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Project Engineer

Location:
Littleton, CO, 80129
Posted:
May 04, 2010

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Clifford Netuschil, P.E.

**** ***** ******** ***, ********* Ranch, CO, 80129

303-***-****

abmvvy@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Summary

Licensed Professional Civil Engineer: 12-years of professional experience,

with business development, project management, and project engineer

experience. Proficient with stormwater and municipal infrastructure

projects, with a forte for stormwater hydrology and hydraulic modeling,

stormwater infrastructure design and roadway / highway projects. Client

focused approach to project management and design, mindful of next project

opportunity. Able to deliver multiple projects with varying schedules and

priorities, while maintaining a professional standard and exceptional

quality of work. Streamlined project delivery process, while increasing

profit margins by maximizing resources and empowering aptitudes of three to

eight member technical teams. Reputation for client service, attention to

detail and likeable. . Project procurement from existing clients and from

business development leads by building relationship and positioning for

future projects.

Core Competences

Technical Team Leadership

Client Relations

Watershed Studies

Stormwater Projects

Proposal & Contract Development

Budget Planning & Cost Control

Project Entitlements

Roadway & Highway Projects

Project & Team Scheduling

Project Cost Estimate

Resource Allocation

Collaborative Approach

Education / Registrations / Skills

. University of Colorado at Denver, BSCE-Civil Engineering -1998

. Applied Mathematics Minor, Colorado Scholars Scholarship, Philosophy

Minor.

. Registered Professional Engineer, Colorado, P.E. 38138

. Crestcom Leadership and Management training, ACEC Management Skill I & II

. Excellent understanding of industry software: HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, CUHP,

Land Development Desktop, AutoCAD, Water-CAD, Storm-CAD, Microsoft

Office, Microsoft Project, Power Point, Project Financial Software

(BST)

Professional experience

Kennedy/Jenks Consulting Engineers - Lakewood, CO 2008 -

Present

600-employee firm with offices in the western united states, serving water

resources and transportation sectors

Senior Project Engineer

Key Accomplishments:

. Successful in developing and negotiating design and construction

contracts.

. Development of a utility district's annual well maintenance budget

included 110 water wells.

. Design of a large diameter water pipeline for collection of well water

and design of a reverse osmosis water treatment plant concentrate

discharge line.

. Determining a utility district's average annual and peak day water

demands that were instrumental for planning of immediate and future

water collection and water treatment projects..

Project Manger: Determine project scope man hours and budget, prepare

preliminary project cost estimates, prepare project proposals, conduct

project due diligence, coordinate multi disciplinary sub consultants,

written and oral communication to clients, sub consultants and municipal

agencies concerning project matters. Schedule tasks and initiation of

contract scope with staff and sub consultants, monitor project budget and

scope, review project scope changes with client and prepare additional

service contract when necessary. Determine if modifications to the

schedule are needed, review sub consultants invoices for payment

authorization, review company billing statements. Use company financial

software to monitor project financials.

Senior Project Engineer: Administer projects through city, state and

federal permitting process. Prepare preliminary design for use by staff

in final design. Perform: hydraulic calculation for pipelines, cured in

place pipeline rehabilitation and maintenance recommendations,

preliminary and final cost estimates, write project construction

specifications for water pipelines, wastewater collection and recharge

pond projects, research and write studies for various water district

projects, review material submittals and pay estimates, perform

construction observation, prepare construction documents using Land

Development Desktop Software. Experience with water pipeline sizing by

applying Manning and D'Arcy Weisbach equations. Hydraulic grade line

analysis for pipelines using Bernoulli's equation and WaterCAD.

Project Types: Pipe rehabilitation by cured in place pipe method,

wastewater interceptor capacity analysis, infrastructure maintenance

studies and programming, feasibility studies for future projects, 5-mile

concentrate discharge pipeline from a 10 MGD reverse osmosis water

treatment plant, sizing and alignment selection for a large diameter

water pipeline serving as a well water collection system, cost analysis

for a sanitary sewer interceptor metering program, alternative alignment

study for delivery of wastewater flows from an existing sanitary sewer

interceptor to an exiting wastewater treatment plant. Prepared project

specifications for water and wastewater projects.

Carroll & Lange Inc., Consulting Engineers - Lakewood, CO

2002 - 2008

200-employee firm in Colorado, serving the municipal infrastructure, land

development, and stormwater sectors

Project Manager

Key Accomplishments:

. Project Manager for entitling an 800-acre master planned community.

Managed eight member technical team, processed project from zoning

through construction acceptance, engaged with 12 reviewing agencies

during entitlement process.

. Effectively developed confidence and trust with clients, while

maintaining productively of a technical team with project design

capital ranging from $75,000 to $1.5 million.

. Mindful of future projects with existing clients and business

development with new projects, successful in winning public

improvement projects and development projects.

. Presentation of rational method hydrology and hydraulic calculations

to company staff using Power Point and AutoCAD.

