Being passionate about estimating allows me to give the focus and determination that is needed to be the best Estimator. This creates a superb working environment for my co-workers, myself and the company to be successful and profitable.

Recent Work History:

Diamond Tree Experts - Estimator/Project Manager

April 2012 to Current - Salt Lake City, UT

Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating - Estimator/Project Manager

2008 to April 2012 - Salt Lake City, UT

Marc T. Andre Construction Services - Estimator/Project Manager

2007 - 2008Salt Lake City, UT

Richmond American Homes - Superintendent

2005 - 2007Salt Lake City, UT

Areas of Expertise:

✵       Estimating - Create Demolition, Tree Care, Utility and Earthwork quotes for Clients.

♦         Negotiate prices with customers, and facilitate change orders.

♦         Analyze blueprints, engineering reports and architectural specifications as to plan the company’s actions.

♦         Initiate research to find new and more profitable projects.

♦         Job costing to see where we are most profitable and where we can improve and then presenting the information with suggestions to the Executive staff.

✵       Project Management - Meet with city officials and customers about problems, inspect structures for quality and integrity, enforce building codes and engineering standards.

♦         An engineer had made some changes to a project that was going to increase our costs. Being Proactive we met and I persuaded him not to make the costly changes after showing him some details he had missed. It saved us $3,500.

♦         Track projects processes to ensure tasks are executed properly.

♦         Investigate complaints, solve problems, and enforce policy.

♦         Create and maintain schedules.

✵       Personal Qualities - Calm frustrated home owners. Help create environments where production and quality can thrive. This gives us the ability to get jobs done on time and sometimes early with a high degree of quality.

♦         My public speaking skills have come to me from years of directing meetings with customers and coworkers.

✵       Computer skills –Microsoft Office Suite, Trimble Paydirt, PlanSwift and VU360.

♦         Create Excel Spreadsheets to track bid results and job costing reports.

♦         While working for a telemarketing company, I would coordinate with a software engineer to develop better databases and search engines to make reporting and data retrieval quicker and easier.

I look forward to an opportunity where we can meet and discuss my qualifications further.