Christopher W. Baker
Construction Manager
Fort Myers,FL
Summary
Detail-oriented, lead-by-example professional with business acumen and experience in all facets of both construction management and warehousing operations. Skilled at bringing in new business and growing existing business. Experienced manager of employees and subcontractors. Consistently carries projects to completion on time and within budget. Native English speaker with great listening and people skills. Communicates effectively with all levels of a company and on project teams, including clients, subcontractors, and suppliers. Enjoys challenges and finds creative ways to solve problems. A natural in organizing, streamlining, and improving shipping & receiving operations, warehouses, shops, and stock rooms. Committed to creating and sustaining a zero-injury, safety-first work environment.
Construction professional with extensive hands-on experience in project management, site supervision, and resource allocation. Adept at fostering team collaboration and driving projects to successful completion under changing conditions. Skilled in budget management, safety compliance, and quality assurance. Known for strong leadership, adaptability, and results-oriented mindset.
Experienced with project management, team leadership, and cost control. Utilizes strategic planning and effective communication to ensure project success. Track record of delivering projects on time and within budget while maintaining high safety and quality standards.
Diligent Construction Management or Home Remodeling with comprehensive background in managing large-scale construction projects. Successfully led diverse teams to complete projects on time and within budget through strategic planning and problem-solving. Demonstrated expertise in project coordination and cost management.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Manager - residential homes
Lennar
Fort Myers, FL
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Responsible for managing and overseeing construction of homes in an assigned community, under the supervision of senior management to ensure cost, schedule and quality standards are met.
- Assist in pre-construction and production of homes, contact and supervise trade partners’ work, monitor reports, and maintain community job sites for cleanliness.
- Lead, coach, mentor and manage employees and trade partners to ensure top performance of all team members in achieving desired results, while finding efficient and effective solutions that create overall organizational value.
- Plan and schedule all construction activities on homes from start to finish. Includes conducting pre-construction meetings and final presentations with customers; overseeing the construction, inspections, and scheduling of homes using inspection forms, plans, and procedures; maintaining records of all change orders, purchase orders, and inspections, walking assigned homes twice a day; maintaining safety logs and conducting regular safety meetings.
- Schedule and supervise trade partners’ daily activities in accordance with job schedules and scope of work. Provide trade partner feedback to the immediate supervisor on staff’s timeliness and attention to detail. Approve all trade partner invoices upon satisfactory job completion. Approve quantity and condition of deliveries. Utilize BuildPro software for trade partner scheduling, notification, and invoice approval.
- Ensure that work complies with city/county/state requirements and building codes, including job site cleanliness and safety compliance. Oversaw SWPPPS inspections and records of them as required by county/state/federal guidelines.
- Have overseen the construction of 20 homes in 6 months, following a variety of blueprints.
- Manage a constantly rotating team, consisting of approximately 10 tradesmen and 5 day-laborers.
Founder, President, and Director of Operations
HandyWorx, LLC
NH and FL
01.2006 - 01.2025
- Leader, negotiator, and on-site project manager through all facets of renovation projects of varying size and scope while bringing them to completion on time, within budget, and with zero injuries.
- Involved from project start-up to close, including permitting, scheduling, safety, and quality management.
- Work extensively with general contractors, subcontractors, site management, administrative management, marketing, and with clients. 380+ repeat customers.
- Initiate and manage vendor relationships, including negotiating pricing and delivery times of all supplies, materials, equipment, and furnishings for staging.
- For each project, ensure a zero-injury work environment, produce quality construction work, and implement lean construction protocols to decrease time, effort, and waste of materials.
- Develop and document each project’s work plan. Anticipate potential delays meeting milestones, increase costs, or implement exceptional work.
- Coordinate and lead meetings with skilled and general laborers throughout each milestone of the project.
- Perform site surveys and detailed scope of work documents. Communicate parameters, deadlines, payment terms.
- Operate and maintain the integrity of all company-owned and leased vehicles, trailers, equipment, and tools.
- Acknowledged for identifying ways to save money on renovation projects while still maintaining quality, integrity, and the aesthetic appeal of the project.
- Total gut renovation residential projects, including design consultation. Specialize in kitchens and bathrooms.
- Specialize in crate builds of varying sizes and materials. Most common: pine or plywood crates up to 10’L x 6'W x 6'H. Most specialized: a custom 16'L x 12' W x 16'H plywood crate for a small aircraft, including rubber battens for additional parts.
- Collaborate with mortgage specialists, real estate agents and home inspectors to resolve any issues with homes.
- To date, successfully developed over 380 repeat residential and business customers.
Subcontractor Supervisor and Senior Lead Installer
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Manchester, NH
01.1996 - 01.2022
- Supervise newly orchestrated, highly skilled subcontracted crews, to directly contribute to the safe and complex installation of graphic signage, trade show booths, and a wide array of other finished products at secure site, financial institutions, retail locations, museums, and hospitals across the US.
- Coordinate with onsite project managers, store managers, security personnel, executives, owners, marketing managers, presidents, vice presidents and other project stakeholders.
- Strictly adhere to each job’s detailed Install Manual detailing project timeline, setup, and take-down directives.
- Detailed work on installation projects for beautiful glass-enclosed elevators. Required perfection from start to finish and encompassed inspecting highly specialized glass pieces to ensure there are no defects, cleaning glass, mounting a print on the glass via a lamination machine, inspecting glass for imperfections, inspect twice for accuracy of customer specifications.
