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Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Auburn,CA

Summary

A hard working, dedicated and career focused professional seeking to continue serving in a leadership role with a company that has a track record of successful projects, retained employees, and positive fiscal trajectory. I am especially useful as a mentor when guiding staff and have provided balanced leadership on projects with owners, architects and with all trade relationships. I have a sharp understanding and ability to manage liabilities early, while driving program profit. My goal is aid, guide and direct the project team's delivery of multiple projects and maintain the company's reputation with its staff and clients.

Work History

Project Executive

Confidential
09.2021 - Current
  • Oversee the complete project lifecycle for West coast-based multifamily, affordable housing, market rate, hospitality, retail, and commercial projects
  • Manage the CTCAC Process, specifically the project budgets reporting standards as it relates to compliance with audits and owners needs.
  • Manage projects valued between $20M - $50M independently, totaling over $140M for the client group.
  • Currently building 340 units in total, partially tax credit funded, affordable garden style properties.
  • Expanded preconstruction role to include 20 percent of billable time, delivering feasibility budgets, accurately defining trade scopes, and developing focused project schedules
  • Implemented precon meetings based on USACE QCQ program, nearly eliminating rework and delays
  • As a former hands on tradesman, I am able to enhance the Project Executive role to include very specific assistance with job site challenges including self perform work, schedule and scope management.
  • Work with General Superintendent to recognize liabilities and implement corrective treatment, based on actual experience performing the work myself.
  • Mentor and managed professional staff, walking PE's and PM's through all levels of contract management, dispute resolution and negotiating changes with trade partners.
  • Conduct status reporting using Vista and Procore, detailed job cost forecasting, and review change orders and back charges individually with PMs
  • Maintain open communication with team meetings, owner conferences and presenting regular updates on project status to banking partners.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential (Multifamily, Senior Living, and Retail GC)
09.2018 - 09.2021
  • Directly managed a variety of projects, including a $26M 104-unit senior living facility, $5M commercial TI (restaurant), and an $18M portfolio of TI's for a difficult retail client
  • Partnered with Architects and design team for preconstruction of a $65M 180-unit mixed use senior living, memory care facility
  • Managed employee reviews, improvement assessments, billing, client relations, and all subcontractor relationships.
  • Mentored junior project managers and new PE's with regular job site visits, participation in subcontractor meetings and OAC meetings.

Sr. Project Manager

Deacon Construction
06.2015 - 06.2018
  • Managed the on-time, on-budget delivery of projects, including a $48M landmark regional mall renovation , a portion of a $70M Mercy Hospital Senior Living Towers reconstruction, and ground-up construction of a $18M public storage facility with extensive and challenging offsite work in the Bay Area
  • Mentored junior project managers and team members to enhance their skills and career growth
  • Monitored project physical and financial progress using Procore.
  • Involved in several preconstruction efforts, securing projects worth $25M and $45M including subterranean parking in the Bay Area and multiple zero lot line projects.

Project Manager

ICS Construction
02.2011 - 05.2015
  • Managed school and education projects, overseeing more than $200M in contract work with new classrooms, new gym facilities, new civil work, underground utility infrastructure and school transportation center retrofits.
  • Served as third party representative for San Juan Unified School District, performing oversight for SJUSD hired contractors and managing SJUSD design teams.
  • Gained experience in aggressive scheduling, focused contract management, and dispute resolution while keeping awareness of public fund use criteria.
  • Monitored project performance in person with daily site visits across California's second largest school district's portfolio of properties

Education

Certificate Program in Construction Management -

UC Davis
Sacramento, CA
01.2005

Actual Field Work
Alaska To California Beginning In 1986

Skills

  • Microsoft Project
  • Bluebeam
  • Procore
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Claims Management
  • AIA Contracts
  • Staff Mentoring
  • Quality Control based on USACE
  • Multi Project Management
  • Cost Management for Internal and CTCAC
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Value Engineering Concepts
  • Budget Development for PreConstruction
  • Client Management and Marketing
  • Representation at Public Meetings and Board Presentations

Timeline

Project Executive

Confidential
09.2021 - Current

Senior Project Manager

Confidential (Multifamily, Senior Living, and Retail GC)
09.2018 - 09.2021

Sr. Project Manager

Deacon Construction
06.2015 - 06.2018

Project Manager

ICS Construction
02.2011 - 05.2015

Certificate Program in Construction Management -

UC Davis

Actual Field Work
Jim Brown