Leadership

Craig Wehrmann: CEO/General Manager/Project Manager

Education: Washington University, St. Louis, Mo - Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Credentials: Seminars/training or past experience related to Project Manager/Vice President:

Capabilities:

Initiate the contract review process and coordinate with the production team including contract review meetings.
Manage Projects: Manage client relations, engineering and detailing, procurement, fabrication, erection, and other aspects including cost engineering, and safety requirements as deemed necessary.
Create definition of project scope with customer using drawings, descriptions, and project schedules.
Create and monitor project schedules.
Assure quality plans are created and sufficient to satisfy project requirements.
Manage RFI process with shop, detailers, and client.
Ensure that procedures that address the elements of the quality systems gateway complies with are in place and implemented.
Select, monitor and report to management on the measures that Gateway has selected to monitor the functioning of the quality system.
Assure that internal audits of the quality management systems are completed and effective.
Assure that the corrective action system is functioning and effective.
Function as liaison with customers and organizations outside the company on matters relating to the quality management system.

Education: Herculaneum High School, Herculaneum, Mo

Credentials: Seminars/training or past experience related to steel industry OSHA 30-Hour

Capabilities:

Held positions of prep foreman, fitter, assembly foreman, and plant manager
Communicates with and educates fellow employees with less experience.
Skilled in blueprint reading
Gained knowledge and demonstrates both supervisory and leadership skills in the fabrication business
Experience in organization and scheduling projects in order to meet or exceed customer expectations
Knowledge in the operation of a wide range of shop machinery

Education: Belleville Area College, Belleville, IL

Capabilities:

Education: Florissant Valley Community College, St. Louis, Mo

Credentials:

Seminars/training and experience related to Estimating/Sales
NACE Certified
Attended SSPC Program – Fundamentals of dry compressed air abrasive blast cleaning
Certified Forklift Operator
CPR Certified
Over 30 years of experience in blasting and coating for steel fabrication

Capabilities:

Skilled in blasting, industrial coating and preparing minor heavy industrial steel projects
Ability to educate and cross train employees
Expert in taking any project, finding necessary resources, planning, scheduling and meeting any customer needs/deadlines
Strong estimating and analytical skills
Leadership, quality control, scheduling, estimating, problem solving, solution developing, project management, team building, multi-tasking, and dealing directly with customers