Manager Construction
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Robert M. Cole Camarillo, CA *****
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bobcolehomeperformance ******.****.**@*****.***
Summary
An accomplished manager who loves the construction process and has fifteen years of construction experience. Major strengths include motivating people, orchestrating profitable outcomes, and creative problem solving. Seeking a sales / estimating position with a leading construction firm.
Accomplishments / Employment History
Energy Auditor
The Building Doctors, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (Winter 2010-February 2012)
• Assisted in the completion of well over fifty residential energy audits.
• Worked on the crew installing energy efficient home performance improvements.
Construction Manager / Consultant
Design Build Associates, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (2004-2010) Managed on average $4,500,000 of renovation and repairs to multifamily residences per year in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
• Successfully completed a 2 year, $5,400,000 capital improvement project involving 48 multifamily residences and 44 remote garage buildings.
• Worked as construction consultant on 24 homeowner association reconstruction projects in 5 years totaling over $21,500,000.
• Orchestrated the design and oversaw the construction repairs on multifamily residences involving 300+ multifamily buildings and in excess of 1,400 homes.
• Assisted 11 condominium Boards of Directors’/homeowners to organize and successfully vote to self tax to finance their needed building repairs.
Production Superintendent
J.F. Da Pra, Inc., Ventura, CA (2002-2004) Managed on average $3,000,000 of construction services per year countywide.
• Qualified and secured the company’s largest on-going client returning revenues in excess of $1,750,000 per year for three years, accounting for 40% of billings.
• Consistently delivered a 28 percent gross margin on managed projects.
• Initiated and revamped the company’s change order system yielding and additional $200,000+ per year in revenues for two years.
• Created and developed individual project management programs that increased the production department’s on-the-job time by 24 percent.
• Decreased errors, accelerated invoice payments by an average of 3 weeks, and improved cash flow position by developing and implementing project-specific templates for repetitive change orders.
Vice President / General Manager
CSC General Contractors, Inc., Camarillo, CA (1995-2001) Orchestrated an order of magnitude growth of annual revenues to $5,000,000 within six years.
• Negotiated a 4-year, $1,200,000 contract to design and construction manage and build retail photocopy stores nationwide.
• Developed and implemented a rapid-delivery proprietary modular fixture program which saved the client cumulatively $175,000 over 3 years, as well as saved 45 days in design and construction for each new store.
• Secured several “contractor of record” relationships with local and regional clients, which provided a minimum of $1,500,000 in revenues per year.
• Launched an in-house department to provide conceptual design services, which increased our negotiated sales from 22 percent to 65 percent of annual revenues.
• Teamed with HOK Architects in 1998, and built a fully functional 1,900 square foot “Office Building of the 21st Century,” in 1 days, to demonstrate cutting-edge green building principles and components.
Education and Certifications
BS Public Administration, University of Southern California;
Los Angeles and Washington D.C. campuses
Professional Affiliations
Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board;
Chairperson; Citizen Advisory Council representing the City of Camarillo
United States Green Building Council;
Strategic Partnership Chair - California Central Coast
Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance;
Technical Advisory Council participant
License
California General Contractor – 861873 B
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