Baktash Karimi

About Baktash Karimi

Experienced construction management professional and PMI certified PMP with a solid background in managing commercial, residential, infrastructure and energy projects. Highly skilled in communications management, coordinating tasks within cross-functional teams, inspecting works and products, cost and time management, preparing plans prior to and during construction works, risk management, performance reporting, product submittals and procurement coordination.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   Griffith Company

   Apr 2018 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Performing all project management tasks on multiple public and private sector projects. Projects are heavy civil road, port, railyard and airport construction and range from small to large and, in the General Contractor and Subcontractor roles.• Proven record of ability to work in fast paced environments and being able to research independently and work collectively towards solving problems.• Significant knowledge of project contracts, subcontracts, scope, cost, quality, schedule, safety, risks, procurement, stakeholder management, as well as working closely with accounting and leadership team members to provide regular cost accounting data and overall project status.• Able to work with in-house teams, departments, and divisions, as well as outside vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, General Contractors, owners and inspectors to help the project maintain progress.• Highly detail oriented, being able to notice the smallest details pertinent to our work, while also maintaining a bigger picture of the state of the project and where it’s headed.• Planning ahead and preparing work plans and tracking logs, leading meetings with relevant in-house and outside stakeholders to ensure scope of work is understood, and all aspects of the project are investigated, and any ambiguities are clarified through proper collaboration.• In addition to the Project Management role, also working as the project scheduler preparing the baseline and schedule updates, the project QSP inspecting BMPs to ensure compliance with the project as well as estimating cost proposals for scope changes.• Documenting lessons learned, and constantly providing feedback to the organization on how to improve certain processes in order to achieve optimum workflow and efficiency.

Education

• Kabul Polytechnic University

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electrical Engineering

  2005 — 2010

• MJB College

  High school Diploma, General Studies

  1992 — 2004

Skills

• Electrical Wiring
• Quality Control
• Power Distribution
• Project Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Electricians
• High Voltage
• Procurement
• Surveying
• Project Control
• Project Estimation
• Teamwork
• Project Engineering
• Autocad
• Pls-Cadd
• Concrete
• Microsoft Office
• Autocad Electrical
• Primavera P6
• Quality Management
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Safety
• Project Management
• Qcs
• Power Plants
• Proposal Writting
• Supervisory Skills
• Construction Management
• Contract Management
• Cad
• Translation
• Microsoft Project
• Process Scheduler
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Subcontracting
• Electrical Engineering
• Inspection
• Teaching
• Teaching English as a Second Language