Stephen P. Blake, P. E.
604 Irene Court
Jacksonville, Florida 32259
904-887-0950
EXPERIENCE
(4/02-present) Workplace Management Inc., Jacksonville,
FL
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Earned LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
(4/10).
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Five-time Guest Speaker for IT Project Management class (Florida State
College).
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Provide project monitoring/assurance services as well as consolidated
documentation for small- and
medium-sized businesses on a contract basis.
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Collaborate with SMB’s to plan/produce tangible tools for use in
organizational
alignment, work process
mapping/troubleshooting, and skill set management.
(1/07-10/09)
Jacksonville (FL) Transportation Authority – Facilities
Engineer
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Completed numerous technical specifications, installation drawings, and
bid packages.
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Managed construction of JTA Skyway and Facilities major projects,
including paving, fencing,
emergency generator/ats, new/existing building installation/renovations,
guideway repairs,
HVAC control systems, and power distribution studies/transformer
change-outs.
(5/04-7/05)
Trane/American Standard, Jacksonville, FL –Turnkey Project
Manager
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Managed all aspects of turnkey and building automation projects.
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Completed a corporate-leveraged Six Sigma project for change
orders.
(9/99-4/04)
Randstad, Jacksonville, FL – JEA
Energy Conservation Project Manager
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Managed Customer Technical Services projects for utility including COJ
Energy Program,
NASJAX FEDS Energy Conservation, and Navy power line
protection.
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Completed change management project and earned SS Greenbelt certificate
(12/03).
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Managed Information Grid projects including Data Ctr. UPS and Call Ctr.
Voice Recorder.
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Provided field assistance for JEA Chilled Water Plant construction at
Hogan’s Creek,
including daily photos, safety issues, and concrete
scheduling.
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Managed
standby generator procurement and installation program for two
years.
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Coordinated
all aspects of relocating 360 employees due to
reorganization.
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Trained
employees in Oracle requisitioning, receiving, and
expediting.
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Administered
multiple large facility additions and office space
reconfigurations.
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Specified
construction finishes, off-site storage, renovation, and CM
RFQ’s.
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Compiled
JEA Building Operations Standards for various areas.
(4/99-9/99) W. W. Gay Mechanical Contractor Inc.,
Jacksonville, FL – Project Manager
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Served as on-site Project Manager at JEA – downtown Jacksonville,
FL.
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Coordinated various building floor renovations using modular
furniture.
(8/98-4/99)
First Coast Contractors,
Jacksonville, FL - Estimator/Scheduler
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Performed material take-offs and install estimates for government HVAC
jobs.
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Compiled Suretrak and MS-Project schedules for turnkey
contracts.
(5/97-4/99)
Beloit Corporation, Jacksonville,
FL - Estimator/Scheduler
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Compiled and maintained EPC schedules using Primavera P3 software.
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Developed various types of cost estimates for pulp and paper
installations.
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Organized a detailed turnkey “RESMAT” responsibility matrix for
estimates/proposals.
(5/97-4/99)
Beloit Corporation, Jacksonville,
FL - Estimator/Scheduler (cont.)
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Researched global labor productivity/wage information, member of AACE
(cost estimating)
organization, and represented our group, producing product logic rules
for the award-winning
corporate Navigator estimating/proposal program.
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Selected,
purchased, and implemented Winestimator estimating software, configuring
100+
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assemblies
and a functional work breakdown structure.
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Designed a project engineering, procurement, and installation tracking
relational database
Model that links cost control, installation, motors, process equipment,
power equipment,
document control, procurement, instruments, line list, valves, wiring
(both electrical and
instrumentation), schedule dates, and scope management with relationships
that “cascade”
all data table changes instantaneously.
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Created “interim” estimating spreadsheet covering the CSI 16 divisions
plus engineering,
featuring EPC pricing capability utilizing a unit price structure.
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Assembled the “Scopeman” questionnaire for EPC scope management, which
augments an
estimate’s plot plan, responsibility, and specification information.
(11/92-4/97) Kamtech Inc., Glens Falls, NY - EPC
Estimator/Project Coordinator
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Took-off and estimated total installed costs of industrial turnkey
projects.
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Field engineered, procured, and executed construction project work
orders.
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Managed site subcontractors from scheduling through final
payment.
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Purchased and approved invoices of "spot" items needed for system
completion.
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Coordinated engineering activity and reported progress as Kamyr/Kamtech
liaison.
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Conducted shop visits to expedite piping and structural construction
materials.
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Compiled and updated schedules and budgets using Primavera FH/Quattro
Pro.
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Standardized 15 work processes by creating flow sheets and management
tools.
(5/89-11/92) ES&E Industrial Process Group,
Greenville, SC - Project Administrator
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Developed and used a procurement system for a $14MM turnkey lime kiln
project.
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Moderated contractor pre-bid and proposal review meetings for the
customer.
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Reviewed approval drawings to formalize design changes and information
requests.
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Managed reproduction, distribution, and quality control of bid packages
and RFQ's.
(2/87-2/89)
MSI Construction, West Columbia,
SC - Corporate Engineer
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Site managed the execution of 180 field extras for the Ridgeway Gold
Project.
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Field engineered pipe routing and structural fit-up solutions for Mack
Truck Project.
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Estimated and successfully proposed multi-craft / subcontract types of
projects.
(3/86-9/86)
CPC-Rexcel, Hudson, NC -
QC/Project Engineer
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Reduced rejects 20% by implementing operator self-checks to monitor
quality.
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Promoted from Production Supervisor (4/86), where managed production of
12
polystyrene cup and lid machines, including preliminary machine
troubleshooting.
(8/84-2/86)
Law Engineering, Charlotte, NC -
Metals/Mechanical Engineer
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Updated a FORTRAN computer program using Basic and WordStar to
accurately
depict tube bundle configurations coded for any defects, now used
extensively.
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Prepared testing proposals, analyzed material failures, and assisted with
non-destructive
evaluations (ET, MT, PT, RT, and UT) of various system
components.
EDUCATION
Duke University, Durham, NC -
B.S. in Mech. Engineering (9/84)