I have ten years experience in commercial construction working on multi-million dollar contracts with a General Contractor and with Construction Materials Testing & Inspection, Quality Control/ Quality Assurance, Facilities Testing, Environmental & Geotechnical Engineering firms. My responsibilities included:- BD: Daily search for new work and leads utilizing bidding sites, delegating proposals and following up, blue print review and spec mining, preparing proposals, cost estimates and submittals in response to RFQs, RFPs and SOQs. Attending pre-bid meetings and networking; I have previously been a NAWIC member in the New Orleans chapter.- Project Set-up thru Close-out- Dispatch/ Scheduling (30+ field and lab technicians along with subcontractors as needed)- Project Monitoring - Quality Control, field and lab report review and distribution, progress meetings with the A/E/C and clients with current time line charts and any change requests or issues- Completing Projects within budget, on-time creating change orders, as necessary- Appointed as NCG (National Client Group) Project Manager for gulf coast region with regular clients like McDonald's, Yum! Brands, Dollar General, Walgreen's & Walmart (many others)- Collections & Billing: maintaining extensive backup documentation to satisfy contract requirements for clients, including AECs, Federal, State & Local municipalities, including HUD, FEMA & USACE - QC/ QA: following project specifications and industry standards, such as AMRL, CCRL, AASHTO, DOTD, USACE, NACE, ACI, IBC & local building codes. Successfully opened a new testing lab and single-handedly designed and built their lab and also obtained their AASHTO (AMRL & CCRL) along with their USACE validation.- Previous Titles Held: Sr PM, Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Office Mgr, Lab Supervisor, AP/ AR, Field Auditor & Dispatcher.
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Senior Project ManagerSouthern Earth Sciences, Inc. Apr 2016 - Aug 2017CMT Field PM for multi-million dollar plant expansion project, QC on site work, concrete & pile driving operations in Lake Charles, LA. Responsible for new project manager training and assisting in learning new software.
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Senior Project ManagerBraun Intertec Corporation May 2015 - Apr 2016Minneapolis, Mn, UsSr. PM for CMT Dept. overseeing 5-offices throughout North Dakota, including Williston, New Town, Dickerson, and Minot. Handled project management tasks for their high demand oil field clients. Assisted in project estimating, business development for the state of North Dakota and for their new office in Texas, and welcoming new clients and repeat clients successfully complete their projects. -
Project Manager/ Lab SupervisorPatriot Engineering And Environmental, Inc. Jun 2014 - May 2015Indianapolis, In, UsPM & Lab Supervisor responsible for opening their new NOLA office and lab. Responsible for the new lab design, procuring all necessary lab equipment, then successfully obtained their AMRL, CCRL, AASHTO certification and USACE validation. I was responsible for all gulf coast business development, daily office operations, including scheduling, dispatch, work orders, field & lab report review & distribution, billing, collections, and all other project administration duties. -
Project ManagerProfessional Service Industries, Inc. (Psi) Oct 2007 - Jun 2014CMT Dept. PM, designated as the National Client Group PM for the New Orleans area.; whereas, I handled new construction for McDonald's, YUM! Brands, Walgreens, Dollar General; I won the companies first Wal-Mart project in many years. Extensive experience on USACE and FEMA projects post-katrina, as well as working with Federal, State and local municipalities. My job responsibilities included dispatching over 30 field engineering techs and ensuring they received the proper training to complete their field work safely in the most efficient means possible for the company and considering the budget on projects that I managed. I performed lots of business development duties, including SOQ submittals, project take offs, estimating, attending pre-bid meetings and searching for leads while keeping our existing clients happy; I've handled the presentations to keep the Superdome/ Smoothie King Center work that PSI handled since the Dome was originally built. I handled multi million dollar projects including large flood projects like IHNC, GIWW and many levees and canals. I've worked very closely with City of New Orleans, SWBNO, St. Bernard Parish, Jefferson, City of Kenner, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, St. Charles and St. John, including DPW depts and school boards. I worked on Orleans & Plaquemines new prisons; I worked on schools in most all parishes, including Archdiocese and Recovery school district projects and performing work for Louisiana Facility Planning & Control on large universities. I staffed lab & field technicians, including performing interviews and bird dogging for new techs with specific certs for certain projects. I performed such a good job in collections that our corporate office collections head offered me a job in the collections department in Illinois. I was given responsibility for all the project managers collections issues older than 90-days. I persistently and successfully helped the company collect millions of dollars owed to them.
Shirley W. Education Details
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Our Lady Of Holy Cross CollegeBachelor Of Science
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Shirley W.'s current role is Project Manager seeking new opportunities.
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Shirley W. attended Our Lady Of Holy Cross College.
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