Kevin M. Hill , PMP
Summary
Results-driven Project Manager with 30 years of extensive experience across Network, Fiber, Roadway, Piping, Bridge and Heavy Equipment construction. Track record of delivering projects on time and within budget while ensuring the highest quality standards. Expertise in team leadership, strategic planning, and operational efficiency drives successful project outcomes. Committed to leveraging industry knowledge to contribute to progressive project initiatives.
Proven ability to manage inventory projects with attention to detail while fostering strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers, and customers. Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and risk management ensures successful project delivery within time and budget constraints. Committed to collaboration and achieving company objectives through strategic planning and resource management.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
RLM Underground
Kansas City, KS
07.2024 - 11.2024
- Overseeing construction sites ensures a high level of quality and safety
- Responsible for customer and homeowner relations
- Assist customers and homeowners with complaints and restoration concerns
- Guarantee that all work is performed in accordance with approved documents and procedures
- Ensure that the project is completed in a timely, efficient and safe manner
- Lead and direct ground crews daily
- Develop redline and daily reports
- Responsible for procurement at jobsites including straw, seed, cutters, shovels, batteries, tarps, paint, etc
- Monitor schedule updates
- Maintain cleanliness of jobsites, company equipment and vehicles
- Daily inspections of company vehicles, equipment and jobsites
- Assist in maintaining management of budget
- Developed procurement and tendering policies and evaluation criteria
- Build a project with all aspects of project management
- Effectively interacted and built relationships with customers
- Assist in building the baseline schedule and develop a forecast
- Closely communicate with internal support groups
- Evaluate movement forecasts and flow of personnel and cargo into the transportation system, movement capabilities, and efficiency of modes used
- Supervise transfer of operator maintenance on all working equipment and trucks
- Introduced enhanced quality control to drive consistent results, resulting in 90.6% + quality metrics with a 2% defect rate out of all sites
- Resolve escalated issues that require coordination with other departments
- Perform cost control and financial management by working with preconstruction on project estimate and schedule reimbursements
- Coordinate the scope of work in transportation in the field
- Prepare and review submittals
- Interface with senior management, technical teams, and communications while maintaining team building, leadership, coaching and interpersonal skills and developing customer operations, running Technical Projects around unified written satisfaction
- Use Excel, Micro Soft Office SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, Word for reporting and PowerPoint for presentations
- Review and compile pay applications, change requests, environment engineering with problem solving techniques and other project financial documentation
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Analyzed data from various sources such as surveys, interviews, focus groups. to inform decision-making related to projects.
- Presented findings from data analysis in a clear, concise manner that was easily understood by stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Administrator Construction Manager (Contract)
Lancesoft Inc / Frontier Communications
Lakeville, MN
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Conduct thorough inspections of joint trench, SFU/LDA and MDU, developer provided conduit, backboard and ground, aerial, buried and UG placing of conduit, copper and fiber cable, copper and fiber splicing, FTTH ensuring compliance with NESC industry standards and specifications
- On Site when construction contractor is performing work
- Generate detailed inspection reports, documenting findings, providing recommendations for improvements, and facilitating timely resolution of any detected deficiencies
- Carry out day to day duties accurately and efficiently
- Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Use coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
- Review drawings and assess construction against plans
- Escalate issues and make recommendations to resolve them to the appropriate shareholders
- Assure compliance to required standards, procedures, guidelines and processes
Travel -OSP Inspector- (Contract)
Mountain LTD / Ziply Fiber
, Washington, Idaho, Montana
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Conduct thorough inspections of joint trench, SFU/LDA and MDU, developer provided conduit, backboard and ground, aerial, buried and UG placing of conduit, copper and fiber cable, copper and fiber splicing, TEST and TU., ensuring compliance with NESC industry standards and specifications
- On Site when construction contractor is performing work
- Generated detailed inspection reports, documenting findings, providing recommendations for improvements, and facilitating timely resolution of any detected deficiencies
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
- Reviewed drawings and assessed construction against plans
- Completed inspections of current construction, refurbishment, and repair projects
Assistant Project Manager- Infrastructure Division
CEC Facilities Group
Billings, MT
08.2022 - 10.2023
- Assisted the Project Manager with the $ 68 Million
- TDS Fiber build project with all aspects of the project
- Effectively interacted and built relationships with customers
- Assist in building the baseline schedule and develop a forecast
- Oversee monthly financials, accruals, and invoicing
- Closely communicated with internal support groups
- Resolve escalated issues that require coordination with other departments
- Performed cost control and financial management by working with preconstruction on project estimate and schedule reimbursements
- Coordinated the scope of work
- Prepared and reviewed submittals
- Interfaced with senior management, technical teams, and operations, running Technical Projects around unified written communications while maintaining team building, leadership, coaching and interpersonal skills and developing customer satisfaction
- Used Excel, Micro Soft Office SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, Word for reporting and PowerPoint for presentations
