Seeking A Project Management Position With An Global Real Estate

Paul Ellis Objective: Seeking a Project management position with an global real estate company, utilizing over ten years experience as a Project manager, and my life long passion to deliver and inspire the highest standard of workmanship, for the mutual benefit of my client and myself.

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Able to negotiate contractor plans and building schedules to achieve delivery forecasts. Skilled at educating and informing clients on all aspects of the construction process. Known for enforcement of contractor terms and conditions. Administered contracts and awarded projects to contractors. Maintained and released monies for monthly progress draws. Optimizes quality of workmanship and ensures highest standard of service. Possesses strong organizational, communication and detail skills. Reviewed and negotiated change orders. Certified plumber and gas installer in Canada and in the UK. Youngest member of the British Institute of Mechanical inspectors. Computer literate in AutoCAD and MS Office applications.

Career History: Sterling Cooper & Associates: Project Manager/Inspector, Vancouver, BC.

2005 - 2007

Shangri-la hotel: mixed use hotel, restaurant, Spa, and residential project. • Managed client and contractual expectations by giving realistic forecasts on expenditures and time frames for issuing addendums to construction drawings. • Quantified and negotiated change orders arising from site instructions. • Enforced contractual drawings and quality of workmanship by completing bi-weekly site inspections. • Recommended a list of potential contractors which had the labour and financial resources to undertake a project of this size. • Provided value added service to the client when a last minute interior design changes to the restaurant and spar meant the addition of plumbing risers to the base building drawings. I coordinated the new locations with the contractor on same day as the slab was being poured and saved the client an additional fee to core new hole. • Expedited a contentious design and build issues by liaising with architects to gain more space in the boiler rooms for plant equipment. • Maintained excel and word documents for site meetings and site reviews. Fairmont medical building: Multi phased medical labs and Doctors suites. • Prepared drawings and specifications based on the clients needs and budget. • Vetted contractors to ensure they had the resources and manpower to complete the project in accordance with the client’s time frame and budget. • Reviewed existing HVAC and plumbing systems to create a set of base building plans and specifications to issue to the City of Vancouver for review. • Issued tender documents to selected contractors • Liaised between the client and contractor on the logistics of site deliveries and out of hours work. • Maintained a hold back of monies until all deficiencies were completed. • Released letters of assurance on project completion. L’Hermitage: Mixed use Hotel, Social housing, Grocery and Retail store.

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Attended design meetings with clients of Marketplace IGA and Home sense to flush out the parameters for HVAC and plumbing design. Prepared signed and sealed tenant improvement drawings for Marketplace IGA and Home sense to be submitted to the City of Vancouver for review. Attended bi-weekly site meeting and addressed HVAC and plumbing design questions. Negotiated change orders with the representatives from Millennium properties and the mechanical contractor. Maintained site attendances sheets and billing logs for clients. Provided technical assistance to the client on specifying an economical commercial range hood for the hotel restaurant based on NFPA standards. Ensured pressurization to below grade stairs and measure N vestibules upon activated of the fire alarm and emergency power. Releasing letters of assurance on completion of project.

Other projects: Shore club restaurant and fitness centre, Blanche Macdonald centre, Taco Del mar, Starbucks coffee, EA Games, Pitney Bowes and various other Commercial Retail Units. Doncaster Municipality: Project coordinator/Inspector, Doncaster, UK.

2002 - 2004

Doncaster housing offices: Renovation and new building extension. • Carried out engineering studies of the existing building services and talked to the client and building manager to update the current HVAC and plumbing systems. • Advised and drafted documentation on how to improve building maintenance and reduce energy requirements. • Enforced quality of service and workmanship by carrying out regular site inspections. • Proposed cost saving initiatives by reducing piping runs and moving the location of radiant panels. Warmsworth social housing project: Renovated tenanted social housing stock. • Maintained an annual budget for renovating plumbing and heating systems within the social housing sector. • Issued a scope of work and locations of houses to be renovated to contractors. • Reviewed estimates and awarded contracts to the winning bidder. • Mediated between contractors and tenants on potential litigation issues. • Resolved conceptual and installation issues with the contractor. • Scheduled and directed site meeting with contractors and clients. • Ensured technical support and assistance. Kelham Building Services: Site Supervisor, Doncaster, UK.

1996 -2002

David Lloyd tennis and leisure centre: Mixed use tennis, health and fitness centre • Liaised with the building and electrical contractors to alleviate contentious issues brought about by design issues. • Organized and maintained project schedules in accordance with the general contractor. • Interpreted construction drawings and adapted installation to on site conditions. • Mobilized equipment and resources to areas of the project which needed rapid progress. • Ordered large plant equipment and arranged crane time to install prior to completion of the roof structure. • Maintained adequate labour and materials dependant on the progress of the building. • Delegated sectors of the project to lead plumbers and gas fitters. • Maintained on site stores, times sheets, requisition forms, delivery notes, commissioning and chlorination documents. Other projects: Sheffield children’s hospital offices, Wakefield police department, Campanile hotels.

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Pacific Vocational College. Burnaby, BC. o Construction Certifications. Leeds College, Leeds, UK. o City & Guilds Training and Certifications.

Other interests: Avid outdoor enthusiast: o Mountaineering, rock climbing, boxing and snowboarding. o Climbed Kilimanjaro in 2008 with future plans to climb Denali in 2010. o Holder of Wilderness First Aid Certificate with St. John's Ambulance. Volunteer work: o Worked as a mentor for Big brothers of Vancouver. o Fundraiser for the Lung Association of British Columbia.