Charlie Habermacher
New Braunfels,TX
Summary
Highly organized construction professional with hands-on experience in planning and implementing assigned projects, ensuring timely and quality deliveries despite constraints. Looking to utilize my strong multi-tasking skills to help a company align project objectives with the strategy and ethics of the organization as well assist as needed with the implementation of construction industry policy and procedures.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Const. Consultant
Habermacher Const. Consultants
06.2021 - 04.2024
- Operations
- Develop and implement new company policies and procedures based off of vision, objectives and goals.
- Develop and Implement employee incentive program including: health insurance, bonus structure, paid time off (PTO), team building, employee training and development.
- Implement new construction project management tool (BuilderTrend), and train project managers and office personnel
- Manage and lead approximately 35-40 employees within company
- Work close with department managers to monitor performance and production, as well as analyze departmental functionality.
- Sr. Project Manager
- Develop and Implement PM procedures from preconstruction to project completion.
- Review construction documents to identify and mitigate risks by understanding general conditions, ensuring contract is based off of the bid documents, identify critical clauses, and confirm CPM links with internal schedule
- Work close with PM's to develop project plans and identify project resources and budgetary needs
- Host weekly PM meetings and review and discuss project performance, schedule, Material needs, budgets, job cost, and identify and mitigate risks.
- Create monthly job cost analysis reports to provide accurate performance data based on labor and material expenditures
- Manage CPM milestones and impel the team to delivery a quality and timely project
Director of Operations / Sr. PM
CAS Acoustical Sys.
08.2015 - 05.2021
- Operations
- Develop and implement new operational strategies in efforts to target growth and next level business, which ultimately increased overall efficiency by 27% in the first 18 months.
- Analyze existing procedures, make improvements and implement new procedures as needed
- Direct and manage over 65 employees within multi-cross-functional departments to successfully complete large scale projects with a 5.5 year average of 35% net profits. Most rewarding project to date would be the 2016 Phillip 66 New World Headquarters towers; we earned an overall net profit 31%. The initial contract value was $10mm+ and a total contract value of over $12mm. My team received an HSA Subcontractor of the year award for successfully completing this project.
- Assist team in developing customer satisfactory strategies, which during my tenure improved overall customer satisfaction scores which increased customer retention.
- Develop and implement risk management strategies that overall reduced cost by over 24% in the first year
- Senior Project Manager
- Lead project managers in planning construction projects.
- Monitor and analyze PM processes
- Assist in project management day-to-day as needed
- Oversee progress and ensure that projects are managed timely and cost effective and maintained within budget parameters
- Host monthly progress billing meetings in efforts to accurately bill monthly project pay applications
PM / Const. Manager
National Oilwell Varco, NOV
12.2002 - 07.2015
- Manage integrated design build for multimillion dollar facilities and Liquid drilling fluid plants from project inception through completion in the U.S., in various oilfields.
- Design, development and manage basic engineering of small projects while working with end users meeting client requirements to earn business
- Manage and oversee preconstruction and conceptual design activities as well ongoing construction activities
- Manage and supervise cost preparations, performed cost analysis, and budgetary control.
- Performed overall direction and coordination of design and construction activities
- Develop cost projection for budgetary requirements in order to submit for capital appropriation for all projects from Corporate HQ
- Manage and administrate primary contracts, subcontracts, and purchase orders packages, as well as monitor and track (CA) capital appropriation
- Plan, execute, and report on all construction activity, status, and overall performance of all projects
- Develop project procurement plan, divide scope of work by subcontract and issue contracts and/or purchase order packages
- Develop subcontractor SOW and assist in identifying supplier materials packages, request price quotes, and compare to subcontract and purchase order packages while coordinating bidding efforts with contractors
- Coordinate, review, expedite and approve subcontract purchase order invoices as well as initial proposals and job awarding
- Develop and manage project specific execution plan and schedules
- Coordinate, prepare, and present progress on project budgetary forecasting, and scheduling via reports and/or host monthly round table meetings
- Prepare project close-out meeting, warranty administration and record project documentation
- Managed Projects through Project tracking software Administrator (Microsoft SharePoint)
- Manage all construction projects, assuring compliance with HSE (health, safety, environmental) goals pertaining specifically to the oil and gas industry, with intent to create a safe and healthy job site environment in efforts to achieve zero lost-time accidents, zero OSHA/MSHA violations and meet or exceeded quality control and quality assurance requirements
PM
Jamail & Smith
09.2001 - 11.2002
- Manage commercial construction projects from inception to completion for Job order contracts.
- Assist in the Development of the scope of work for clients and subcontractors as needed on job order contracts.
- Attend conceptual design meetings on job order contract work and inform project team accordingly.
- Attend and host project meetings ranging from preconstruction, construction, and project closeout.
- Award subcontractor contracts based on budget needs, quality, and reputation.
- Monitor project progress, and report to Sr. Pm, as well as upper management on project progress, budgetary updates, identify and project potential risk and develop mitigation plans.
- Monitor and enforce safety compliance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Construction Management
University of Houston
Houston, TX12.1997
Skills
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Business skills
Technical skills
Accomplishments
Houston Subcontractor Association, two time subcontractor of the year award for the following projects:
- Phillip 66 New World HQ 2016
- University of Houston Quadrangle Dormitory Project 2020
Timeline
Const. Consultant
Habermacher Const. Consultants
06.2021 - 04.2024
Director of Operations / Sr. PM
CAS Acoustical Sys.
08.2015 - 05.2021
PM / Const. Manager
National Oilwell Varco, NOV
12.2002 - 07.2015
PM
Jamail & Smith
09.2001 - 11.2002
Bachelor of Science - Construction Management
University of Houston