Craig A. Rush, PMP
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (APR **** – PRESENT)
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
VOTED PRINCIPAL (FEB 2010)
Carter and Burgess, Fort Worth, Texas (Acquired by Jacobs)
VOTED ASSOCIATE (DEC 2006)
NATIONAL RETAIL PROGRAM MANAGER (JUL 2011 - OCT 2014)
Contract negotiation and management for Professional Services ~ Development and implementation of Program Execution Plan to include Quality Assurance and Control process for national program ~ Financial tracking, reporting, and ownership for more than a dozen offices across the United States ~ Responsible for Professional Service sales of $6m to $8m annually.
MANAGER OF PROJECTS (SEP 2009 – JUL 2011)
Management of all aspects of technical, cost, and schedule performance by multifaceted project teams in accordance with project procedures ~ Development of clients design guidelines and procedures ~ Provide leadership to the integrated project teams thru all phases of development ~ Ensure all work performed maintains health, safety, and environment (HSE) program requirements ~ Management and oversight of more than a dozen Project Managers ~ Responsible for Professional Service sales of $2m to $4m annually.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (MAR 2003 – SEP 2009)
Manage and coordinate the design, development and construction of projects from site assessment to operational facility across the Southern US Region ~ Coordination with all local, municipal, state and government requirements for building design and construction ~ Attend city regulatory meetings as client representative ~ Manage RFI process and coordination for client during construction phase ~ Perform construction reviews including final punch list process with client ~ Manage and coordinate with staff assignments from multiple office locations ~ Manage budgeted hours for each project during plan development ~ Responsible for 20 to 30 projects annually.
LEAD PROJECT COORDINATOR (AUG 2000 – MAR 2003)
Lead multi-discipline team in the design of a single project ~ Complete the Construction Documents in AutoCAD for one to two projects per month ~ Required to track and implement every client update as each project progressed ~ Responsible for the entire life cycle of the development, production and construction phase of project.
Fleetwood Motor Homes of California, Chico, California
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., Riverside, California
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (MAR 1997 – AUG 2000)
Responsible for the yearly design, development, and construction of multiple product lines ~ Establish and implement life cycle planning for each product line ~ Develop and train sales teams regarding benefit and feature differences for each new model year offering ~ Successfully proposed and implemented a new modular design concept that directly contributed to nearly doubling the plants maximum production capacity ~ New modular design approach also contributed to Fleetwood’s first Just-In-Time assembly plant thus eliminating the previous need for a 3 month surplus of parts on hand in a separate warehouse ~ Responsible for the analysis and determination of labor and material costs for each unit produced.
LEAD DRAFTER (APR 1992 – MAR 1997)
Ensure compliance with national code requirements such as RVIA, NEC, FMVSS and CSA ~ Responsible for completion and tracking of nearly 2,000 page assembly manual for each product produced ~ Integrated Design and Manufacturing Operations into the first Fleetwood Design/Build Facility.
CAD LEAD DRAFTER (SEP 1990 – APR 1992)
Responsible for the development, implementation and completion of CAD Standards and procedures to transition the company from a majority board drafting staff to the new company directive of becoming 100% CAD within a 24 month period.
DRAFTER (MAY 1988 – SEP 1990)
Manual board drawings for use in product assembly manuals ~ Conversion of existing board drawings into CAD.
DEGREE, CERTIFICATION, and TRAINING
PMP - PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE (EXPIRES AUG 2016)
PMI - PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (CURRENT MEMBER)
CITY OF CROWLEY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (COMMISSIONER 2008 – 2013)
WESTWOOD COLLEGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (2007)
UNDERSTANDING YOUR COMMUNICATION STYLE – RISC (2007)
FRANKLIN PLANNER TRAINING (1998)
KAIZEN TRAINING (1998)
PHILLIP CROSBY QUALITY COLLEGE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE (1997)
BUILDING HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS (1997)
PARTNERS IN QUALITY TRAINER CERTIFICATE (1996)
INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING CERTIFICATE (1996)
QUALITY WORK GROUP TRAINER CERTIFICATE (1993)
USCAD CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR AUTOCAD (1992)
OCCUPATIONAL ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND CAD (1986 – 1988)
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES (Letters available upon request)
Roger Manny, Senior Architect, Snohetta in Oslo, Norway 602-***-**** or e-mail *****.******@*****.***)
Surjit Sarkar, Senior Engineer, Jacobs in Fort Worth, Texas 817-***-**** or e-mail ******.******@******.***)
Gregory Stedfield, Civil Engineer, Peloton in Keller, Texas 817-***-**** or e-mail *************@*****.***)
CRAIG A. RUSH, PMP ~ 817-***-**** ~ *****.****@*********.***