Eric Klein
Greenwood,NE
Summary
Accomplished Project Manager with a proven track record at Watts Electric Company, excelling in cross-functional collaboration and strategic planning. Expert in driving project completion through advanced problem-solving and effective risk management. Demonstrated success in enhancing process efficiencies and fostering team unity, significantly contributing to organizational goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Watts Electric Company
Waverly, NE
12.2021 - Current
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Identified potential risks associated with projects and developed mitigation strategies.
- Monitored progress of projects against established timelines and budgets.
- Implemented process improvement initiatives aimed at increasing efficiency within the organization.
- Visited locations to observe operations and determine opportunities to streamline processes and achieve cost reductions.
- Managed submittals and processing of Requests for Information between general contractor, owner, and owner's consultants.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers to ensure the best terms.
- Resolved conflicts between team members in order to maintain productivity levels.
Project Manager
Valley Corporation
Valley, NE
11.2019 - 11.2021
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
- Implemented effective communication protocols between internal teams working on different aspects of a given project.
Education
Associate of Science - Electrical
Northeast Community College
Norfolk, NE04-2004
Skills
- Commercial and civil construction management
- Planning and scheduling
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Processes and procedures
- Application detail oriented
- Intensive experience with federally funded, state-funded, and subsidized projects
- Financial forecasting
- Strategic planning
- Risk management with advanced and critical problem-solving
- Commercial and civil project estimations and bidding
- Safety protocol
- Document management
- Team bonding and positive culture cultivator
- EPC and VDC design
- Pre-project engineering consulting and collaboration for constructability
Affiliations
- In my off time, I am passionate about taking care of the acreage, or building in the shop
- My kids are just beginning their teenage years. They have a great work ethic helping me around the farm, and I truly enjoy taking the time to show them details exemplifying that hard work and determination provide success and opportunity.
- Sports have always been a passion, as well as hunting and fishing, when time allows
Accomplishments
- Past President, NUCA, Nebraska
- 6 Years on the Board of Directors, Nuca, Nebraska
- Business owner/operator
- Company Safety Awards
- Company Rookie of the Year
Certification
- Journeyman Electrician
- Osha 10 & 30
- Trench and excavation safety
- Osha competent person in multiple areas of the construction industry
Misc. Personal Initiatives
- Collaborate to set up of funding and curriculum for the Heavy Equipment Operators Course at Central Community College, Nebraska
- Eight years of crafting Nebraska's latest 811 law with lobbyists and state senators for modifications, and accepted into Nebraska state statutes in 2022
- Assist in developing the NUCA Nebraska and Nebraska AGC Prezi presentations through Huddle
- Multiple years attending the Nuca National Washington Summit to meet with national delegates, lobbying for federal highway funds
- Collaborate with Nuca National to develop the Trenchless Technologies industry's first national handbook of best practices, means, and methods
- Part of the Nuca National Safety Committee is to work with the CGA and Pipeline Safety to start and continue the process of developing an 811 standard at a more universal level, nationally, for cities' and states' guidelines and best practices
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Project Manager
Watts Electric Company
12.2021 - Current
Project Manager
Valley Corporation
11.2019 - 11.2021
- Journeyman Electrician
- Osha 10 & 30
- Trench and excavation safety
- Osha competent person in multiple areas of the construction industry
Associate of Science - Electrical
Northeast Community College
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