Daniel Rawlings
Lakeside,AZ
Summary
Reliable employee seeking Public Works Operations Manager position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment. Hard-driving business leader offering skill in strategic business planning and team development. Skillfully recruit and train employees at all levels to meet customer and business demands. Articulate, forward-thinking and resourceful in meeting unique needs.
Enthusiastic business leader with dynamic experience planning, leading and improving activities to support successful business operations. Strategic in developing policies, managing staff and developing new revenue streams. Focused on motivating staff and working with diverse personality types to drive improvements.
Motivated business professional bringing 15 years of entrepreneurial experience. Dedicated and personable with extensive experience in managing administrative and sales operations and personnel. Well-versed in training, educating, motivating and supporting staff members.
Experienced construction management with over 15 years of experience in construction. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Confined space certified, trench safety certification completed through United Rentals safety program. Clean driving record with current CDL with the following endorsements : class A combination with GVWR of 26001 lbs or more, tanker, doubles and triples.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Streets Maintenance Supervisor
Town Of Pinetop-Lakeside
01.2023 - Current
- Improved equipment reliability by implementing preventive maintenance program and scheduling routine inspections.
- Enhanced safety standards through regular staff training sessions, hazard assessments, and ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations.
- Streamlined work order processes for increased efficiency in addressing maintenance requests and tracking progress.
- Oversee street improvements such as crack seal, chip seal and FDR (full depth reclamation)
Construction Manager
Rawlings Specialty Contracting
08.2006 - 11.2022
- Verified completed projects met approved time, quality and cost estimates.
- Monitored subcontractor operations and applied effective time, resource and money management strategies to deliver under-budget project completion.
- Communicated daily with vendors to keep project fully operational.
- Surveyed sites to determine material needs and accurately manage inventories and budgets.
- Kept sites compliant with OSHA, federal, state and local regulations to prevent unnecessary delays.
- Oversaw employee attendance records, handled payroll and ordered new materials for sites.
- Managed homebuilding construction through all phases to coordinate delivery of quality homes meeting both company and customer expectations.
- Led weekly production and operations contractor meetings, facilitating stronger communication and helping to resolve critical issues.
- Maintained zero site accidents and lost work days for 15 years.
- Prepared specialty subcontractor bid packages, materials for project management and estimation processes.
- Digitally archived weekly progress and technical knowledge base photographs of all assigned projects.
- Developed solutions and strategies across customer industries by capitalizing on emerging trends.
Manager of Operations
Rawlings Specialty Contracting
08.2006 - 11.2022
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts and costs.
- Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
- Remained up-to-date on current trends and attended industry trade shows and markets to view and order inventory.
- Optimized team hiring, training and performance.
- Maintained up-to-date administrative records to monitor operational conditions.
- Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
Education
Blue Ridge High School
Lakeside, AZ05.2003
Skills
- Operational Analysis
- Industry Expertise
- Executive Leadership
- Leadership and People Development
- Change and Growth Management
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Efficiency and Safety
- Labor Relations
- Project Oversight
- Managing Employee Relations
- Departmental Coordination
- Inspecting Properties
- Project Forecasting
- Management Team Leadership
- Equipment operator ie skidsteers, loaders, road graders, dozers, scrapers,excavators,water trucks,wood chippers, dump trucks, vac-trucks, gannons, backhoes, crusher and screening plant, asphalt laydown machine, compaction rollers
- Developing and executing traffic control plans
- Experience with job site surveying and gps for machine guidance systems
Timeline
Streets Maintenance Supervisor
Town Of Pinetop-Lakeside
01.2023 - Current
Construction Manager
Rawlings Specialty Contracting
08.2006 - 11.2022
Manager of Operations
Rawlings Specialty Contracting
08.2006 - 11.2022
Blue Ridge High School
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