and will be managing everything from concrete , to project managers on site and tracking schedules .
His work can be seen firsthand at the Jeffersonville Town Center , especially in the areas of the Hobby Lobby and TJ Maxx stores .
“ That has been my home since the Menards store started there ,” he said . “ It was a good opportunity because the project involved both our real estate division and our construction division .”
The new position allows him to experience both the construction side of things and the real estate side of the business .
Being able to work on projects that benefit Southern Indiana is something Mitch Koetter said he ’ s proud of .
“ It ’ s that sense of gratitude ,” he said . “ It ’ s nice being able to have conversations with friends . For example I was getting my haircut and someone was like ‘ What ’ s going in next to HomeGoods ?’ And I ’ m able to say , ‘ That ’ s Academy Sports .’
He said people are excited when he ’ s able to share that knowledge .
“ We can look back it , especially the four years I ’ ve been there . It ’ s nice to look back , go down the railroad and say ‘ Yeah , that ’ s been us ,” he said .
Tood Magner is someone who ’ s not a member of the Koetter family that ’ s taking over the President of Construction role . He ’ s in his 35th year with the company .
“ It ’ s been a blast , it really has ,” Magner said . “ I ’ ve never had a day I ’ ve dreaded coming in .”
He said that culture has kept him there and many people he ’ s worked with have been there for a long time .
“ When Bob asked me if I ’ d consider ( taking the role ) , first of all it was a huge honor to be considered ,” he said . “ I ’ ve done one job pretty much my entire career here ,” he said . “ About fiveyears into that I got into the estimating and sales division , so I ’ ve been doing that ever since .”
As President , he said he ’ s looking forward to making connections with the staff .
“ My preferred method is in person , rather than emails and texts and things like that ,” he said . “ I really want to try to make a lot more personal contact with employees , our clients and our subcontractors .”
Brian Keith , who has been with Koetter for 19 years , has been named
the President of Koetter Building Services . For his first 12 years with the company he worked in Human Resources and was the director of that department before transitioning to building services .
In his new position he will focus on three business components , repairs and maintenance , fall protection and bourbon remediation .
“( Transition from HR ) started out by accident , they needed some help because the division was a one-man show ,” Keith said . “ He went out and got more work than one person could handle . I decided to step in . We decided because of his work and the foundation he built , we could grow that into a viable business .”
The first year of Koetter Building Services the company brought in $ 500,000 in revenue and now it ’ s around $ 8 million .
Keith said he ’ s been with the company so long because of the culture .
“ Here as a manager we have always been included , our opinions have been valued ,” he said .” It is showing all of our employees , you have opportunity here . You don ’ t ’ have to be family to be moved to the next level .”