Project Manager, Cost Control, Estimating
Resume:
TAL SHANI
PROFILE SUMMARY
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Boca Raton, FL-33428
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST
Strategic Direction ꟾ Construction Management ꟾ Estimating An ex-military and performance-focused leader with proven excellence in scaling operations, accomplishing 100% project objectives. Worked on wide variety of commercial, civil, public, and high end residential of all sizes from office building, multi family, multimillion houses, warehouse, roads, and factory. Instrumental in achieving continuous process improvement by identifying strengths/weaknesses of ongoing processes and leading change management.
EDUCATION
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) -
Boca Raton, FL
AS Business Administration and
Management
Ort Colleges - Tel Aviv, Israel
Safety Management\Control
John Bryce University - Tel Aviv,
Israel
Certificate in Digital Marketing
Online Campaigns management
in SEO, Organic, and PPC
Marketing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AECOM ENGINEERING CONSULTANT – West Palm Beach, FL
(S.Davis & Associates PA)
PMOR – Estimates Aug 2023 - Present
• Reviewing, evaluating, and creating estimates on daily basis involved of all steps of the process start from identifying the scope of work to creating full package estimate submitted to project managers and upper management.
• Perform change orders review on daily basis in a 2-billion-dollar public work for the School Board of Broward County involving renovations, additions, and ‘ground up’ for all the schools in Broward County.
• Communicating with contractors, architects, project engineers, and public agencies via different communication channels to identify and overview scope of work, RFI’s, and ASI’s.
• Analyzed and compared construction estimates to determine the most cost-effective solutions.
Achievements:
• Dramatically reduced the amount of time to generate an estimate by creating own personal log of all the contractors and their subcontractor’s affiliate rates in the program.
Hoffman Construction Company - Portland, OR
Cost Engineer Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
• Participated in a 10-billion-dollar Mega Project for Intel Corporation where I got awarded "The Best Negotiator" for four consecutive months for achieving significant cost savings through effective negotiations with sub-contractors.
• Reviewed large scale estimates to Identify costs and general condition items within estimate to be compared with knowledge of unit prices, contracts, and market value.
• Successfully managed and hosted daily meetings with Intel’s Project Managers and finance team to review estimates, present obstacles, perform risk management, and discuss fundings needed for the continuity of the project.
• Performed detailed breakdown for subcontractor’s manpower and material estimate to be compared with own estimate and ensure estimate aligned with construction budget plan.
• Performed auditing and complete packages to present management the unit cost estimate along with backups.
LANGUAGES
• English
• Hebrew
REFERENCES
Luke Brown
Cost Team Manager, Hoffman
Construction Company
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Ivan Stahle
Senior Cost Engineer, Hoffman
Construction Company
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Amit Halfon
Senior Finance, Intel Corporation
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Achievements:
• Created and implemented a robust cost tracking and reporting system, providing real-time visibility into project costs, budget variances, and financial performance, enabling transparency and proactive cost management.
• Established and maintained a process of monitoring indirect costs on monthly basis for potential activities in risk of being considered as ‘After The Fact’, and by that process the contractor was able to prevent large amount of penalties from the owner.
Talel Developments, LLC - Boca Raton, FL
Project Manager Jan 2015 – Apr 2022
• Led a diverse team of 15 employees, ensuring strict adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Managed financial aspects of contracts such as: fee payment, rental, equipment, income, and expenses to protect company’s interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with clients, subcontractors, and architects.
• Oversaw and monitored estimates progress for clients including capturing of potential changes along with budgeting these changes to minimize delta between budget plan and actual. Presented the estimates to clients, performed negotiation, and finally contracts executions.
• Coordinated meetings with owners, architects, and engineering for obtaining approvals, to jointly discuss procedures, update with progress, present problems, future expected obstacles, and scheduling.
• Met project schedules through planning, scheduling, sub-contractor coordination, employee supervision, and logistics management.
• work in conjunction with the project staff to oversee day-to-day contract administration to include review and processing of change requests, processing of monthly monetary draws, final review of shop drawings, procurement, commissioning, and weekly jobsite coordination meetings.
Achievements:
• For five consecutive years managed to outperform an average of 15% annual increase in revenue by developing highly skilled crews, bidding for scaling larger projects each year, and maintaining more projects simultaneously. ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
012 Global, Inc. - Margate, FL
Manager of Operation Oct 2012 – Dec 2014
Department Manager Mar 2011 - Sep 2012
Sales Manager Aug 2009 - Feb 2011
Sales Representative Jan 2008 - Jul 2009
Israel Defense Force
First Lieutenant Nov 2002 - Mar 2006
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
• Operational Supervision
• QA/QC
• Cost Variance Analysis
• Human Capital Management
• Sub-Contractor/Vendor Management
• Team Training & Development
• Forecasting & Estimation
• Budgeting & Expense Planning
• Resources Allocation
• Sales & Marketing
• Inventory Management & Cost Control
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Strategic Planning and Execution
• Project Management
• Attention to Detail
• High-Level Decision-Making
• Process Improvement
• Client Acquisition & Retention
• Strong Written & Verbal Communication
• Contract Negotiation
• Relationship Building
• Collaboration
• Critical & Analytical Thinking
• Time Management & Prioritization
• Blueprint Reading and Interpretation
• Quantity Calculations
• PROCORE
• Microsoft Office applications
• E-Builder
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• BlueBeam
• AutoCAD
• CRM Platforms
• ORACLE JD Edwards
• Smart Sheets
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