MICHAEL J. KOVAL
109 Yale Boulevard Clarks Green, Pennsylvania 18411
(570) 587-5597 Home
(570) 862-7928 Cell
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Established, Construction Management Professional with years of comprehensive experience in Construction, Sales and Marketing, and Business; seeking General Management/Senior Project Management position. Outstanding leadership, communication, and negotiation skills. Decisive, results-driven leader who meets deadlines, remaining calm under pressure/time constraints. Applies multi-tasking skills, managing priorities at high responsibility/authority levels. Stays within prescribed project parameters; 100 percent bid/project completion rate.
Reliable, trustworthy, and conscientious; committed to establishing/maintaining customer satisfaction. Notable interpersonal/management skillsencourage and maximize capabilities of others. Interacts easily with customers, architects, engineers, suppliers, general contractors, purchasing, field supervision, labor force, and labor unions. Certified Master Electrician in (state levels) Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and (city level) Philadelphia. Excellent computer skills; proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel, Lotus Notes, and Internet navigation. Proven expertise in:
Business MethodsSales and MarketingPrivate Business Ownership (13+ years)
Bid/Estimation ProcessFinal Billing ProcessGeneral Construction Methods/Phases/Schedules
Hospital/Restaurant ProjectsGovernment ProjectsProject Budgets $100,000-$7.5 million
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BRUNS-PAK WORLDWIDE, Edison, New Jersey2006 - 2008
Senior Construction Manager
Concluded $ 7.5-million project New Data Center for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Concluded $ 4 million project for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals New UPS, Substation, Power Distribution, and Cooling Equipment.
Assisted in commissioning General Electrical Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Manage all phases of Data Center Construction, including bid procurement, bid review, tabulation, recommendation , scheduling, change orders, contractors meetings, owners meetings, requests for information and contractors monthly invoices, permits acquisition; cost negotiations/values engineering; and final billing.
HENKELS & MCCOY, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania1990- 2005
Senior Manager, Special Projects
Concluded $6+ million project for Dominion Telecom in eight months (from start to finish): installation of fiber-optic regeneration stations in Ohio and Indiana venues.
Manage all phases of electrical construction, including estimate origination; materials procurement; development/scheduling/supervision; permits acquisition; cost negotiations/values engineering; and final billing.
Contracted with IBM, Loral, Computer Sciences Corporation and Lockheed Martin, upgrading equipment in FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers nationwideplus Alaska and Hawaii.
Contracted with Detroit School District for IBM computer installation.
Fulfilled projects for US Sprint, Dominion Telecom, Philadelphia Gas Works, Philadelphia Electric Company, AT&T Wireless, New Jersey American Water Company, and Voice Stream Wireless.
Sub station installation at both the building and utility level.
J.S. MCGARVEY COMPANY, Moorestown, New Jersey1988-1989
Division Manager
Executed all phases of electrical construction, including estimate origination; materials procurement; development/scheduling/supervision of labor force; permits acquisition; cost negotiations; final billing.
BORRELL ELECTRIC, Tampa, Florida1987-1988
Superintendent
Coordinated schedules; planned and allocated manpower.
MICHAEL J. KOVAL CONTRACTING, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania1974-1987
Proprietor/General Contractor
Directed all electrical construction phases: estimate origination; materials procurement; labor force development/scheduling/supervision of labor force; permits acquisition; cost negotiations; final billing.
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