JOSEPH R. ESQUIVEL JR.

6940 Surrey Ct. • Las Vegas, NV 89145 • Joe3of12@hotmail.com

Home: 702-856-0609 • Cell: 702-810-6627

Project Manager, Supervisor, Foreman in the painting and paperhanging

field with over 20 years of experience is eager to assume
accountability for projects, start to finish, to ensure on time delivery,
quality workmanship, customer satisfaction and profitable earnings
for the company.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Masterful in managing multiple projects, commercial and residential from start to finish
• Establish excellent customer rapport to determine needs and wants, estimating project; budget cost,
time requirements, manpower needed, research materials and cost, hire and supervise crews
• Create plan of action for satisfactory completion and work closely with client entities i.e.; Architects
• Secure all permits required following county and company procedures, file pre-liens, complete proper
AIA documents for billing and change orders
• Perform and manage in field inspections to insure quality and adherence to plan or blueprints
• Create solutions to problems to reduce down time, increase revenue and allow more projects to be
scheduled to create more revenue
• Proven track record of professionalism, business development, management and sales with
exceptional image cognizance and brand building recognition ability to increase sales
• Accomplished to manage and motivate a team, work independently and in a team environment
with the goal of customer satisfaction building long term business relationships as a core profit center
• Ability to adapt to difficult situations, solution oriented problem solver and negotiator
• Focused and driven to achieve success in increasing revenue and profitability, addressing
operations, systems, controls, and procedures and increasing team productivity
• Clear communicator, presenter, analytical, team player, punctual, flexible, responsible, dependable

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
QuickBooks Pro Contractors Edition, Word, Outlook, Excel, Windows XP & Vista

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRESIDENT / PROJECT MANAGER / FOREMAN May 2005 to November 2009
WALLTERNATIVES Las Vegas, NV
Commercial and high end residential Painting: Interior/ Exterior, Wallcovering and Consulting
• Manage daily office operations to include; estimating, quotations, budget calculations per project,
licensing, permits, pre-lien filing, payroll, A/P and A/R, staff and crew management
• (QE) Qualified Employee for the company to ensure that all procedures were followed
• On site inspections in the field for all jobs and responsible for tailgate safety meetings and all logs

PAPERHANGER April 2004 to May 2005

BILL B. SHONING CONTRACTORS Las Vegas, NV
Carpentry, Lathing, Plastering, and Painting Contractors
• Wynn Hotel – Supervised crew and worked hanging wallcoverings in various rooms in selected suites
ensuring that the installation was applied correctly with correct wallcovering and achieved above
satisfactory quality and on time completion
FOREMAN October 2003 to March 2004
MIDWEST PRO PAINTING Las Vegas, NV
Painting Contractor; sandblasting, taping, drywall and wallcoverings
• Orleans Casino Tower 2 - Wallcovering foreman (New Construction)
• Responsible for supervision of crews hanging all wallcovering in new tower
• Organized, trained and scheduled crews, completed timecards, managed punch lists, ordered material
and equipment for job, worked with Architects, blueprints and change orders
• Coordinated with general contractor on completion schedules for on time and within budget success

INSTRUCTOR September 2002 to June 2003

PAINTERS LOCAL 159 Henderson, NV
In charge of all union painters in district council 15 covering Southern Nevada and parts of Arizona
• Created and wrote curriculum for The Basics of Hanging Wallcoverings and Blueprint Reading and
presented instruction to 3rd year Journeyman Painters Apprentices in a classroom setting
• Taught and graduated 4 classes of students, some of whom are foremen for other companies and
supervising and working with their own crews

FOREMAN December 2001 to March 2003

SWISS SERVICES Las Vegas, NV
Carpentry, painting contractor, custom millwork installation and custom painting and wallcoverings
• Wallcovering Foreman for all wallcovering projects: established crews, ordered all equipment, trained
on proper installation of wallcovering for all jobs and ensured on time completion and within budget
• Projects: Bali Hai Golf Resort, Las Vegas, NV, London Club /Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, NV

FOREMAN June 1998 to November 2001

MJ Di BASE INC. Las Vegas, NV
General Contractor: Carpentry and Painting
• Supervised and worked special installation jobs as assigned in field and in office
• Responsible for organizing crews, ordering equipment needed and inspecting completed jobs

OWNER February 1988 to April 1998

WALLTERNATIVES Elgin, IL
Painting and Wallcovering Contractor
• Performed all functions of daily operations to include: marketing, sales, estimating, project
management, office management, labor management
• Worked in the field as an installer specialist for problem jobs
• Consulted on 3rd party projects, problem solving for other contractors

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

JOURNEYMAN PAINTER July 1980
WASHBURNE TRADE SCHOOL Chicago, IL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, Elgin High School, Elgin, IL June 1976