Jacob Spann
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Project manager
Larry Young Paving
Bryan
05.2024 - 04.2026
- Managed daily operations for approximately $20M in roadway construction and infrastructure projects within the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) division.
- Coordinated schedules, subcontractors, vendors, and internal crews to maintain project timelines, operational efficiency, and compliance with contract requirements and specifications.
- Developed and maintained project schedules using Microsoft Project to support resource allocation, milestone tracking, and construction sequencing.
- Administered purchase orders, subcontract agreements, change orders, RFI’s and project documentation across multiple projects.
- Ensured compliance with TxDOT specifications, material sourcing requirements, and project quality standards through detailed documentation review, field coordination and standardization of procedures, maintaining under $20,000 in underbilling.
- Provided weekly project updates concerning financial and scheduling matters to management.
- Led IDS (Identify, Discuss, Solve) in weekly meetings, guiding the project management team deeper to find the root cause of issues, finding solutions, and creating action items for the time to complete.
- Performed cost-to-complete forecasts, profit and loss reporting, and project performance analyses to support management decision-making.
- Collaborated with Field Engineer to establish a measuring and reporting standard, facilitating higher payment approvals from TxDOT and enhancing internal budget reporting accuracy.
- Developed Excel VBA automation tools that streamlined quantity tracking, enhanced reporting efficiency, and improved daily project data collection.
- Developed and implemented automated reporting systems for daily digests, and quantity tracking, reducing manual efforts of Project Manager and Field Engineer by 75%, while increasing reporting accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborated with field personnel, subcontractors, inspectors, and clients to resolve operational issues and maintain project progress in fast-paced environments.
Rolling Mill Process Engineering Intern
CMC Steel Texas
Seguin
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Supported daily rolling mill operations and production changeovers of structural steel products in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Assisted with implementation of rolling equipment during product changeovers, to include removing and replacing rollers, roller bearings, entrance and exit guides, as well as quality checks and maintenance on production equipment.
- Supported maintenance and operations personnel on the rolling floor in rolling equipment reliability, production changeovers, and quality assurance.
- Developed roller maintenance tracking database in Excel to document usage history, maintenance cycles, installation intervals, repairs, and equipment failures, enhancing equipment reliability.
- Improved preventive maintenance visibility and allowed for awareness of excessive failures or reoccurring issues through the implementation of a standardized maintenance tracking database.
- Designed a custom bearing puller using principles of metallurgy, statics, and hydraulics to safely remove seized bearings from roller bearing housings, reducing the down time, manual need from operators, and significantly reduced possibility of damage to roller housing compared to previous method.
- Utilized AutoCAD 2D to for intern projects, such as a bearing puller, and reverse engineering custom or fabricated components to create a standard optimized model to be fabricated via third party.
- Collaborated with operators, technicians, and engineers to address daily needs and project requirements in fast-paced steel manufacturing environment, ensuring strong safety awareness.
Ranch hand
Central Texas region
06.2017 - Current
- Managed cattle operations across multiple outfits, ensuring effective herd health and productivity.
- Adapted to dynamic situations, optimizing cattle care and handling in real-time.
Education
Degree - Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technologies
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas05-2025
Skills
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Blacksmithing
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Power Transmission
- Electrical Concepts
- Hand tools
- Equipment maintenance
- 3D Modeling Software
- AutoCAD
- Fusion
- CNC Machining
- EDM
- Plasma Cutting
- Waterjet Cutting
- Project Management
- Project coordination
- Leadership
- Change management
- Time management
- Microsoft Excel
- VBA Coding
- Python
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Teaching
- Equipment maintenance
- Critical thinking
- Attention to detail
Activities
TAMU Blacksmithing Club, Founder/President, 09/23 - 05/25
- Collaborated with 2 other students in starting a new student organization inspired from the hobby, including writing governing documents and organization structure and growth plan.
- Led and managed a group of 6 leadership personnel and 50+ members.
- Engaged in networking, successfully securing sponsor funding in financial and material matters totaling to over $10,000 in value, as well as securing hosts/teachers for org events.
- Scheduled social and blacksmithing events for the year with multiple hosts, with an average attendance of 15+ members, as well as assisting in organizing and scheduling larger public shows with 200+ attendees.
- Led org meetings, engaged in teaching blacksmithing and metallurgical/manufacturing principles, and ensured adherence to safety requirements, avoiding any damage to person or property.
Harker Heights Wrestling Team, Varsity Captain, 10/17- 05/21
- Led the team in drills and ensured everyone was doing the assigned tasks properly, safely, and efficiently.
- Supported the team in various aspects and acted as a role model of how coach expects us to act
- Learned to cooperate with a large group of people and assess what kind of leadership each responds to and act accordingly.
Timeline
Project manager
Larry Young Paving
05.2024 - 04.2026
Rolling Mill Process Engineering Intern
CMC Steel Texas
05.2023 - 08.2023
Ranch hand
06.2017 - Current
Degree - Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technologies
Texas A&M University