Jay Bradford Fretwell

• Direct and cultivate robust Southwest Airlines staff of up to 12 Sr. Project and Program Managers responsible for delivery of hundreds of construction projects across 94 of 120 Airports currently serviced by Southwest Airlines including 12 international locations
• Member of Senior Leadership team that determines viability of expanding Operations to new Airports
• Recruit, develop, and retain Project and Program Managers while building world class Culture of Excellence
• Experience Servant Leader driven to grow team members by cultivation trusting environment for team to thrive
• Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures
• Coaching other Leaders on building productive teams through identifying competencies that achieve strategic company priorities
• Provide cost and schedule planning to developing departmental Annual Operating Plan of $300 Million
• Oversee Management of Architects, Engineers, Consultants, General Contractors, and Construction Managers on 100’s of projects exceeding $3 Billion
• Lead Negotiator for all Southwest Airlines Construction Manager at Risk contracts on behalf of Southwest Airlines Executive Leadership
• Member of Southwest Airlines Senior Leadership team overseeing development of $2 Billion Terminal Expansion at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Concourse 0 and $500 Million Terminal Expansion at Houston William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
• Successfully headed multiple teams to implement long-term strategic construction planning for Southwest Airlines Hangar Program.
• $125 Million HOU Hangar completed in January 2020 – on time and under budget
• $100 Million DEN Hangar completed in March 2022 – on time and on budget thru COVID-19 pandemic
• $106 Million PHX Hangar to complete in November 2023 – tracking on time and on budget
• $135 Million BWI Hangar to complete in Late 2024 – tracking ahead of schedule and under budget
• Facilities Senior Leader on $100 Million 120 Airport Communication Room Remediation Program bringing network redundancy and power resiliency to over 800 MDF and IDF rooms
• Decision maker on Project Risk Management Mitigation approaches and Contingency Planning approval
• Final Resource for Project team to settle negotiations on difficult high cost or large schedule impact Change Orders

• Simultaneously managed over dozen aviation construction projects in multiple states
• Supervise development of Architectural and Engineering plans and specifications, assuring projects are designed consistent with Southwest Airlines Standards for operational efficiency, and cost containment
• Served on Airport Technical Committee to ensure Southwest Airlines requirements for Operational success on $5.1 Billion New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Terminal B Redevelopment Project, -0613 JBF916@yahoo.com
• Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
• Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.
• Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.

Houston Hobby Airport FIS Terminal - $305 million Construction Program with scope of a two-level, 280,000 square foot Terminal with Ticket counter, six security lanes, five arrival and departure gates including demolition of the existing Badge and Administrative facility

Project Highlights

Dallas Love Field Modernization Program - $519 million Construction Program with scope of over 1 million square feet includes a complete Terminal renovation and the addition of a new 20 Gate Concourse, Ticketing Hall, and Baggage Claim all while maintaining the complex sequencing required to deliver a project of this magnitude without impacting daily airport operations at Dallas Love Field.

• Responsible for managing Office Engineers, Interns and Project Administrators
• Preparation of monthly Owner Pay Applications with billings in excess of $6M per month
• Run weekly Owner/Architect/Contractor meeting and Staff Meetings
• Develop, manage and maintain Cost Controls and Labor Recaps
• Assist in development and updates to Project Schedule
• Process, estimate and negotiate change orders with Owner and Subcontractors
• Assist with Subcontractor bidding process and writing Subcontractor Contracts
• Performed constructability reviews of construction bid documents for coordination purposes
• Managed all MEP subcontracts from BIM coordination through systems installation

• Determined daily agenda as Maintenance Lead over 10 technicians
• Supervised maintenance team of five members on $13M factory retrofit doubling facility capacity
• Sustained minimum factory downtime as first level controls support for software and hardware troubleshooting relating to automation and robotics equipment
• Achieved top 10% of 55 maintenance technicians in equipment knowledge, trouble shooting ability and mean time to repair
• Completed Yellow Belt Business Process Improvement Certification for build automation equipment upgrade; annualized cost savings $555K
• Rapidly promoted four levels over four years