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Amanda Akers
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Results-oriented project manager with a strong focus on delivering exceptional customer service and successfully managing all aspects of residential pool construction and outdoor living projects. Demonstrated ability to effectively manage budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to contract specifications. Skilled in communication, collaboration, and problem-solving, fostering a positive work environment and implementing process improvements.
Overview
10
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
The Complete Backyard
Project Manager
10.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Manage approximately $10 Million in projects yearly
- Review each project for completeness after the sale and ensure it can be built to standards
- Review construction plans, redline, and make any necessary changes
- Obtain permits, if required, and do a final review, create PO's and sign off from clients
- Work with scheduler to ensure projects flow properly, create change orders and update construction plans and PO's, as necessary
- Oversee Construction Team, make site visits, provide guidance to Superintendents to ensure projects get built per contract
- Help meet client expectations while sticking to the contract
- Review invoices for accuracy and make inquiries where there are discrepancies
- Acquire quotes for sales team for uncommon work not in price sheet
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Planned and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
- Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers, securing quality materials at competitive prices for efficient use of resources.
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets.
The Complete Backyard
Design Consultant
05.2020 - 10.2020
Job overview
- Design, price, and sell pools and outdoor living structures
- Optimized space planning for improved functionality in residential outdoor spaces.
- Ensure the project is complete with all the necessary information collected and ready to build
- Established strong relationships with clients by maintaining open lines of communication throughout the entire design process.
- Adhere to ISPSC and other building codes as necessary for each project
- Educate clients of the design process and how TCB builds quality.
Emerson
CAD Engineer
07.2017 - 05.2020
Job overview
- Work closely with product engineers to ensure correctness of models, drawings and BOM's
- Created valve body models and helped revise the valve body modeling process
- Helped create drawing templates on certain product lines for seamless drawing creation across all SPG
- Help create documented processes for other drafters to follow to remove ambiguity and variation on drawings
- Used 3D and 2D CAD tools to design, develop and engineer high-quality models.
- Streamlined workflow by developing and maintaining CAD libraries and templates, improving overall project efficiency.
Emerson
Sales Engr Assoc II
11.2015 - 07.2017
Job overview
- Responsible for supporting and assisting in the engineering, sizing, selection, and selling of Fisher Steam Conditioning products
- Provide proposals and pricing of products
- Give presentations to customers and sales channels on Steam Conditioning products
- Support all teams involved in development, sale, and production of the products supported
- Ensured compliance with industry best practices and standards, contributing to a strong reputation for quality and reliability among clients.
Emerson
Drafting Team Leader
11.2014 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Organize drafting workload and coordinate efforts with team in Wuqing, China
- Responsible for establishing best practices to ensure quality and consistency
- Updated company drafting standards to meet current applications
- Empowered team members by delegating responsibilities according to individual strengths and areas of expertise.
- Promoted culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback from all organizational levels and implementing actionable changes.
Education
Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ
BSE from Engineering Management
12.2020
ITT Technical InstituteOmaha, NE
AAS from Drafting & Design
06.2005
Skills
- Project management
- Project scheduling
- Team collaboration
- Client relations
- Staff management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Project estimation and bidding
- Processes and procedures
- Purchasing and procurement
- Critical design review
- Root-cause analysis
- Microsoft Office
- AutoCAD
- Solidworks
- Excellent communications skills
- Strong problem solving skills
Leadership Experience
President, Diamond In The Ruff, 2014-2017, Found homes for approx. 100 animals each year., Organized fundraisers, spoke to community groups to promote the organization, wrote grant letters, and utilized social media to further the organizational goals., Participated in my work group's Leadership & Recognition Committee, planning holiday/family events, team building events., Helped ES&H committee strengthen our medical emergency response procedures.
Certification
PHTA Certified Builder Professional
Certified Aquron CPSP Applicator
Software
Microsoft Office
AutoCAD
SolidWorks
Creo
Interests
Bowling
Swimming
Learning
Animal Welfare
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary
Availability
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monday
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morning
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Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCompany CultureTimeline
Project Manager
The Complete Backyard
10.2020 - Current
Design Consultant
The Complete Backyard
05.2020 - 10.2020
CAD Engineer
Emerson
07.2017 - 05.2020
Sales Engr Assoc II
Emerson
11.2015 - 07.2017
Drafting Team Leader
Emerson
11.2014 - 08.2015
Arizona State University
BSE from Engineering Management
ITT Technical Institute
AAS from Drafting & Design
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