Project Management Large Loss
Resume:
Chris Bennett
Sr. Estimator-Large loss
Riverside, CA 92507
*******.******@*****.***
Greeting to my potential employer,
Seasoned professional seeks an opportunity to work remotely with a company using project management and estimation skill sets in restoration/reconstruction arenas. Currently self-employed but reviewing other options. Utilize both Matterport, Dokusketch and handwritten inspection notes for remote estimating work.
• TPA ‘program work’
• Rate and material
• Stipulated sum
• Xactimate estimates: Water,Fire, Mold, Contents and Reconstruction
• Residential/Commercial
Experience with TPA’s, Large Loss (1 mil+), CAT, City/Municipalities, Prevailing wage. Value Propisition-
Client/Estimate/Margin:
• UCR- 167k(Mit) 680k(Rec) 49%/39% GP margin
• Wood haven Country club- 546k (Mit) 38% GP margin
• West Coast university/Ontario 64k(Mit) 51% GP
• LAX (Landside/Air Traffic control tower) 48k (Mit/Prevailing wage) 34%GP
• City of Tustin- Covid Cleaning 36k/68% GP
Open to a conversation to discuss opportunity regarding the position and expectations, looking for the right team. Thank you for your time in reviewing my application. Best regards,
Chris Bennett
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Sr Large loss Estimator
Water Damage Rescue, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
January 2021 to April 2024
Primary duties and responsibilities included the creation, submission, and subsequent negotiation of reconstruction contracts for insurance based clients. This was a desk position utilizing docusketch, Matterport, and hand drawn sketches, as well as any other data necessary to compile estimates in both xactimate and symbility. Over the course of 2 1/2 years I created roughly 900 contracts valuing, a little over 16 million. The bulk of the revenue came from large loss, reconstruction projects, dealing with fire or catastrophe damage. Additional responsibilities included the creation of all supplement bills, change orders, and any other contractual adjustments for projects I was involved with. The estimating process required long-term interaction with staff from multiple departments. Position reported to ownership group directly.
Unfortunately, growth within their organization was affected by several factors, chief among the economy. This resulted in my recent layoff, they are offering freelance work, but I am looking for a career path.
Project Director
Blusky Restoration Contractors, LLC - Riverside, CA May 2021 to November 2021
Title: Project Director
• Inspect jobsite independently or with superintendent to create project budgets for restoration and reconstruction.
• Account for all necessary in-house labor costs, equipment, materials, PPE and any subcontractors or specialty trades.
• Determine necessary markups to achieve projected gross profit margin‘s. (42%-65%)
• Create scope of work and cost for house budget and an xactimate estimate to corroborate.
• Create project schedule and appropriately sequence trades, adjusting for project concerns per trade.
• Perform necessary initial documentation of loss site, photos, thermal imagery camera readings, moisture readings, and hygrometer readings.
• Communicate with client throughout entire project.
• Work with client to capture all possible services for project.
• Utilize Vista/Viewpoint to track financial details of project. Enter Contract amount, projected phase’s, projected phase costs and update WIP area weekly.
• Used Vista and Salesforce to create real time financial forecasting and projections for executive team.
• Performed weekly collection calls for any active unpaid files.Worked with corporate accounting to monitor collection process.
Deliverables:
• Maintained a ‘close ratio’ of 91% for all assigned projects or opportunities created.
• Maintained a Gross Profit average of 46.1%
• Generated 1.1 million in revenue in 6 month period. Commercial estimator/ Sales
COIT Cleaning & Restoration - Monrovia, CA
June 2020 to November 2020
COIT Cleaning & Restoration Inc.
Employed 5/28/20 to 11/23/20
Estimator/Sales
Prepared Estimates for
• HVAC duct/system cleaning
• Wood, Stone, Carpet and tile floor system care. (Strip/Clean/Seal/Stain/Polish)
• Cleaning of textile and soft good cleaning, commercial and residential.
• Covid Sanitizing services.
• Estimated and managed projects for emergency restoration and reconstruction for Carrier/TPA program work.
