction phase. • Responsible for leading the RFP process, in conjunction with the Capital Procurement Manager, with qualified contractors and vendors so bids can be accurately evaluated. • Responsible for evaluating thorough comparison metrics to determine most commercially and technically responsible bidders. • Lead negotiations and contracting of the balance of plant construction contracts. • Administer key project contracts including the balance of plant, high voltage, owner supply equipment, offtake, and interconnection agreements. • Manage the turnover process from preconstruction to the construction execution team. • Coordinate with Asset Management in the transition and turnover of the projects to Operations at commercial operation. Show less



Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (IEA)

• United States
• Construction
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Sourcing Manager

  • May 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Team leader of six direct reports.• Developed strategic sourcing strategies / initiatives to support field execution and overall business performance.• Fostered relationships with key suppliers/subcontractors to achieve better pricing and quality of services.• Supported the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to evaluate supplier performance.• Analyzed market data or insights to determine industry and business trends.• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated Terms & Conditions, agreements, and contracts. • Utilized both historical operation data from the Operation team and the Procurement team, and bidding data from the Estimating team to building multiple databases, including total cost, profitability, material, subcontracting. Show less

• Senior Estimator/Preconstruction

  • Jan 2017 - May 2021

  • Produced preliminary design.• Led cross functional teams, including Engineering, Business Development, and Operation, to design customized holistic technical and financial solution packages. • Reviewed bid documents thoroughly, including civil, mechanical, electrical, medium voltage, and high voltage. Ensured compliance with utility interconnect agreements, power purchase agreements, land lease agreements, environmental permits.• Populated RFP packages and evaluated and compared subcontractors’ proposals from both technical and commercial perspective.• Created accurate takeoff, including civil, mechanical, and electrical.• Compare and analyze proposal packages, including pricing, scope of work, schedule and quality, and coordinate with other internal stakeholders to select bidders.• Consolidated and originated estimating deliverables, including pricing, design engineering, schedule, cash flow, safety plan, construction plan and legal.• Presented business opportunities of utility-scale to board; utilizing capex estimates, investment analytics and summary reports. Show less



Gaylor Electric, Inc.

• United States
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Construction Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Designed and constructed multiple photovoltaic projects in the Midwest area. • Led major construction projects across 9 distinct feature markets and 4 specialty service markets. • Contained project costs and safe-guarded company revenue through extensive cost-risk analysis and closely supervised field quality control. • Managed 10+ client relationships, interfacing with 4 delivery teams to ensure on-time delivery of project assignment, leading to 100% retention rate and 10% increase in client accounts. Show less



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Served as both a lecturing industry professional and teaching assistant within the Engineering and Construction Management programs at Purdue University. Included hands-on field study and survey work as part of effort toward earning Masters of Science in Building Construction Management. Courses taught include construction site engineering, site survey management and building construction management. Served as both a lecturing industry professional and teaching assistant within the Engineering and Construction Management programs at Purdue University. Included hands-on field study and survey work as part of effort toward earning Masters of Science in Building Construction Management. Courses taught include construction site engineering, site survey management and building construction management.



China Metallurgical Group Corporation

• Regional Manager

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2012

  Led industrial project teams as both an on-site project manager and as regional manager across China, Turkey, UAE and Germany; responsible for ensuring the execution of strategic initiatives. • Formulated product innovation strategies to enter the Middle East and Europe market. • Evaluated macro environment, capital structures and expanded MCC portfolio by nearly 25%. • Secured over $3M in new revenue through direct management of multiple high-profile residential and commercial development projects across Dubai & Abu Dhabi. • Oversighted MCC’s most lucrative and complex construction projects comprising over $2B in total revenue and delivering 100% on-time completion of several major facilities. Show less