Carmel Francis

Leadership and Management Skills

· Currently manager of a team of 10 graduate structural engineers within the Carter Holt Harvey LVL Technical team where I conduct quarterly performance reviews to provide feedback and identify areas for development.

· Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.

· Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.

· Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.

· Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.

· Assist the Technical team by scheduling projects for the junior team members in the team to process on a day-to-day basis.

Interpersonal Skills

· Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.

· Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.

· Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.

· Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Sustainability Initiatives

· Assisting and providing sustainable and cost-effective recommendations to customers such as Architects, Designers, Engineers and Builders of the use of Carter Holt Harvey products via various platforms.

· Planned, created, tested and deployed system life cycle methodology to produce high quality systems to meet and exceed customer expectations.

· Assessed or proposed sustainability initiatives by considering cost-effectiveness, technical feasibility and acceptance.

Technical Skills

· Developed structural design of products using computer-assisted design (CAD) and CHH software.

· Helped with the creating of technical specifications for structural designs in the construction industry.

· Provided feedback by the testing new software solutions for Structural Engineers (ComputeIT software) through hand calculations.

· Produced preliminary portal frame designs using Carter Holt Harvey LVL software and design methodology.

· Designing mid-floor and roof framing layouts for residential projects with the use of Carter Holt Harvey engineered wood products.