Jorge Duarte

JORGE DUARTE

(604) 2109-9944                E-mail: jorgeduartepty@gmail.com

Panama has a Free Trade Agreement with Canada,

which facilitates contracting because it does not require LMIA.

 

Civil Engineer with management experience, report analysis, problem-solving, offering different practical, safe, cost/effective alternatives. Ability to budget, organize, plan and supervise projects. project management and administration. Great communication with other professionals.
SKILLS
ü  Exceptional leader
ü  Data analytics
ü  AutoCAD, Photoshop
ü  Entrepreneur, Passionate
ü  Results oriented
ü  MS Office
ü  Projects management
ü  Teamwork, Integrity
ü  Surveying
ü  Drawings and blueprints
ü  Volunteering
ü  MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project manager, civil work                                  QUALITY INDUSTRIES, owner 2008 – 2020
Preparation of feasibility studies until their development and delivery. I have worked in collaboration with other professionals. Communication skills with my team.
·       Prepared formats for budgets and technical scope for public or private tenders.

·       Experience in steel work, complete carpentry finishes, wood, installation of doors, windows, locks, cabinets, and all interior and exterior details.
·       Hiring of personnel. Supervise workers and improve their performance.
·       Experience in handling requisition of materials, products, and equipment.
·       Preparation of financial reports to achieve a 10% annual cost reduction.
·       Management of subcontracts & suppliers.
·       Data collection with surveying equipment. (Topcon)

Project manager, Exhibitions & Events QUALITY INDUSTRIES
I am passionate about the events industry, doing this job with enthusiasm for over 10 years.

·       By working in the exhibition areas, I was able to improve the distribution of spaces by 15% with AutoCAD drawings.
·       Head of Assembly. Optimize the performance and quality of work teams up to 25%. With training, evaluations, and inspection. Inventory of the site and tools control.
·       Reduction of manufacturing costs in the requested projects and stand designs by 15%.

Administrative Director                                         GRUPO ARROBA S.A. 2004 – 2008
·       Prepared the legal documentation required in state tenders. Achieving qualification in 60% of the proposals. I was in charge of administering the personnel contracts.
Field Engineer                                                       FUNDACIONES S, A. 2003 – 2004

·       Construction of the three (3) vehicular accesses to the Centennial Bridge. System “Muro Mesa”.

·       Presentation of work progress report cost control and preparation and delivery of accounts.

·       Optimize scheduled work time by 5%.
Assistant Project Engineer                                   PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY (ACP) 2001 – 2002
·       Work on Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks. As an assistant to the Project Engineer, I performed daily inspections and technical reports, calculation of quantities, preparation of budgets, development of scope of work. He also gave talks and techniques to foremen in their fieldwork.
Assistant structural designs                                 DA INGENIEROS  1994 – 1996
·       I assisted in the specifications and the timely and cost-effective production of civil / structural designs and drawings for the client.
·       Computerized drawing in AutoCAD improved and facilitated the projects engineer and architect.
·       Budget – Calculation of quantities – Preparation of spreadsheet.
·       Assistant in Inspection of Works
·       He took photographs, to surveys, dimensioned in the field that expedited technical reports.
·       Surveying

EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA

·       Degree in Civil Engineering, 2002

SAN JOSÉ MAYOR SEMINARY
·        Ethical Philosophy and Religion, 1991

LA SALLE COLLEGE

·       Bachelor of Science and Letters, 1984.

 

COURSES AND SEMINARS
·       Seminar “Notions of anti-seismic construction for buildings and small houses”, 2002.

·       Course of the Budget Program Opus 99, 2000 • Visual Basic Course v.6.0, UTP, 1999.

·       Congress “Perspectives of Geotechnics in Panama”, 1998.

·       AutoCAD v.12 Course, Technology University de Panama, 1995.

 

PROGRAMS

·       Mastery of AutoCAD

·       Proficiency in Programming Languages ​​Qbasic, Turbo Basic, Visual Basic.

·       Knowledge and mastery of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.

·       Knowledge of Microsoft Project and Visual Analysis.

·       Domain of the Accounting Cycle. Sage. Adobe Photoshop.

CIVIC PARTICIPATION
·       Relationship with Medical, Social and Religious Societies.
·       Founding Member of ONG, Lumen Christi, 2011-Today

·       Non-profit organization that develops programs for the benefit of poor communities in areas of difficult access and social risk.
·       Voluntary founding member. I am responsible for the maintenance and improvement of social buildings. In 2020, due to COVID-19, in charge of the logistics to bring food by boat to a poor community.
·       Member of the Organizing Committee VIII National Congress of Civil Engineering, SPIA, 1997

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Panamanian. Civil Engineer
Panama, having a Free Trade Agreement with Canada (FAC), has ease in applying for a work visa. I am available to travel and work with a job invitation.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/foreign-workers/international-free-trade-agreements/panama.html
Idioms: Spanish and English intermediate.
PERSONAL REFERENCE

·       Engineer Mariano Lamela A., 507 6614-5433

·       Architect Raul Murillo, 507 6747-9611

·      Priest Hector Quiros, President of the Lumen Christi Foundation. 507 6717-9270