- Reviewed and compiled pay applications, change requests, environment engineering with problem solving techniques and other project financial documentation
- Partnered with Project manager to craft client proposals and award subcontracts
- Assisted in contract administration and management
- Assisted in employee time and recordkeeping, drug testing
- Prepared correspondence as needed
- Developed and maintained resource information on products, vendors, subcontractors, government requirements, etc
- Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective completion of tasks and projects
- Assist with and, at times, secured material orders
- Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned, set up and sponsor company events, coached
ISP/ OPS Project Manager
Nivek Inc
Billings, MT
06.1992 - 08.2022
- Assessed and targeted customer needs to forge and cultivate productive relationships and maintain top satisfaction levels
- Implemented and enforced all policies and procedures for the entire logistics department
- Excellent technical skills, with solid technical and operational understanding of service provider solutions
- Excellent understanding of the industry landscape (competitors and partners)
- Overseen and accomplished engineering design on roadway and multi-modal transportation corridors on multiple projects
- Lead the construction of multiple data centers, managing budgets exceeding 25M
- Adapted at working collaboratively across many groups within the organization including sales, business development, product management, design standards and relevant federal, state, and local regulations, marketing, services & support, and finance
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills: ability to communicate technology strategy to engineers, executives, and Technology customers
- 25 years of telecom product experience as either network operator or equipment supplier
- Business acumen and proficient networking with packet technologies (Carrier Ethernet, MPLS, MPLS-TP) and knowledgeable in current and emerging standards in both packet and optical domains (IEEE, MEF, IETF, ITU-T)
- Basic understanding of network synchronization: SyncE, IEEE 1588v2
- Basic understanding in optical networking: CWDM, DWDM, OTN, FTTH
- Delivered substantial cost savings by securing discounts from third-party logistics services providers
- Prepared updated shipment reports for executives and clients
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes
- Visited supplier facilities to monitor progress and discuss issues regarding material or required documentation
- Used Smart Plant Materials system and internal document databases to monitor material status, develop and distribute reports
- Worked with procurement management to identify performance gaps and delays and to ensure expediting issues are being coordinated and resolved
- Coordinate with clients, consultants, and contractors during construction bidding
- Manage and lead a multi-disciplinary team throughout development and contract document phases
- Create, print, and modify drawings in AutoCAD
- Maintained Global positioning systems to facilitate accurate readings
- Supervise preparation of technical drawings by architectural
- Discuss zoning laws, fire regulations and building codes with healthcare and governing agencies
- Created new and innovative approaches to problems and discussion
- Consulted with clients to determine functional and spatial requirements of the new structure
- Reviewed contractor proposals and sets of drawings prepared by various firms
- Demonstrated ability to work with clients to provide long-term solutions and maintain/develop strong client relationships
- Calculated volume take-off and cost estimates for small to large landscape, irrigation, and hardscape projects
- Planned and lead professional development reviews and 'lessons learned' sessions
- Measured and marked property guidelines and key features
- Verified that construction detail documentation conformed to quality assurance and best practice standards
- Monitored suppliers' progress on Equipment & Material Purchase Orders and Work Orders
- Reviewed and compiled pay applications, change requests, environment engineering with problem solving techniques and other project financial documentation
- Partnered with Project manager to craft client proposals and award subcontracts
- Assisted in contract administration and management
- Assisted in employee time and recordkeeping, drug testing
- Prepared correspondence as needed
- Developed and maintained resource information on products, vendors, subcontractors, government requirements, etc
- Performed other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective completion of tasks and projects
- Facilitated communication and material movement and deliveries
- Ensured responsible parties to have physical and electronically received materials and documentation required to make payments to suppliers and allowing the buyer to close out the Purchase Orders and Work Orders appropriately
- Updated & Coordinated with TA & Capital management on Shipping and Receiving Reports
- Gathered, organized, and modeled data for reports and presentations
- Used computer software to create detailed maps
- Made proactive adjustments to policies and procedures to meet changing demands
- Built and cultivated a lasting rapport with employees, peers, upper management, and outside vendors
- Directed field operations, including shipping, and receiving of a wide range of products daily and refinery purchases
- Handled employee conflicts in the most efficient manner and while following all company procedures
- Reviewed established business practices and improved processes to increase efficiency and reduce expenses without compromising customer service levels
- Implemented Field management strategies to improve processes, systems, and behavior
- Formed strategic partnerships, established metrics, and participated in complex negotiations
- Managed monthly freight cost reporting processes
- Expedited resolutions of shipping errors and packaging mistakes
- Provided updates on critical shipments to the corporate departments and customers who requested them
- Developed a warehouse system that provided the best cost with the appropriate service levels to achieve organizational goals
- Managed asset information and inventory
- Extended the useful life of assets
- Optimized work processes
- Unified asset management processes
- Analyzed transactions to resolve discrepancies and reconciled balances
