Ron L. Waters

443-684-4249

2755 Vivians Way St. Leonard, MD 20685

watersrl@comcast.net

Objective

To obtain a position as a Project Manager to utilize my extensive experience and many other skills that I possess.

Professional Profile

  · Diverse background of over thirty years in the construction industry with office and field experience.

  · Positions – Estimator, Project Manager, Superintendent for companies specializing in new construction including

site development, wet & dry utilities, road construction, office buildings, shopping centers, schools and

restoration of the same.

  · Owner/Operator of construction business specializing in custom homes and commercial renovations.

  · Projects include work in the private sector and local, county, state and federal government.

  · Understanding of all phase of construction as it applies to the overall construction process.

  · Detail oriented with outstanding work ethic.

  · Good communication skills, team player and works well under stress.

  · Currently employed as a Project Manager for a large site development company.

Experience

  · Analyzing blueprints, specifications, proposals to prepare cost, time and labor estimates for projects, applying

knowledge of specialized methodologies, techniques, principles.

  · Review data to determine material and labor requirements and prepare itemized lists.

  · Computing cost factors and preparing estimates used for management purposes, such as planning, organizing,

scheduling work, preparing bids, selecting vendors or subcontractors and determining cost effectiveness.

  · Consult with clients, vendors or other individuals to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues.

  · Coordinating projects to ensure quality, effective cost and meet schedules.

  · Recommend and coordinate needed changes, based on process analysis.

  · Resolving complex or out of the policy/scope operations problems.

  · Overseeing projects as a superintendent.

  · Office management.

  · Computer programs – AGTEK, HCSS, Primavera, Xactimate, OST (Onscreen Takeoff), Intellibid, Microsoft Office

including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project.

Education

  · Laurel High School – Laurel, MD

  · Prince Georges Community College – Various construction related courses

  · Thirty plus years of real experience in field and office environments.

Highlights

  · Project Manager/Estimator of various types of work including - 72” sewer main, 17 miles 16” water line along

existing railroad, site utilities for Fedex Field, concrete/masonry work for the west wing of the Museum of

Natural History, Fiber Optic Cabling Projects.

  · Building of custom homes of various styles and size.

  · Multiple road and site development projects including clearing, dirt work, asphalt, concrete and utilities.

  · Diverse background, with a wide knowledge of multiple phases of construction from clearing to closeout.

References

References available upon request

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Professional Experience

Jimmy Richards & Sons Excavating, Inc. – Waldorf, MD

Project Manager – 2 years (Currently)

  · Project Managing projects including site utilities including underground conduit, duct-banks, manholes, handholes,

storm drain pipe & structures, sewer pipe & manholes, water line, asphalt and concrete paving. Preparing

cost proposals, subcontractor solicitation, contract review, project schedule submission, material acquisition,

change order costing and tracking and project closeout.

Southern Maryland Cable, Inc. – Tracy’s Landing, MD

Senior Estimator/Project Manager – 3 years

  · Estimating/Project Managing OSP projects including aerial & underground including conduit, duct-banks,

manholes, hand-holes, aerial, directional drilling, concrete light pole, transformer/generator pads, copper and

fiber optic cable. site utilities including underground conduit, duct-banks, manholes, hand-holes, storm drain

pipe & structures, sewer pipe & manholes, water line, asphalt and concrete paving. Quantity take-off, material

pricing, labor and equipment production costing, preparing estimates/proposal, subcontractor solicitation,

contract review, project schedule submission, change order costing and tracking and project closeout.

Newborg Inc. - Suitland, MD

Estimator/Project Manager – 6 years

  · Concrete and masonry restoration and new projects including structural and flat cast in place concrete. Quantity

take-off, material pricing, labor and equipment production costing, preparing estimates/proposal, subcontractor

solicitation, contract review, project schedule submission, change order costing and tracking and project closeout.

Herr & Waters, Inc. - Owings, MD

Owner – 9 years

  · Day to day operations of company: customer relations, scheduling, subcontractors, billing and payroll.

  · Quantity take-off, material pricing, labor and equipment production costing, overseeing all phases of work from

start to finish.

Flippo Construction Company – Forestville, MD

Estimator – 4 years

Site Utilities including underground conduit, duct-banks, manholes, hand-holes, storm drain pipe & structures,

sewer pipe & manholes, water line, asphalt and concrete paving. Quantity take-off, material pricing, labor and

equipment production costing and preparing estimates/proposal.

Rapp Contracting Company – Beltsville, MD

Estimator/Project Manager – 5 years

  · Site Utilities including underground conduit, duct-banks, manholes, hand-holes, storm drain pipe & structures,

sewer pipe & manholes and water line. Quantity take-off, material pricing, labor and equipment production

costing, subcontractor solicitation, contract review, project schedule submission, change order costing and

tracking, billing and project closeouts.

M.S.A. Construction Company – Silver Spring, MD

Operator/Superintendent/Estimator – 8 years

  · Operated various types of heavy equipment includes excavator, loader, dozer & crane.

  · Superintendent for projects including excavation, grading, site utilities, roadwork, parking lots.

  · Prepared quantity take-offs and prepared cost estimates for excavation, grading, asphalt and concrete work.