- Collaborated with the project’s Creative Director and staff in building and installing vast video screen walls, including platforms from aluminum extrusions.
- Designed, built, and installed ATM facades at banks and federal credit unions.
- Designed and built crates of every size, shape, and material.
- Oversaw and kept track of all inventories on projects.
- Collaborated with the manufacturing team to understand the detailed build, disassembly, and reassembly of parts.
- Worked with many OSHAS related professionals in all safety factors on any given installation.
- Coordinated with unions throughout the country on what teams needed to do, and how installations were to be set up.
- Read and interpreted detailed drawings.
- Managed in-field accounting of hours and expense sheets.
- Provided direct support during any build process as needed and as appropriate.
- Maintained all incoming and outgoing products from production and to installation.
- Directed crews in building structures for Super Bowl 46, including a 26,000 sq. ft. retail store and various assemblies at Indianapolis Airport, the Lucas Oil Field Arena where the game was held, and the Pan Am building.
- Completed projects at some of the largest banks and federal credit unions in the United States.
- Highly respected as a knowledgeable, dependable, and lead-by-example supervisor.
Operations Manager
Southern Business Communication, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Streamlined processes and improved operations in the warehouse and installation departments.
- Purchased, organized, and managed the movement of $5M+ in audio visual materials, supplies, and inventory.
- Led team in Quarterly inventories.
- Maintained daily communications with Liberty Cable, Rexel USA, Hilti, BTX, Fastenal, and other industry vendors to procure materials.
- Provided complete expendable materials kits for each installation crew; helped teams create by-job and by-van inventories of materials and tools required for each field project.
- Trained new staff on the importance of the checklist procedure to support their success on the client site.
- Implemented FIFO materials management system, trained staff on the requirements, wrote operating procedures for the system, and communicated with management of other departments and my senior managers about the system’s benefits and value.
- Worked with HR and Finance departments to ensure company compliance standards.
- OSHA trained and certified. Maintained all safety regulations throughout Florida’s Division.
- Created a Continuous Improvement Process for incoming products by implementing daily inspection/acceptance/ rejection parameters, and a set of inadequate/damaged incoming materials procedures; as a result, reduced out-of-stock field situations to almost none, and cut the cost of rush shipping and Returned Material Accounts by 50%.
- Performed reconciliations, and reduced inventory loss substantially by setting up an alpha numeric racking and tracking system in the warehouse facility; as a result, loss of costly AV materials dropped to 9%.
- Developed Safety Standards and Standard Operating Procedures for the warehouse.
- Taught installers about safety in the field and on the job site; reduced number of days of injury to 3%.
- Builder Trend Knowledge and usage, scheduling, timeclock, notes, pictures and related items with this program.
Warehouse and Fulfilment Operations Director
FiberBuilt Umbrellas
Fort Lauderdale, FL
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Managed a team of 12 employees to run shipping and receiving, and inventory management across 4 warehouses.
Shipping & Receiving Specialist and Department Lead
Amatech/OR Group/HILL-ROM
Acton, MA
01.1995 - 01.2002
- Established labeling and inventory control system.
- Created packaging reuse program, and package testing methods.
Education
GED -
Trapper Creek Job Corp
Darby, MT08-1985
High School Diploma -
Jefferson High School (OL)
Tempe, AZ07-2007
Skills
- Business Growth
- Construction Management
- Managing Total Renovations
- Overseeing Subcontractors & Tradesmen
- Enforcing Quality Control Policies
- Adhering to Contract Documents
- Safety Compliance
- OSHA Regulations
- Warehouse Logistics & Consolidations
- Staff Managing
- Mentoring
- Training
- Inventory Ordering & Management
- Sustainable Builds
- Green Builds
- Reading and Interpreting Blueprints
- Project Management
- Monitoring and Controlling Costs
- Vendor Relations
- Shipping
- Receiving
- Lean Construction
- Crate Building
- Concept Design
- Bookkeeping
- Recordkeeping
- BuildPro
- Buildertrend
- Microsoft Office Suite
- QuickBooks
Certification
- Safety in Construction and Material Handling, OSHA
- Reach Truck and Order Picker Certified
- Certified Contractor Safety Class Card, Edwards Air Force Base
- Forklift Training and Certification, OSHA
- Safety Training and Theft Control Programs, The Home Depot
- Compliance Training, Krist, Inc.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Portuguese
Limited Working
Interests
- DIY and Home Improvement
- I like working with my hands and fixing things
- I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
- Cooking
- Woodworking
- Crafting and DIY Projects
Timeline
Construction Manager - residential homes
Lennar
06.2022 - 06.2025
Founder, President, and Director of Operations
HandyWorx, LLC
01.2006 - 01.2025
Operations Manager
Southern Business Communication, Inc.
01.2004 - 01.2006
Warehouse and Fulfilment Operations Director
FiberBuilt Umbrellas
01.2003 - 01.2004
Subcontractor Supervisor and Senior Lead Installer
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01.1996 - 01.2022
Shipping & Receiving Specialist and Department Lead
Amatech/OR Group/HILL-ROM
01.1995 - 01.2002
GED -
Trapper Creek Job Corp
High School Diploma -
Jefferson High School (OL)
Personal Information
Title: Construction Management
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Lennar- LSU-Graduate of Construction Mangement
16 weeks of extensive in class and in field/onsite learning.