Betelhem Getahun
Building Construction Engineer
Perth
Summary
Building Construction Engineer with more than Four years of Construction management and planning experience in residence and commercial construction. Possess excellent interpersonal abilities and a wide range of technical and computer skills.
Overview
2020
2020
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Building Construction Engineer
Wondemagegn and Fantaye Construction
1 2021 - 4 2024
- Collaborate and provide technical direction to the building team
- Managed approximately 15 incoming calls and emails per day from the building team
- Support Project Manager with the preparation and maintenance of construction schedules
- Maintain organized and detailed construction files, project records and logs
- Oversee and review daily field inspector reports
- Track, document and manage project issues and conditions
- Attend project meetings and record meeting minutes
- Prepare monthly project status reports
- Assist Project Manager with payment requisition review
- Assist in project close-out activities including the resolution of potential claims
- Review, analyze and make recommendations for contractor claims
- Review and monitor contractor payroll and insurance documentation
- Other duties as assigned
- Prepare technical reports, documentation, and specifications
- Managed on-site resources effectively, including personnel allocation, equipment utilization, and material storage to ensure smooth project progression with minimal downtime.
- Checked technical designs and drawings for adherence to standards.
- Coordinated with subcontractors ensuring their work met project specifications as well as monitored their progress towards completion deadlines.
- Recorded daily events and activities in site diary to evaluate process and improve productivity.
Admin Assistance and Customer Service
Poland
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Provide a wide range of professional Customer Service
- Professionally handle incoming requests from customers and ensure that issues are resolved both promptly and thoroughly
- Thoroughly and efficiently gather customer information, access and fulfill customer needs, educate the customer where applicable to prevent the need for future contacts and document interactions through contact tracking
- Provide quality service and support in a variety of areas including, but not limited to: billing, placing print orders, and system troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot customer issues over the phone
- Continuously evaluate and identify opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the customer's experience
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Construction Engineer
DA Construction
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Administer contractor's work and ensure compliance with submitted contract documents
- Inspect work sites, monitor project budget and schedule and check project plans and drawings to verify authenticity of office plans
- Manage and submit all reviewed contract documents to contract administrators for further approval
- Collaborate and Provide assistance to project managers and supervise office engineering construction
- Perform inspection and prepare documents for entire contract work projects
- Ensure all contract works in compliance with contract documents
- Prepare monthly reports on progress of assigned projects with assistance of schedules, costs spreadsheets and perform analysis on the same
- Client liaison and site visits
- Determined costs of labor and materials for each project.
- Fostered a positive work environment that promoted teamwork, accountability, and high-performance standards among staff members.
- Managed 5 sub-contractors
Graduate Construction Engineer
Redeate Dagim Construction
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Organizing materials and ensuring sites are safe and clean
- Preparing cost estimates and ensuring appropriate materials and tools are available
- Providing technical advice and suggestions for improvement on particular projects
- Checking technical designs and drawings for accuracy and to ensure that all are followed correctly
- Ensuring project packages meet agreed specification, budgets and/or timescales
- Preparing site reports and logging progress
- Improved communication between team members through weekly meetings and progress updates.
- Identified and resolved potential structural issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Construction Technology and Management (CoTM)
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 09.2012 - 01.2017
Skills
Auto CAD
Advanced in Microsoft Excel (Spreadsheet)
MS Office Suite
MS Project / Publisher
Microsoft Teams
Significantpositions
- Building Construction Engineer, Fanta Construction
- Building Construction Engineer, DA Construction
- Graduate Engineer, Redeate Dagim Construction
Projects
To investigate the impact of both roadway geometric elements and pavement conditions on road traffic safety by considering Addis Ababa city as case. To explore the level of road safety problem and trend in Addis Ababa city. To conduct an inquiry to the type of roadway geometry prone to fatal, serious, light and Property damage crashes in Addis Ababa. To investigate the relationship between crash severity and road pavement type and condition.
References
Available upon request.
Summary Of Experience
Building Construction Engineer with more than Four years of Construction management and planning experience in residence and commercial construction. Possess excellent interpersonal abilities and a wide range of technical and computer skills.
Timeline
Admin Assistance and Customer Service
Poland
01.2019 - 01.2020
Construction Engineer
DA Construction
01.2018 - 07.2019
Graduate Construction Engineer
Redeate Dagim Construction
01.2017 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Construction Technology and Management (CoTM)
Addis Ababa University
09.2012 - 01.2017
Building Construction Engineer
Wondemagegn and Fantaye Construction
1 2021 - 4 2024
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