Craig Knickerbocker, CST
19533 Chip Shot Rd.
Noblesville, IN 46062
(219) 771-3075
Education
Purdue University – Building Construction Management – Bachelor of Science Degree
Major Concentration/Specialization: Mechanical & Electrical Construction Management
College of Technology
Graduation Date – December 2012
GPA: 3.13 / 4.00 – Transcript available upon request
Certifications / Honors / Organizations
Certified Scheduling Technician (CST) – AACE – Nov-15
LEED AP BD+C – Accredited - Feb-14
LEED Green Associate – Accredited - Sep-13
OSHA 30-hr – Certified - Dec-12
Sigma Lambda Chi Construction Honor Society
Associated General Contractors (AGC) Officer
AACE International Member – Hoosier Chapter
American Alpine Club Member
Access Fund Member
Software Skills / Trained / Trainer
Autodesk Navisworks (Clash Coordination)
Autodesk Revit (.nwc Exports)
Prolog Converge - Meeting Minutes, RFI’s, DCR’s
Oracle Primavera P6 – Trained Version 7.0,8.2,8.4
Microsoft Project Planner – Trained
Trainer – Introduction to Project Scheduling
SketchUp Pro (3D Site Logistics / Scenes)
Bluebeam Revu (PDF Mark-ups / Hyperlinks)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, InfoPath)
Schedule Analyzer Pro / XER Toolkit Software
Trainer - New Hire Orientation to BIM & SketchUp
Trainer - Intro to Bluebeam Training
Work Experience
Corporate Scheduler – F.A. Wilhelm Construction Company – Indianapolis, IN – July 2015 – Present
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Planning & Scheduling Committee Developer / Chairman
- Creates and updates project schedules utilizing Primavera P6 software, MS Project and other electronic program as the project dictates
- Develops and Assist’s with Implementing Schedule Standardization of Work Breakdown Structure, Work Item Lists, CPM Timetable,
Preliminary Master Schedule, CPM Development, Resource, and Costs Analysis, and Reporting Tools
- Assist with organizing, implementing and maintaining scheduling enterprise management system supporting projects and their plans while
ensuring consistency across all projects for Wilhelm and their subsidiaries as required
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Interacts with project teams and managers to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and
identification of variances from original plan
- Analyzes critical path and constraints utilizing the project contract and specifications to determine effect of changes to schedule and
recommend potential work-around, to ensure contractual completion dates are achievable
Identifies Risk areas of work / Schedule Delay Analysis
- Assist with developing responses to perceived, potential or actual risks and/or schedule changes, obtaining agreement, approval to changes
where necessary, and implementing them in the schedule to ensure project deliverables and completion dates are achieved
- Creates Proposal Schedules utilizing Drawings & Specifications for Bid Submissions
- Ability to assist and manage multiple project schedules concurrently
- Assists in Corporate Recruiting for Career Fairs at reputable Colleges & Universities
- Creates/Maintains/Updates Proposal Logistics Plans utilizing 3D Modeling – SketchUp
Schedules Created & Maintained – Proposed/Awarded (2015):
- Purdue University - Wilmeth-Active Learning Center (Awarded) – West Lafayette, IN – Higher Education
- Community Health Network – Cancer Center North (Proposed) – Indianapolis, IN – Healthcare
- Firefighters Credit Union (Awarded) – Indianapolis, IN – Commercial
- Wabash College – Martindale Hall Redesign (Awarded) – Crawfordsville, IN – Higher Education
- Eli Lilly K184 Switchgear Expansion Project (Awarded) – Indianapolis, IN – Pharmaceutical
cknickerbocker00@gmail.com
Lead Scheduling Engineer - Turner Construction Company – West Des Moines, IA – August 2014 – July 2015
DSM-05 – Microsoft Data Center Phase I – Construction - $250MM
- Lead Scheduler managing over 8,000 construction activity schedule
- Performed / Submitted / Approved Schedule Delay Analysis to justify Impacts to the Construction Schedule
- Lead Pull-Planning sessions with Subcontractor involvement utilizing Lean Construction principles
- Interact with Project Superintendents/Project Managers/Owner to update schedules and identify variances from the original scheduled plan
- Defined tasks / sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project contract requirements as related to scheduling
- Ability to create WBS structure to effectively communicate sequence of work using best scheduling practices
- Weekly analysis of multiple critical paths and constraints to determine changes and recommend adjustments
- Develop and produce standard update reports as well as customized reports per Client, Project Team, and Subcontractors
- Review baseline/progressed schedules to adhere to best scheduling practices-schedule content, use of relationships and lags and constraints
- Creation of conceptual / summary schedules for Phase II Data Center construction
- Weekly site walks to ensure / verify physical actual progress of work in place and on-going construction activities
BIM Engineer - Turner Construction Company – Chicago, IL – February 2013 – August 2014
Caterpillar Headquarters Study – Preconstruction – >$500MM
- Lead Navisworks Clash Coordination Meetings with MEP Engineer / Architect / Engineers
- Created Site Logistics Plans utilizing Bluebeam and SketchUp
- Assisted in creation on BIM Execution Plan between Architect & Engineers
- Development of Subcontractors Procedures Manual related to BIM
- Created Procurement Schedule with Bid Packages and compared to P6 Schedule for tracking
- Creation of Production Tracking Logs in Excel
- Constructability Reviews of drawings and specifications
- Assisted in creation of Site Specific Safety Manual
- Assisted in creation of project site utilizing Microsoft SharePoint
Field Engineer - Turner Construction Company – Franklin Park, IL – July 2013 – August 2013
Digital Realty – Tenant Service Work – Construction - $200K
- Created/issued Scope of Works to Subcontractors
- Gathered pricing from Subcontractors / Entered Contract Amount into Project Accounting Software
- Lead Subcontractor Coordination Meetings specific to Tenant Service Work
- Daily Supervision of construction work in the field
Project Engineer / Assistant Superintendent Intern - Hunt Construction Group – Dallas, TX
- Denton County Admin Building Phase II – Denton, TX–Project Engineer Intern–June–August 2012 - $26MM
- University of North Texas Business Leadership Building – Denton, TX–Assistant Superintendent Intern–June–August 2011 - $51MM
- Alcon Laboratories Renovations – Fort Worth, TX-June-August 2010 - $1.5MM