Project Manager Real Estate

Michael J. Correa

Tampa, FL ***** • **************@*****.*** • 347-***-****

SUMMARY

Highly skilled Construction Project Manager/Project Superintendent with 21 years of leading and managing projects in the million dollars plus range. Seeking employment opportunity with a General Contracting or Real Estate Development Firm specializing in multi-family construction. Known for excellent leadership, communication skills and demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships. Proficient in using construction management and financial software to streamline project tasks and easily adapts to new methodologies, technologies and environments.

EDUCATION/SKILLS

M.S. Civil Engineering (Emphasis on Construction Management) Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, 2007

B.S. Computer Science (Minor in Mathematics) St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, 2002

Completed OSHA 30-Hour Construction Supervisor Training

Construction Safety Protocols

Contract Negotiation

Quality Assurance

Cost Management/Budgeting

Building Codes

ADA Compliance

Key Skills:

Computer Skills:

Procore, Primavera Project Contract Management, Oracle P6 Scheduling Software, Sage Real Estate, TimberScan, Constructware, Microsoft Office, CAD 2003, C++, HTML and Visual Basic

Proficient in Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Diaz Fritz Group, Inc., Temple Terrace, FL

Project Manager

Commercial General Contracting Firm Apr 2024 – Sept 2024

Oversaw the daily construction management of a fast-food restaurant from the ground up, The Chicken Guy located in Wesley Chapel, FL.

Duties included approving and processing subcontractor’s monthly pay applications, reviewing the approved contract drawings, sketches, materials product data and specifications with the firm’s on-site project superintendent, professional consultants as well as the various subcontractor’s addressing and solving construction matters.

Created RFI’s as needed, reviewed and processed submittals using Procore Construction Management Software and updated the project schedule using Oracle Primavera P6.

Collaborated with the owner’s representative on a daily basis, creating and enforcing contracts as well as visiting jobsites to inspect the on-going construction progress.

Distributed to all subcontractor’s and enforced along with the project superintendent the two weeks look ahead schedule, meetings with the architect, engineers of the various disciplines along with all the other licensed professional consultants to resolve any potential design and construction issues, keeping the President of the company updated daily with the on-going progress of the project along with all other managerial, financial, legal and procurement issues.

Mastermind, Ltd., Edgewater, NJ

Director of Design and Construction Management Mar 2023 – Oct 2023

Affordable Housing Real Estate Development, Commercial Investment and Property Management Firm

Oversaw the design of construction management of all new ground-up development sites (Affordable Housing) along with construction management of all existing properties within the firm’s various portfolio assets.

Oversaw an eleven-story residential ground-up building with a square footage of 148,992 and one hundred fifty rentals.

Collaborated with ownership on the planning stage of the development of a luxury house located in an exclusive neighborhood of New Jersey with a square footage of 14,000.

Worked with ownership on the planning stage of a retail development strip mall consisting of over 100,000 S/F located in Pennsylvania.

Oversaw the curing of the Department of Buildings violations on the firm’s existing retail, residential and commercial projects on a daily basis.

Conducted and attended various design and construction meetings with all hired consultants, contractors and tenants.

Renovated a luxury 10,000 S/F house within an exclusive area in New Jersey on behalf of the owner’s private residence.

Provided construction management training to the field staff as well as the office staff within the different departments about all related construction and real estate development matters.

Provided consultation to the firm’s upper management and principals related to construction and real estate development trends, designs, analyzing potential real estate development deals.

Assisted with the firm’s lead broker in searching for potential development deals within the five boroughs of New York as well as in New Jersey.

Edelstein Development Group, LLC., New York, NY

Owner’s Representative/Project Manager Mar 2020 - May 2022

Real Estate Development and Real Estate Property Management/Investment Firm

Oversaw alongside with the real estate developer the day-to-day planning, strategizing, design of the construction of a nine-story residential ground up mixed-use building located in New York City’s outer boroughs consisting of forty-five apartments both as affordable and market rate units of 37,000 S/F.

Oversaw the day-to-day construction of the above-mentioned project as the Owner’s Rep./Project Manager. In this role, oversaw the buyout (awarded) the various subcontractors, vendors, suppliers needed. Reviewed all revised contract drawings, shop drawings, specifications, as well as dealt with the many consultants used on this project including both the Architectural and Engineering Firms of Record. Collaborated daily with the jobsite safety superintendent on all safety related issues, to ensure that the jobsite was running both effectively and safely.

