Danil Karasev

Experience

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  University of Houston-Downtown

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

  Facilities Management Intern

  Develop drawings and specifications for renovation projects in AutoCAD Contact vendors to estimate cost of upcoming projectsManage existing drawings to maintain accurate and relevant architectural databasePerform field verification of facilities to ensure compliance with ADA standards

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  Speece & Lewis Engineers

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2019

  Bridge EIT

  Facilitate bridge design for public entities and State of Nebraska under direction of senior engineers.Create and review bridge plans, temporary shoring, falsework plans, establish bill of materials.Perform load rating computations on bridges and reinforced box-culverts.Assist with construction inspection for various projects including bridges, paving, reinforced box-culverts, and culvert pipes.Take field notes, maintain material records, collect material certifications and generate project pay estimates.Conduct field testing of concrete for air content and slump.Assist with topographic surveys and construction staking using GPS collector, theodolite and construction level. Show less

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  E.Construct, USA

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

  Bridge Design Engineer
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  Olsson

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

  Assistant Engineer, Bridges

  • Designed and developed construction drawings and specifications for bridges, retaining walls, box culverts, and various civil engineering tasks• Performed comprehensive construction quality control inspection on bridge and culvert projects in construction

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  Valmont Industries, Inc.

  Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

  Associate Project Engineer - Solar

  • Provided project engineering support to sales, engineering and R&D teams for product implementation in the North American market.• Enhanced existing quoting process by redesigning quoting tool to deliver 25% time savings for both budget and detailed quotes• Coached virtual project engineering teams on Valmont Solar project ITTO’s• Developed construction drawing sets, BOM’s and detailed calculation reports for awarded projects• Conduct value engineering exercises to lower costs on an individual project basis. Show less

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  Metropolitan Utilities District

  Dec 2022 - now

  Project Manager II

  • Successfully managed mid-sized capital improvement projects from inception to completion, concurrently managing eight (8) projects with a cumulative value of $3.8M• Lead projects through scope development, schedule, budget, project requirements, Board approval, bid process management, contractor/consultant selection, construction execution, and closeout• Developed and executed a stakeholder engagement strategy, resulting in an increased project buy-in, robust project requirements gathering and a reduced change requests throughout the project lifecycle.• Performed pre-bid, pre-construction conferences, issued addendums and conducted project site visit to ensure adherence to project scope and quality metrics. Show less