Project Manager Construction

Douglas Rada, PE, PTOE

** ****** ***** ***** . **********, Missouri 63090

314-***-**** . *******@*****.***

Construction Executive / Project Manager

Heavy Highway / Underground Utility Engineering

15 years of experience contributing to high quality and profitable

operations of construction contracting companies through outstanding

management, civil engineering, and relationship building expertise.

Accomplished and versatile professional with proven ability to direct

multiple heavy highway / underground utility construction projects

simultaneously from design through close-out including estimating, budget /

cost control, site management, and field staff supervision. Recognized

contributor with knowledge and skills needed to complete contract

negotiations, subcontractor schedules, and meticulous reports /

documentation; effectively executing project work scopes and crew

assignments. Articulate and collaborative communicator and leader with

talent for establishing productive relationships with owners, engineers,

subcontractors, and corporate partners.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Construction Project Management . Heavy Highway Engineering . Reporting /

Documentation

Stakeholder Relations . Multi-trade Team Building . Estimating .

Specification Compliance

Contract Negotiations . Site Work / Utilities . Budget / Cost Control .

Problem Solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC. . 2011-Present

Heavy highway contractor that specializes in pavement preservation

services.

General Manager

Assigned to management of a pavement preservation construction organization

including day to day operations, project bidding, project implementation,

profit/loss, and research into new sales markets. Interfaced with project

owners and political leaders to sell alternative cost effective solutions

to optimize their infrastructure improvements.

. Interfaced with various state, county, and municipal engineers within

Midwest region in order to provide solutions to improve their road

network infrastructure. Resulted in commitment to assign future projects

under the pavement preservation umbrella.

. Re-aligned company's operations in order to increase productivity.

Established a 15% year-to-year increase in company sales with a 15%

increase in company margins.

. Responsible for company profit/loss (P&L).

. Board member for company's safety committee and strategic planning

committee.

GERSTNER ELECTRIC, INC. . 2003-2011

Construction contractor that specializes in transportation, energy, and

infrastructure services.

Senior Project Manager

Charged with directing heavy highway construction projects through their

entire life cycles including site preparation / management, specification

reviews, utilities installations, budgets, and schedules. Liaison with

owners, field personnel, and government officials to ensure high quality

construction and compliance with building codes and standards. Supervise

project managers, subcontractors, and other staff; monitoring performance

for consistency with work scopes.

. Optimized company's operations profits by introducing "full circle

service" to clients that included design, permitting, and installation;

recommending and facilitating creation of company's new design

subsidiary. Efforts resulted in 20% increase in profit margin while

streamlining design and permitting processes by bringing them in-house.

Design-build capacity now 15% of company's business.

. Orchestrated initiative within company to expand services from public

sector to include private sector clients by bidding / installing electric

duct banks and state-wide fiber broadband and bidding design-build

projects and change orders on secured projects.

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Selected Project Accomplishments

. New I-64 - $500M, 2-year accelerated design / build highway construction

project that spanned

approximately 10 miles from I-270 in St. Louis County to Kingshighway

Boulevard in St. Louis City,

Missouri. Work scope included 22 signalized intersections, corridor

lighting, and ITS deployment

(CCTV / DMS sites and fiber optic cable installations). Controlled work

and performance of 2 project

managers and 49+ field personnel. Accountable for design, material

procurement, and quality

assurance / control. Project was largest of its kind in state of

Missouri and 2010 America's

Transportation Awards Grand Prize Winner by AASHTO, AAA, and U.S.

Chamber of Commerce.

. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) E & F - $4M, 2-year highway

construction project in downtown St. Louis City, Missouri that was

partnership with Board of Public Service. Work scope included

installation of heavy underground utility raceways, removal / replacement

of 80+ traffic control cabinets, fiber optic cable installation, and

placement of CCTV devices at several signalized intersections. Project

was completed on-schedule and within-budget and greatly assisted city

engineers in managing alternate traffic patterns upon closure of I-64

from I-270 to Kingshighway.

KUESEL EXCAVATING, INC. . 1998-2003

Site development and road construction company that offers full range of

excavating, roadway construction, soil stabilization, and general earth

moving services.

Project Manager

Guided construction operations such as bidding / estimating, construction

site management, budgets, schedules, and material analysis / acquisition.

Interfaced with owners and field personnel to ensure smooth communications

and to minimize problems. Facilitated permitting process and adherence to

government and industry building codes / standards.

. Enhanced company's revenues and reputation during period of rapid growth

by successfully bidding earthwork and site work projects with private

sector clientele.

. Streamlined company's bidding and job cost tracking processes by

implementing HCSS Heavy Bid / Heavy Job software. Also championed

introduction of Agtek software which sped up quantity take-off process

for mass excavation sites.

Selected Project Accomplishment

. I-270 / I-170 Interchange Rehabilitation - $6M, 2-year accelerated

project in North St. Louis County, Missouri that included removal of

existing pavement, displacement of 200K cubic yards of material, and

installation of approximately 10K linear feet of storm sewer pipe.

Controlled work of 2 field superintendents for mass excavation and storm

sewer installation.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Lindenwood University, St. Charles,

Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana,

Illinois

LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION / COMPUTER SKILLS

. Registered Professional Engineer (PE), State of Missouri

. Registered Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE), Institute of

Transportation Engineers

. IMSA Work Zone Safety, Level I & Level II

. OSHA 10-hour & First Aid / CPR

. Microsoft Windows / Office Suite (Word & Excel), SureTrak, Microstation,

& HCSS Heavy Bid & Job

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Contract Documents & Construction Law . Planning & Scheduling . Accident

Prevention & Loss Control

General & Specialty Contractor Dynamics . Managing the Project: The

Supervisor's Role

Oral & Written Communication . Problem Solving & Decision Making

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