SUMMARY
Registered Professional Engineer (TN) in Civil Engineering with 10 years of experience in Construction Materials Testing (CMT) and Geotechnical (GEO), including 2 years managing a CMT Department, which employed a staff of 7 to 14 laboratory and field technicians and 2 to 4 project managers. Responsibilities for the laboratory and field technician staff included training, scheduling, equipping, and assigning daily work tasks. Mentored project managers on both technical and management challenges and also delegated daily and weekly tasks during scheduled departmental meetings. Also authored, developed scope and pricing, and reviewed Geotechnical (GEO) and CMT proposals at both the Project Manager (PM) and Principal Engineer (PE) level. Consistently managed 20 to 30 CMT and GEO projects on a monthly basis. As of December 1, 2012, the CMT Department was responsible for approximately 79% of 2012 total office sales volume, and I managed at the PM or PE level approximately 58% of the total office sales volume through the same period. Reviewed and approved CMT Department monthly project invoices at both the PM and PE level, vetted equipment purchases/repairs and developed payment structures, and also performed payroll review and approval for up to 16 departmental personnel. Implemented strategies for new lines of CMT and GEO business based out of our local office and capitalized on opportunities to complement our sales volume with over $120,000 in sales from new local office lines of work in 2012 alone.
EXPERIENCE
November 2010 –December 2012 Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) Nashville, TN
Construction Materials Testing Department Manager
• Reviewed field technician daily reports and concrete laboratory test results at both Project Manager (PM) and Principal Engineer (PE) level. Distributed field reports to clients on average from 36 to 55 hours from day of site visit, concrete lab reports on average from 7 to 24 hours from day testing completed. Reviewed approximately 70 to 140 field reports and 120 to 440 concrete reports per month.
• Coordinated multi-phase construction projects from ground breaking to completion regarding geotechnical, materials testing, and environmental services while providing engineering consulting to members of the design team for efficient and economic delivery of the project relative to ECS’ scope of work. Projects were administered at both the PM and PE level.
• Authored proposals for a variety of both CMT and GEO projects and different types of construction. Proposals were tailored to owners, architects, structural engineers, contractors, and homeowners; with a scope of work which incorporated the client’s needs with consideration to the project documents and building codes.
• Overhauled concrete and soils laboratory operations to improve efficiency and reduce costs while overseeing an Army Corps of Engineers certified concrete and soils testing laboratory. Also responsible for the office Quality Systems Manual and maintaining required documentation.
• Engaged in marketing and business development through professional organization meetings, technical lunch and learn events, and on-site face to face client visits while maintaining a database of approximately 450 clients. Targeted upcoming projects and introduced ECS to the owner and members of the design team in a successful bid to win a large multi-story project worth over $300,000 in office sales over a 2 year period.
• Performed geotechnical project management, including proposal and report writing, for variety of single and multi-story buildings and garages; and functioned at both PM and PE levels. Experienced with conventional subsurface exploration techniques and methods.
• Led Geophysical testing with experience in field data collection and processing of Electrical Resistivity for underground mapping/imaging and corrosion resistance, Shear Wave Velocity testing using the Refraction Microtremor method, and Ground Penetrating Radar. Issued final reports with recommendations. Performed cost/benefit analysis of adding new lines of work and capital investment into specialized geophysical equipment.
ECS Project Experience Highlights
• Omni Hotel, Nashville, TN (CMT) – 22 story hotel in downtown Nashville, TN which is currently underway. This multi-year project is being constructed on an accelerated schedule. The building is founded on shallow rock supported foundations with reinforced concrete high strength concrete columns (>7000 psi) and post-tension elevated slabs. Performed settlement analysis for value engineering of foundations due to weathered rock seams in the bearing strata and also administered rock anchor testing program for the 4 tower crane foundations.
• Fort Campbell Wastewater Treatment Plant, Clarksville, TN (CMT)- Expansion of the existing WWTP to include 2 reinforced concrete clarifiers and 1 oxidation basin supported on micropile deep foundations. This project was expected for a 2 year duration and will complete with ECS’ scope of work in December 2013.
• MTSU Student Services Building and Parking Garages, Murfreesboro, TN (CMT and GEO) – A pair of 4 level parking garages supported by drilled shaft deep foundations are currently underway with a reinforced concrete frame and post-tension elevated slabs. During the CMT portion, provided value engineering services through down-hole inspection of drilled shafts to reduce the required rock socket depth by 2/3, which resulted in a schedule savings of approximately 1 week. The building is a 2 story steel-framed structure bearing on soil supported shallow foundations with 4 moment frames. During the GEO phase, incorporated shear wave velocity testing to improve the recommended Seismic Site Class from C to B for use in structural design.
• Belmont Art and Sciences Building and Parking Garage, Nashville, TN (GEO) – 5 story structure with 3 below grade levels of parking in West Nashville surrounded by existing buildings on the college campus. Incorporated shear wave velocity testing to improve the recommended Seismic Site Class from B to A, resulting in cost savings to the owner of approximately $50,000. Presented potential cost and schedule alternatives regarding the exposed rock face of the below grade parking structure to facilitate the schedule of construction.
May 2002-November 2010 Professional Engineers, Inc. Knoxville, TN
Field Technician (2002-2005) and Staff Professional (2005-2010)
Employed for 3 years as field technician during the summer break and throughout the school year while completing my Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During that time, duties included daily concrete cylinder compressive strength testing, soils, and Spray Applied Fire Resistant Material (SF...
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