Project Executive/ Sr. PM

SAMEER D. SHAH

Phone: 201-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***

Senior Project Manager/Construction Management

Design and Construction Management professional with 20+ yea Loo rs of experience in public and private industry with over 10 years of leadership experience to lead high performing, cross functional teams on traditional and design build projects, responsible to provide strategic initiatives, staff development, training, coaching and monitor performance. Facilitate vision, mission and strategies, execute decisions, align leadership and stakeholders. CORE COMPETENCIES

Solid Field Experience in institutional and Healthcare Industry, working with Subcontractors, NYC DOB, FDNY.

Experience in validation of change orders, amendments, estimates, schedules, invoices and cost recovery.

Strong negotiations, resolve conflicts, problem solving and team building ability. EXPERIENCE

Dobco, Inc, Wayne, NJ Design Builder and General Contractor. Project Executive

Sr. Project Manager. 2018- September 2022

Provide leadership in construction management, overall direction, and financial outcome of multiple institutional and school construction programs for ground up projects located in the NY and NJ Metro region. Overall responsibility to manage challenges, to establish scope and negotiate sub-contracts, prepare budget, design, procurement, construction and close out of traditional and design build projects. Oversee project reporting requirement, project schedules, coordinate design reviews, construction change process, quality controls and assume overall accountability of jobsite safety. Leads communicate with all clients, owners, senior management, outside agencies, DCA and NYC DOB. Experienced technical expert who have completed various projects in NYC and NJ. Overseas consultants and contractors involved in capital projects and facilitates coordination between these entities. A collaborative problem solver who can leverage different approaches and build on the ideas and perspectives of others. Think critically, multi-task, prioritize and delegate as appropriate. Have strong decision-making skills. Thoroughly review all project plans, contract documents, and work scope for constructively, dimensional issues, coordination issues, review site logistics plan, develop benchmark plan, axis lines, control points, mock ups and execute project plan. Make sure that project is built per quality standards and contract documentations. Supervise field personnels, including supers, MEP supers, site safety personnel, monitor their work plans and conduct weekly meetings to make sure it is conducted correctly, Mobilize subcontractors in advance and assure that job conditions are ready for them. Follow up on change orders, attend foreman’s meetings, tool box talks, weekly site inspections and prepare reports as necessary. Review material list with Supers and order it in advance. Prepare two weeks, look ahead, advise all trades of milestones and track project progress. Current Projects:

Francis Lewis High School Annex in Queens NY- New 52,000 sq. ft. four story building and greenhouse- Owner NYCSCA New Lewis Cole Middle School in Fort Lee, NJ - New 100,000 sq. ft. building-Owner-Fort Lee BOE New Lyndhurst Junior HS in Lyndhurst, NJ- New135,000 sq. ft. building-Owner-Lyndhurst BOE New Westwood Middle School in Westwood, NJ- New 88,000 sq. ft. building-Owner-WestWood BOE. Recently Completed Trainings:

NYC 40 Hours Site Safety Manager, FDNY S-56 (Fire Safety Manager, SST Supervisor, Cranes and Derricks Safety, New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Trenton, NJ Authority-State of NJ Director / Deputy Director Project Controls and Contract Management November 2009 – Sep 2018 Project Manager/Sr PM Design and Construction November 2002- Oct 2009 Project Controls and Contract Management:

Oversee program wide claims and contract management, project controls, program schedules, value engineering and operational development functions for the Authority. Provide strategic leadership, coaching, policy development and staff supervision for thirteen highly skilled engineers, architects, lawyers, estimators and financial professionals. Successfully developed long-range strategic plan, policies and procedures and oversaw staff to analyze change orders, amendments, claims, estimates, and project schedules. Ensure projects are proceeding according to timeline, meeting targets and expectations and provide monthly status reports to the CEO, Senior Leadership team and Board of Directors. Collaborated with CEO, Chief Counsel and CFO to develop policies and procedures within guidelines of all professional contracts; conduct research, errors and omission studies, conduct internal audits of approved amendments, invoices and identify deviations from the contract to verify any overpayments. Design and Construction:

Directed all construction and operational activities for the multi-billion-dollar School Construction Program in the Design and Construction Department for traditional and design-build projects ranging $10 million-$130 million. Actively participated in long range facilities plan development, scope, feasibility, educational planning, pre-development, development of design, estimates, procurement and execution of construction projects. Managed multiple project teams for the Authority with responsibility to monitor projects, NJDCA code compliance, NJDOE and NJDEP Standards, schedule, budget, problem solving and negotiations to complete the project on time. Accomplishments: Timely completion of PS#20, Ferris HS, PS#3, MS#4 Campus in Jersey City, New Middle School and Elementary School #4 in West New York, HS, MS, Columbus ES and ECC in Union City, Harrison High School. New York City School Construction Authority, LIC, NY NYC City Agency Project Officer May 2001 – Nov 2002

Directed all operational activities for design and construction of over 1-billion-dollar School Construction program. Projects include traditional, renovations and design build ranging from $10 million to $80 million in feasibility, planning, pre-development, scope development and design through construction. Oversaw scope development, selection, and monitored performance of Architects, Contractors, and CM firms and on-site personnel. Successfully define workflow with the General Contractors and Authority’s staff, to obtain effectiveness of Authority’s business objectives. Effectively provided strong partnership with community leaders, school officials, senior management and internal departments. Accomplishments: Timely Completion of IS 177 and PS 238 ($60 million) in Queens Borough of New York City. Arkay Construction, Inc. Belleville, NJ General Contractor Senior Project Manager May 1997 - April 2001

Successfully provided leadership for execution of multiple capital projects, including high rise buildings, hospitals, school projects, commercial office buildings and laboratories. Oversaw scope development, selection, and monitored the performance of site personnel, Architects, and sub-contractors. Ensured adherence to safety and quality standards, Federal, State and City Codes, established working relationships with departments, district officials and state agencies which resulted in projects delivered on-time and within budget. EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

Master of Science - Civil Engineering, NJIT, Newark, NJ (2006) Master of Science - Engineering Management, NJIT, Newark, NJ (2004) Master of Science- Geology and Environmental Science, Graduate Certificate - Financial Management and Sustainable Architecture, NJIT, Newark, NJ Courses Completed- NYC DOB Site Safety Manager, NYC FDNY- Construction Fire Safety, OSHA 30 and SST Proficient in- Prolog, Primavera P3, Expedition, Blue BIM, Microsoft Office, On Screen Takeoff.

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