Award-winning, innovative professional analyzing, designing, implementing and teaching all aspects of safety and process improvement and alternative means and methods to perform tasks quickly and efficiently without incident, accident or loss of life, health, financial or physical wellbeing. Create and use leadership, communication and relational database skills to streamline information, track data and capture and share new processes to raise awareness and change operations for greater fitness and safety of staff and greater profitability in business operations. Develop expertise and certifications to extensively benefit company and industry partners providing training and promotion of new safety systems and frameworks for ongoing improvements, resulting in saved time, money and lives. Specialized capabilities include:
Safety Awareness • Incident Investigation • Process Engineering and Improvement • Innovation
Operational Streamlining • Strategic Planning • Culture Change • Project Management
Research • Training and Development • Construction Management • RDB • Property Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WEYERHAEUSER-MARACAY HOMES, Scottsdale, Arizona • 2004 - Present
A home-building division purchased and operated by Weyerhaeuser, a multi-million dollar real estate firm.
Safety Director (2006 – Present): Supervise directly the safety of 120 office, sales, warehouse and construction staff in multiple cities nationwide and indirectly support safety of 280 trades and their owners. Collect, compile, analyze, document, and maintain photo logs of recordable safety observations related to incidents, and near accidents, creating Spanish/English toolbox talks. Perform new and renewal of employee and trade safety orientations and training sessions. Obtained no-cost flu vaccinations, health club and weight watcher discounts and provide a monthly company newsletter. Maintain an employee information database for quick access and automation of reminders related to safety training, renewal of licenses and insurance, and other pertinent employee information. Participate in collaborative sessions with trades and workers to promote production-and-safety-driven work processes, analysis of potential job hazards, associated costs, and alternative processes. Capture all findings in handbooks, scope of works, and monitoring procedure documents for field superintendents. Lead each trade in commitment to monthly safety training and assembly of a Job Process Manual listing sequence/time/frequency of tasks and duties. Certified as one of 20 Incident Investigators worldwide for Level 1-2 Accidents (fatalities), and as a Health and Safety Exchange Auditor Trainer for SEA (Safety Excellence in Action) SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan), and for Level 3-4 Accidents. Highlights include:
• Increased revenues 8%, while redefining and promoting “best trade†contract awards based on low dollar bid and also reduced cycle times, material costs, labor hours and lower number of injuries.
• Obtained free safety training for Maracay and trade employees, developing partnerships with ADOSH.
• Saved company $60K securing free in-house OSHA 10, Dust Control, SWPPP and CPR training.
• Generated $15K for company and saved trade contractors over $35K increasing safety and acquiring train-the trainer status, then offering “reduced rate, subsidized†training in OSHA 10, CPR, and more.
• Contributed extensively to safety, health and profitability, receiving many awards, including Maracay Above and Beyond Award eight times for innovation and accomplishments, a Presidential Award, national recognition for automating Health and Safety Exchange survey results, awards for lowest recordable incident rates, and for safety and excellence from Safety Systems and OSHA in 2006.
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Construction Manager (2004 – 2006): Hired, trained and supervised Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Quality Control Superintendents and Customer Service Representatives; a total of 16 employees. Oversaw trade production, development of work scopes, managed cost over runs, change orders, customer service, and input into sales proposals and pricing. Drafted changes to blueprints, requested and collected trade bids, applied for city permits, and monitored and updated schedules and safety data. Designed and provided video training to establish standard operating procedures in support of lower build times, fast customer changes, improved scheduling, monitor of trade billings for discrepancies, and analysis of job hazards. Created a Job Process Manual outlining daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly tasks and expectations for each job position as well as locations of materials, samples of forms and alternate computer files. Greatest strength remains effective and strategic use of robust information access and sharing leveraging relational database technology to proactively schedule, collaborate and implement improvement strategies, reminders, and track sales and production data for increased productivity and profitability. Other departments requested same database systems.
• Slashed production time 10%, reduced customer services calls 38% yearly, and raised a JD Powers ranking 5 places by transforming 4 hours weekly clerical scheduling time into hours direct reports identified and corrected substandard trade performances, earning promotions for all trainees.
• Increased company revenues qualifying for market and supplier discounts and saving over $320K in permit refunds for “green†projects, using database technology to track type of options sold.
• Recaptured $210K in billing errors each year, eliminating double billing and duplicate check requests using database technology to track trade billing, VPOs and POs.
• Recouped several hours each month per employee, compiling and sharing crucial employee data.
• Produced 20% higher output than forecasted in all divisions, received 6 Maracay Homes Above and Beyond Awards, bonuses, stocks, vacations and earned distinction as top leader for greatest volume of newly-developed standardized and automated construction processes adopted company-wide.
WILLIAM LYON HOMES/PRESLEY HOMES, Scottsdale, Arizona • 1999 - 2002
Two homebuilding firms merge, specializing in high-end residential construction of 200 homes per year.
Project Manager: Coordinated all aspects of land development for residential home building, including plotting of homes on lots, acquisition of city permits, drafting blue print custom changes, provision of customer service and building pricing options. Promoted sales to out-of-state buyers, creating and sending email and photo journals. Scheduled prestart meeting with owners and trades, tracked billing, PO’s, general safety, Dust Control, and SWPPPs. Supervised all community sales and trade performance.
Leveraged relational database technology to track and communicate 400 building product options, including colors, styles, pricing and to accurately track cost and order changes for access by field workers, trades, and buyers and to provide extended customer service to homeowners who receive computer generated pictures, detailed status reports and what to expect the next several days on construction of their new homes.
• Managed 75-80% greater workload output than comparable project managers and reduced production times 18% by effectively maintaining and tracking 40-70 custom homes under production.
