High School Project Manager

Harlen C. Hunter Jr

Email: abpqak@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Arnold

State: MO

Zip: 63010

Country: USA

Phone: 636-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

I have been working for the last 5 years as a General Manager in charge of all day to day operations of the company. I helped the owners of the company develop and start their construction division from the ground up, from creating all start up documents, and legal forms to all advertising and company logos. I interviewed all subcontractors and vendors/suppliers and set up accounts with them. I have 22 years in the management field working for other companies as well as owning and operating my own remodeling company. I am the guy who takes the time to do the paperwork and document jobs as well as create contracts and all functions associated with running a company. I would like to utilize my skills in estimating, job costing, scheduling, collections and finalizing jobs and over seeing production. My goal is to work with a company to create greater success with in the company not to just go to work and be absorbed into the day to day operations and get lost. I am a driven and focused person who has passion to learn and expand my desire for what I do.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Fox Sr. High School, Arnold MO 1/2001 to 5/2000 (Mathematics/ Machinist)

High School Dipolma from Jefferson College, Arnold MO 1/2001 to 11/2012

High School Dipolma from Vatterott College, Arnold MO 1/2001 to 11/2012

High School Dipolma from BBB, Arnold MO 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Career Focus

I have been working for the last 5 years as a General Manager in charge of all day to day operations of the company. I helped the owners of the company develop and start their construction division from the ground up, from creating all start up documents, and legal forms to all advertising and company logos. I interviewed all subcontractors and vendors/suppliers and set up accounts with them. I have 22 years in the management field working for other companies as well as owning and operating my own remodeling company. I am the guy who takes the time to do the paperwork and document jobs as well as create contracts and all functions associated with running a company. I would like to utilize my skills in estimating, job costing, scheduling, collections and finalizing jobs and over seeing production. My goal is to work with a company to create greater success with in the company not to just go to work and be absorbed into the day to day operations and get lost. I am a driven and focused person who has passion to learn and expand my desire for what I do.

Summary of Skills

General Management of day to day operations.

Supervisory skills of many sub contractors as well as in house personnel.

HR, in charge of Interviewing prospective employees, and hiring. In charge of employee reviews and evaluations for raises, tracking employee progress, and in charge of disciplinary action of internal employees.

Collections from Mortgage Companies, Clients and Insurance Companies.

Locating, Evaluating and hiring the proper Subcontractors necessary to get the specific job completed.

Estimating with Exactimate software, Job costing, Scheduling, Product selections with customers.

Process Development

Conflict resolution

Project management

Marketing materials development

Product management

Computer experience with Windows 98, XP and Office 2000, Microsoft office standard, outlook express, power point, and minimal publisher. Very proficient typing skills.

Profit margins and job costing

Project Reviews

Expense Control through job costing prior to start of jobs.

Multi-task Management

Reviewing future projects, meeting potential clients and working to sell the companies services

Accounts Receivable, follow up behind jobs and make collections.

Customer Needs Assessments

Customer Satisfaction

Account Management

Trade Shows set up and management

Customer Satisfaction

Computer Literate

Computer Proficient

Customer Service

Employee conflict and resolution with in the company.

Accomplishments

Sales and Marketing

Managing projects and Securing Profit Margins before projects start. Goal was always to secure GPM of 35-47 percentage on insurance related projects. Signing up new customer leads usually upon first meeting, this is in regards to disaster related reconstruction projects.

Developed Company Resume for Direct Marketing of the Company to future clients and other companies.

Control cost by negotiating with subcontractors to keep cost down.

Development of advertising in the form of tri-fold brochures and fliers and business cards for employees and sales personnel.

Organizational Development

Assessed processes in order to make suggestions to make improvements to existing processes and correct in-efficiencies and help implement the new processes.

Work with fellow employees to help implement training as necessary to improve efficiency in daily activities.

Re-write Company Structure and Flow of processes to establish structure within the Company and to help Define employees job descriptions and duties increase efficiency in the flow of Production Processes.

Client Interface

Managed projects through the close, review invoices and accounts payable to subs and suppliers, and financial reporting through projected profit margining and final project profit margining for multiple clients to management. accounts receivable for completed projects, chasing the money trail and securing payment.

Reporting

Reviewed processes that utilized accounts receivable sub-ledger for accounting and customer attribute reporting for accuracy in numbers from the field.

Development

Development and Implementation of a Construction Division

Started a full blown construction division from the ground up with warm leads from the sister company.

Developed all documentation pertaining to operations of the company, set up accounts, subs, vendors and suppliers.

Developed all contracts, letterhead, change orders in tent to hires letters, logos and business cards.

Developed all processes for tracking of profit margins and job. costing.

Developed company shirts and logos and banners and truck logos and tri-fold advertising.

Successfully operated the company for 2 1/2 years without any employees. Subcontracted all work out and performed all duties required to operate company at full capacity single handedly.

Professional Experience

October 2007 to October 2012

Insurance Construction Specialist St. Louis, MO

General Manager

Started and built construction division from scratch, developed all documentation used on a daily basis, tracking docs, job costing docs. Advertising, business cards, contracts, change orders etc. Set up all accounts, Interviewed and hired employees and subcontractors and suppliers. Job cost jobs, secure profit margins, project managed projects. Initial client meetings and sales and signing of contracts. Account management, tracking of payments, receivables from mortgage companies, insurance companies and clients upon project completion. Inspections of projects, and closing of projects. Tracking and scheduling of projects. Banking deposits. Collections. Customer relations, satisfaction and conflict resolution.

March 1990 to October 2007

Hunter Remodeling Arnold, Mo

Owner Operator

Started, owned and operated residential remodeling company. All marketing, sales, management, estimating, job costing, scheduling of projects, customer relations and service.

February 2001 to September 2003

Service Master/Gateway Construction St. Charles, Mo

Project Manager

Started as a lead carpenter/remodeler. Moved up to project manage in charge of collections of unfinished projects and out standing accounts.

Project managed and job costed new jobs going into production to help secure GPM. Also worked in the field to help train younger laborers to perform carpenters duties and better themselves with in the company.

Left company due to ethical issues within the company related to customers.

October 1987 to December 1999

Mc Donnell Douglas/ Boeing St.Louis, Mo

Lead Jig and Fixture Builder

Worked as a plastic tool maker for about 3 years and transfered into the tool and die jig and fixture shop building large scale tooling for production. I worked on the F-15, the F-18, the Harrier, T-45 and C-17 production lines. I also worked in Research and Development and with Tool Design and Engineering to help trouble shoot problems in production with production operations and procedures to help reduce cost over runs in cycle times. I have also worked set up in the welding shop.

Left job due to layoff and reduction in work force do to Boeing takeover.

Education

1986 Fox Sr. High School Arnold, MO

High School Diploma Mathematics/ Machinist

Heavy in science, mathematics and shop classes wood and metal

1987 Jefferson College Hillsboro, Mo

Associate of Arts Machine Tool Technology

Machine tool technology, conventional machining, which lead to a career at McDonald Douglas as a tool and die maker/ jig and fixture builder.

2000 Vatterott College Sunset Hills, Mo

Associate of Arts Electrical

Residential 1 & 2 Electricity

Commercial 1 Electricity

Industrial 1 Electricity

BBB St Louis, Mo

Certificate Multiple

Effective Sales and Management seminar

Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives and Deadlines

The art of bartering

Advertising Do's and Dont's

Lead Certification and certificate

NAHB: Business Management for Building Professionals

Professional Affiliations

Greater Claims Association for Insurance Claims, Metropolitan Fire Marshals Association, BBB, NAHB, BNI

Linked In, Face Book

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