Facilities and Construction Project Manager

Rick Gaeckle

**** ******* **** • Seville, Ohio **273

***********@*****.*** 330-***-**** (cell)

Reliable and determined manager with extensive experience in coordinating all aspects of

facilities, construction, and project management services, from conception through operation.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Facilities Management • Property Management • Retail Construction Management

• Performance Management • Systems Management • Project Management

• Process Improvement • Solution Development • Operations Analysis

• Relationship Building • Staff Training / Mentoring • Leading & Managing Change

• Lease Negotiations • Site Selection/Inspections • Multiple Vendor Management and Relations

• Materials Acquisition • Budgeting and P&L • Accounts Payable & Receivables

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Successful management of simultaneous projects in multiple locations.

• Exceptional retail construction project management skills in tenant build-outs, fixturing, and remodeling.

• Understanding of the economics and functional sequence of the construction processes.

• Ability to organize and design complex remodel projects to minimize business interruption.

• Creative and inventive problem solver adept at managing people, processes, and equipment.

• Capable of understanding critical path problems within each project timeline with the ability to drive and manage

stalled issues through resolution.

• Solid experience in all phases of multi-channel management; budgeting, RFP and bid submissions, negotiations,

product procurement, design and execution.

• Superb mentor and inspirational leader that motivates employees and contractors to maintain peak performance and

productivity.

• Continuously improving processes and negotiating highly-beneficial vendor/contractor agreements.

• Ability to work in an unsupervised capacity; capable of adopting a number of roles simultaneously to turn vision

into reality.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; published writer in a real estate and management periodicals.

• Proficient in computers with knowledge of MS Windows, Excel, Word, Word Perfect, MS Project and other various

software.

SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

CONSTRUCTION / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Directed and coordinated all activities pertaining to the construction of new retail sites, the remodeling of existing

stores, and re-branding and brand-compliance initiatives.

• Managed capital improvement projects, corporate office build-outs, employee relocations, call-center design and

construction, and specialty construction ventures for non-profit organizations.

• Worked within a set construction budget and created cost schedules for each project; consistently completed

assignments on time and under budget.

• Wrote detailed Scopes of Work for each construction project including CAD-based layouts & 3D designs used as

architectural prints, blue prints for permitting, and General Contractor’s drawings.

• Obtained bids based on RFP’s and Scopes of Work; qualified contractor’s bids; hired and directed General

Contractors engaged in the planning and execution of work procedures.

• Oversaw the procurement and logistics of outside suppliers and sub-contractors and coordinated the deliveries of

brand equity materials and supplies to the worksite.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

• Established the initial Facilities Department for a regional telecommunications provider; supervised all facility

functions of retail sites from Northeast Ohio to central Indiana as well as three large scale corporate buildings.

• Established a computerized work order system providing a standardized method of initializing work requests and

tracking of completion results.

• Secured, hired, and directed contractors and external service providers in each of the retail markets, providing

support and maintenance for the retail facilities and corporate buildings.

• Analyzed work requests to determine if they were “priority driven”; communicated with Store Operations,

Merchandising, District Managers, and others as needed to determine scope of work required. Issued work orders,

monitored work performed, maintained proper records, and maintained total account payable functions to outside

vendors.

BUDGETING / COST MANAGEMENT

• Worked with Sales and Finance Department to establish the initial budget of the Facilities Department.

• Successfully reduced construction costs between 47% - 55% over past store build-outs through lease negotiations,

layouts and design, space planning, and aggressive negotiations with contractors and suppliers to manage costs.

• Redesigned functions and procedures at a Mission Critical high security building and reduced overall security costs

by sixty-six (66%) percent.

• Reviewed and approved all invoices pertaining to facilities and construction. Ensured all approved invoices were

submitted on a timely basis and accounted for within the project budget.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MANAGER – SPECIAL PROJECTS January 2012 – Present

Revol Wireless – Independence, Ohio

SALES/OPERATION/ OWNER January 2010 – December 2011

Eclipse Facilities Management - Medina, Ohio

FACILTIES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER July 2007 - October 2009

Revol Wireless - Independence, Ohio

FACILTIES AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR March 2001 - July 2007

Verizon Wireless - Independence, Ohio

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 1991 - 2001

National Sanitary - Cleveland, Ohio

DIRECTOR OF SALES AND REAL ESTATE BROKER 1989-1991

American Resort Realty Corporation, Commercial Division - Ocean City, NJ

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, Tempe, Az.

Major Course Study: English

Member of Facilities Management Professionals International

Member of Design and Construction Network

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