Manager Quality
Resume:
Joseph M Christen
Marietta Ga, 30068
Objective: To obtain a position that will allow me to use my skills and
experience to help a company exceed objectives.
Education and Certifications: Business Management, Shorter College,
OSHA Certified and
GSWCC level 1A Certified
Work Experience:
Aug 2011 - Current Superintendent
Haven Real Estate Inc
- Manage all phases of new construction, additions and renovation projects
- Inspect each phase insuring quality of home
- Meet with inspectors creating good working relationships
- Negotiate pricing with each trade partner insuring each budget is met
- Meet with homeowners answering questions and explaining schedule
- Keep homeowners updated weekly on status of home
- Schedule each phase with trade partners from start to finish
- Schedule deliveries of all material
- Checking each bill insuring correct pricing
- Walk each home and each room daily creating list of items not preformed
- Conducting surprise safety inspections insuring safe practices are met
and
OSHA requirements are met.
April 2008 - July 2011 Freight Conductor/Switchman CSX
Railroad
- Supervise the switching, loading/unloading, breaking or making up of
trains
- Travel with the train on its assigned route
- Inspect all equipment on cars prior to departures
- Assist and instruct crews to couple and uncouple cars
- Operate switches
- Make minor repairs to railcars,
- Supervises switching activities and train movements.
- Ensure all train orders, signals, and railroad rules and regulations
are complied with
April 2007- April 2008 Production/Quality Manager Hurricane
Homes Pascagoula MS
- Managed production crew consisting of 17 personal
- Ran all phases of construction consisting of residential and commercial
building
- Wrote production manual consisting of proper building techniques and
training
processes
- Inspected each process for proper building and quality practices
- Wrote quality manual including Hurricane Homes standards and expectations
- Met with building officials increasing good working relations
- Negotiated cost and delivery dates with material venders
- Implemented safety program following OSHA guidelines with 0 incidents
- Departing my position due to closing of company
Oct 2006 - Mar 2007 Daelen Homes Hammond LA
Construction Manager/Purchasing/Estimating
- Implemented the critical path schedule improving build time by 15%
- Wrote scopes of work for each contractor, improving quality, cleanliness
and safety of
job site
- Implemented training to increase superintendents IRC knowledge, improving
home
quality
- Meet with parish inspectors increasing better working relationships
- Meet with contractors, conducting training increasing build-time as well
as home
quality
- Implemented a warranty procedure decreasing time on books, increasing
customer
satisfaction.
- Estimated take offs for proper material count, saving approximately
$1,900.00 per home
- Periodic inspections of job sites to insure proper credits were being
implemented for job
cost effectiveness.
- Met with potential venders negotiating best pricing, increasing profits
per home by
3.1%
May 2005 - Oct 2006 KB Home Atlanta Divisional Quality Manager:
- Played key roll in the Atlanta Division becoming NHA NHQ Builder
Certified
- Wrote framing and final inspection sheets
- Developed Hot-Shot photo manual, showing correct and incorrect procedures
- Conducted random framing and final inspections
- Developed daily tracking system for inspection process, tracking issues
found on each
home.
- Conducted training for trade partners, insuring that proper building
procedures, KB
Home quality expectations and Code requirements were met
- Conducted training for Superintendents, making sure KB Policy and
building
procedures were met.
- Met with homeowners regarding homeowner issues, inspected issues and
reported to
senior management findings and recommendations
- Scheduled manufacturers training for superintendents as well as trade
partners
- Departed my position due to downsizing
Nov 2000 - Aug 2005 Beazer Homes Atlanta, GA Superintendent
- All duties involved with multi-family and single family homes
Mar 1987 - Oct 2000 U.S. Navy Naval Intelligence
- E- 7 Selectee
- Top Secret SCI security clearance
- Managed as many as 6 departments inside 1 division which included 7
different job titles and approximately 62 personal
- Naval Intelligence instructor; developed Intelligence curriculum
- Maintained a high volume Intelligence Library maintaining 100%
accountability
- Received multiple military awards.
Technical Skills: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Build Pro PC Mylar
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