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West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Manage staff and operations for a federal and state funded agency, SFWMD. Operations involve water conveyance infrastructure maintenance and construction. • Hire personnel and develop teams to execute company’s mission. Manage staff performance through goal and performance plan monitoring. • Develop and maintain operational budgets. Perform estimates for proposed projects to secure funding. • Plan and manage operations for multiple teams. Teams consist of crew chiefs, electricians, machinist, millwrights, welders, maintenance technicians, crane operators, heavy equipment operators, and chemical handlers. Establish annual work plans and implement two-week look ahead schedule. • Standardize SAP Plant Maintenance business practices and lead training seminars for employees. • Procure materials, equipment, machine shop tooling, and contract services using public funding. Generate scopes of work and obtain proposals for resources required for annual projects.• Utilize SAP software to manage procurement, goods movement, work order maintenance, scheduling, inventory, man-hour documentation, and equipment cost. Also used SAP to generate reports. • Manage disaster relief projects to alleviate flooding in populated areas during major storm events.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Everglades restoration, water supply, and flood control.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Served as contracted Project Manager to the Global Project Division of Sikorsky Aircraft. Project manager of new construction, renovation, and facility logistics projects at Sikorsky Aircraft’s West Palm Beach, FL Campus. • Managed construction contractors, architects, and suppliers while representing multiple end user groups. • Coordinated frequently with the following end user groups: Facility Maintenance, Pratt Whitney Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Security Clearance, Military Branches, Manufacturing Program Management, and Sikorsky Executives. • Managed new construction and renovation phases of a state of the art aircraft test facility designated for a new military helicopter. Test facility construction valued to be 1 million. Also managed multiple new office build-outs, water leak test station design, major floor resurfacing, and executive floor renovation. • Performed AutoCAD layouts for Sikorsky’s hurricane preparedness plan as well as the design concept for a new 35,000 sf flight hangar. • Performed preconstruction activities such as scope of work creation, procurement of trade proposals, proposal/bid review, and generation of project schedules for facility improvement projects. Generated project schedules through the use of Microsoft Project. • Reported weekly status updates to Sikorsky Corporate located in Stratford, Connecticut. Weekly updates included a formal report with progress photos and a weekly conference call briefing to executives. • Consultant to Sikorsky Executives concerning LEED/Green Initiatives for multiple global projects.

Royal Palm Beach

Managed Conceptual Budgeting, Design, and Construction Phases of multiple projects. Projects include Hurricane Proof Florida Power & Light General Office Command Center, Martin County Traffic Monitoring Center, and Martin County Fire Station.• Coordinated with Royal Concrete precast concrete manufacturing facility in regard to procurement of acceptable materials and manufacturing methods of concrete modules. • Generated/negotiated contract agreements with subcontractors and vendors to provide services at manufacturing facility as well as the project site. • Created and maintained budget reports for manufacturing and construction activities. Submitted monthly pay applications to owners.• Managed Green Building Initiative goals for Martin County Fire Station. Created project goal spreadsheet.• Coordinated with Florida Department of Community Affairs to obtain permits for manufactured concrete modules. Worked with structural engineers to submit drawing changes to local building department.• Managed all vendors and subcontractors on multiple projects. Approved equipment submittals and pay applications.

Arizona & Florida Areas

Successfully delivered multiple courthouses, correction facilities, and support buildings throughout the United States collectively valued to be over $300 million.• Pre Planning/ Pre Construction - Identified preconstruction value engineering ideas. Provided owner with narratives & design change budgets. Provided cost change analysis for conceptual, design development, and partial constructions documents. • Bid - Generated bid manuals. Conducted onsite bid meetings and coordinated with potential bidders. Generated General Contractor Proposals to Owner which included a GMP summary, bid tabulation, qualifications/assumptions, preliminary schedule, project team organization charts, general conditions breakdown, and small business participation data.• Buyout - Performed scope review meetings with successful bidders and handled Contractor Controlled Insurance Program Requirements. Negotiated and finalized subcontractor/vendor contract agreements.• Construction Trade Coordination – Conducted weekly project manager’s meetings, pre-installation meetings, and general kick-off meetings. Directly accountable for managing the following scopes of work: flooring, drywall, acoustical wall treatment, acoustical panel ceilings, hollow metal doors/frames, store fronts, overhead doors, detention equipment, furniture, glazing, loading dock equipment, dental equipment, food service equipment, painting, automated laundry system, property storage system, hydraulic elevators, fire suppression, security electronics, civil, fencing, landscaping, & irrigation.• Cost Control – Negotiated/approved subcontractor/vendor change orders. Created and maintained project allowance log. Reviewed subcontractor/vendor pay applications. Reconciled budget with project accountants. • Misc. – Also contributed to project documentation, owner coordination, material procurement, and project closeout.

Florence, Ky

Estimated & performed value engineering for heavy civil & development corporation.• Performed detail take-offs and used estimating software such as Bid 2 Win & Paydirt to aid the bidding process. • Generated bids, completed submittals, purchased materials, maintained detailed documentation, & communicated with subcontractors.• Designed site developments for Bray Development & Ken Perry Real-Estate. Design included site layout, grading, & utilities.• Performed field productivity analysis and made equipment and crew adjustments to enhance productivity.

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Worked as a job foreman communicating with operators & laborers in the process of completing tasks for civil company. • Completed daily foreman records such as day’s production & personnel hours. • Assessed job priority & scheduled resources one week in advance. • Set up & operated GPS system, surveyed job sites, & operated heavy equipment on occasion.

Bachelor Of Science, Construction Management

Associate, Applied Science