GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER

Michael R Steen

**** ****** **.

Colorado Springs CO

Cell 719-***-****

Home 719-***-****

acsf0f@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Military Construction – 2015- September 15, 2015 – Mr. Steen was the on-site geotechnical engineer and cmt lab manager for US. Army Corps of Engineers project at a military base on the Big Island of Hawaii. His work included geotechnical observations and recommendations, independent third party quality control, setting up and managing a construction material testing lab and writing all the reports.

September, 2014 – 2015 – Self-employed engineering geologist and geotechnical engineer working in Colorado, Wyoming and North Dakota.

Terracon – 2014 – August 17, 2014 - Senior staff engineer in Little Rock, Arkansas where Mr. Steen was involved in proposal writing, geotechnical design and analysis, report writing, assigning soil laboratory tests, laying out boring sites and supervising drilling operations throughout Arkansas.

Self-Employed-2009 to 2014 – From November of 2009 to the present, Mr. Steen has worked as a contract-engineering geologist with energy producers in Wyoming, North and South Dakota. The work consisted mainly of supervising the installation of groundwater monitoring wells, subsurface soil investigations for retention dams, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments and foundation recommendations for structures at mining and drilling sites.

Entech Engineering-2007 to 2009 – Engineering geologist and geotechnical engineer for Entech Engineering in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Steen wrote geotechnical soils reports and made foundation recommendations for commercial and residential construction. He also designed pavement sections for city, county and state roads and worked with the structural engineers in the company to assist them in their building designs. He performed geohazards investigations and wrote ESA reports for commercial and residential sites and gave environmental remediation recommendations.

Earth Engineering Consultants-2005 to 2007 – Geotechnical and geological engineer for the Colorado Springs Earth Engineering office. Mr. Steen has extensive experience in performing geotechnical and geologic investigations along the Front Range from Fort Collins to Pueblo, Colorado. He has been involved in large government and commercial projects in Colorado, both as a geologist mapping and identifying geologic and environmental hazard and giving recommendations for their remediation.

WWC Engineering-2000 to 2005 – Geotechnical and geological engineer for WWC Engineering, Casper, Wyoming, where he performed soils and groundwater investigations. Mr. Steen was responsible for all the subsurface investigations at the Casper office. He did the marketing and client contact in this field and also performed the geology fieldwork, supervision of the installation of monitoring wells and the writing of Phase I and Phase II ESA. Mr. Steen has experience in remediation designs for brown field industrial sites, landfills and commercial sites such as the Casper landfill and BP-Amoco sites. He also has experience with environmental work on Superfund Sites in South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming.

He has also been involved in extensive testing of groundwater and the design of CBM reservoirs and wells. He is very familiar with the soils and geology of the Powder River Basin and Rocky Mountains. Mr. Steen has had extensive experience with different types of drilling and sampling equipment, lab testing and report writing. He has supervised and trained the majority of the field and laboratory technicians on all the projects he has worked on.

KCE-1998-2000 – Geotechnical engineer for KCE in Lakewood, Colorado. Mr. Steen performed geotechnical drilling and subsurface soils investigations and wrote geotechnical reports for foundation recommendations for ski lodges and town homes in Vail-Breckenridge area and commercial construction in Denver.

Homestake Mine-1997-1998 – Underground mining geologist for Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. The work included underground mapping, surveying and grade control ore.

1995-1998 – Graduate student at South Dakota School of Mines. Mr. Steen was the laboratory manager for the commercial soils testing laboratory at the school and the undergraduate soils laboratory instructor for three semesters.

1975-1995 – Mr. Steen was the owner and manager of an agricultural and irrigation supply company. He designed and installed large irrigation pumps, pipes and sprinkler systems. He also managed the drilling large diameter water wells and dewatering operations for construction sites and mines.

EDUCATION

MsCE. Geotechnical Engineering – South Dakota School of Mines

Bs. Geology – University of Wyoming

QUALIFICATIONS

I have been a manager, owner or supervisor at all the positions I have held. As former small business owner, I have learned that customer loyalty and delivering your services on time are vital for any company to succeed. I am very dedicated to achieving that goal. I am a good manager and always try to be polite and courteous to all people I am associated with but again the work has to come before all else. The most important part of my formal education was that it taught me how to research and learn what I don’t know and I find every new project a learning experience.

REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATES

P.G. Professional Geologist- Wyoming, PG-3526, Colorado, South Dakota and North Dakota

Exit EIT-SD

MSHA surface and underground mine certification

OSHA-40, HS sulfide, methane monitoring

Radiation safety officer, Troxler certified

South Dakota DOT QC/QA

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office

Excel

GINT

Geoslope

L-Pile

Basic finite elements

Basic AutoCAD

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