Project Manager Quality Control
Resume:
James M. Birks
Raleigh, North Carolina
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PROJECT/CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Project Manager looking for an opportunity to deliver your projects Done
Right the First Time and under budget.
. Increased profit above bid profit by over $1 million on projects under
my supervision in the past five years.
. Seasoned leader in guiding multiple job teams in each phase of the
project including business development, design, pre-construction,
construction, inspection, close-out, and warranty services.
. Respected for ethics, integrity, leadership, and focusing on the
customer needs.
. Results-oriented manger who is organized, decisive, hands on and great
communicator.
. Championed and approved Safety Programs that resulted in Zero Lost
Time Accidents over the past 25 years and 15 million man-hours. Zero
OSHA Recordable Case Incident Rate and Lost-Workday Case Rate.
. Experienced at designing and constructing the following type of
facilities in the GC, CM, D-B, CMAR, EPC and Cost Plus Fixed Fee:
Commercial - Military Facility - Industrial - Offices - Laboratories
Pharmaceutical - Health Care - Hospitals - Fiber Optics Network
Power Plants - Sub-Stations -Refining/Oil & Gas - Petrochemical - Chemicals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Construction Project Management Consultant
JMBirks LLC 05/09 to Present - Consultant to local contractors and owners.
Successful in assisting a local GC in securing a new USACE project;
assisted a biotech company with validating a new facility; reviewed 2 CM's
government contractor safety program and assisted them with the
implementation of new procedures to comply with the military's concerns;
developed the CQC procedure for a GC to comply with COE procedures. These
projects were located in North Carolina and New York.
Projects Director
O'Neal Incorporated 11/07 to 05/09 - Directed the D-B, CM, GC and EPC
projects in the Pharmaceutical, Commercial, Laboratories, Offices,
Classrooms, and Industrial market place valued between $100,000 to $12M in
NC, SC & FL.
Directed multiple simultaneous project teams in each phase of the project
including design, permitting, construction, purchasing, estimating,
contracts, billings, and warranty services. Hired, trained, and developed
five staff employees. Held P&L responsibility for all CM, EPC, D-B
projects out of the Raleigh office.
. Increased profit above bid profit by 10 percent ($125K) on projects under
my direction.
. Improved safety and work quality programs resulting in an estimated cost
saving of $50,000.
. Managed projects and all aspects of design, safety, construction, quality
(cGMP), estimating, scheduling, accounting, and purchasing, while
ensuring compliance with building codes.
. Ensured that all corporate policies for best practices, quality control,
design/engineering deliverables, specifications, estimates, budgets,
accounting, schedules, and close out were followed.
Senior Construction/Project Manager
Alutiiq LLC, 03/05 to 11/07 - Managed D-B, GC and CM of Military Facilities
valued from $50M to $125M, projects were located in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas and Kentucky.
Senior Site Manager with profit and lost accountably for the design and
construction of over 1 million sq. ft. of military facilities. Managed
multiple and single story barracks, dining, laundry, storage, and command
buildings with project scope including all infrastructures, such as
clearing, grading, landscaping, bridges, roads, parking, water/sewer, power
distribution, data, lighting, and security. The Ft. Knox, KY project
included a geothermal heating and cooling system. The 136-acre Ft. Bragg
project included wet lands on over 30% of the site.
. Supervised designers, engineers, field construction staff, CQC team, and
subcontractors. Managed staff of up to 50 engineers/designers/CQC staff,
and 1,500 construction and subcontractor personnel on a single project.
. Assigned to the Ft. Knox project when it was 6 weeks behind schedule.
Developed an approach and recovery schedule, resulting in 6-week schedule
recovery, putting the project back on track in 8 months.
. Directly produced an additional 10 percent ($2 million) profit above the
bid profit on these two installations.
. Won multiple Safety and Quality Awards from the US Army Corp of
Engineers; Savanna District "Contractor of the Year"
. Developed and approved all safety plans, CQC plans, environmental
permitting, best practices, engineering deliverables, estimates, budgets,
invoices, billings, schedules, turnover documents and projects close out.
. Managed the LEED Silver Certification process on two projects.
