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Robert J. Poole
Spring, TX, 77386
***********@*******.***
Objective Seeking a PERMINANT position as an Estimator, Senior Estimator, or Chief Estimator, utilizing my 24 years of experience in the Commercial Construction Industry in the Civilian sector, and the U.S. Navy, and my 5 years experience in the Residential Construction Industry as a Sr. estimator.
Employment History and Summary of Qualifications
08/25/09-Present Brinkmann Roofing SR Estimator, Commercial
• Hard-bid all commercial flat roof projects responsible for laying out using OST compiling pricing for material figuring man-hours and providing cost for labor, applying overhead and profit to produce accurate bids. In the short time with this company over 20 m worth of roofing bids have been completed, and 3m awarded.
01/01/07-08/25/09 Benitez International Enterprise Drywall Company. Sr. Estimator, VP Purchasing, Operations Officer.
• Overseeing and facilitating the preparation of over 600 hard bids ranging from 10k – 40 M. Overall responsible for the Negotiation of hard bids with G.C.’s Red lining, value engineering ideas, R.F.I’s to Architects and G.C.’s Once awarded providing the Operations aspects, Scheduling projects, manpower, and material drops. Overseeing overall office and field operations, interviewing and hiring of needed, qualified personnel. Reviewing contracts, for awarded projects, and assigning project managers. Engineering aspects, value engineering implementation accuracy of drawings , material take offs. Close outs, Reviewing and signature authority of warranty, asbestos free, Lien releases, and completion documents, thus allowing the final payments to be processed to close out projects.
01/01/07 –02/01/07 Crawford Renovations Houston Texas Sr. Estimator VP of Purchasing
• Director of Purchasing at Crawford Renovations, responsible to establish purchasing department, provide takeoffs for 700k to 15M
10/20/06-01/01/07-Amerimark Industries, Houston Texas Sr. Estimator
• Sr. Estimator for Amerimark Industries prepared 93 bids ranging from 10 k to 2.0m such noticeable accomplishments include NASA re roof, 2.3m, Duke warehouse, 400k, Dickenson ISD 515k, NASA Annex, 935k. Provided actual material takeoffs for 10 projects in a period of a 2 months time.
2/1/04-10/20/06- Meritage Homes SR. Estimator
• As a Sr. Estimator for Meritage Homes, responsible for 200 plans some having 2-20 elevations. Estimating all material required to build 2500 sf to over 5000 sf luxury homes, including lumber packs, cornice packs, brick, interior finish. Maintained take offs in People Soft, (the new JD Edwards). Analyzed cost comps as to provide competitive pricing. Tracking, illustrating, and estimating custom changes, adding anywhere from 20 sf. up to 2000 sf. Maintained well over 1000 takeoffs.
7/01 to 2/1/04-U.S Home/Lennar Houston Division, Houston, Texas Sr. Estimator/Estimator
• As an estimator for Lennar, instrumental in the conversion in JD Edwards’s system from the G-Link and from the US Home standards to Lennar’s. Preparing and maintaining floor breaks and tile calculations in Auto Cad for the forty-four plans US Home would offer. Sending out bid packets, and receiving them preparing cost analysis to ensure the best vendor for the best price was being used. Residential Construction Estimator responsible for ensuring all take-offs master files was accurate and up to date. Priced all non-standard options that were requested by the customer to be added to their homes. As the only estimator while working US Home, interviewed possible new vendors, receiving bids, reviewing contracts, and doing price comparisons to ensuring we receive best service for best price, allowing for the company to remain competitive.
2/98 to 9/01 – US NAVY SUBTORPIMAPH Navsea Newport, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Facility Manager
• Ensured all facility equipment was in good condition so as to maintain a 120,000 sq ft explosive handling facility needed by command missions. Liaison, Quality Control, Safety representative between military and/or civilian contractors. Providing accurate material take offs, labor estimates and time lines using the CPM as to allow the activity to plan which projects can be completed within the allowed budget. Implemented a database system to track over 700 projects with military contractors as well as a number of $200k + projects with civilian contractors which tracked actual man-hours, and material cost thus making scheduling projects and maintaining with in budget easier.
3/82 – 2/98 – US NAVY, Naval Mobile Construction Battalions, Port Hueneme, CA and Gulfport MS. Project Supervisor / Sr. Estimator
• As Sr. Estimator, analyzed blueprints, and plans prepared by planning and estimating teams, both military and civilian; identified potential problems such as missing key phases requiring more materials, manpower and time thus creating accurate and workable results. C.E.C core would compete against public works and civilian contractors, thus causing our department to do hard bids to win the projects. We maintained an eighty percent win rate five percent above goal expectations. Most notible project was the Blue Angel Museum which originally was estimated at $900,000 including material manpower and equipment to build a ground up 800,000 sf. 3 story building. A team of non estimators were trained and put to the test. It was severely underestimated the project turned out to be a 3.4 BILLION dollar project that would take 1.3 years to build with a 30-60 man crew. As Builder Crew Chief built sidewalks, foundations, to finished interiors; including masonry construction, European construction, and roofing, projects ranging from 10K to 3M. In this position responsible for materials, manpower, man-hours, and time line for several different construction projects.
Education Graduate of Wooster High School, Ohio, Class of 1981
Leader Development Program (NAVLEAD) for Petty Officer – 8/95 - Naval Leadership Training Unit, Port Hueneme, CA 95033
OSHA 80 hour Safety Inspector School – 5/95 – 6/95 - OSHA, Port Hueneme, CA 95033
Construction Planning & Estimator – 2/91 – 4/91 – Naval Construction Training Center, Gulfport, MS 39501
Builder Advanced – 4/89 – 6/89 – Naval Construction Training Center, Gulfport, MS 39501
Builder A School – 11/81 – 2/82 – Naval Construction Training Center, Gulfport, MS 39501
Computer Skills:
Sage Timberline, Estimating, Buyout, Project Management, Database Editor ,modules, Quick Bid and On Screen Take-off 3.0-3.4,( Purchased Onscreen Takeoff 3.3) ISQFT, Bluebook, AS400 Lloyds, People Soft, Buzzsaw, AutoDesk Composer, Glink, J.D. Edwards, MS Excel ‘95, ’97, 2000, 2003,2007. MSWord ’95, ’97, 2000, 2003, 2007. Windows NT, ’95, ’98. Millennium, XP, Vista. MS Access ’95, ’97. Novell Network Administration. Mega Creations. Professional Home designer, Auto-Cad 2000 Light 3D Animorphium (3d CGR and animation program)
Honors & Awards Good Conduct, Southeast Asia, Humanitarian, Meritorious Unit, Navy Achievement Medal
Availability Date: Two weeks upon confirmation of employment
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