Taylor Smith

Experience

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  Pok-O-MacCready Camp

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2013

  Climbing Wall Manager

  Managed a climbing facility in the Adirondack Park. Trained seasonal staff in safety procedures, climbing etiquette and technique, and equipment management. Led indoor and outdoor climbing classes for summer camp and school groups. Engaged local and regional climbing community in our first public climbing competition. Conducted research into the viability of a local afterschool climbing program.

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  Right on Brother Productions

  Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

  Short Film - Editor

  Worked part time with an independent production company. Collaborated on several projects as a production assistant and editor, some of which were recognized at film festivals. ~Official Finalist – Telluride Mountain Film Festival~

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  ITek Energy

  Feb 2014 - May 2014

  Production Worker

  Manufactured solar panels: material quality control, soldering cells, and robotic assembly tool troubleshooting.

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  Diamond J - Fishing Boat

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Bristol Bay - Drift Gill Net - Deckhand

  Deckhand on a drift gill-net, the "Diamond J" out of Naknak, AK. We had a great season, two green horns teaching an old dog new tricks, "wagon the tail at the line."

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  Left Coast Services LLC

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Navigated ambiguous state cleanup standards, which lead to significant company growth and their acquisition. Coordinated up to 15 projects at a time, with usd 60k budgets. Responsibilities: site characterization and data visualization of contamination extents, written reports, and homeowner liaison. Propose remediation strategies and cost benefit analysis for cleanup options. Ensuring field team success in clean-up implementation, sampling, documenting, and close-out reporting. Home heating-oil tank remediation projects: servicing home heating oil tanks, testing for leaks and replacing old tanks, collecting samples, staging equipment and materials, excavating contaminated soil, operating forklifts and other machinery, performing bio-remediation injections.

  • Project Specialist

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Field Technician

    Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Dovetail General Contractors

  Aug 2017 - Nov 2021

  New North Bend residence: bags-on carpentry lead, subcontractor layout and support, coordinating look-ahead schedule, materials procurement, working closely with superintendent, CAD metal shops and take-off for custom aluminum fascia, collaborating with design team, superintendent, and project manager to achieve design intent and constructability. New Lake Washington residence: foundation and primary I-beam structure layout and elevations with transit and Leica total station, pivoting wall assembly layout and frame install, monumental bent steel fascia install, 1/4" steel window liners flush with window and floor details, MEP documentation w/ Leica 3D scanner, subcontractor layout and support, steel fence design/install, custom steel fabrication for various design solutions, framing, and formwork for architectural concrete. Adaptive reuse - new custom residential apartment suites and seismic upgrades for masonry commercial spaces on Ballard Ave. Tenant improvement - Sawyer Restaurant.

  • Foreman

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Project Carpenter

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Apprentice Carpenter

    Aug 2017 - Feb 2019
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  Lydig Construction

  Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

  Project Engineer