United Construction & Development Group, Corp., Northern Blvd., NY

Senior Project Manager / Senior Project Superintendent Feb 2015 – Nov 2019

Residential Mixed-Use and Commercial Real Estate Development/General Contracting Firm

Managed the day to day ground up construction from the excavation, support of excavation (S.O.E) phases to the on-going interior work phase of a sixteen-story ground up Marriott Courtyard and Fairfield Inn Hotel consisting of three hundred thirty-eight rooms with a square footage of 203,800 as both the project manager and superintendent coordinating, scheduling and overseeing the related work items with the different subcontractors along with the architect and engineer of record, various NYC and NYS governmental agencies (DOB, DOT, DEP, etc.) and along with ownership.

Involved with the excavation, support of excavation (S.OE.) and concrete superstructure phases in assisting another project’s superintendent of an eighteen-story residential mixed-use ground up building consisting of one hundred eighty-three condominiums along with the lower first four levels of retail and commercials spaces consisting of over 304,000 total S/F.

Oversaw the excavation, support of excavation (S.O.E.) and the concrete superstructure phases of a six- story Marriott Spring Hill Suites Hotel consisting of one hundred sixty rooms and a square footage of 150,000 S/F.

Bradford Construction Corp., New York, NY

Assistant Project Manager Jul 2009 – Dec 2014

Commercial Construction Management Firm

Assisted the on-site construction project manager of an architectural and engineering firm, with the day-to-day construction project management of the interior (office space buildouts) and roof renovation of a CUNY Community College located in Long Island City, Queens (LaGuardia Community College).

Managed all the paperwork dealing with insurance, daily reports and processed all submittals and RFI’s from the subcontractors using the construction management software, Primavera Contract Manager.

Pike Construction Company, Patterson, NJ

Assistant Project Manager / Project Engineer Jan 2008 – May 2009

Residential and Commercial General Contracting Firm

Assisted in the project managing of a 590,000 S/F assisted living facility for a condominium project located in Long Island, NY.

Managed project issues daily in working alongside the project management team at various levels in contributing to the successful completion of the initial and final stages of the project.

Ensured that all drawings submitted by the steel manufacturer were in compliance with project specifications and approved contract drawings.

Planned and coordinated various aspects of the project from reviewing and adjusting any discrepancies and issues found within the approved contract drawings to submitting requests for information (RFI’s), as well as attended weekly office jobsite meetings with upper management and the on-site project management team.

Maintained accurate logs, project status reports and other required project documentation.

VJB Construction, Corp., New York, NY

Assistant Superintendent / Assistant Project Manager May 2006 – Apr 2007

High-Rise Residential Mixed-Use Luxury Condominium General Contracting Firm

Assisted in overseeing the 106,279 S/F landmark Manhattan building renovation, transforming eight floors of commercial space into forty-eight loftlike residential condominiums located within The O’Neil Building.

Oversaw the day-to-day field operations, ensuring conformity to specifications and enforced conformity to specifications and enforced compliance of the approved contract drawings with the various subcontractors.

Resolved discrepancies among on-site contractors and foremen, upper-level management, project managers and the various trades.

Assisted in ordering all the building materials and supplies needed on a daily basis and scheduled the different trades.

Prepared daily field reports and attended weekly meetings with the developers, project managers, project superintendents and upper-level management. Documented completion of work ensuring satisfactory completion before units were shown to prospective buyers.

Royal Guard Fence, Inc., Westbury, NY

Assistant to the Vice President / Assistant Project Manager May 2004 – May 2006

Signs and Fence Public Works Subcontracting Firm

Projects included city and state funded public works projects in furnishing and installing overhead directional signs for highways, expressways, and street projects, as well as the JFK Rail Project (Air Train) linking Jamaica, Queens to JFK Airport.

Managed all required administrative work to ensure projects were completed on time and under budget.

Obtained approvals and functioned as key liaison between our contractors and fabricators.

Interacted with our engineering firms and fabricators, general contractors and subcontractors along with the various city and state agencies.

Reviewed and maintained files of all shop drawings, blueprints, architectural and engineering contract drawings as well as specifications.

Prepared all construction and financial related documents, converting measurements from metric to standard U.S. system. Used the Lotus spreadsheets for tracking purchase orders and assisted in using AutoCAD to create shop drawings.

Input financial data for on-going projects for the accounting department.

Assisted in preparing bids for construction projects.

Skanska USA Building Inc., New York, NY

Project Administrator Oct 2003 – Feb 2004

Residential and Commercial General Contracting/Construction Management Firm

Activities centered on assisting with the guidance of major construction projects, including a major reconstruction of the New York City West Side Highway, a large New York city-funded project.

Assisted with moving the West Side Highway project forward, handling a wide range of administrative functions including matters pertaining to project financing.

Used Primavera and Constructware Project Management-based software to generate correspondences invoicing and to schedule appointments.

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