Jim Brown
Cool,California
Summary
Dedicated professional with 35 years in the discipline, I put a strong focus on leadership, mentoring, compliance and client relationships. Expertise in early liability management, combined with a commitment to driving program profitability, makes for strong teams and excellent results. My goal is get repeat business and elevate the new generation of construction professionals.
Passionate about supporting project teams in achieving excellence while staying within company guidelines, and developing a strong reputation among clients and employees.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Executive
Roebbelen Contracting
El Dorado Hills, CA
05.2024 - 05.2026
- Establish master project schedule to update and inform owners, architects and executive teams totaling 25-40 stakeholders.
- Set project vision and path with all parties including clients and internal operating teams on projects valued between 10m to 60m.
- Select project teams and communication protocols that align with project specifications and company expectations.
- Own budget, buyout, trade relationships and client deliverables.
- Partner with superintendent and field operations, aligning company effort to increase probability of overall success, and applying QCQ program to reduce rework.
Project Executive
CSI Construction
Based In Sacramento Area
09.2021 - 05.2024
- Oversee the complete project lifecycle for West coast-based multifamily, affordable housing, market rate, hospitality, retail, and commercial projects
- Manage budgets and reporting standards as it relates to compliance with audits and State tax credit needs.
- Own performance of projects valued between $20M - $50M independently, totaling over $140M for the client group.
- Expanded preconstruction role to include 20 percent of billable time, delivering feasibility budgets, accurately defining trade scopes, and developing achievable project schedules
- Work with General Superintendent to recognize liabilities and implement corrective treatment, based on lessons learned and collaboration with trade superintendents.
- Mentor and managed developing professional staff, educating PE's and PM's through all levels of contract management, dispute resolution and negotiating changes with trade partners.
Senior Project Manager
Wells Construction Group
Roseville, CA
09.2018 - 09.2021
- Ground Up $46M 104-unit senior living facility, $8M commercial TI (restaurant), and an $28M portfolio of TI's
- Partnered with Architects and design team for preconstruction of a $65M 180-unit mixed use senior living, memory care facility (under construction 2025)
- Mentored junior project managers and new PE's with regular job site visits, participation in subcontractor meetings and OAC meetings.
Senior Project Manager
Deacon Construction
Roseville, CA
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
- Monitored project physical and financial progress with accurate reporting to stakeholders.
- 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
Carmichael, CA
02.2011 - 05.2015
- Oversight of 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.
- Excelled in aggressive scheduling, focused contract management, and immediate dispute resolution while keeping awareness of public fund (bond) use criteria.
- Monitored project performance in person with daily site visits across California's second largest school district's portfolio of properties at the time.
Project Manager
Azteca Construction
02.2008 - 01.2011
- Assigned to Sacramento Regional Transit Light Rail Line Station Construction (South Line) building three new plattform and passenger areas totaling $45M over a 3 year program.
- Full participant with public transportation requirements including community meetings, overnight work, burn-in coordination with other services (Amtrack) and multi AHJ inspections.
- Start to finish construction included new civil work, new electrical track controls, traffic re-routing, matt slab and PT concrete work and all passenger services (restrooms, information systems, CCTV)
Education
Actual Field Work
Certificate Program in Construction Management -
UC Davis
Sacramento, CA01.2005
Skills
- Microsoft Project and Phoenix Scheduling Software
- Acumatica
- Bluebeam
- Procore
- Thorough Understanding of Claims
- Staff Mentoring
- Quality Control based on USACE Model
- Establishing Budgets and Forecasting with SOV's
- Value Engineering Concepts
- Budget Development for PreConstruction
- High Level Client Management
- Financial leadership
- Contract development
- Legal Communication and Writing (regrettably)
Timeline
Project Executive
Roebbelen Contracting
05.2024 - 05.2026
Project Executive
CSI Construction
09.2021 - 05.2024
Senior Project Manager
Wells Construction Group
09.2018 - 09.2021
Senior Project Manager
Deacon Construction
06.2015 - 06.2018
Project Manager
ICS Construction
02.2011 - 05.2015
Project Manager
Azteca Construction
02.2008 - 01.2011
Certificate Program in Construction Management -
UC Davis
Actual Field Work