Project Manger: Leadership of technical team, team and project

scheduling, resource allocations, monitored project financials and

provide quality control for project documents and plans. Chaired project

meeting with clients delegated workload to team of junior engineers,

designers and technicians. Prepared project preliminary and final cost

estimates, wrote project proposals, RFPs and contracts. Independently

attended meetings, with local agencies, clients, and vendors pertaining

to project and company matters. Attended local conferences, seminars and

organization functions to develop business leads and continue education.

Provided input for staff evaluations and performance reviews. Adept at

client service by determining needs, listening, discussing alternatives,

understanding schedules and decisively addressing project concerns.

Project construction observation, perform field visits with client to

discuss and collaborate on project design.

Project Engineer: Technical team leadership, administration of projects

from the planning stage to permitting through construction acceptance.

Utilized AutoCAD and Land Development Desktop software to design, model

and prepare construction documents. Design and management experience for

projects involving: stormwater hydrology, watershed studies, stormwater

infrastructure design, floodplain delineation, roadway & highway, round-a-

bouts, site grading.. Determined storm and watershed hydrological data,

evaluated stormwater hydraulic model with HEC-HMS, CUHP, as well as use

of the rational and TR-55 method. Utilized HEC-RAS software in

delineation of 100-year floodplain for CLOMR, LOMR, and FHAD projects as

well as open channel hydraulic modeling. Writing of drainage reports,

stormwater management plans, erosion control plans and tility reports.

Coordinate with surveyor on platting criteria, easement layout, title

review, construction staking and design survey requests, GIS data

gathering and database building,

Projects Types: Large complex municipal infrastructure projects with

focus on stormwater and roadway design, arterial, collector and local.

FHAD, CLOMR, LOMR, channel design, roadway drainage and site drainage

design, stormwater management, development projects: residential,

commercial, industrial. Water systems with different pressure zones,

large diameter pipeline water systems.

Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers - Greenwood Village, CO

1998 - 2002

200-employee firm in the midwest, serving the municipal, transportation,

and land development sectors.

Project Engineer

Key Accomplishments:

. Successful in brining civil engineering projects from design stage to

final acceptance.

. Central in research and presentation to client for unique stormwater

design that attenuated developed storm flows into an existing

stormwater system.

. Project engineer for two designs build projects requiring prompt and

accurate response to RFI's.

Project Engineer Complete engineering tasks independently by selecting,

evaluating and applying standard engineering practices. Coordinate design

and project decisions with project engineer and manager, coordinate

project submittal with local agency and subcontractors. Preparation of

construction plan, drainage reports, utility reports and cost estimates.

Design Experience: Hydraulic design of stormwater collection systems,

hydrologic design of watersheds with CUHP and rational method, design of

water transmission and distribution systems, design of wastewater

collection systems, roadway design, preparation of construction plans,

and studies (drainage and utility).

Project Types: Arterial, collector and local roadways, civil site design,

design build of Level 3 Business Campus, municipal improvements, water,

stormwater and wastewater systems.

CTL/Thompson Inc. Consulting Engineers - Denver, CO

1995 - 1998

Engineering Technician

Performed laboratory tests on soil for foundation design according to

ASTM and AASHTO procedures. Supervise drilling operation, sample and

document subsurface soil types for pavement and foundation design. Field

exploration of in-situ soil, soil classification, construction

observation of civil engineering projects. Field responsibilities

included writing reports, communicating with clients about testing

results, giving geotechnical engineering recommendations, training new

employees, construction observation of underground utilities, roadways,

residential and commercial foundation installation, nuclear gauge density

tests, soil classification, observed and document construction methods

Professional Affiliations

. National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, NAIOP

. American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE

. American Public Works Association, APWA

Professional Publications & Skills

Publications and Presentations:

Drainage Reports for residential, commercial and industrial projects -

These studies are used for the construction of the project and filed with

the local agencies. They are technical reports that require a PE stamped

and seal.

Watershed study for 10-squaremile area in Weld County-This study was

floodplain delineation project to identify the existing and future

watershed characteristics for an area along Box Elder Creek in Weld County.

It was technical study requiring hydrology research and engineering

judgment for stormwater conveyance along an unimproved drainage. The study

was PE stamped and sealed.

Mater Drainage report for 800-acre development in Arapahoe County-A study

to be used by future land users and guide for stormwater infrastructure

development. The study was PE stamped and sealed.

Elected to present rational method drainage calculations and stormwater

hydraulic design for roadways and stormwater conveyance systems at Carroll

and Lange. This was lunch time presentation prepared with Excel and Power

Point presented to junior and senior engineers.

Project Design Skills:

Skillfully at managing and designing multiple projects with varying

schedules and priorities, while maintaining a collaborative work

environment and exceptional quality of work. Competent with coordination

of multi disciplinary team on projects that includes Architects, Electrical

Engineers, Power and Gas Companies, Structural Engineers, Landscape

Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Local Agencies and Contractors.

Independently sought out correct standards and specifications, manuals and

codes for use in project design such as; local city and county design

standards, state standards and permitting applications, USGS Soil Surveys,

UBC, UPC and Uniform Fire Code, AWWA M6 manual, manufacture specifications

for construction products. Researched permitting, entitling process, fees

and timelines with agencies where project for located.



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