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Engineer Quality Assurance

Location:
Portland, OR, 97219
Posted:
August 09, 2011

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Timothy L. Watson abgz71@r.postjobfree.com

**** ** **** **., ********, Oregon 97219 503-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years experience as a staff engineer with geotechnical engineering consulting firm providing

services in Oregon, Washington and California.

Experienced in a broad range of civil/geotechnical projects including: structures, roadways,

bridges, pump stations, waterfront terminals, embankments, deep excavations and dewatering,

landslide mitigation and liquefaction analysis.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

GRI, Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Staff Engineer

June 2004 – Present, Beaverton, OR

Experience providing project plan and specification review, evaluation and site monitoring for

construction progress. Documentation of quality assurance findings and recommendation of

field and office engineering changes for consistency with contractual provisions,

Experience managing simultaneous budgets with minimal supervision.

Experience managing multiple sub-contractors and acting as the owner’s representative on a

variety of complex projects including: bridge remediation, building foundation systems, highway

landslide remediation and realignments, reservoir upgrades and airport runways.

Responsible for construction engineering analysis and reporting, subsurface explorations,

instrumentation installation/interpretation and laboratory testing of soil and rock.

Computer modeling experience in the following programs: EXCEL, LPILE, GROUP, DFSAP,

SLOPE/W, XSTABLE, GRLWEAP, DRIVEN, LIQUIFY PRO, SNAILZ, CRSP

PROJECT EXAMPLES:

Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, Hillsboro, OR

The $242 million hospital expansion includes a four-story, 280,000 ft2 hospital, a nine-story parking

garage and a five-story, 321,000 ft2 medical office building. The structures are designed with

basements up to 15 ft below the groundwater level and will be supported on spread footings. Involved

in open-cut excavation analysis/recommendations below the water table that avoided more expensive

shoring alternatives. Provided project plan and specification review, evaluation and site

monitoring/management for construction progress, documentation of QA/QC findings and

recommendation of field and office engineering changes for consistency with contractual provisions,

and assisted in consultation/RFI response during construction.

Portland International Airport, HQP2 Building, Portland, OR

Conducted preliminary and detailed final geotechnical engineering investigations. Provided design

recommendations, including review of construction documents and evaluation and site

monitoring/management for construction progress, documentation of QA/QC findings and

recommendation of field and office engineering changes for consistency with contractual provisions,

and assisted in consultation/RFI response during construction.for the new headquarters and parking

structure facility during design and construction phases.

EDUCATION:

Portland State University, Portland, OR (2009)

Master of Science, Civil Engineering

Honors/Awards: Graduate Certificate, Engineering Geology

Portland State University, Portland, OR (2005)

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

United States Marine Corps, Sergeant (E5)

July 1996–2000, Honorable Discharge



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