Deliverables:
• Generated roughly 465k$ in revenue for mitigation, commercial cleaning and covid related cleaning.
• Created scope and bid for City of Norwalk HVAC/cleaning RFP
• Created scope and bid for City of Tustin routine cleaning of public transportation fleet (bus system). Training:
• Received training for estimating price for all services COIT provided.
• NADCA standards of training
Senior Project Estimator-Manager
Belfor - Anaheim, CA
December 2018 to March 2020
Position Overview:
Reporting to the General / Operations Manager, the Estimating Specialist works within our estimating department, and spends the majority of their time completing data entry and working in our Xactimate and Xactanalysis systems.
Job Duties
• Develop estimates pursuant to BELFOR estimating standards, insurance compliance SLA’s, including creation of accurate floor plans in Xactimate Sketch
• Create photo sheets complete with labels
• Enter written scopes of repair into Xactimate format
• Ongoing communication with Project Managers and Project Manager Assistants
• Upload, monitor and oversee estimates into Xactanalysis,
• Update notes in Xactanalysis as per the Project Manager as they relate to files
• Provide updates to internal and external customers
• Revise and upload estimates as per the reviewer’s and Project Manager’s requirements
• Maintain Procedure Manuals as per client specifications
• Visit and scope the loss in conjunction with the Project Manager to determine estimate and sketch of affected areas
• Will practice good housekeeping at all times to ensure a safe and non-cluttered worksite
• Provide excellent customer service
• Work under time constraints to meet specific timelines
• Ensure attention to detail and keen sense of safeguarding other people’s property and information
• Participates in and demonstrates an understanding of safety principles and practices; follows all safety policies and procedures to support a safe working environment, including safe operation of machines and equipment
• Comply with all BELFOR policies and procedures, as well as legislative requirements
• Proactively communicate job site conditions and concerns that may or are affecting completion of the job to the appropriate person
• This role could be required to act as a “lead” periodically as designated by their manager
• Attend all BELFOR sponsored training courses
Qualifications
• Advanced knowledge of home construction
• Experience and in-depth knowledge of Xactimate and Xactanalysi Estimator
Servpro of Indian Wells and Palm Springs - Palm Springs, CA September 2011 to December 2018
Estimator:
• Inspect/Scope Job site for mitigation and reconstruction: evaluate access, structural layout, affected contents and material.
• Use IICRC to formulate equipment required for dry-down for mitigation.
• Solicit bids from subcontractors for lowest qualified provider.
• Monitor all mitigation dry-down and sketching of structures in the field.
• Monitor all reconstruction activities and schedules
• Monitor job cost: personnel, equipment, consumable.
• Utilize Vista/Viewpoint to input contract amount, projected cost and update throughout job-cycle for accurate financial forecasting.
• Utilize Saleforce to track activity with assigned accounts and contacts. Also, input NTO’s, adjust close- won/close-loss, input financial formation to coincide with Vista for accurate projections.
• Scheduling with superintendent to deploy crew and vendors/sub-contractors
• Purchase/Rental of large loss equipment, consumables Education
Associate in Culinary Arts
Mesa college - San Diego, CA
Skills
• Excel
• Computer skills
• Communication skills
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Restoration
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
Certifications and Licenses
IICRC - Water Restoration Technician (WRT)
Present
Asbestos Supervisor (ASI-NATEC)
December 2021 to December 2022
IICRC- Fire Smoke Restoration Technician (FSRT)
Present
IICRC- Commercial Drying Specialist (CDS)
Present
IICRC - Odor Control Technician (OCT)
Present
OSHA 10
Driver's License
Assessments
Analyzing data — Proficient
February 2022
Interpreting and producing graphs, identifying trends, and drawing justifiable conclusions from data Full results: Proficient
Attention to detail — Proficient
January 2022
Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information
Full results: Proficient
Work style: Reliability — Proficient
March 2022
Tendency to be reliable, dependable, and act with integrity at work Full results: Proficient
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