Desi Castro
Marietta
Summary
Career focused individual adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing sub contractors and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Engineer
Carroll Daniel Construction
02.2023 - Current
- Shares in overall responsibility for project Safety and Quality Control.
- Responsible for proactive administration of reviewing and processing all submittal data and shop drawings to ensure project schedules are maintained and materials are delivered on time to support the overall project schedule.
- Conducts preconstruction meetings with subcontractors, assisted by the Project Manager and/or Superintendent.
- Serves as the onsite quality manager for assigned trades by verifying subcontractor deliveries meet approved submittal requirements.
- Attends and participates in meetings with Architect/Engineer and owner representatives, provides information and assists the project team in the preparation of progress reports/meeting minutes.
- Assists project team by proactively managing the project budget by controlling expenses, administering owner and subcontractor billings, identifying work not covered by subcontractor’s scope of work/budget and ensuring the success of office support functions related to the overall cost and scheduled completion.
Sr. Turns Manager
Resipro
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Negotiate and formulate turnover scopes; Includes estimating, material acquisition, project management, cost analysis and budgeting
- Estimate, coordinate and execute quality residential turns within the clients expected turnaround time.
- Maintained communication and negotiations with our clients for $100,000+ worth of maintenance and construction work
- Ensure code compliant repairs are completed across client portfolio; This includes filing paperwork with the municipality, obtaining permits, and coordinating repairs for abatement of active litigations.
- Responsible to conduct on-site QC inspections with any project exceeding a $10,000 scope.
- Create, review and adhere to SOP guidelines for all vacant homes.
Sr. Maintenance Coordinator
Resipro
12.2019 - 01.2022
- Responsible for the entire lifecycle of escalated requests for SFR and DRC portfolios.
- Received maintenance tickets via proprietary management platform and coordinate communication & scheduling with the vendor and resident to produce an estimate for resolution.
- Reduced maintenance costs through thorough analysis of repair needs and prioritization of tasks.
- Produce, negotiate, and approve estimates for client approval across various Residential Maintenance scopes.
- Maintained communication and negotiations with our clients for $100,000+ worth of maintenance and construction work.
Maintenance Coordinator
Resipro
10.2017 - 12.2019
- Responsible for the entire lifecycle of all priority (low through emergency) maintenance requests for occupied and vacant single-family homes across a portfolio of 13,000 single family homes.
- Receive maintenance tickets via proprietary management platform and coordinate communication & scheduling with the resident & vendor to produce an estimate for resolution.
- Assessing estimates to ensure that scope and price is appropriate for the issue and at times determine alternative strategies to resolve the request
- Ensured compliance with all county and local regulations and HOA guidelines.
- Review construction scopes and past maintenance work orders for warranty items.
Education
Bachelor of Construction Management -
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA12.2024
High School Diploma -
Mill Creek High School
Braselton, GA05.2015
Skills
- Bilingual (Spanish & English)
- Construction Management
- Project Scoping
- Quality Assurance
- Estimating and Bidding
- AutoCad, Revit, Bluebeam, & On-Screen Takeoff
- Asset Management
- OSHA 30
- Level 1A Blue Card
Timeline
Project Engineer
Carroll Daniel Construction
02.2023 - Current
Sr. Turns Manager
Resipro
01.2022 - 01.2023
Sr. Maintenance Coordinator
Resipro
12.2019 - 01.2022
Maintenance Coordinator
Resipro
10.2017 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Construction Management -
Kennesaw State University
High School Diploma -
Mill Creek High School
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