Layton Rivard
Brainerd,MN
Summary
Project Manager versed in all aspects of project and personnel management. Results-oriented and high-energy professional with talent for leading by example and inspiring peak performance. Dedicated to fostering strong effective team relationships.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Baxter, MN
03.2024 - Current
- Provide overall project management and leadership from inception to completion of 10 highway projects in the STIP (0–5 years from construction).
- Provide engineers and internal/external stakeholders with direction and purpose for the project, including scoping, scheduling, budgeting, and design, ensuring proper program execution and consistency with MnDOT standards, regulations, and procedures.
- Monitor and ensure alignment with stakeholder expectations and quality requirements.
- Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships.
- Lead and manage day-to-day direction for technical project teams, evaluate potential risks, facilitate internal and public meetings, delegate tasks, and determine courses of action.
Associate Project Manager
Nor-Son Commercial Construction
Baxter, MN
05.2021 - 03.2024
- Associate Project Manager/Superintendent on several construction projects, including a federally funded LEED hospital/clinic expansion (three-year, forty-million-dollar project).
- Provide project leadership in day-to-day operations with contractors, architects/engineers, and stakeholders from initial scoping through post-construction.
- Execute subcontracts and scopes of work.
- Lead change-management processes and tools, including quantity takeoffs, review of subcontractor proposals, change orders, and management of construction plans and specifications.
- Coordinate approved purchase orders for timing and delivery to support project completion, including material purchases, project changes, and repairs where appropriate.
- Verify that contractors and stakeholders are meeting standards, practices, and quality expectations of commercial construction through site visits and ongoing communication throughout the project lifecycle.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Organizational Mgmt.
Eastern University
Minnesota12-2025
Bachelor of Science - Project Management
Minnesota State University Moorhead
05.2022
High School -
Brainerd High School
05.2019
Skills
- Tenacious work ethic
- Project management
- Written and verbal communication
- Independent work
- Fast-paced environment adaptability
- Core Christian values
Timeline
Project Manager
Minnesota Department of Transportation
03.2024 - Current
Associate Project Manager
Nor-Son Commercial Construction
05.2021 - 03.2024
Master of Business Administration - Organizational Mgmt.
Eastern University
Bachelor of Science - Project Management
Minnesota State University Moorhead
High School -
Brainerd High School