Andrew Snyder
Lee's Summit
Summary
Pursuing a long term rewarding career with an established firm. A seasoned Senior Project Manager with twenty plus years of diversified senior management experience coordinating offices, projects, personnel and special projects with a high degree of efficiency. Experienced in creating and building business relationships with Clients, Sr. VP’s, Directors, Architects, Engineers, Managers, Subcontractors and Suppliers. Effective in creating and ensuring proper lines of communication with team members. Accustomed at successfully managing project teams and scopes up to $35 Million per project.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Manager
KH Properties
Overland Park, KS
05.2021 - 02.2026
- Directed all construction department operations, overseeing multiple concurrent projects from pre-construction through completion while ensuring alignment with company strategic objectives.
- Built, led, and mentored multidisciplinary teams including project managers, superintendents, estimators, coordinators, and field personnel to drive accountability, performance, and project success.
- Developed and executed comprehensive project plans including scheduling, resource allocation, procurement strategies, and risk mitigation across a portfolio of projects.
- Managed departmental and project-level budgets, implementing rigorous cost control systems, forecasting models, and financial reporting to protect profitability and reduce budget variances.
- Oversaw project scheduling and production planning, ensuring projects consistently met critical milestones, contractual deadlines, and operational benchmarks.
- Directed contract administration, subcontractor negotiations, procurement, and change order management while maintaining strong vendor and partner relationships.
- Established and maintained executive-level reporting systems providing leadership with clear visibility into project performance, financial metrics, risks, and operational KPIs.
- Implemented standardized construction management processes and operational improvements that increased efficiency, improved schedule reliability, and strengthened cost tracking.
- Ensured strict compliance with safety regulations, building codes, quality standards, and contractual requirements while fostering a culture of safety and operational excellence.
- Collaborated with executive leadership, clients, architects, engineers, and stakeholders to align construction delivery strategies with broader business goals.
- Led strategic workforce planning including recruitment, training, and performance management to develop high-performing construction teams and strengthen departmental capabilities.
Centric
Kansas City, MO
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Manage multiple concurrent commercial projects.
- Effectively prepare project budget buyout documentation handed over from estimating.
- Organize and facilitate the complete construction process of assigned projects.
- Successful in completing projects to a high degree of professionalism and skill.
- Consistent in maintaining companies projected fee through project completion.
Sr Project Manager
Harmon Construction
Olathe, KS
08.2018 - 11.2019
- Responsible for Direct Reports of Project Administrators, Project Engineers, Project Managers and Superintendents.
- Closely assist with Pre-Construction Services and all facets of Project Negotiations.
- Take full charge of preparing and submitting all project documentation and reports, including close monitoring of budgets and cost reports to ensure the execution of projects within profitable margins.
Sr Project Manager
ARC, Allied Retail Concepts
Shawnee, KS
02.2015 - 08.2018
- A regional General Contracting firm specializing in the retail market with new development concepts, out of the ground buildings, rebranding, remodeling, new tenant improvements, working directly with national retail chains.
- Responsible for overseeing the entire project life cycle from pre-sales all the way through project completion and close out. Cradle to Grave.
- Work closely with National Directors of Construction, Property Owners, Property Developers, Commercial Realtors, Architects and Engineers.
Sr. Project Manager
Bear Claw Construction Management
Kansas City, MO
09.2013 - 02.2015
- A National Native American General Contracting firm that specializes in construction services, engineering services and environmental services with an emphasis on new construction, remodel and renovation on commercial properties and multi-family properties.
- Responsible for managing the companies’ large scale high risk and high-profile projects.
- Directly responsible for managing a staff of three project managers and two project administrators.
Director of Construction Operations / Sr. Project Manager
PKC Construction Company
Lenexa, KS
10.2012 - 08.2013
- A National General Contracting firm specializing in high-end tenant finishes and remodels in all 50 states.
- Manage Admin’s (3), Project Managers (3) & Superintendents (18-24) to ensure all projects responsibilities were being completed timely and within budget.
- Manage the companies more complex projects from start-up to close-out.
- Created and implemented a Master Project Schedule for all company construction projects to include personnel, project timeline and equipment assignment.
- Monitor Project Manager and Superintendent relations with Clients, Architects and Engineer contacts to facilitate construction activities.
