Engineer Engineering
Resume:
LaDonna Arviso
Apt. #***
Tucson, AZ 85704
Experience
**/** **/** *** Consultants Tucson, AZ
AutoCAD Technician
Supervision and direction from an engineer or the department manager, accurately create and revise AutoCAD
drawings for survey base maps, civil engineering site and utility plans, highway design, and planning. The source
of these drawings may be created from field survey information. Assist the Survey Department with completion of
records surveys, ALTA surveys, plats, and plot plans. Understanding the procedures and guidelines of submittals
to Agencies. Assist engineers with computations for plan and profile sheets, site and utility grades, and project
quantities. Preparing drawings on schedule and to meet deadlines. Ability to read as built drawings. Design and
draft water, sewer, and SWPPP plans working with existing and new utilities. Researched new proposed sewer
lines and locating existing sewer lines or manholes. Assist in designing new sewer lines with plan and profile
sheet, reviewing manhole elevations, invert elevations, box culvert elevations and calculating slope and linear
feet of sewer line. Research with Pima County MapGuide, and photos taken in the field. Basic math calculations
with designing.
08/05 to 10/06 Pima County Department of Transportation Tucson, AZ
Engineering Intern
Conduct field and office research, analyses and documents transportation and traffic engineering studies such as
speed studies, ball banking curve studies, turning movements, delays, passing sight distance, four way stop,
highway/roadway capacity analyses, traffic signal warrant studies. Uses industry/government approved methods
and standards to evaluate intersection and roadway capacity, traffic signal operation and system performances.
Drafting (manually or computer based programs like Microstation) road striping, signage, and roadway geometry
plans. Review work performed by private contractors out in the field for compliance with Pima County Striping
Standards. Investigate in the field, collect data, evaluates and prepares reports and responses to traffic service
requests filed by the public, contractors, developers, and other parties. After work is complete, a final inspection
is performed in the field and final remarks or requests are documented. Writes detailed departmental work orders
for transportation/traffic engineering projects. Evaluates Arizona traffic accident reports for assigned areas and
submits reports and recommendations for changes for signage, roadway, traffic signals, and related technical
aspects. Assist with collection of traffic counts from permanent counters throughout the County. Placed
temporary counters on roadway and made reports with collected data. Basic Math calculations. Placed blue
staking whiskers in the field for new signs or replacement signs. Make phone calls to customers with final data
and final decision and progress of the assignment.
12/05 to 04/06 Northern Pipeline Company Tucson, AZ
Free Hand Drafter
Prepare drawings of new gas lines or replacement of old gas lines. Worked with the as builts from the crew in the
field. Prepared hand drafted gas lines with all necessary information. Responsible for final submittal of drawings
according to Southwest Gas procedures and guidelines for installments of new and old gas lines. Worked
independently on drawings. Hand drafting that included usage of all templates and stencils. Familiarity of drafting
new or old gas lines and sleeves of gas lines, and services. Basic math calculations.
05/04 05/05 Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Tucson, AZ
Engineering Aide/ Project Technician
Assist in oversight of the restoration of Water Reclamation Facility. Knowledge of OSHA and used basic math
calculations. Provide condition assessments. Construction management services for the remediation and
restoration tracking activities to correct damage. Electric circuit and equipment testing. Maintaining Equipment
log for equipment status and restoration tracking. Onsite observations and logging of visible damages. Inspection
of restoration work and prepare Restoration Punch list. Assist Resident Engineer in monitoring, observing, and
documenting contractor’s daily activities. Onsite with Contractors to inspect construction projects for compliance
with specifications of equipment, equipment testing, electrical testing, safety procedures and hazards. Maintained
a Daily Activity log of projects and tests that are scheduled to be performed and witnessed all testing onsite.
Answered phones, daily office duties, fax machines, copier, and schedule meetings, ordered supplies, and
emails. Maintained a log of visitors onsite and business onsite. Research on internet for specification and
recommendations of material proposed to be used, and made report to final decision.
12/03 04/04 Land Engineering Tucson, AZ
Engineering Intern
Worked on projects with AutoCAD. Hand drafted some plans. Some survey in the field. Worked on plots of land
and design plots. Assist Engineer with red lines, make corrections and plot to submit. Answer phones, some
office duties and ran errands. Basic math calculations.
01/03 01/04 City of Tucson/ National Science Foundation Environmental management Tucson, AZ
Technological Intern
Managed and measured water levels at a remediation site. Purge water wells, collect water and record in logs.
Gathered gas vapor samples and kept a log. Collect VOC’s, semi VOC’s, metals and Inorganics in local
abandoned water wells and preserving in coolers. Trained on collecting water samples, keeping data, and
labeling samples to submit to the laboratory. Monitor charges in emission in methane, CO2 and O2. Worked on
reports with Microsoft Office.
Education
Pima Community College, Associates of Science Degree, Science/Engineering May 2003
References upon request
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