Industry Focus:Civil Engineering
Project Title:Cost Estimate Analysis & Project management
Experience:30+ years
Looking for:Permanent Full-Time
Visa Status: U.S. Citizen
Education Level:4 year College degree
Relocation: Yes
Travel Preference:No preference


SUMMARY
Experienced engineer and construction professional with demonstrated expertise in estimating and managing construction projects. Experienced in bidding, contracting, management, scheduling, cost analysis, invoicing, change order originating & execution, negotiating subcontractor pricing & contracts, and project close out of multi-million dollar projects.

QUALIFICATIONS
Interact well with employees, management and clients. Ability to perform complicated tasks. Meet crucial deadlines through good time management. Dependable and punctual. Work well in individual or group settings. Self starter with the ability to focus on the project at hand. Foresight to see possible problems and find solutions. Well experienced with cost estimate analysis, and change order origination, pricing, and execution.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Garland Brothers Inc.
10/2003-12/2008
Assistant General Manager

Responsible for construction project estimating, field design modifications and implementation. Perform project costs analysis to track profitability, and develop cost and invoicing methods for change orders. Prepare monthly estimates, using A.I.A. formats, to be sent to Owner and to company accounting department. North Carolina licensed highway construction qualifier. Performed payroll management of applicants paper work and time sheets.
Developed spreadsheets to constantly evaluate actual project cost, from field reports, with estimated project cost in conjunction with preparing monthly pay request and tracked these comparisons throughout the duration of the projects.
Also, developed spreadsheets to originate, track, and manage actual change order cost for invoicing. These spreadsheets used information from daily field reports listing labor, equipment, and materials. This daily information was then summarized for the month and appropriate unit charges applied to determine monthly invoicing of change orders. The last multi-million dollar site development project in which I was charged with invoicing originated over 400 change orders that had to be maintained and tracked throughout the duration of the project. A sample of this work could be furnished upon request.

Paving Enterprises, Inc.
5/1977-8/2003
Road Construction Manager-Estimating

Started in estimating department developing cost analysis expertise and gradually was placed in charge of estimating department. Instrumental in initiating computer technology to company. Developed spreadsheets to estimate multimillion dollar projects. Devised spreadsheets to allow cost information to be placed in company accounting department Quick Books soft ware. Eventually responsible for overall operations of Construction Company.

EDUCATION

1977 NC State University, Raleigh N.C.

Bachelor of Science-Civil Engineering