- Worked closely with Estimators in the creating and review of estimates and project roll-over to the construction department.
Sr. Project Manager
Livers Bronze Company
Kansas City, MO
10.2010 - 10.2012
- A custom handrail supplier responsible for selling, designing, engineering, fabricating and installing very high end handrails nationally and internationally.
- Oversaw and managed the project management department which consisted of 5 project managers and a 5 man crew of installers.
- Created and maintained a departmental master project schedule that coordinated installation crews with project schedules per the customer’s requests.
- Managed the company’s higher profile more complicated scopes of work. Typically 10 to 20 concurrent projects ranging in value up to 1.5 million each.
- Planned, established and held weekly project status update meetings with PM’s.
- Reported and posted the project to other department heads.
- This effectively improved communication and schedules within the departments of engineering and fabrication to aid in forecasting of manpower and material needs to ensure that the project deliveries were completed timely to make the predetermined construction schedule.
Operations Manager
Meyer Complete
02.2005 - 03.2007
Sr. Project Manager
Meyer Brothers Building Company
Lee's Summit, MO
07.2003 - 08.2010
- A Design Build General Contracting Company where I successfully worked my way up through the company from starting out as a Sales/Project Manager, Operations Manager and completing my term as a Sr. Project Manager when the economy turned.
- I effectively demonstrated the capacity to provide comprehensive support for commercial construction projects.
- Adept at developing and maintaining construction processes that minimized redundancy, improved accuracy and efficiency while achieving and often exceeding company goal objectives.
- Senior Project Manager; After being presented the position of Meyer Complete Sales Manager, I choose to move over to a Sr. Project Manager of the newly formed Meyer Companies.
- The company encompassed five construction divisions and one real estate development division all under one roof.
- As a Sr. Project Manager for the Meyer Companies, I was successful in being challenged with completing any one of the six divisions more complex, high cost and or high risk projects.
- Typically managed 2 to 4 large scale projects concurrently.
- Most notably, I was appointed to serve on a team of four Sr. Project Managers who were tasked with constructing the Zona Rosa development project that lasted two years.
- Operations Manager; I effectively streamlined the internal communication and reporting processes to eliminate redundancies.
- This allowed the company to capitalize on field employees’ real time reporting, thus increasing the amount of work which ultimately increased the sales growth of that division by nearly 14%, aiding in the company’s expansion and growth into a multi-faceted company.
- Project Manager; Utilizing my experience in business management and sales, coupled with standard project management processes, I continuously held the highest gross profit margin increase in the company.
- Effectively and continuously increased project margins above company goals.
- Typically managed 10 to 18 projects concurrently with combined dollar values upwards to 5 million dollars.
- These successes ultimately aided in my promotion to Operations Manager.
District Manager/Operations Manager Full Service Department
Coca Cola Enterprises
Lenexa, KS
05.1993 - 07.2003
Education
Associate of Science - Graphic Design
Univ. of Missouri Kansas City
High School - undefined
Grandview Senior High School
Skills
- ProCore, PlanGrid, Sage Timberline, Microsoft Project, SureTrack Project Scheduler, BlueBeam Revu, Event One Forecasting, Microsoft Outlook, Auto-CAD, Planswift, Windows, Microsoft Office Suites
Certification
OSHA 30, CDLA, Forklift Certification, CPR Certification
Timeline
Construction Manager
KH Properties
05.2021 - 02.2026
Centric
11.2019 - 05.2021
Sr Project Manager
Harmon Construction
08.2018 - 11.2019
Sr Project Manager
ARC, Allied Retail Concepts
02.2015 - 08.2018
Sr. Project Manager
Bear Claw Construction Management
09.2013 - 02.2015
Director of Construction Operations / Sr. Project Manager
PKC Construction Company
10.2012 - 08.2013
Sr. Project Manager
Livers Bronze Company
10.2010 - 10.2012
Operations Manager
Meyer Complete
02.2005 - 03.2007
Sr. Project Manager
Meyer Brothers Building Company
07.2003 - 08.2010
District Manager/Operations Manager Full Service Department
Coca Cola Enterprises
05.1993 - 07.2003
High School - undefined
Grandview Senior High School
Associate of Science - Graphic Design
Univ. of Missouri Kansas City