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EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
Susan M. Mehl, P.E.
El Dorado Hills, California 95762
916-***-**** (Home) 916-***-**** (Cell)
Email: *******@*******.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a Project Manager/Senior Civil Engineer position.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Civil engineering professional with over 14 years of experience designing and developing progressively more
complex land development projects with a significant emphasis on school site work over the last three years.
Broad-based expertise ranges from initial surveying through all phases of design and drafting, obtaining
permits, and the successful construction of projects.
• High attention to detail: insists on the highest quality product with consideration to deadline,
scope and liability.
• Ability to ‘think out of the box’ to devise creative and cost effective design solutions.
• Effective collaborator: creates atmosphere of cooperation with developer, project team
members, consultants, contractors, and public agencies.
• Focused, organized, articulate: conveys clear objectives, conceptualizes end results, and
executes changes to meet goals and deadlines.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis June 1995
Registered Civil Engineer, R.C.E. No. 62735, State of California 2002
SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING TOOLS
• AutoCAD with Land Development Desktop
• MS Project, Word, and Excel
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Warren Consulting Engineers, Inc., Engineering firm, Folsom, CA 2007-2011
PROJECT MANAGER (September 2007 to May 2011)
Prepared improvement plans and accompanying engineering documents for school improvement projects.
Worked under the direction of the Project Architect to ensure the site improvements are ADA compliant, cost
effective and meets the client’s needs. Prepared OPSC cost estimates for State reimbursement. Worked
diligently with state and local agency officials to see permit processes through to successful conclusion.
Select projects include:
• South Tahoe High School, South Lake Tahoe, CA. – Improvements included site work for
two new two-story classrooms, performing arts building, gym modernization, stadium
modernization and a new student union building. Preparation of Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency package for land coverage and water quality treatment.
• South Tahoe Middle School, South Lake Tahoe, CA. – Improvements include site work for a
new two-story classroom. Preparation of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency package for land
coverage and water quality treatment.
• Beale Healthcare Clinic Modernization and site improvements, Beale Air Force Base-
prepared demolition plan to remove several out buildings to make room for temporary
buildings for displaced employees during modernization of the facility. Improvements
include new loading dock, additional parking area, a haz-mat area, a remote technologies
building and provide ADA improvements to temporary and permanent facilities and drainage
improvements.
• El Dorado Union High School, Placerville, CA. – prepared improvements for new culinary
arts building and track restroom facility.
• Ponderosa High School, Shingle Springs, CA. – new student parking lot and parent drop off
with offsite road widening.
• New Woodland Elementary School, Woodland, CA. – design of new elementary campus.
• New Edgewater Elementary School, Linda, CA. – design of new elementary campus in
several phases; rough grading, site improvements and portable classrooms.
• Lindhurst High School, Olivehurst, CA. – prepared multiple projects on this campus which
include new portable classroom addition, two-story classroom, remote storage building and
a feasibility study for a new student parking lot.
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EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
G.C. Wallace of California, Inc., Engineering, Planning, and Surveying firm, Sacramento, CA 2002 – 2007
PROJECT MANAGER (December 2005 to September 2007)
PROJECT ENGINEER (August 2002 to December 2005)
Prepared, supervised, and reviewed project documents. Mentored and trained both design and drafting
team members. Collaborated with design teams to ensure project vision was met while maintaining
functionality. Worked diligently with agency officials to see permit processes through to successful
conclusion. Select projects include:
• Two mixed-use buildings at 401 Broadway in downtown Sacramento, CA.
• Promenade at Sacramento Gateway, a 126-acre retail & office project in Sacramento, CA
included a sanitary sewer lift station, a storm water pump station, a detention basin and
public roadway improvements.
• Widening of Gateway Park Blvd for the TGIF Frontage Improvements in Sacramento, CA.
• Terraces at Commerce Station, a 78 building multifamily project sited on 20-acres in
Sacramento, CA.
• Natomas Place Master Planned Residential Development in Sacramento, CA. included road
improvements and storm water pump station.
• The Enclave Residential Development by Ryland Homes in Folsom CA.
David Evans and Associates, Inc., Engineering, Planning, and Surveying firm, Roseville, CA 1999 – 2002
PROJECT ENGINEER
Managed and designed mid to large -sized residential projects. Select projects included:
• Paradise Creek Residential Development of 95 units for Western Pacific Housing, Fairfield,
California.
• Happy Valley Golf Course Residential Development of 34 units plus clubhouse site plan for
the City of Pleasanton, California.
• Whitney Oaks Master Planned Community, Rocklin, California … included design of public
and private roadways, detention basin outside of the incorporated area, over 575 residential
lots, and two commercial sites.
• Tentative Map for Whitney Oaks Units 39 and 44, Multifamily Development of 101 units for
John Laing Homes, Rocklin, California
Vail Engineering, Engineering, Planning, and Surveying firm, Sacramento, CA 1997 – 1999
Vail Engineering (bought by Carter-Burgess October 1999)
PROJECT ENGINEER (March 99- October 99)
STAFF ENGINEER (September 97-March 99)
• Prepared improvement plans and related documents for submittal to and approval from the
local agencies.
• Prepared master sewer study for the Whitney Oaks project.
• Oversight of junior engineers and drafting staff.
McGuire Engineering, Engineering and Surveying firm, Camino, CA 1996 – 1997
STAFF ENGINEER
• Preparation and design of water, wastewater, and road improvement plans for small and
large developments, commercial grading and site plans.
• Wrote legal description for waterline easement, and prepared subdivision final and boundary
line adjustment maps.