Experience

K&L (Korte & Luitjohan) Contractors

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Construction Estimator



K&L (Korte & Luitjohan) Contractors

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Estimator

  • May 2016 - Present

   Provide take-offs using estimating software to prepare clear, complete, and competitive estimates, general conditions and bid packages for all assigned projects.  Evaluate all technical issues of the project and develop a detailed estimate based on construction plans and specifications. Use historical cost and building information to project future costs and schedule self-perform and subcontractor durations. Develop the estimate plan and coordinate with the preconstruction department to insure accurate and timely preparation of project budgets and proposals. Coordinate effort to complete all bid forms and assembly of bid proposal. Evaluate subcontractor bids and verify scope of work is complete and identify design gaps for bidding and constructability concerns. If successful, participate in the project hand off meeting with the Project Manager, Senior Management, and Superintendent to discuss schedule, budget, construction, and mobilization requirements. Responsible for sending out subcontractor invitations to solicit bids through web-based software. Plan and organize own work assignments, as well as carry out tasks from management staff. Manage multiple estimates concurrently. Identify future bid opportunities. Attend Prebid meetings and site tours. Build relationships with key design partners, subcontractors, project developers, owners, suppliers, and architects. Average Estimate Value: $500,000 - $14 million Largest Awarded Project as Sole Estimator: $8,688,000 (Belleville, IL WWTP CSO - Phase 5 UV Disinfection) Average Bid Total Value per Year as Lead or Sole Estimator: $57 million Average Project Revenue on Winning Bids per Year as Lead or Sole Estimator: $17.6 million



The Legends Country Club

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• First Assistant Golf Professional

  • Aug 2013 - May 2016

   Served as the head manager for the entire outside staff at the club. Responsibilities for this included: Hiring and properly training of all new golf staff employees, developing and implementing an outside services job manual, scheduling staff employees, and perform daily inspections of the outside staff to ensure quality of work and proper procedures are being followed according to golf operations standards. Assisted the head PGA professional in day to day operations at the club including: manage all member and non-member golf reservations, lead and organized staff for all corporate/member events and tournaments, managing/maintaining the cart fleet, ordering and displaying all golf merchandise, responsible for keeping accurate sales records on all golf related purchases and reporting daily sales to the accounting department, and maintained good client relations through courteous and professional behavior for everyone at the club.

• First Assistant Golf Professional

  • Aug 2013 - May 2016

   Served as the head manager for the entire outside staff at the club. Responsibilities for this included: Hiring and properly training of all new golf staff employees, developing and implementing an outside services job manual, scheduling staff employees, and perform daily inspections of the outside staff to ensure quality of work and proper procedures are being followed according to golf operations standards. Assisted the head PGA professional in day to day operations at the club including: manage all member and non-member golf reservations, lead and organized staff for all corporate/member events and tournaments, managing/maintaining the cart fleet, ordering and displaying all golf merchandise, responsible for keeping accurate sales records on all golf related purchases and reporting daily sales to the accounting department, and maintained good client relations through courteous and professional behavior for everyone at the club.



Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI)

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

   Primary project manager supporting the Construction Services Department in the Saint Louis office in the following areas: conducted internal quality control methods to verify correct methods and procedures are being followed on a daily basis, reviewed field reports and coordinate the dispatching of field services, supervised others to assure ASTM standards of methodology were executed correctly in the field, performed quantity take-offs for proposal preparation, maintained good client relations through managing on time and on budget projects. Served as the on-site project manager and field technician supervisor for PSI’s quality assurance division for numerous commercial construction projects in the healthcare, education, government, retail, and industrial markets. Assisted in the estimating for bids and proposals applying field experience to the next round of construction services projects. On-site field-testing responsibilities included cast-in-place concrete testing and inspection, shallow footing and sub-grade inspection, reinforcing steel inspection, field nuclear density testing, ACIP load testing, floor flatness and levelness testing, drilled pier observation, fireproofing inspections, relative humidity/moisture vapor emission testing in concrete floor slabs, framing inspections.