Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Marcus R. Elliott, PE, MBA
Benton, Illinois 62812
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PROFILE
• Energetic and self-motivated engineer/MBA seeking a career change.
• Eager to learn new industry from the ground up.
• Ideal positions would focus on innovation, logistics, entrepreneurship, and/or operations
research/management.
• Open to travel and/or extended relocation.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Coral Gables, Florida
Master of Business Administration May 2009
• Specialization in Management, summa cum laude
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering June 1999
SKILLS
• Licensed professional engineer with ten years of practical design experience and increasing management
experience in public-sector infrastructure consulting
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; able to think and operate in complex 3D virtual environments
• Developed a library of programming applications that automate design and management tasks
• Proficient in all components of Microsoft Office, with a special concentration in programming and application
development using Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visual Basic
• Excellent verbal communication skills; experienced and engaging presenter
• Culturally intelligent with extensive experience interacting with and leading diverse and highly technical project
production teams; currently learning Spanish
• Able to build and maintain vast professional networks; extensive experience serving as liaison to public agencies,
permitting authorities, subconsultants, contractors, public utilities, and various other stakeholders
• Excellent written communication skills, with extensive experience preparing both technical engineering reports
and non-technical marketing proposals
• Independent and highly organized self-starter, capable of learning new concepts and technologies quickly and
applying them effectively
• Extensive experience mentoring young professionals through general leadership, motivational practices, and
hands-on training
EXPERIENCE
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. West Palm Beach, Florida
Senior Project Engineer/Assistant Project Manager, WPB Roadway Design April 2004 March 2008
• Performed highway design and project management tasks for various agencies
throughout the state of Florida; duties included project kick-off, phase and task management, client
correspondence, subconsultant management, feasibility and alternative studies, geometric design, drainage
design, maintenance of traffic concepts, and plans production
• Designed proposed mainline widening and interchange improvements at Florida’s
Turnpike and Lake Worth Road; served as internal project manager directing the efforts of a dedicated staff of
10+ engineers and technicians with a budget of approximately $1M
• Designed proposed 3R improvements to Oakland Park Boulevard
• Designed and managed all survey, 3D analysis, cross-sections, and drainage
structures for a number of projects including the I-4 Reconstruction at Kirkman Road and the Hypoluxo Road
Extension
• Coordinated the FDOT EDelivery process for all state projects in the roadway division
• Performed ground-up analysis and reorganization of region-wide GEOPAK usage,
developing multiple design software applications and instructing in-house training courses for multiple offices
• Initiated and chaired regional steering committee to develop a functional partnership
between production and IS personnel at the office, regional, and firmwide levels
• Spearheaded effort to adapt division policy to meet changing market needs,
ultimately regaining a position of technical leadership within the Florida consultant community
• Coordinated a region-wide migration of project delivery platforms for 15 active large-
scale projects, most of which were over 60% complete; planned and executed a week-long event combining
project migration and personnel training with simultaneous infrastructural resource upgrades to minimize lost
production time
• Represented company at a number of industry-related technology conferences, both
as a participant and as a presenter
• Served as division contract specialist, advising management staff on issues of
legality, liability, indemnification, etc.
Patrick Engineering, Inc. Lisle, Illinois, and Chicago, Illinois
Transportation Engineer, Highway Division December 2002 March 2004
• Performed highway design and project management tasks for various agencies in the
Chicago area; duties included phase management, client correspondence, feasibility and alternative studies,
geometric design, and plans production
• Designed and managed all survey, 3D analysis, cross-sections, and drainage
structures for a number of projects including the I-88 East-West Tollway Reconstruction
• Performed ground-up analysis and reorganization of company-wide GEOPAK usage,
developing multiple design software applications for use with GEOPAK and instructing in-house training courses
for GEOPAK users at multiple offices
• Served as liaison to project subconsultants and utility providers during design of a
complex interstate project, coordinating field personnel and directing all project communications between
permitting agencies
• Served as survey manager for several projects, building elaborate digital terrain
models for roadways, bridges, railroads, as well as a number of commercial and industrial sites
Woolpert LLP Belleville, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri
Transportation Engineer/Phase Manager, TR Service Line October 2000 November 2002
• Designed proposed 3R improvements to IL State Route 115, MO Route 366, and St.
Charles County (MO) Routes P and W; served as internal project manager for same
• Designed and managed all survey, 3D analysis, cross-sections, and drainage
structures for a number of projects including the FAP 310 Reconstruction
• Initiated design process automation project; innovations included automated
earthwork quantity calculations, warping detail calculations, staff-hour estimating, storm sewer design, and traffic
accident analysis, among others
• Developed and instructed an in-house training class for users of GEOPAK Road at
multiple offices
• Developed and documented criteria library for automation of cross sectioning,
quantity calculation, and digital terrain modeling
• Served as a member of QC/QA Committee; assisted in creation and development of
a detailed quality evaluation process and related documents; and performed detailed QC/QA evaluations of
several projects
• Performed highway design and project management tasks for various agencies in
Illinois and Missouri; duties included project startup and phase management, client correspondence and
presentations, feasibility and alternative studies, geometric design, hydraulics and storm sewer design
Hurst-Rosche Engineers, Inc. Hillsboro, Illinois, and Marion, Illinois
Engineer, Civil/Structural/Transportation Group July 1999 September 2000
• Performed highway design tasks for various agencies in Illinois; duties included
presentations, feasibility and alternative studies, geometric design, hydraulics and storm sewer design.
• Designed proposed roadway and structural improvements to the Mounds City-Olive
Branch Road and the Cache River Bridge
• Initiated design process automation project; innovations included regression analysis
for drainage studies, ditch design, and mechanistic pavement design, among others
• Prepared Phase I design development drawings and Phase II construction
documents for several projects using Bentley MicroStation, conforming to applicable standards
• Served as survey manager for all the projects and divisions in the Marion office,
building elaborate digital terrain models for roadways, bridges, schools, prisons, as well as a number of other sites
• Assisted the Municipal and Architectural Groups on civil and hydraulic site work
design, drawings, and quantities
• Performed QC/QA checks on several projects
LICENSURE
Professional Engineer Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
License #062-57117, Active January 2004 November 2009
Professional Engineer Florida Board of Professional Engineers
License #61428, Inactive June 2004 February 2009
Professional Engineer National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors
Council Record #28160, Current January 2006 January 2010
SUPPLEMENTS (available upon request)
• Functional Resume
• References
• Letters of Recommendation
• List of inclusive projects
• Samples of technical writing
• Abstracts from original process innovations
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