. Delivered professional training and education to staff to provide and
implement quality control (CQC), project engineering, and safety/risk
management action programs.
Senior Project Manager
The Haskell Company, 06/2001 to 03/2005 - Managed D-B, EPC and GC work for
Commercial, Laboratories, Warehouses, Biotech, Offices, Hospitals, and
Pharmaceutical projects from $1M to $22M in Florida and North Carolina.
Managed project managers, designers, field construction, inspection (CQC)
and subcontract personnel on projects including: New bio-tech facility and
upgrades to existing building in Largo, FL - $9 million; Fire station,
offices and 100,000 sf warehouse in Kinston, NC - $7 million.
. Secured a $9 million contract without being the lowest qualified bidder
by building the case for being the best-qualified Design-Build Team.
Self preformed work non-union included concrete, rough carpentry and
masonry.
. Achieved estimated savings of $400,000 by implementing project safety
plans for all work.
. Developed and approved project best practices, safety plans, quality
plans (cGMP)engineering deliverables, environmental and building permits,
estimates, budgets, schedules, turnover documents and close out.
. Developed construction work-around plans to accommodate the clients need
to increase product production (in the construction areas) not
anticipated during the planning stages of the project.
Project Construction Manager
Jacobs Construction, 07/1997 to 06/2001 - Supervised EPC, GC, CM, CMAR, and
Cost Plus Fixed Fee work for Industrial, Laboratories, Pharmaceutical, Oil
& Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, and Commercial facilities from $50,000 to
$50M in Texas, California, Ohio, Iowa, Virginia, Florida, Louisiana,
Alabama and Maryland.
Supervised the execution of construction projects. Developed and managed
operating budgets based on forecasted workload. Supervised and allocated
field construction, inspectors and office staff to commercial,
pharmaceutical and laboratory projects. Selected and approved
subcontractors and vendors for use on construction sites.
. Recovered a cost savings of $3M to the client and one month on the
"schedule-to-market" for their product by developing a detailed turnover
and validation schedule for use in completing a project by the
construction and validation teams.
. Managed self preformed work with union and non-union craftsmen for all
CSI divisions.
. Successfully removed and reinstalled pre-cast panels in an operating
pharmaceutical facility, enabling equipment to be installed without
affecting validated production operations.
. Approved payments, staffing, subcontractor plans, billings, purchasing,
contracts, quality plans(cGMP), safety plans, turn-over packages, and
project close-out procedures.
Other Positions/Responsibilities Include:
Owners Representative, Construction Superintendent, Quality Control (CQC)
Manager, Inspector, Contracts Manager, Project Controls Manager, Estimator,
Scheduler, Cost Engineer, Field Engineer, and union pipefitter.
Involved with the capital expenditures and improvements including
coordinating engineering, construction oversight, selection of contractors
and designers, safety, inspection, quality control (CQC), cGMP compliance,
schedule, managing resources, budget preparation, approval of payments, and
coordination in the government, biotech, pharmaceutical, laboratories,
commercial, food and beverage, offices, fiber optics, telecommunication,
chemicals, industrial, classrooms, power plants, sub-stations,
petrochemical, and waste treatment facilities. Projects were located in
the Mid-Atlantic, South, Southwest, Western United States, and overseas
valued at between $50,000 up to $250 million.
OTHER INFORMANTION AND EXPERTISE
. Continuing education class in Engineering and Design, LEED, ADA
Compliance, Quality Control (CQC), Safety, Legal Contracts, Estimating,
CPM Scheduling, and Asbestos and Lead Paint Abatement.
. OSHA 30 hour certified; 1st Aid & CPR certified.
Applied Skills/knowledge/expertise includes: scope development, building
codes, engineering/design, LEED certification, BIM, EPA, planning, EHS
programs, COE EM-385, activity hazard analyses (AHA), quality control,
cGMP, SOP's, CAP's, validation, government FAR/DFAR, USACE RMS/QCS
system, change orders, direct hire union and non-union craftsmen, pre-
construction, constructability, estimating, contracting, bidding,
scheduling, budgeting, prolog, forecasting, billings, schedule of values,
WBS, accounting, subcontracting, procurement, and RFI's.
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