SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Detail-oriented designer with over 6 years of full-time experience and completed AXP hours on the path to obtain architectural licensure. Experience in the design of Healthcare, Mixed Use, Museums, Institutional, Commercial, Multi-family and Single-family residential including new construction, alterations, and redevelopments as well as Project Management, and Inspection. Knowledge of contracts, bid processes, preparation of construction documents, architectural plans and detailing with tenacious attention to quality.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Designer
M2A Group, PSC · San Juan, Puerto Rico · February 2021 November 2022
▪ Work directly with the Principal Engineer.
▪ Project Management and Inspection of Design-Build projects.
▪ Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
▪ Prepare architectural plans, construction documents and ROW drawings.
▪ Project Inspector and team supervisor of Structural Repairs of Short Columns present in Public Schools PRDE Program and R3 Program Housing.
▪ Prepare and manage project invoicecertifications as well as QA/QC and auditproject teams’ documentation of a 2-million-dollar federal funded project.
▪ Prepare RFI’s, change orders, cost estimates, meeting minutes, and monthly reports.
▪ Revise contractor plans, schedules, submittals and certifications, as well as assistant inspector invoices, trackers, and weekly reports.
▪ Carry out site surveys and “as-built” of existing conditions on a need basis.
▪ Carry out damage assessment site visits for ICP and FEMA projects.
▪ Conduct and assist to pre bid, pre-construction, and construction meetings. Prepare Request for Proposals, and Request for Qualifications for agencies such as PRHTA, PRIFA, AVP, DRNA, UPR, Tidal Basin, ICP, FEMA, DTOP, and municipalities.
Freelance Designer
Remote · 2020 – Present
▪ Worked with AD Design PR in the design of High-end Residences at Dorado Plantations.
▪ Prepare and present design proposals to clients & design of residences in Puerto Rico.
▪ Carry out site surveys and “as-built” of existing conditions.
▪ Draft emergency egress plans for residential building complexes.
▪ Demolition, schematic, DD’s, CD’s sets & renderings for residential remodeling.
▪ Partnered with gym owners to draft emergency plans for all Puerto Rico branches.
Junior Designer
Archimuse · New York, NY · 2016 – 2020
▪ Work directly with the Principal and Project Architect.
▪ Prepare and present design proposals to clients.
▪ Occasionally carry out site surveys and “as-built” of existing conditions.
▪ Manage multiple projects simultaneously; traditional delivery projects.
▪ Preparation of complete and timely sets of architectural drawings for all design phases, renderings, construction documents as well as for purposes of costs, HPD, HCR, HHAP, NYC DOB, Architectural Review Boards, and Landmark Preservation Commission.
▪ Preparation of Project Manual, specifications and bid bonds.
▪ Attend client and consultant coordination meetings with or without supervision.
▪ Assist during construction administration by attending site visits, preparing meeting minutes, submittals and shop drawing reviews.
▪ Preparation of MEP drawings and coordination with Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing as well as expeditor consultants for building permit filing.
Entry Level Designer | Apprenticeship
Architect Maite Hernández · Carolina & Canovanas, Puerto Rico · 2007
▪ Participated on inspections of public housing apartment complexes in Carolina with architect.
▪ Shadowed architect in meetings related to an upper middle income two-level single housing development project under construction in Canovanas. Checked accuracy of deliveries of materials received for different projects.
▪ Produce transmittals, invoices, and schedules.
WORK HISTORY
M2A Group, PSC Associate Designer in engineering firm San Juan, Puerto Rico
Freelance