Frank R. Zandier **** Casa Grande Drive Pgh Pa ***37 Cell 412-***-****

Education:

College Degree – Liberal Arts

Supplemental College Credits – Mechanical Engineering & Business Administration

University of Pittsburgh – Construction Claims Course Certification

Dale Carnegie Business School Graduate

Crosby System TQM Certified

Arbitration & Effective Negotiation Training

OSHA 10 & 30 Hour Safety Training Certification

Achievements:

Complete construction estimate responsibility for major $200 million shale gas water treatment facility

Total estimate responsibility for $60 million mechanical contract that included 250K LF of piping

Special project estimate/proposal coordinator for major FGD & SCR addition projects

Uniquely qualified Director of BD & Estimating for major industrial contractor

Responsible to manage all estimating for both Pittsburgh & Chicago offices of major industrial contractor

Ascending roles including field supervisor, estimator, chief estimator, estimating manager & director

Skills:

Executive Team Leadership

Strong Client Communications

Command of Technical & Commercial Details

Confident Project Personnel Support

Select & Manage Multi Discipline Subcontractors

Detailed Cost & Contract Control

Long History of Utilizing Union Trades

Comprehensive Proposal & Cost Preparation

Experienced Business Development Support

Extensive Shop & Field Project Management

Qualifications and Experience:

Over 30 years of experience in Industrial Contracting & Fabrication in a variety of roles including; 10 plus years of extensive experience directing and managing the construction, engineering, business development, and estimating phases of specialty mechanical contracting service. Over 10 years of major project on-site construction management experience for multi-disciplined work scopes including, direct hire & subcontracted labor for electrical, mechanical, civil and structural activities. Extensive experience in formulating and managing large lump sum cost estimates for multiple disciplines on a direct hire basis, including schedule layout & monitoring, as well as utilization of subcontracted engineering services.

Veolia Industrial Projects Group (current employer since 2015)

Senior Construction Estimator – Provides complete project construction estimates that include all disciplines of subcontracts for Mechanical Equipment & Piping, Civil, Electrical, & Structural work. These internal estimates are used to assist in preparing RFQ’s and providing comprehensive proposal evaluations in support of establishing firm lump sum values. The estimating process includes GA preparation, P&ID review and piping/electrical layouts to establish quantity requirements. Where interconnecting piping is included in the Veolia scope, lump sum values to furnish & fabricate piping systems of any material are also formulated internally.

McKamish Inc.

Vice President Power & Industrial Group – Established new corporate initiative to expand specialty mechanical contracting into industrial markets including steel, shale gas and power. Responsible for P&L for all aspects of the new group business development, estimating, sales, shop fabrication and construction management.

Enhanced shop fabrication capabilities to provide HP gas transmission & steel market spools

Introduced code NDE and improved logistics to handle large industrial projects

Negotiated cost effective shop agreement to establish metal trades category

Babcock & Wilcox Construction Company

Successfully fulfilled various ascending roles over a period of 10 plus years at this Billion Dollar multi-national firm (NYSE), specializing in the development and sale of specialty contracting services to industrial and power markets. Services included environmental FGD & SCR equipment installation, as well as facility capital improvement programs supplied to a variety of industries under long-term contracts. During this phase of my career, I served in the following capacities:

Northeast Region Construction Manager, Mt Holly NJ office

Project Manager, Allegheny Energy FGD construction program at Hatfield & Ft. Martin

Business Development Manager Eastern Operations

Project Manager, AEP & Reliant Energy SCR construction programs.

Business Development Manager Western Pennsylvania

Pullman Power/NPS Energy Services/Day & Zimmerman (Merged & Acquired)

Promoted to various ascending roles over a period of 10 plus years at this Multi-million dollar firm (NYSE), specializing in business development, estimating and sale of specialty contracting services to industrial and power markets. Services included environmental equipment installation, as well as TVA facility capital improvement programs under long-term contracts. During this phase of my career, I served in the following capacities:

National Director, Marketing & Estimating

Estimating Manager

Chief Estimator

Schneider Inc. & Navco

Completed various challenging assignments over several years at these Multi-million dollar firms, in business development, estimating and sale of specialty fabrication and contracting services to industrial and power markets. Services included coal gasification equipment installation, as well as nuclear facility capital improvement programs under long-term contracts. During this early phase of my career, I served in the following capacities:

Director, Business Development Pittsburgh office

Estimating Manager

Chief Estimator

Project Field Supervisor

Recent Key Projects:

ATI Brackenridge Pa. - New HRPF mechanical scope of work included furnishing, fabricating and installing approx. 250,000 LF of piping and associated equipment. This facility is the largest automated rolling facility in North America.

Allegheny Energy FGD program that required establishing a river side fabrication facility to assemble scrubber vessel modules and ship via barge to two installation sites at Hatfield and Ft. Martin. This program produced and installed a total of five scrubber vessels approx. 60’ Dia. x 100’ tall from duplex Stainless material, as well as all interconnecting FRP piping and equipment.

Burgess Biomass Power Plant, Berlin NH – 75MW wood burning generation facility largest in North America.

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