James Steele

• Supervised field crews to maximize quality and work efficiency.
• Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
• Delivered reports to construction manager to detail project updates and likely completion dates, noting delays and causes.
• Complied with safety protocols and enforced proper equipment and material usage.
• Delegated assignments based on plans, project needs, and knowledge of individual team members.
• Supervised job site employees and subcontractors across multiple trades.
• Supervised material usage and contractor man-hours to keep projects in line with budgetary restrictions.
• Completed accurate material and labor estimates for jobs ranging from small to large budgets.
• Reported quality of performance on site to site construction managers.
• Sustained safety protocols, ensuring proper, cost-effective and safe handling and usage of equipment and materials.
• Eliminated project lags by inspecting work-in-progress, tracking lead times and testing work to achieve quality control specifications.
• Led safety training and daily meetings to update teams and reduce hazards.

• Supervised field crews to maximize quality and work efficiency.
• Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets.
• Delivered reports to construction manager to detail project updates and likely completion dates, noting delays and causes.
• Complied with safety protocols and enforced proper equipment and material usage.
• Supervised job site employees and subcontractors across multiple trades.
• Reported quality of performance on site to site construction managers.

Started in 2003 as a general labourer and worked my way up to a leading hand pipe layer. Operated a grader for a period of time boxing out roads and preparing for kerb. Laying pipes and managing a work crew of ten people, also was proxy for the OH&S committee.