Carter Strien

Experience

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  Western Springs Service Club

  May 2011 - Jan 2016

  Lessons Teacher/Senior Lifeguard

  -Rescued two active drowning victims-Taught lessons to beginning and advanced swimmers-Responded to impromptu Starguard audits, earning a perfect safety rating for the pool-De-escalated emergency situations by working quickly and calmly with other lifeguards-Trained younger lifeguards to balance pool chemicals

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  Kelcon Builders, Inc.

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  Winter Intern

  -Completed construction projects that complied with building plans for a new cardiology center-Gained valuable planning experience by setting realistic goals and adhering to timetables for projects-Operated machinery to remove concrete walls and load-bearing supports

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2018

  Co-Captain, Paddling Team for Concrete Canoe

  -Constructed and raced a concrete canoe for the Great Lakes Student Conference (2017 & 2018)-Created a design with 3 other students that placed first in the GLSC 2018 environmental design competition-Trained members in optimal canoe paddling methods to achieve faster race times-Controlled canoe by verbalizing commands for speed and direction to paddling partner

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  Path Construction

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Project Engineer Intern

  -Aided in project closeout of a 20 million dollar science building at the College of Lake County-Contacted sub-contractors to obtain information on finished construction work-Calculated weekly project costs and displayed them in an easily readable budget sheet

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  Kimley-Horn

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Project Engineer

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Analyst

    Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Analyst

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021