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Jacob Dykstra

Summary

Dynamic Strata Manager with proven success at Lifestyles Strata Management, excelling in operations oversight and contract negotiation. Skilled in customer service and effective team leadership, I have consistently improved property maintenance processes, ensuring high-quality service delivery and enhanced resident satisfaction. Adept at hands-on repairs and preventive maintenance planning.

Possesses versatile skills in project management, problem-solving, and collaboration. Brings fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success. Recognized for adaptability and proactive approach in delivering effective solutions.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Strata Manager

Lifestyles Strata Management
06.2017 - 05.2025

nit Strata management services for up to 16 strata cooperations. Responsible for working with the Council on the operations and maintenance of the daily functions of multi unit strata cooperations. This involves chairing monthly or bi-monthly Council meetings, yearly AGM meetings with the ownership, suppling full meeting minutes in a timely fashion for the ownership. I put together yearly budgets and reviewed monthly financial reports. I also negotiated yearly insurance contracts, landscaping and irrigation contracts, snow clearing contracts as well as any other contracts required for the maintenance and functioning the the complex.

Site Handyman

LeChateau Strata Community
01.2016 - 06.2017

Performed onsite services such as seasonal daily pool maintenance, waterways servicing and maintenance, unit repairs such as painting, tile repairs, landscaping design and reconstruction and other day to day services required at a 20 Unit by the lake strata complex.

Owner/Operator

Paul Davis Systems
06.2013 - 09.2015

Partnership in franchise business, running the operational part of business. Hands on restoration services for residential and commercial restoration claims from the initial mitigating the emergency right through to the final repairs of the damage. Final repairs included contracting out and overseeing larger repair projects but also hands on repairing smaller required repairs.

Owner/Operator

ServiceMaster Restoration Services
03.2010 - 06.2013

Partnership in franchise business, running the operational part of business. Hands on restoration services for residential and commercial restoration claims from the initial mitigating the emergency right through to the final repairs of the damage. Final repairs included contracting out and overseeing larger repair projects but also hands on repairing smaller required repairs.

Strata Manager

Teamwork Strata Management
03.2008 - 03.2010

Management the operational functioning of strata cooperations. Conducted and chaired strata Council meetings, Strata AGM meetings. Also organized contracts for the maintenance of the buildings and grounds of the strata.

Lumber Broker

Trout Creek Timber Products
01.2002 - 03.2008

Part owner of wholesale lumber brokerage. Purchased wood products from Canadian and US lumber mills and sold to Canadian and US end use customers. Cultivating supply sources, transportation methods and sourcing end use customers all involved in this business.

Lumber Broker

Forwood Forest Products
06.1992 - 01.2002

Purchased lumber products from Canadian and US lumber mills and sold them to Canadian and US customers. This involved negotiation of purchase price and product, negotiating sale price to customer, arranging shipping and final sale to end use customer.

Education

Strata Management

Sauder School of Business
Vancouver, BC
06-2017

High School Diploma -

Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Abbotsford, BC
06-1973

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Effective team leadership
  • Prioritization and scheduling
  • Collaborative decision-making
  • Effective task delegation
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Operations oversight
  • Customer relationship management (CRM)
  • Skilled in resolving conflicts
  • Workforce management
  • Negotiation
  • Contract oversight
  • Hands-on repair skills
  • Painting
  • Drywalling
  • Fence repair
  • Carpentry
  • Plumbing system upkeep
  • Light fixture installation
  • Property maintenance
  • Concrete work
  • Cabinet installation
  • Preventive maintenance planning

Languages

English

Timeline

Strata Manager

Lifestyles Strata Management
06.2017 - 05.2025

Site Handyman

LeChateau Strata Community
01.2016 - 06.2017

Owner/Operator

Paul Davis Systems
06.2013 - 09.2015

Owner/Operator

ServiceMaster Restoration Services
03.2010 - 06.2013

Strata Manager

Teamwork Strata Management
03.2008 - 03.2010

Lumber Broker

Trout Creek Timber Products
01.2002 - 03.2008

Lumber Broker

Forwood Forest Products
06.1992 - 01.2002

Strata Management

Sauder School of Business

High School Diploma -

Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Jacob Dykstra