Phillip Esho Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Team build and coach site teams to guide in the development and training of property managers, maintenance and construction staff and administrative assistants
• Review monthly property summaries with property managers before being submit to CEO and property owners/investors
• Visiting sites on a regular basis to review property managers and monitor ongoing issues and developments at managed properties
• Step in when needed to resolve any and all conflicts and disputes between property managers and tenants

Chicago, Illinois

• Responsible for reviewing commercial and municipal pavements to determine PCI scores and deterioration types
• Develop, plan, organize and carry out pavement evaluations and scopes of work for immediate and long-term repairs/maintenance
• Using drones by sending out drone pilots nationwide to capture footage of projects as well as using satellite imagery to review conditions
• Review high rise façade conditions, determining what areas need repair using footage captured by drones for assessment

Chicago

• Responsible for the operations of an entire portfolio of properties including commercial and multifamily
• Overseeing the maintenance and operations of units all across the Chicagoland area from beginning to end, hiring and building a strong and reliable maintenance department
• Managing maintenance team to ensure renovations and unit turns are met in a tight timeline, with some being less than half a day to complete turn over, and make move in ready for the following day
• Involved with all contractors and vendors hired to ensure projects are meeting deadlines by promised dates
• Constantly onsite showing a heavy presence across all properties, overseeing all ongoing projects and planning for the next and future projects with maintenance and vendors
• Upgrading and modernizing old office practices and procedures to be more in sync with modern day technology to ensure a smooth, efficient and productive operation across each department; as well as reengineering the.

Chicago, IL

• Overseeing entire Operations Department, handling all Human Resources and any IT related issues
• Manage day to day functions of the maintenance department, handling all scheduling and employee management
• Interview/hire new employees, train and develop, handle all payroll and billing, worker's compensation, unemployment claims and wage garnishments
• Request job bids, submit estimates, work with owners on work approvals, managing all projects to stay in budget
• Manage all construction, overview all new portfolios, visit all properties to ensure employees are meeting job deadlines
• Generate labor costs/material reports, labor distributions and bill splits weekly for all properties managed to keep costs under budget and reconcile accounts

Greater Chicago Area

• Develop and maintain strong business relationships with association owners, board members, lenders, contractors/vendors
• Enter work orders needed or requested by owners to keep associations maintained
• Handle/maintain and assure all common areas are inspected and up to date
• Review and renew all proposals/contracts submitted by vendors and negotiate pricing
• Oversee maintenance, improvements, construction and follow up with contractors to ensure project completion

• Track freight constantly multitasking in a high energy environment from point A to point B using different strategies
• Use optimal techniques to obtain current location which include calling drivers and carrier dispatchers, online web tracking and using DeWalt tracking devices attached to trailers
• Coordinate customer shipping rules and regulations, delivery requirements and restrictions
• Handle issues with overages, shortages/damages and act as a company liaison in disputes

Greater Chicago Area

• Prepared estimates on a daily basis and processed vendor and utility payments
• Supported officials and business contractors in planning project objectives
• Attention to detail with excellent knowledge of customer service relationships
• Responsible for updating daily and weekly status report to the department head
• Handled tasks of interpreting the policies of the organization to the employees
• Scheduled appointments and meetings for executives and upper level project management