CARLOS Pardo
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Construction professional prepared for high-stakes roles with extensive experience in overseeing multifaceted construction projects. Consistently ensures projects meet quality standards and deadlines, fostering collaborative work environment. Known for strong leadership, adaptability, and proficiency in project management and site supervision.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Manager
Tectra Group Inc.
07.2024 - Current
- Leading project cycle. (Define team and responsibilities and review the base schedule).
- Visit sites regularly during construction — including bid walks, preconstruction walks, in-progress visits, punch walks, and closeouts — and attend status and coordination meetings
- Prepare progress draws.
- Conduct and document quality assurance and safety inspections throughout the construction process, ensuring that the work environment is acceptable and that tools and equipment are in good working condition
- Conduct employee orientations and safety meetings.
- Maintain and update SOW and preconstruction documents and meet contract obligations by developing relationships with reliable contractors and vendors
- Respond efficiently and effectively to work delays, emergencies, and other project disruptions
Site Superintendent
Maystar Contractors
06.2023 - 06.2024
- Plan, schedule, organize, direct, and control construction projects from start to finish according to schedule, specifications, and budget.
- Prepare progress reports and issue progress schedules to clients.
- Oversee day-to-day field activities.
- Supervise the activities of subcontractors and subordinate staff.
- Conduct employee orientations and safety meetings.
- Relevant Project
- Brain Science Centre at Sunnybrook Hospital
Project Manager
Triumph Group of Companies
02.2020 - 05.2023
- Provide leadership and support to the team.
- Enforce company and project policies and main client interface and are responsible for project performance, including budget/costs, schedule, quality, and overall project status.
- Advise senior management of potential problems, work interferences, or schedule difficulties while assisting in resolving such conflicts.
- Coordinate, manage, and communicate with all subcontractors and effectively resolve problems such as delivery, labor, schedule, and payment disputes.
- Maintain excellent relationships with trade contractors, architects, consultants, and our clients.
- Assist with planning a construction project and preparing a construction schedule with the field site supervisor.
- Process contract drawings and specifications and ensure the building is built according to these documents.
- Prepare regular, timely, and accurate billings for Owners and ensure timely payment of subcontractor billings.
- Monitor a project's material and labor costs in conjunction with the field site supervisor and ensure accurate quality reporting.
- Read, interpret, analyze, and forecast a project’s cost reports and determine the status of the job in terms of schedule and costing.
- Be aware of unit costs and monitor and compare daily progress on site with the project’s estimate in conjunction with the field site supervisor.
Site Supervisor
Vestacon Ltd
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Responsible for supervising and implementing all requirements for Health & Safety, ensuring full trade and subcontractor site safety compliance
- Follow up schedules and sequencing of work and maintain schedules when impacts arise
- Communicate regular updates to the client as well as subcontractors
- Work positively within a team by providing coaching to achieve a common goal of successful project completion
- Support the Project Manager during weekly minutes meetings.
- Relevant Project
- Uber, Canadian Head Office - 80000 sq ft. Worth of Project Approx. $20 Million
Site Supervisor
Stracor Inc
10.2017 - 12.2018
- Communicated performance, issues, and hazards by presenting site reports daily using Construction Management Software
- Implemented daily, weekly, and monthly safety reports in compliance with COR Program Guidelines
- Team player by being flexible with last-minute calls to schedule working hours and assisting other sites if necessary
Crew Member
Atlas-Apex Roofing
01.2016 - 10.2017
Quality Control (Checker)
Valmont Industries (Pure Metal Galvanizing)
01.2012 - 07.2016
Quality Control (Normes)
Corbec Galvanizing
04.2010 - 08.2011
Construction Project Manager
CAPB Design and Construction
01.2006 - 08.2009
- Negotiated changes, additions, and revisions to contractual agreements with Stakeholders, General Contractors, Architects, Suppliers and Subcontractors
- Monitored schedules and milestones against established deadlines, managing available resources and manpower to obtain high performance and timely results
Master’s Internship
Borrell-Estudi D’Arquitectura
11.2004 - 11.2005
Master’s Internship
Applus Corp. (Certification Technological Center)
11.2003 - 08.2004
Education
Project Management Certificate -
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON01.2016
Master - New Technologies for Building
UPC University Polytechnic of Catalonia
01.2005
Bachelor - Architecture
University Santo Tomas de Aquino
01.1998
Skills
- MS Office, MS Project, MS Outlook, MS Excel, AutoCAD
- Project Management Software (Procore, Plan Grid, E-compliance)
- Project management
- Construction management
- Problem-solving
- Site management
- Construction safety
- Project scheduling
- Team building and leadership
- Subcontractor management
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Excellent customer relations
- Organized and detail oriented
- Interpreting blueprints
- Stakeholder communication
- Reading blueprints
- Design experience
- Hiring and training
- Specifications review
Languages
Spanish (Fluent), English (Advanced), French (Basic)
Certification
- Construction Project Administration (Course) George Brown College, 2017
- Construction Planning and Scheduling (Course) George Brown College, 2017
- Confined Space Hazard Awareness for Construction, 2018
- Asbestos Awareness training, 2017
- Basic of supervising, 2017
- Traffic control persons for construction, 2017
- Working with Propane safely in the roofing industry, 2017
- St. John Ambulance (Level A CPR/AED), 2019
- Working at Heights, 2020
- WHMIS, HEALTH & SAFETY training, 2019
- Construction Administration, May 2023
- Certified Infection Control - CSA Group, Aug 2023
Timeline
Construction Manager
Tectra Group Inc.
07.2024 - Current
Site Superintendent
Maystar Contractors
06.2023 - 06.2024
Project Manager
Triumph Group of Companies
02.2020 - 05.2023
Site Supervisor
Vestacon Ltd
04.2019 - 01.2020
Site Supervisor
Stracor Inc
10.2017 - 12.2018
Crew Member
Atlas-Apex Roofing
01.2016 - 10.2017
Quality Control (Checker)
Valmont Industries (Pure Metal Galvanizing)
01.2012 - 07.2016
Quality Control (Normes)
Corbec Galvanizing
04.2010 - 08.2011
Construction Project Manager
CAPB Design and Construction
01.2006 - 08.2009
Master’s Internship
Borrell-Estudi D’Arquitectura
11.2004 - 11.2005
Master’s Internship
Applus Corp. (Certification Technological Center)
11.2003 - 08.2004
Master - New Technologies for Building
UPC University Polytechnic of Catalonia
Bachelor - Architecture
University Santo Tomas de Aquino
Project Management Certificate -
University of Toronto