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West Chester, Pa, Us

Program management: Managing the delivery of a project or program, including scope control and change managementClient satisfaction: Ensuring client satisfaction and managing escalationsCommunication: Ensuring clear and concise communications to all stakeholdersRelationship management: Maintaining strong client relationships over time, understanding and guiding their evolving needsCross-functional work: Leading cross-functional product development or integration with the company's best customersReporting: Reporting on key performance indicatorsStrategic planning: Partnering with other leaders to develop and complete a strategic plan

West Chester, Pa, Us

• Develop standards, procedures, tools, and methodologies to produce cost estimates for technical projects.• Develop and implement project control strategies and policies aligned with the organization's goals and objectives.• Report cost/schedule forecasting.• Act as a corporate or intra-corporate expert on estimating methods, procedures, systems, and the development of historical information.• Meet the established sales goals and growth objectives of the company and to plan and execute the necessary bidding activities.• Collaborate with various departments and client services team members to determine single/multiple client job requirements.• Prioritize, organize, and maintain estimates and related documentation in estimating system. • Identifying and solving problems to minimize risk• Staying up-to-date on changes and trends in construction methods and materials, construction costs, wage rates, fringes, and working rules• Managing the workload and development of the preconstruction/estimating staff• Responsible for collecting, analyzing and evaluating data on products, costs, and markets to support development and presentation of appropriate price and bid strategy.

West Chester, Pa, Us

• Develop standards, procedures, tools, and methodologies to produce cost estimates• Supervising project estimators and Ensure that project estimators are doing their work accurately and on time• Implementing technical estimating procedures and standards - Oversee standardized procedures, methods, and processes for estimating deliverables such as bid packages and budget tracking tools• Soliciting proposals and bids - Solicit proposals and bids for labor, equipment, and material from different suppliers• Leading the proposal process - Prepare bids and proposals, review requests for proposal (RFPs) to ensure accuracy and completeness, and analyze customer requirements to ensure accuracy and completeness of cost estimatesCollaborate with various departments and client services team members to determine single/multiple client job requirements.• Prioritize, organize, and maintain estimates and related documentation in estimating system. • Identifying and solving problems to minimize risk• Staying up-to-date on changes and trends in construction methods and materials, construction costs, wage rates, fringes, and working rules• Managing the workload and development of the preconstruction/estimating staff• Responsible for collecting, analyzing and evaluating data on products, costs, and markets to support development and presentation of appropriate price and bid strategy.• Managed a significant volume of 300+ bids per year with 40 % win rate.

West Chester, Pa, Us

• Develop standards, procedures, tools, and methodologies to produce cost estimates• Supervising project estimators and Ensure that project estimators are doing their work accurately and on time• Implementing technical estimating procedures and standards - Oversee standardized procedures, methods, and processes for estimating deliverables such as bid packages and budget tracking tools• Soliciting proposals and bids - Solicit proposals and bids for labor, equipment, and material from different suppliers• Leading the proposal process - Prepare bids and proposals, review requests for proposal (RFPs) to ensure accuracy and completeness, and analyze customer requirements to ensure accuracy and completeness of cost estimatesCollaborate with various departments and client services team members to determine single/multiple client job requirements.• Prioritize, organize, and maintain estimates and related documentation in estimating system. • Identifying and solving problems to minimize risk• Staying up-to-date on changes and trends in construction methods and materials, construction costs, wage rates, fringes, and working rules• Managing the workload and development of the preconstruction/estimating staff• Responsible for collecting, analyzing and evaluating data on products, costs, and markets to support development and presentation of appropriate price and bid strategy.

West Chester, Pa, Us

Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate. Prepare discipline estimates by calculating complete takeoff of scope of work. Review design options and recommend best solution based on cost, engineering quality, or availability of materials. Develop tender cost summaries including equipment, materials etc. for final approval. Work proactively with relevant project and discipline engineers to ensure that commitments and costs are controlled. Maintain up to date rates in cost system for forecasting and work closely with Finance, strategic Planning and Estimating.Support project operations optimization to on complicated projects.Develop conceptual designs and cost estimate proformas.

West Chester, Pa, Us

The position involved working on project teams, completing water resources/civil engineering and related technical assignments. Project work included stormwater planning and hydrologic runoff modeling and analysis and may included field assignments (construction observation, surveying, collecting hydrologic or water quality measurements, and materials testing). Assignments also included completing plans and specifications, working with permitting agencies and public officials, GIS and CADD work, report writing, client interaction, technical presentations in support of TMDL development.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Worked at Foundation for Cross Connection Control and Hydraulics Research (FCCCHR); made field visits to test backflow preventers; prepared inspection reports for certification of backflow preventors.

Staff Engineer - remediation design for various groundwater remediation projects; Design and impelementation of Soil Vapor Extraction(SVE) Systems; Operation and maintenance of SVE systems; Groundwater monitoring;

East Lansing, Mi, Us

Research Assistant - Developed user interface for a ground water modeling program.

Incharge of Operation and maintenance of commercial Waste water Treatment plants; Responsible for compliance visits and inspection; Managed waste water treatment plants of different configuration over 40 + manufacturing and processing industries.

Master Of Science (Ms), Geographic Information Systems

Ms, Civil Engineering

Ms, Environemental Engineering

Environmental Engineering (Coursework Only)

Be, Environmental Engineering

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