Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
William E. Schipske, P.E.
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
*****@*****.**
SUMMARY:
Seasoned Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the Engineering and Construction Industries. Strengths include:
• Business Acumen
• Production Manager
• Multiple Project Facilitator
• Multi-Discipline Coordinator
• Deadline Oriented
• Attention to Detail
• Personal Accountability
• Innovative
• Tenacious
• Self Starter
• Mentor
EXPERIENCE:
ATCO Frontec Europe, Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan 2010 to Present
Senior Manager Engineering & Construction April 2011 to Present
Planning & Engineering Director for all multi-discipline construction projects. Management of Engineering & Construction department. Client Liaison with NATO, USACE, and the Military. Responsible for strategic planning, preparation of tenders and proposals, contracting, procurement, establishing and maintaining multiple project schedules, QA-QC. Technical advisor on all aspects relating to logistics and operations of company contracts.
Senior Engineer Sept. 2010 to April 2011
Engineering Coordinator with NATO Maintenance and Services (NAMSA). Direct consultant to NATO Base Engineer. Responsible for engineering and construction management projects as dictated by the Base Engineer. Facilities engineering, supervision, and support for ATCO contracts, which includes operation and maintenance of KAF water and wastewater, solid waste, fire, rescue, and roads and grounds. Management of Work Reception, which processes all work requests, work orders, and dig permits for KAF. Management of Engineering and Construction staff.
Projects
• New Solid Waste Incineration and Disposal Yard for Kandahar Air Field.
• Expansion of the Water Treatment Facility at Kandahar Air Field.
• Implementation of the 3 million USG Water storage program.
• Discovered technical problem in WWTP expansion system, corrected, and completed project on time saving company penalties and lost revenue.
• Spearheaded water utility infrastructure expansion from concept to design implementation.
W.E. Schipske, P.E., Inc., Boca Raton, Fl. 2001 to 2010
Principal
Privately owned Land Development Consulting firm, founded to deliver Value Added Service for long time clients in the Commercial, Industrial, and Residential development business.
• Created economic feasibility for a project by dramatically improving the project access points to a $150M industrial complex, by successfully negotiating with FDOT to redefine the projects access points, while the state roadway project was already under construction.
• Significantly augmented the value of a retail shopping center by creating a $3M out-parcel on the sites’ major corner. This was achieved by relocating the pond in that corner, redesigning the parking layout, and devising a new storm water management system.
• Increased site plan square footage by 10% from 305,000 to 339,000 by redesigning an industrial complex site plan.
• Saved a client $50,000 by redesigning a site plan so that we could utilize existing utilities on a redevelopment site.
• Created a viable project by achieving permit approval for a $100M industrial complex where the county required positive drainage outfall. No positive outfall existed. Proved to the county that the project could stand alone through ground infiltration.
• Devised an unconventional storm water management system, which established sufficient project area for a proposed teaching hospital at the Florida Atlantic University campus.
• Led multiple discipline design teams through numerous projects from concept through construction completion.
• Developed a value based engineering system methodology to determine project feasibility.
Gee & Jenson EAP, Inc., West Palm Beach, Fl. February 2001 to December 2001
Senior Project Manager
Reported directly to the Vice President of Land Development services. Successfully managed the land development design team. The company was sold to CH2M Hill, 5 months after employment start, which eliminated the land development department.
• Brought in a contract for a $100M industrial complex for site planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture.
• Led a design team of 10 people to the completion of a 25 acre county recreational park 3 months early.
CEM Consulting, West Palm Beach, Fl. 1998 to 2001
Vice President/ General Manager/ Professional Engineer
Successfully provided administration and production management in a contracted transitional leadership role.
• Created a unique storm water management system on a 13 acre mixed use office/industrial project, which reduced the cost of drainage infrastructure by 25%.
• Initiated an electronic filing system that substantially reduced large drawing and letter size paper files, which reduced hard copy and floor space storage requirements by 50%
WESCON Consulting, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Fl. 1988 to 1998
Principal
Co-founded a Civil Engineering/ Landscape Architecture Consulting firm with 12 employees and annual revenues of $500,000. . Successfully negotiated and sold the firm to CEM Consulting in December of 1998.
• Saved a client $500,000 in water and sewer impact fees by finding a hiatus in the franchise area map of one utility district, which allowed us to shift the project to a different utility district.
• Created value for a fast food restaurant developer in the acquisition of inexpensive difficult to develop project sites by successfully negotiating access points on state and county roads.
Craig A. Smith & Assoc., Pompano Beach, Fl 1983 to 1988
Assistant Vice President -Land Development
Project Manager -Land Development
Project Engineer -Land Development
Progressively increased responsibilities within the Land Development department of a 200 member general civil engineering firm
• Created the design layout and managed a project through construction of a 640 acre office/industrial park.
EDUCATION/ LICENSING:
Professional Engineer - State of Florida
B.S. in Civil Engineering Technology - Florida International University, Miami, Fl
A.S. in Civil Technology - Nassau Community College, Garden City, N.Y.
OTHER:
Willing to relocate
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