B.R. Kreider & Son Inc., an excavating, paving and site management company based in Manheim, with a second location in Quarryville, recently announced the retirement of Jim Kreider, previous third-generation owner and vice president.

Kreider began his career B.R. Kreider and Son Inc. as a truck driver and then as an estimator. Later, Kreider held the positions of vice president of finance and administration, vice president of operations and then vice president of administration. He is also an adviser to the B.R. Kreider & Son Inc. board of directors and will maintain that position.

Kreider is a graduate of Lancaster Mennonite High School and earned a Certificate in Management from Elizabethtown College. He is a former member of the Inter-County Contractors Association, Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association and Associated Builders and Contractors.

He is a former director of the Manheim Chamber of Commerce and at Camp Hebron Association, as well as a past chairman. He remains an active volunteer at Camp Hebron. Kreider is a member of Manheim BIC Church and resides in Manheim with his wife, Linda. They have three adult children, Faith, Heidi and Jim, and eight grandchildren.