Steve Garka

Land Development Project Manager at Pacific Ridge Homes
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Snohomish, Washington, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Land Development Project Manager
      • Sep 2021 - Present

    • Superintendent
      • Aug 2018 - Present

    • Superintendent
      • Aug 2018 - Sep 2021

  • Locken Designer Homes
    • Lake Stevens, WA
    • Superintendent
      • Oct 2016 - Present

      • Collaborated with project manager to create a site logistics plan and project schedule • Prepare Daily Reports, RFIs, Change Orders and Cost Estimates • Approve weekly invoices from vendors and sub-contractors • Provided detailed project estimates for additional work outside of contract • Manage and schedule crews and vendors to meet project schedule. • Manage project costs against projects budget • Calculate need, order, schedule and track a wide range and volume of construction materials to complete projects on time and on budget • Ensure that vendors are meeting schedule benchmarks and quality standards • Coordinate with both city and inspectors to ensure compliance with all current building codes • Analyze vendor’s monthly invoices and billings based on percent of completion • Maintain all building files including costs, amendments, permits and inspections • Effectively communicate schedule updates and site issues with site superintendent and project manager • Resolve all home owner punch list items and private inspections items in less than five days • Oversee all site safety protocols and maintain all related safety documentation • Performed detail oriented inspections to achieve “zero item” turnover walks • Provide timely status updates • Submitted construction permits and scheduled work based on issuing of permits • Developed and implemented project quality plans • Managed inspectors, operations staff, and subcontractors to ensure compliance with engineering drawings and specifications • Coordinated with subcontractors and design team • Managed preliminary construction review meetings Show less

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Principal Test lead
      • Sep 2011 - Jul 2016

      •Led software quality team of 6 Individuals delivering a high quality networking stack for Windows Hyper-v and Azure•Worked cross group with networking, Hyper-V and Azure cloud networking teams to ensure high quality and reliability of networking stack for Hyper-V•Drove test content quality/efficiency improvements for Business group (250 test engineers) improving test content quality and efficiency by 40%•Managed budget of approximately $200,000 yearly for 6 teams ensuring that we always were cost conscious and only spending what was needed•Owned job scheduling and reporting the team's progress and ensuring dependent teams were aware Show less

    • Software Test Lead
      • Mar 2002 - Sep 2011

      • Managed 3 Software development teams in Windows Networking totaling 15 individual contributors• Drove test improvement process that reduced test run times by 100%• Improved test content reliability by 50% along with reducing lab costs by 75% • Grew team members to become lead candidates for other teams

    • Software Test Engineer
      • Apr 2000 - Mar 2002

      •Developed test plans and implemented test cases for Windows IIS HTTP networking stack•Created test case automation •Worked cross group to ensure browser compatiblity

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software test engineer
      • Aug 1998 - Apr 2000

      •Developed Test plans •Created batch scripts for test case automation •Created weekly deployment reports •Worked cross group to ensure complete test coverage •Developed Test plans •Created batch scripts for test case automation •Created weekly deployment reports •Worked cross group to ensure complete test coverage

    • Maintenance Superintendent
      • Jun 1996 - Jul 1998

      •Managed maintenance staff working 3 shifts of a high tech Sawmill•Responsible for all new equipment installation and maintenance•Managed budgets•Responsible for maintaining equipment to ensure minimal production downtime.

    • Production Supervisor
      • Jun 1991 - Jun 1996

      •Responsible for a nightshift crew of 20 producing 100,000 bdft a shift•Responsible for hiring and training crew•Managed orders

    • Machine Operator
      • Jun 1989 - Jun 1991

      •Head sawyer•Edger operator•Barker operator•Forklift operator

  • Garka Mill Co Inc
    • Marysville WA
    • Saw Filer
      • Jun 1980 - Jun 1989

      •Maintained Double cut bandsaws •Maintained Single cut resaws •Maintained Double cut bandsaws •Maintained Single cut resaws

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