Robert A. Trettel II

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Pittsburgh, PA 15228

Cell (#1): 412-***-**** Home (#2): 412-***-**** Email: acfrq6@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Project Management / Construction Management / Cost Control / Chief Estimator

Seeking the Opportunity to Further Refine my Dynamic Skills working within a Company that

Desires to Lead Their Industry in “Specialized-Markets” / Construction / and Engineering

Technologies; with Focus on Customer Satisfaction, along with Employee Growth and

Achieving Goals through Accomplishments & Performance. I Will Prove to be a “Difference-

Maker” within your Firm.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE: General Mgr. / Sr. Project Mgr., Panhandle Restoration, Morgantown, WV 2012 Current

General Manager for the Morgantown (WV) regional office; serving as the point-person

for the WV (Morgantown & South) / PA (Pittsburgh & East) Regions of a Specialty-Niche

Disaster-Restoration Contractor. Project cost range: $10 thousand--thru--$300 thousand.

Responsibilities have Included the:

Construction Renovation Supervision & Operational Start-Up of Our ~10,000 SF

Office / Showroom / Warehouse Bldg. in Morgantown, WV (March 2013)

Leading All Commercial & Residential Construction Efforts & Over-seeing of All

Field-Design Actions; the Coordination of All Resource Allocation in regards to

Man-Power, Equipment and Material Scheduling

Execution of a Prominent Role in All Business Development & Marketing

Ventures

Establishment of Strong, New Business Relations with Large, Regional Corporate

Clients (i.e. Mylan Pharmecuticals, United Healthcare, High-Tech Corridor)

Maintenance & Strengthening of Relations with Existing House Accounts

(i.e. WVU, Mon-General Hospital)

2005 2012

Senior Project Manager, Overton & Associates, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Project Manager for the Pittsburgh regional office serving as the point -person for

the PA / OH / WV / MD Regions of a Financial Institutionally-Niched Design/Build General

Contractor. Project cost range: $100 thousand--thru--$10 million. Responsibilities included:

Production review of all proposals and project estimates prior to submission to client; lead

negotiations in subcontract procurement; complete management of project supervision, trade

partners, budget status & construction schedule; AIA Contracts; AIA Change Orders; Lead

Liaison in Owner-Contractor negotiations; and, supervising the streamlining of the Pittsburgh

production department resources through the continued implementing of newest technology in

project management software systems.

Acquired Specialized Client Responsibilities in my current position @ Overton:

Manage & Support multiple Bank and Credit Union Projects within our leading

clientele group; focus efforts to reduce occupancy costs while improving efficiencies.

Thrived within our business relationships with these clients; thus leading to

involvement with the more strategic projects revolving around Acquisitions and

Divestitures, Branch Optimizations and Consolidations, and New Branch Business

Development Improvements

Exposure to the culture of constant realization for the need of improving upon bank

standards: thru ways of The Organization “Branding” elements; an upgrade shifting

into updated, or state-of-the-art equipment, or technologies; and Design / Security /

Safety Standards

Business Development Mgr., Professional Service Indust. (PSI) Pittsburgh, PA 2004-2005

Lead Developer of Business Opportunities for the Pittsburgh office / Western PA Region

of a Large, National Engineering, Consulting and Testing firm. Responsibilities included:

identify potential bid and/or negotiated opportunities for five-(5) separate yet very diverse

engineering / consulting sub-groups. These groups included the following: (1.) Construction

Services & Testing; (2.) Geotechnical Engineering; (3.) Subsurface Investigation & Drilling

Group; (4.) Environmental Engineering & Asbestos Lab; and (5.) Non-Destructive Steel

Testing (NEDT).

Senior Estimator, John Deklewa & Sons Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 2001-2004

Functioned and Delivered as senior person to department manager. Responsibilities

included: Identifying potential bid opportunities; Generating the complete bid proposal and

estimate; Establishing complete labor and production costing; Leading negotiations for

subcontract buyouts; Supervising, yet motivating, fellow estimators during the bid process;

and Initiating the streamlining of department resources through the continued implementing of

computerized pricing and takeoff methods.

Estimator II/Project Engineer, Massaro Company, Pittsburgh, PA 1998-2001

Performed as senior estimator within that department of a full-service general contracting

company. Functioned as lead estimator on several hard bid a nd negotiated projects; job sizes

range from $500,000 to $16 million.

Additional responsibilities would also include: the coordination of subcontractor and

related trades involvement during pre-construction negotiations; complete scope review for

subcontractor buyout; operations support following project turnover meetings; and serving as a

mentor to our entry level estimators.

Estimator/Project Engineer, DJB Construction Group, Raleigh, NC 1997-1998

Worked directly under the Pre-construction Manager of a general contracting company

with an annual volume of $150 million; operating within hard bid, negotiated and design -build

estimating formats.

Responsibilities ranged from generating estimate proposals from RFP through

subcontractor buyout and up to project management turnover and expediting bid day

operations and assignments.

Estimator, Baker-Mellon-Stuart Construction, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 1996-1997

Developed comprehensive estimating techniques while working within various budgetary

constraints on GC and CM hard bid projects. Strengthened contractor -sub-client

communication skills through daily solicitations with architects/engineers, subcontractors and

suppliers. Attained a working knowledge of contracts and design/project specifications.

Civil / Construction Engineer, Earth Sciences Consultants, Pgh., PA 1995-1996

Responsible for the entire construction QA/QC monitoring and documentation at a

developing northeastern Ohio industrial waste landfill. Coordinated construction activities

with the everyday scheduling operations of the site for the eight -month duration of the project;

acted as construction liaison between the engineering, environmental and construction firms;

and became nuclear gauge certified for field inspection purposes.

EDUCATION: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

B.S. Degree, Civil Engineering, December 1994

Curriculum emphasis in Geotechnical, Structural Design & Construction Management

E.I.T. Certified (April 1995)

PROFESSIONAL

American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE)

AFFILIATIONS:

Professional Construction Estimators Association (PCEA)

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