Jennifer Hawkes
West Jordan,UT
Summary
Collaborative Senior Project Manager/Construction Manager promoting more than 15 years of expertise in deadline-oriented environments. Bilingual, and have a reputation for working successfully with clients and peers. Drive complex projects through to completion within deadline and budget.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Manager
WinCo Foods
Boise, ID
02.2025 - 02.2026
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate multiple phases of construction projects.
- Administer construction contracts and cooperative agreements.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates, define work scopes, review contract bids.
- Conduct regular site inspections to verify compliance with contract specifications, plans, and safety standards.
- Review and recommend approval or denial of contract change orders.
- Analyze contractor schedules, address delays, and provide recommendations for corrective actions to ensure projects meet their contractual deadlines.
- Monitor project budgets and manage price adjustments as necessary.
- Ensure quality control efforts are in place to meet standards for materials and work performed.
Project Manager/Owner’s Rep
Associated Food Stores
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2021 - 01.2025
- Represented clients throughout the lifecycle of their construction project – from inception, planning and completion of construction.
- Evaluated general contractor bids and consulted clients throughout the selection process.
- Oversaw budgets for projects, tracked expenses and timelines, and communicated with the design team, internal employees, and clients.
Senior Project Manager
Utah Flood & Fire Network
Sandy, UT
03.2018 - 08.2021
- Managed submittals and requests for information between general contractor and design team.
- Enhanced development and drove continuous improvement of the project delivery process by providing strong program leadership.
- Outlined work plans, assessed resources, and determined timelines for projects.
- Evaluated, determined, and delegated tasks to staff based on client needs, capacity planning and project-specific initiatives.
- Oversaw budgets for projects, track expenses and timelines and communicate with key stakeholders on milestones.
- Delivered a high level of service to clients to extend relationships and encourage further projects.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Managed submittals and processing of Requests for Information between general contractor, owner and owner's consultants.
- Provided awareness and understanding of overall project portfolio, interactions and issues to team members and stakeholders.
- Monitored internal financial budgets to measure against projections.
- Implemented change management processes when issues arose to keep the project moving forward and adjust to shifted priorities.
Project Manager
Construction Management Consultants
South Jordan, UT
08.2017 - 02.2018
- Defined project plans and timelines, managed workflow and personnel and achieved completion deadlines on or before schedule.
- Monitored internal financial budgets to measure against projections.
- Brought projects in on-time and in accordance with budget and quality standards.
- Assisted clients in coordinating activities, updating team members and managing inquiries for consistent delivery of quality products and services.
- Presided over subcontractor kickoff meetings to review project requirements, schedules and compliance.
- Built strong community relations with subcontractors and vendors to optimize cost savings and complete timely preconstruction.
Project Manager
American Equipment
Salt Lake City, UT
03.2016 - 03.2017
- Realized $2 million in revenue by delivering projects on time.
- Implemented proper project management methodologies.
- Ensured projects were completed on time per customer's expectations.
- Arranged installations of projects with third-party providers.
- Developed relationships with new and existing clients.
Project Manager
Costa Vida/FatCats
Lehi, UT
04.2011 - 01.2016
- Directed the build-out and construction of 45 restaurants in the United States and Canada.
- Added 6% royalty month-after-month upon completion of each project.
- Worked with field personnel to resolve last-minute issues that arose during project completion and to avoid delays in opening.
- Inspected projects to ensure they were progressing as scheduled and per design.
- Sent to bid the entire furniture, fixtures, and equipment package yearly to ensure best pricing and value.
- Conducted project kick-off meetings to set expectations of the project resulting in zero change orders.
- Negotiated an interior decor package with a new vendor, reducing the overall cost by $45,000.
- Developed long-standing and loyal relationships with vendors.
Education
Bachelor of Science - International Business Management
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT04-2007
Skills
- Material and labor scheduling
- Project goals and milestones
- Issue and conflict resolution
- Planning
- Collaboration
- Training & Development
- Subcontractor management
- Decision-making
- New construction
- Change order management
- Remodeling projects
- Budget management
- Permit processing
Accomplishments
- Managed multiple construction budgets of more than $20MM
- Managed construction of a 85,000-square foot buildings.
- Led over 45 projects that were all completed within budget and on schedule.
- Achieved $3MM weekly sales through effectively helping with completing two ground-up grocery stores.
- Led over 99 home restorations projects at the same time that were all completed within budget and on schedule.
Certification
Advanced certification from the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, Spain to conduct business in Spanish
Languages
Fluent in Spanish including speaking, reading, writing, understanding, interpreting
Timeline
Construction Manager
WinCo Foods
02.2025 - 02.2026
Project Manager/Owner’s Rep
Associated Food Stores
01.2021 - 01.2025
Senior Project Manager
Utah Flood & Fire Network
03.2018 - 08.2021
Project Manager
Construction Management Consultants
08.2017 - 02.2018
Project Manager
American Equipment
03.2016 - 03.2017
Project Manager
Costa Vida/FatCats
04.2011 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - International Business Management
Utah Valley University
Activities and Honors
Cum Laude honors, Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor's Society, Dean's List - Winter, Summer, Fall Semesters - 2006, Woodbury School of Business, Utah Valley University, Achievement Award Winner, Woodbury School of Business, Utah Valley University