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Engineer Design

Location:
Bronxville, NY, 10708
Posted:
December 13, 2012

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CHRISTOPHER TODD MCGUIRE, P.E.

* ********** ** *** **

Bronxville, NY 10708

E-mail: *******@*****.***

Phone: 914-***-**** (H)

201-***-**** (Cell)

OBJECTIVE

To secure a challenging Civil/Structural or Project Engineering position

that will utilize and expand my knowledge and experience.

EXPERIENCE

Hazen and Sawyer, PC. New York, NY, March 5th 2007 to Nov 9th, 2012

. Assisted in the development of structural contract drawings and

specifications for bidding large infrastructure projects. These

environmental structures included pump stations, water and wastewater

process treatment facilities and dams as well as low rise industrial

buildings. My duties included structural design calculations for

steel, reinforced concrete, aluminum, masonry and stainless steel

structures.

. Prepared scopes of work for geotechnical investigations. This included

structural design parameters used for foundation and retaining wall

designs.

. Served as Structural Field Liaison between structural design engineers

and the construction management team on a 600 million dollar waste

water upgrade project in Brooklyn NY. My duties included coordinating

RFI and RFC responses with the structural design engineer, shop

drawing review, field issue resolution and general construction design

coordination to ensure proper implementation of design construction

contract documents.

. Provided structural DSDC (Design services during construction) on

various infrastructure projects. Duties included RFI responses to

contractor questions, shop drawing review and field issue resolution.

Examples of specific projects worked on at Hazen and Sawyer:

o The New Jersey American Water Company's Delaware River Regional

Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project, New Jersey: Assisted in

the development of the structural contract drawings and the

structural design of the new Ozone contactor, gravity thickener

and superpulsator. The project increases the reliable capacity

of the treatment plant from 30 mgd to 40 mgd. In order to

accomplish this goal, the project included the design of a new

ozone contact basin, a new superpulsator basin, and a new 85'

diameter gravity thickener.

o Madbury Water Treatment Plant Upgrade, Portsmouth Department of

Public Health, Portsmouth, NH: Assisted in the development of

the structural contract drawings as well as the structural

design of the various plant concrete and steel structures for

the Madbury Water Treatment Plant. The plant consisted of a new

4-mgd water treatment plant to replace an aging facility. The

project included integrating new dissolved air flotation and

filters into an existing site, as well as updating the residuals

handling facilities.

o 26th Ward Water Pollution Control Plant, Brooklyn, NY, NYCDEP:

Assisted in the development of the structural contract drawings

as well as the structural design of the various plant concrete

and steel structures for the Preliminary Treatment and Solids

Handling Facilities.

Consolidated Edison, INC., New York, NY, March 9, 2006 to March 5th

2007

Civil Engineering Consultant-Civil/Mechanical Department

. Provided Civil Engineering consulting services for projects. My duties

included communicating with the design engineering department as well

as outside design consultant's the civil engineering design criteria

for each project. Coordinated the efforts of different departments

within Consolidated Edison to bring a project to completion.

. Prepared civil scopes-of-work for a project in addition to budget

requests and appropriation documents. Prepared detailed Civil and

Environmental specifications for projects. Met with vendors and the

user groups to establish project schedules. Provided support to

existing company substation facilities, and to Purchasing and

Construction Departments for the procurement and construction of

projects.

Examples of specific projects worked on at Consolidated Edison:

o Freshkills Substation Control Building 2006

o Ramapo Breaker Replacement 2006

o Buchanan Substation New Switchgear Installation 2006

o West 19th Street Transformer Replacements 2007

Burns & McDonnell, INC., Kansas City, MO, April 26, 2004 to

January 3, 2006

Staff Civil Engineer-Transmission and Distribution Division

. Responsibilities included steel design of standard and site-specific

equipment supports and design of several types of foundations,

including spread footings, slabs on grade, and drilled shafts.

Provided structure loading diagrams for the design of equipment

supports and transmission structures. Used a variety of structural

design/analysis software packages including PCA-MATS, PLS-CADD, and

several in-house design programs.

Examples of specific projects worked on at Burns & McDonnell:

o City of Bentonville 2004 to 2005

Civil/Structural Design Engineer for 161/15-kV substation in

Bentonville, AR. Responsibilities included drilled shaft,

circuit breaker, and transformer foundation designs.

o American Transmission Company 2004

Transmission Design Engineer for 345kV steel pole transmission

line. I was responsible for preliminary structure spotting using

PLS-Cadd. Spot locations took into account cost estimates while

minimizing environmental impacts of structure locations.

OAKWOOD HOMES CORPORATION, Greensboro, NC; May 18, 1997 to April 10,

2004

Corporate Engineer

. Ensured the structural integrity of manufactured homes by designing

and engineering wood, steel, and concrete structural systems,

including gravity support and lateral wind support systems.

. Assisted engineering department and manufacturing personnel in solving

problems related to engineering design requirements.

. Performed heat-loss calculations and communicated thermal heating and

cooling requirements to appropriate manufacturing and retail

personnel.

. Provided consulting services to retail sales centers on home setup

issues.

. Performed project scheduling for multiple projects, i.e. established

target dates and provided project status updates.

. Investigated and implemented cost-cutting ideas related to factory-

built housing construction.

. Prepared and submitted construction plans and/or details to

appropriate third-party inspection agency for approval.

. Provided assistance to the litigation department on legal issues of a

technical nature as they related to manufactured housing.

. Conducted in-plant audits to verify that the construction methods used

were in compliance with company-established best-practice standards.

. Coordinated Energy Star Certification for Oakwood Homes manufacturing

plants to produce energy-efficient homes for our customers.

BLUE OX INDUSTRIES, INC, Kernersville, NC, April 1995 to May 1997

Truss Design Engineer

. Designed and analyzed roof trusses, floor trusses, and various other

structural components to withstand all applicable load conditions to

meet code requirements.

. Performed structural design layouts for roof and floor systems in

residential homes.

. Supplied cut sheets after roof and floor truss systems were designed

and engineered.

SKYLINE TELEPHONE, West Jefferson, NC, Aug 1994 to April 1995

CAD Technician

. Assisted in the modification of CAD drawings, i.e. changing exchange

routes and numbers.

. Performed fieldwork to reflect changes that were made on CAD drawings.

EDUCATION

BS, Civil Engineering, August 1994

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Professional Engineer: VA #034986, NC #026780 and NY #090709

COMPUTER SOFTWARE USED

STAAD Pro, RAM Steel, RAM Elements, AutoCAD Release 2009, Mathcad,

Visual Analysis, PLS-CAD, PCA-Mats, Mitek Engineering and Layout

programs and Microsoft Office Suite

HOBBIES AND SPECIAL INTEREST

Amateur Radio Operator, licensed by the FCC

Golfing, Exercising, and Traveling

References available upon request



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