Engineer Quality Assurance

Sean de Guzman, E.I.T.

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OBJECTIVE: A full-time civil engineer position - Available for immediate employment.

EDUCATION:

M.S., Civil Engineering, Emphasis: Geotechnical Engineering, CSU Sacramento, GPA: 3.65, Expected: May 2012

B.S., Civil Engineering, CSU Sacramento, Cumulative GPA: 3.22, May 2010

Dean s Honor Roll, CSU Sacramento, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Spring 2011

CERTIFICATIONS:

Engineer-In-Training, California Certified Certificate No. E.I.T. 135857, July 2009

Post-Disaster Safety Assessment Program Evaluator Training, California Emergency Management Agency, September 2011

Incident Command System 100, 200, 300, 400, and 700 Federal Emergency Management Agency, May 2011

Excavating, Trenching, and Shoring Training/Certification, Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, July 2009

Fall Protection Training/Certification, Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, July 2009

SKILLS:

Computer:

MicroStation AutoCAD Visual Basic for App. Programming MS Project MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint

Exposure to: MathCAD SLOPE/W SEEP/W HEC-RAS InRoads MATLAB RISA 3-D SNAILZ

Communication/Organization:

Leadership, teamwork, and project management skills developed through professional and community organizations

Excellent technical writing and public speaking skills, experience in writing reports, memorandums, and project proposals

Experience in presenting and generating individual and group presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Water Resources Engineer CA DWR Division of Flood Management Flood Operations Branch 1/11 - Present

Provided technical hydrologic analysis to levee maintaining agencies and emergency management agencies

Gathered, analyzed, and disseminated flood and weather-related information

Presented technical responses to agency, media, and public inquiries and evaluated alternative actions

Coordinated various flood fight strategies with County OES, levee maintaining agencies, and state and federal agencies

Prepared material for presentations and reports related to emergency preparedness and historical flooding

Assisted technicians and flood fight specialists with levee patrol inspections throughout the State of California

Civil Engineering Intern San Diego Gas & Electric Civil/Structural Engineering Department 6/10 8/10 (3 mos)

Designed the Crown Valley Parkway bridge conduit supports over Oso Creek located in Laguna Niguel, CA

Developed conceptual site layout design for the Los Coches Substation Expansion

Estimated costs, documented, and ordered missing steel members for transmission towers seismic retrofit project

Construction oversight for Quality Assurance/Quality Control at the Rancho Mission Viejo Substation

Engineering Student Assistant CA DWR Division of Engineering Geotechnical Services Branch 5/08 5/10 (2 yrs)

Design drafting and layouts for civil engineering drawings, figures, and exhibits

Design calculations for slope stability, seepage, hydraulics, and structural design

Conducted soil mechanics laboratory tests and concrete compressive strength tests

Prepared technical reports and presentations

Engineering Student Assistant CA DWR Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management 9/07 5/08 (9 mos)

Reviewed Environmental Impact Reports concerning the California State Water Project

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

State-Federal Flood Operations Center Levee Threat Assessment

Developed the Levee Threat Assessment for the Hydrology and Flood Operations Office within the Division of Flood

Management. The 10-page document prompts a licensed civil engineer to provide technical information for the State-

Federal Flood Operations Center in order to differentiate among non-emergencies, imminent threats, and emergencies.

Fish Ladder & Culvert Replacement Lower Butte Creek & Willow Slough

Reviewed peak flow calculations through two 60-inch corrugated metal pipe culverts

Reviewed timber design calculations for Temporary Fish Ladder

Wrote technical sections on Temporary Fish Ladder structure in Final Design Report

Conceptual Expansion - Los Coches Substation

Drafted site layout design by including 230 kV yard, access roads, and retaining walls

Worked with geotechnical consultant to minimize earthwork quantities

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

President/Graduate Advisor, Tau Beta Pi The Engineering Honor Society California Upsilon

Geotechnical Chair, 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Pacific Regional Conference

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

Member, CSU Sacramento ASCE Steel Bridge & Concrete Canoe

Member, Structural Engineers Association of California

Member, American Public Works Association

Member, Engineers Without Borders

Scholarship Recipient, Professional Engineers in California Government

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