CRISTIAN

ALVAREZ I am quite sure that due to his professional experience and

CIVIL ENGINEER his interpersonal skills he is going to succeed in any context
(whether scholar or professional). I restate my strong
recommendation to Mr. Cristian Alvarez. r
Sydney, Australia Raphael Carpio Project Manager at ODEBRECHT.

AUSTRALIAN WORK VISA GRANTED SkilledRecognised Graduate Visa (subclass 476).

+61 414 452 825 // cnalvarezh@gmail.com // 6/66 Oaks ave. Dee
Why, Sydney / NSW2099

CIVIL ENGINEER, 5 YEARS experience in highways. I am passionate about Planning and Lean
Construction; with a strong focus on Safety and Sustainability. With innovation, creativity and
responsibility I am capable of making things happen, attaining better results than planned.

WORK EXPERIENCE

A) Civil Engineer: (3 years of professional experience at ODEBRECHT - PERU).

Odebrecht focuses on investments in infrastructure in Latin America, being the 13 th biggest
contractor in the world, acting in more than 25 countries.

IIRSA NORTE: 1050 km highway construction and maintenance PPP for 25 years (500 million
USD).

Member of Joven Parcero ODEBRECHT graduate program. This program allows the graduates to
work in different areas in their first three years, in order to give them a total domain in the
construction business and project management.

1) Site Engineer Piura: (Jan

Dec 15)

Piura Paita 2nd carriageway construction project (Segunda Calzada): 88

million USD

- Efficiently reengineered the Gantt chart that reached the annual milestone (30 km of paved
road).
- Leading 22 foremen and 800 tradesmen (heavy machinery operators, carpenters, steel fixers,
etc.).
- Accomplishment of construction procedures as planned (time and cost): earthworks (cut & fill),
subgrade, grade and asphalt placement. The earthworks presented a real cost 3% below the
estimated.
- Competent development of the material transportation daily scheduling (more than 5000m3 of
sand and sub base distributed among 50 km).
- Heavy equipment daily management: over 130 trucks, 24 graders and rollers strategically
distributed.

Interchange road construction project (Intercambio vial Piura): 20

million USD

- Handling total responsibility for the delivery of two construction procedures: earthworks and
Maccaferris precast assembly (vertical concrete faced soil reinforcement structures). The entire
project was delivered one month before the due date.
- Stakeholders management: securing water resources developing a drag system to use an
underwater font in order to preserve a river used by 5 communities in a waterless desert. The
project needed 240000 gallons per day.

- Leading 450 labourers and 04 foremen in construction processes.

- In charge of the development of the Last Planner tool for earthworks and Maccaferri MacRes
System Assembly.
- Liaised and worked alongside with the road safety barriers subcontractors and design engineers
seeking a successful and low cost delivery.
- Day / Night shift daily scheduling and weekly productivity analysis during construction.

2) Construction safety engineer Bagua Grande: (Set

2014 Dec 2014)
- Design and implementation of new construction safety policies for the highland building sites.
We experienced a 13% reduction of accidents in the workplaces.

3) Design engineer Lima: (Jan

2014 Aug 2014)

- BIM modelling and review of a green building design to match LEED standards.
- Detailed cost estimation (unit price compositions) for Piura roads, successfully approved by the
Transportation Ministry of Peru. The real cost of the project was 4% below the estimated.

4) Contract administration associate Lima: (Oct

2013 Dec 2013)
- Arbitration petition with legal and technical criteria for a dispute resolution.

B) Civil engineer trainee: (2 years as an intern at ODEBRECHT - PERU).

1) Construction department assistant

Yurimaguas Port: 2013
- Steel and concrete pile driving at Yurimaguas jungle port road. 40
million USD
- Successfully implemented an innovation scheme, shipping 4 times more material than expected
through a jungle river.

2) Engineering department assistant Tarapoto and Piura:

(2011 2012)
- Supervision in the assembling and mounting procedures of three bridges.

Education:

Master of Project Management, Class of

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
2016.
The University of Manchester, England Project Management Course, 2016 - I
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (ABET
Civil Engineering, BS, Class of 2013.
Accredited).

Thesis: Implementation of Line-of-Balance planning tool for the Yurimaguas Port road construction.
MSc. Thesis: Maximising productivity in buildings: improvement of the on-Site / off-Site process
during the planning phase with a sustainable and safety perspective.
Publications:

REFEREES:

- RAPHAEL CARPIO. - Project Manager at Odebrecht

rcarpio@odebrecht.com

Further relevant Skills:

- English: Expert proficiency (strong communication skills).

- Portuguese(expert), Spanish (Native).
- Cultural adaptability: experience in Peru (coast, highlands and jungle sites) and Australia.
- REVIT & AutoCAD, Advanced Excel (VBA programming), MS Project and MS Office Suite.
- Performing Arts (Sporadic singer and pianist on acoustic presentations from Peruvian music to
Jazz, Bossa Nova and Blues).
- Surfing, road biking, tennis and also Paleta Frontn former champion (Peruvian sport similar to
squash).