Jennifer L. Farmer

• Identify scope, prepare and estimate bids for over three hundred ornamental metalwork projects with many bids over $500,000 and a close rate of over 30%. My work includes evaluating design requirements, interpreting drawings, project specifications, value engineering, thorough and accurate take-offs, and managing multiple subcontractor quotes.
• Manage small and mid-sized projects from contract review to close-out.
• Manage a $20M rapidly-growing job pipeline for a $6M dollar company.
• Built estimating process that eliminated duplication, consolidated and retained comprehensive bidding information and improved estimation throughput and accuracy.
• Manage small pre-construction department with responsibilities that include hiring, training, supervision, coaching and mentoring staff.
• Wrote procedures for the company Sales, Marketing, Pre-construction and Project Engineering Departments.
• Promoted company through client design meetings and networking events.

Functioned as a general contractor responsible for a massive housing remodel which included structural supports, framing, wood siding, trim carpentry, decking, drywall, roofing and window replacements, and managed the electrical and plumbing aspects of construction.

• Successfully designed and built a 1-1/2 story art studio which adhered to building code specifications.

• Used CAD to create detailed drawings for the renovation and all architectural aspects of twenty luxury rail cars.

• Maintained constant coordination with designers in modifying drawings in the mining and industrial pump industry.
• Improved operational efficiency and productivity in the pump manufacturing process.