• Slashed work charges 72% virtually eliminating typical double billing and missed options.
• Recovered $1500 per home credit paid by municipalities as responsibility for damage to sidewalks was captured with photos captured in relational database.
• Provided over 60% of Arizona production, receiving 2001 Lyon’s Pride Award, for California/Arizona Project Manager who exceeded projected revenue forecasts for a year by the highest percentage.
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UNIVERSAL HOMES, Phoenix, Arizona • 1998 - 1999
A startup homebuilding firm specializing in management and construction of golf resort subdivisions.
Project Manager: Provided comprehensive support and co-created infrastructure needed to manage and cultivate a successful startup business, including drafting of contracts, scopes of work, identifying option selections, pricing, building sales proposals, overseeing purchasing, accounts payable, billing, start orders, permits, reviewing architectural design, managing customer changes, scheduling construction, coordinating HOA maintenance and repairs, ensuring customer service and satisfaction and engaging in a wide range of human resource tasks.
• Expedited 75% of stagnant sales, resulting in a “sold out†community in 8 months after implementing strategic plan including redesigns, revamped model homes, rebidding of trades and options, updated landscapes and community events.
• Slashed production times 28% over previous management company records.
• Optimized training and effective positioning skills to alter and promote a formerly “doomed†product line.
• Generated necessary revenues to launch new projects.
• Procured high value perception of community development, ensuring progress was recognized, celebrated and adequately discovered, earning listing as RL Browne Top Performer for eight consecutive months.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Associate of Arts, Drafting (GPA: 4.0)
Phoenix Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Arizona
Associate of Arts, Construction Management (GPA: 4.0)
Rio Salado Community College, Phoenix, Arizona
Bachelor of Science, Occupational Safety and Health (GPA: 4.0)
Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama
Masters of Business Administration, Construction Management (GPA: 4.0)
Columbia Southern University, Orange Beach, Alabama
ADDITIONAL COURSES/TRAINING/SELF-DEVELOPMENT
American Red Cross Grand Canyon Chapter, Certified Instructor CPR, FA, AED
International Risk Control of America, Certified Incident Investigator
OSHA Training Institute Rocky Mountain Education Center, OSHA 10 Trainer
Scaffold Training Institute, Certified Scaffold Inspection and Training
FMP Institute Bachelor Degree in Scriptology and Relational Database Design
Safety Training Institute, Recognized Train-the-Trainer for; Forklift, Trench and Excavation, Fall Protection, Ladders and Scaffolding
PROFESSIONAL/BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS
ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers • NASP National Association of Safety Professionals
VPPP Voluntary Protection Plan Participant OSHA • HBACA Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona
WTC Wood Truss Council • ARS American Roofer Society • ICC International Code Council
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent Spanish
Comprehensive List of Technical Skills is Available upon Request
FRANK A. CUDA
4335 East Vista Drive • Phoenix, Arizona 85032
602.626.0316 • pabearcuda[at]aol.com
Dear Sir/Dear Madam:
Leading by example, operating intentionally, facilitating collaborative relationships, introducing innovation, leveraging technology, and cultivating conditions to nurture safe, self-motivated productive employees for healthy evolution of a business, are tasks I appreciate and for which I have experienced much success. I extend to you over 20 years of proof that I extensively utilize my leadership, communication and relational database skills to extend information, track data, reduce errors and eliminate unnecessary loss of profits, sales and physical and emotional well-being by capturing and sharing tools and practices for greater fitness and safety of staff and greater profitability in business operations.
Should you hire me as your new Safety and Project Manager, your business goals will be the basis for my relationship with you and I will apply my strengths in strategic planning, development of your leaders, and introduction of new frameworks and processes to strengthen the foundation of your company. Today my purpose is to present you with evidence of my capabilities, work ethic and commitment to excellence. I am providing you with this detailed resume as well as the following highlights achieved during my career. I have:
• Increased revenues 8%, while redefining and promoting “best trade†contract awards based on low dollar bid, plus reduced cycle times, material costs, labor hours and number of injuries.
• Saved $60K at one firm securing free OSHA 10, Dust Control, SWPPP and CPR training.
• Generated $15K for company and saved trade contractors over $35K acquiring train-the trainer status, then offering “reduced rate, subsidized†training in OSHA 10, CPR, and more.
• Received countless awards, including Maracay Above and Beyond Award eight times for innovation and accomplishments, a Presidential Award, and national recognition for survey results.
• Slashed production time 10%, customer services calls 38%, and raised JD Powers ranking 5 places.
• Increased company revenues qualifying for market and supplier discounts and saving over $320K.
• Recaptured $210K in billing errors each year, eliminating double billing and duplicate check requests.
• Managed 75-80% greater workload output than comparable project managers and reduced production times 18% by effectively maintaining and tracking 40-70 custom homes under production.
• Slashed work charges 72% eliminating double billing and missed options, recovered $1500 per home
• Provided over 60% of Arizona homes, receiving 2001 Lyon’s Pride Award for William Lyon Homes.
• Expedited 75% of stagnant sales, resulting in a “sold out†community in 8 months, slashed production times 28% and earned RL Browne Top Performer title eight consecutive months at Universal Homes.
Attentive to crucial details and laser-focused on meeting your goals, I bring you strong leadership, extensive practical, real-world experience and abundant ideas for growth and improvement. Equally important, you will receive my loyalty, high integrity, dedication, dependability and positive attitude. My highest goal is to help others obtain success and satisfaction in their work and relationships. As your Safety and Project Manager, I will provide you, your staff and your clients a superior level of professionalism and results. Thank you for your consideration of my resume. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Frank A. Cuda
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