Nicholas Higa
City Of Saint Peters,MO
Summary
Construction Professional with six-year background in construction industry. Superior knowledge of cost analysis and business operations. Outstanding attention to detail and efficiency talents. Practiced in handling customer relationships and preparing cost estimates for residential, commercial, and public projects.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Operations
Rojas Exteriors LLC
2024 - Current
- Implemented preconstruction processes for contract negotiation, submittals, shop drawings, hand-off meetings, and material orders.
- Managed hiring, training, and evaluations for all office personal
- Handled high level dispute resolutions with clients
- Gross sales increased from $1.6 million to 6.3 million during my six year tenure.
Lead Estimator
Rojas Exteriors LLC
2019 - 2023
- Delivered exterior envelope proposals for residential, commercial, & public works projects for both new construction and remediation scopes.
- Maintained relationships with existing clients and vendors while acquiring fresh leads and breaking into new markets.
- Helped create and implement cost coding system to record project data in order to improve future estimating.
- Rebuilt estimating process from ground up and trained new estimators.
Assistant Manager
Taco Time NW
2016 - 2019
- Ran monthly inventory and managed 'build to' sheet to ensure stock never ran out.
- Monitored cash intake and deposit records, increasing accuracy and reducing discrepancies.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
- Assessed job applications and made hiring recommendations to bring in top candidates for key vacancies.
- Set and enforced policies focused on increasing team productivity and strengthening operational efficiency.
Painter
Holmolka Painting Co.
2016 - 2016
- Worked on interior and exterior residential painting projects.
Education
Relevant Coursework - Mathematics
Ave Maria University
Immokalee, FL01-2016
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
Green River Community College
Auburn, WA06.2015
Skills
- Blueprints and Project Manuals
- Bluebeam, Microsoft Office Suite, and Builder Trend (similar to Procore) expertise
- Exterior Envelopes: Air/weather barriers, flashing & sheet metal, exterior insulation, cladding support assemblies, and cladding's
- Proposal writing
- CRM management
- Sales
- Math
- Leadership & training
- Efficiency
- Verbal and written communication
- Vendor pricing analysis
- Change orders
Timeline
Director of Operations
Rojas Exteriors LLC
2024 - Current
Lead Estimator
Rojas Exteriors LLC
2019 - 2023
Assistant Manager
Taco Time NW
2016 - 2019
Painter
Holmolka Painting Co.
2016 - 2016
Relevant Coursework - Mathematics
Ave Maria University
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
Green River Community College
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