Bret Cummock

Experience

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  Cummock Engineering

  Jun 1984 - Aug 1988

  Engineer / Surveyor

  Major responsibilities included performing civil engineering design and land surveying functions

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  ESM Consulting Engineers

  Aug 1988 - Nov 1997

  Principal / Vice President

  Major responsibilities included managing a civil engineering group of approximately 30 staff working on multiple commercial and residential development projects. Responsible for organizing and monitoring business development efforts, group and staff utilization, technical quality, mentoring project managers, and managing client relations of several large clients including Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and Weyerhaeuser Company

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  Forsgren Associates

  Dec 1997 - May 1999

  Development Manager

  Major responsibilities included managing a civil engineering group of approximately 10 staff working on multiple commercial and residential development project

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  Stantec

  May 1999 - Jun 2008

  Principal

  •ULE Mountain Region Practice Area LeaderFort Collins, CO 8/06 – 6/08Responsible for managing the business development efforts and general operational performance of the Urban Land Engineering (ULE) Profit Center with a staff of approximately 70 located in three offices including Fort Collins, CO, Denver, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT. Duties included working with local leadership to improve business development efforts, client management, and monitoring operational unit performance. Additional responsibilities included function as a Senior Project Manager for challenging and highly technical projects that require unique capabilities and management experience.•Colorado Office LeaderFort Collins, CO 9/00 – 8/06 As the Colorado Office Leader, responsible for managing and overseeing the daily operations of the Fort Collins office from 2001-2007 for a staff of approximately 65 and the Denver office from 2005-2006 for a staff of approximately 30. Duties included mentoring PM’s and providing leadership in both offices to resolve personnel issues, improve local morale and technical performance issues, establishing relationships with staff in other offices and practice areas to expand local services and expertise. Additional responsibilities included function as a Senior Project Manager for challenging and highly technical projects that require unique capabilities and management experience.•Project Manager – Site Development GroupSalt Lake City, UT 5/99 – 9/00Responsible for managing a site development group with a staff of 10 including oversight of technical design, business development, marketing, client relations, agency relations, and QA/QC.Provided Owner's Representation services for Intel on the Fort Collins Design Center to transform an existing 200,000 sf light electronics manufacturing facility into a new design center providing work space for 500 staff, a high performance data center, and test labs Show less

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  ESM Consulting Engineers

  Sept 2008 - May 2009

  Engineering Manager / Principal

  Managed the civil engineering group including a staff of 30. This premier civil engineering company provided civil engineering on numerous large scale residential and commercial development projects. Projects personally involved with included Northwest Landing, Snoqualmie Ridge, and Point Ruston

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  National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Jun 2009 - now

  As the Design Manager for Construction Line Item (CLI) projects (projects > $10 million), major responsibilities include establishing technical design objectives and ensuring all projects achieve the established technical design objectives including LEED certification, sustainability, and energy efficiency. All CLI Projects utilize performance based design-build and extensive knowledge of this project delivery method is crucial. Additional responsibilities include providing leadership and guidance to the Integrated Project Team related to technical project matters to ensure the successful completion of the project and that it meets owner expectations as well as conducting and managing design reviews, control account management for design activities, and monitoring compliance with NREL’s design standards. Design Manager experience at NREL includes intimate involvement in the following world class projects: Research Support Facility (two phases), Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility (two phases), Energy Systems Integration Facility, South Table Mountain Infrastructure (two phases), and the South Table Mountain Ingress-Egress. Show less

  • Program Director, PMC, Site Operations

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Manager, Project Management & Construction

    Jan 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Group Manager, PMEC (Project Management, Engineering, and Construction)

    Mar 2017 - Jan 2023

  • Sr. Facility Engineer/Project Manager/Design Manager

    Jun 2009 - Feb 2017