- Resolved quantity variances during monthly audits and maintained accurate inventory records
- Responded to requests and inquiries from customers, processed transactions and attended daily shortage meetings
- Utilized proprietary information and worked collaboratively with others
- Provided outstanding support to a team of 50 while working with minimal supervision
LRO (Logistics Readiness Officer O-3)
Air Force United States Department
Washington, DC
07.1986 - 09.1990
- Directed distribution management operations to include managing cargo distribution functions such as inspecting and receiving, inspecting, tracing, tracking, packaging, and shipping of supplies, equipment, and war readiness spares
- Responsible for logistics pipeline management and time-sensitive delivery of materiel in support of peace, contingency, and wartime operations
- Maintains accountability for supplies and equipment
- Responsible for the safe and efficient organic ground transportation of personnel and cargo within and between installations in support of daily and contingency operations
- Resolved problems related to storage, safety, and fire hazards
- Managed storage space utilization and develops and maintains a storage facility and mechanized material handling equipment modernization program to include maintenance, future upgrades, and working stock requirements
- Determined readiness requirements, including emergency supply support plans, tactical and strategic movement of personnel, materiel, and units
- Scheduled and coordinated movement of cargo, personnel, and personal property by commercial or military modes using systems which interface with defense total asset visibility systems
- Used in-transit visibility systems
- Maintains liaison with US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), other services and federal agencies to schedule and coordinate movements of cargo and personnel
- Ensured proper allocation and effective use of transportation resources
- Established and administered an effective packaging and preservation program
- Evaluated movement forecasts and flow of personnel and cargo into the transportation system, movement capabilities, and efficiency of modes used
- Directed materiel management operations such as, direction and management of retail or wholesale supply activities
- Included are environmental compliance and inventory management
- Determines, computes, and analyzes current and projected materiel requirements; applies authorizations and allowances; establishes and maintains stock levels; manages asset positioning; inspects, reviews, and evaluates work methods and procedures
- Ensured accountability is maintained for supplies, equipment, and War Reserve Materiel (WRM)
- Determines effectiveness of functional data systems
- Managed assigned information systems and applies approved standards and criteria to ensure proper implementation, operation, and results
- Developed plans, programs, policies, and procedures to manage materiel management activities, including systems design and analysis, determination, and computation of requirements, plans for activation and inactivation, facility requirements, equipment allowances, and materiel accounting
- Developed working capital fund operating programs and determines operating budget
- Provided guidance on handling of readiness materiel stocks, including location, type of storage, protection, security, and quality control
- Directed contingency operations such as logistics planning, deployment command and control, Logistics Readiness Centers, logistics command and control, Combat Support Center activities, deployment, bed-down, and redeployment activities
- Integrated Agile Combat Support planning efforts, conducts readiness assessment of logistics activities, conducts war and contingency planning, base support, and expeditionary site planning, WRM management, support agreement management, manages logistics time phased force deployment data and unit type codes
- Enabled international theater security cooperation and interoperability, operating in coalition or Joint environments often working with contractors, host-nations, etc
- Directed fuels management operations such as environmental compliance, inventory management of ground and aviation fuels
- Determined provisions, computes, and analyzes current and projected petroleum requirements; computes, establishes, and maintains stock levels, manages fuel receipt from pipelines, trucks, rail cars, and marine vessels
- Managed fuel dispensing systems
Education
MSCM - Construction Management
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ05.2025
B.S. - Logistics
Weber State University
Ogden, UT05.1992
A.S. - Civil Engineering
Rowen College of South Jersey
Sewell, NJ06.1986
High School Diploma -
Woodbury HS
Woodbury, NJ06.1986
Skills
- EPA 608 Type I Certification
- Project Management Professional
- Experience with IBM Mainframe Systems
- LEED Certification Holder
- Proficient in DEC 1050
- Essential Proficiency
- AutoCAD Proficiency
- MicroStation Software Experience
- AS/400 Systems Management
- Experience with Primavera P6
- Effective Computer Utilization
- Expertise in Bluebeam Software
- Field Wire
- Coin
- Certified CLAD Specialist
- Trello
- Oracle Data Integrator
- Tanker Pro
- TWIC
- SAP Warehouse Management
- SAP Materials Management
- SAP Transportation Management
- SAP AD Proficiency
- SAP ERP Implementation Skills
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- SAP Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul
- Maximo System Experience
- Route Cost Assessment
- FEMA Emergency Preparedness
- Expertise in AS 100
- AS 200 Certification
- AS 700 Implementation Skills
- Expertise in AS 800
- OSHA Certified Safety Specialist
- OSHA Construction Site Safety Supervisor
- Hazardous Waste Management
- DOT Function Expertise
Certification
- Project Management Professional
- OSHA
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Project Manager
RLM Underground
07.2024 - 11.2024
Administrator Construction Manager (Contract)
Lancesoft Inc / Frontier Communications
05.2024 - 07.2024
Travel -OSP Inspector- (Contract)
Mountain LTD / Ziply Fiber
01.2024 - 05.2024
Assistant Project Manager- Infrastructure Division
CEC Facilities Group
08.2022 - 10.2023
ISP/ OPS Project Manager
Nivek Inc
06.1992 - 08.2022
LRO (Logistics Readiness Officer O-3)
Air Force United States Department
07.1986 - 09.1990
MSCM - Construction Management
Arizona State University
B.S. - Logistics
Weber State University
A.S. - Civil Engineering
Rowen College of South Jersey
High School Diploma -
Woodbury HS
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