Peter Jacobsen- MBA, PMP

Experience

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  Peace Corps

  Feb 1995 - Jun 1997

  Public Health-

  Designed and managed the construction of a community running water system involving UNICEF, USAID, Government of Paraguay, and Local Community; initiated a community based sanitary latrine program with the aid of UNICEF enabling 32 families to improve the quality of sanitation and establish a rotating fund to build additional latrines; revitalized and facilitated a 25 member womens' organization dedicated to improving health skills and knowledge in the community. Sectors: International Work, Government Work, Water Sanitation and Health.Served in Paraguay, Group A-19 Show less

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  MSI General Inc

  Aug 1997 - Aug 2000

  Project Manager

  Responsibilities included managing the remodeling of active retail stores up to 40,000 square feet; facilitating weekly job meetings; creating extensive schedules; and communicating daily with project team members. Job duties also included balancing relationships between owner, subcontractors and personnel on projects in the field and interpreting and implementing construction drawings in a design-build work environment.

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  NES Traffic Safety

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2005

  Assistant Manager

  --Traffic Signing and Marking Responsibilities include scheduling and maintaining a seasonal labor force ranging from two to twenty employees; direct weekly safety meetings for employees to review OSHA laws and discuss how they apply to specific duties; adapt continuously to a quickly changing work environment including equipment and personnel resources; manage up to twenty jobs simultaneously throughout southeastern Wisconsin each with competing timelines and labor demands; execute daily and weekly evaluations of job sites to ensure compliance with state and federal safety standards; maintain open communication with branch employees; provide leadership in the development of safety procedures and processes to continuously improve the overall performance of the branch; and ensure that the relationship between clients and our company is viewed as an asset to our customers business plan. Show less

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  AECOM

  Aug 2005 - now

  I work closely with WisDOT to implement targeted Project Management techniques including program implementation, goal setting, resource allocation, skills development, and process improvement. I continue to advise the client on means and methods for schedule coordination and cost tracking, design review, issue and risk management, coordination with 3rd parties, change order evaluation and trend analysis. Responsibilities Include• Provide real-time document management available to project team. gather, evaluate, verify, and report weekly/monthly project status of issues/risks, schedule, contract modifications, budget/cost, potential claims, RFI, DIN, and material submittals• Ensure cost monitoring is consistent with Client financial systems. Monitor budget, committed cost, paid to date, schedule and variances to provide realistic and timely cost & time to complete. • Provide Master Program Scheduling including consistent WBS and client directed milestones• Expedite & safeguard project information for historical documentation. Develop and implement new database templates for meeting notes, issues and risks; budgets, costs and projected overruns. • Develop, implement, test and roll-out tracking system, for managing the close out of construction projects from execution to final payment.• Collaborate with Client, to develop and write the program management plan, establish goals and targets, assign set roles and responsibilities, and corrective measures to meet objectives.• Develop responsibility matrix to ensure the successful transfer of knowledge to client staff and other consultants• Provide leadership to a diverse staff in multiple locations serving the same client Show less Construction Manager as Agent (CMa) for the Milwaukee Federal Building Façade Restoration Project at Milwaukee Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse to General Services Administration (GSA). Responsibilities include collaborate with entire project team (A/E, GSA, Contractor, tenants) to drive project progress, quality, and financial metrics; Manage the project using Federal contracting and PMI recognized practices. Specifically; facilitate weekly meeting, RFI and submittal management; Cost tracking of budgets, invoices, allowance requests, change orders. Schedule review and analysis using Microsoft project tools. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Aug 2005 - now

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2005 - now