Stacy Mckaskle
I've been in project management for over 10 years, and I'm currently a project manager for new construction, a position I've held for 2 years. My day-to-day involves Teams meetings with multiple large companies, emailing back and forth with vendors and customers, submitting orders, and ensuring that everything from the start of an order to completion flows properly. I work with riser companies and third-party vendors, handling different emergencies that can pop up and throw projects off course. I have the pleasure of working from home or in the office, which really helps with family life since I have 5 kids and a husband who works out of the house. Before this role, I ran a small family-owned plumbing company for 6 years where I was the office manager and dispatcher. I did the accounting, accounts payable, handled all the permits, put together all the contracts, reached out to vendors and coordinated everything. I basically wore all of the hats needed to run a complete business and dispatched the guys to their jobs. Prior to moving to Missouri, I lived in Tennessee where I was an administrative coordinator for the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors, which is where my journey started. I have a degree in human and social services with a focus on human development, minored in law, and also got my associate's degree in applied science. My main area of expertise is absolutely project coordination to the T. I use it in my everyday life, in my family life, personal life, friendship calendars, travel, work. It's everything to me. I coordinate everything, and I feel like I've mastered it at this point.
• Degree in Human and Social Services/Human Development
• Minor in Law
• Associate's Degree in Applied Science
• Held women's group at homeless shelter
• Salvation Army volunteer
• Appeared on news every Wednesday
• Worked with kids in various capacities
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to dedication and time management. I manage my time and all my efforts very carefully. I also thrive in high-stress environments for some reason, and I've never understood that, but that's always helped me persevere. I think another reason I thrive in high-stress situations is because it's just something I've been used to doing since I was a little girl. I came from a very poor family where my parents were both drug addicts, and I feared being a statistic. Once I became a mother, I did everything in my path to never have my children go through what I had to go through as a kid. I just kind of knew what I didn't want to do in life and what I didn't want to have happen, so I just continued to keep going, even through the battles.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say, if you fail, try again. If you don't keep trying, you're not going to succeed. Don't let the hard times get you down. It's a minor setback, building for a better future, and just keep pushing forward. You can do it, you know? Everybody can do it. You can do it.
Locations
Private Company
St.louis, MO