Project Manager Engineer

Helen E. Stallkamp

***** ********** **** *** ****, Houston, Texas 77082

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Professional Licenses:

Professional Engineer - Civil, Florida Registration #32058

Texas licensure obtainable within 6 months

General Contractor, Class A - Inactive, Florida #CGC019522

Certified Mediator and Arbitrator in Texas

Education:

Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – December 1979

Organizations:

Lee County Land Development Committee – Commissioner Appointment

1996 to 2009, Chairman 2000 to 2005 (Regulation Review)

Metropolitan Planning Organization, Lee County – Technical Advisory

Committee (regional transportation priority selection)

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program – Technical Advisory Committee

Past President of Rotary Club of Cape Coral, FL

Software Proficiencies:

Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint and Projects

AutoCAD, various surface water and transportation models and GIS

Summary: Over 30 years in the engineering and construction business. Have extensive

knowledge of Harris County from past experience with Harris County Flood Control District.

My management experience is in both the private as well as public sector with extensive

design experience in a range of fields: transportation, surface water, utilities, facilities,

development, feasibility studies, permitting and GIS. In addition, as a Project Manager on

design/build, roadway, utilities, drainage and renovations providing bid services, contract

services, QA/QC, sub contractor and vendor coordination, construction inspection and

extensive surveying background. Delivered performance, competency and fairness and

achieved a high ratio of repeat clients. Served in leadership roles to prepare for hurricanes,

floods, and tornadoes and then helped in assessing damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Possess excellent verbal command for presentations, written competencies and

organization skills. Maintain a “can do” attitude and conduct meetings with action verbs.

Related Experience:

SDII Global Corporation, New Orleans, LA- Nick Camarrata, Supervisor, 985-***-****

June 2013 to September 2013: Principal Engineer (Forensic)

Assignments included performing inspections to observe evidence to determine the cause of

damage to a residential or commercial structure, including roofs and foundations. Further

research was conducted on materials, weather and soils to assist with the engineering

evaluation on the cause of reported damage. Written reports were provided to present

observations, research, evaluations, and conclusions. Service area included the State of

Texas from Houston.

Related Experience: cont. page 2

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Horizon Creative Concepts, Houston, TX

January 2010 to June 2013: Contract – Self employed

Assignments included management consulting, financial oversight review, forensic

evaluations, and construction management (bid, contract review, inspection and pay

certification) for drainage, utilities and flood control channels and structures. Other services

included conducting mediations and arbitrations to resolve construction issues.

Horizon Engineering, Inc., Cape Coral, Florida

December 2001 to December 2009: President

Provided full range of development services and expanded the past consulting business

from the Tampa Bay area (1985 -1991) into Southwest Florida. Standard development

services for clients like Lennar Homes, included preliminary feasibility studies (layouts,

phasing, utilities, environmental issues, traffic impacts and costs), planning and zoning,

design (roadways, utilities, surface water, platting, landscaping, recreational areas, golf

courses and docks), permitting (DOT, EPA, NPDES, SWPPP, COE, and USF&W), bidding

services (estimates and specifications), construction plans, and construction phase services.

A problem solver using extensive interconnected lake systems for recreation and surface

water management for large combined use developments. Utilized public presentations to

overcome public concerns and secured approval of large mixed use developments. Other

responsibilities included directing the marketing, financial, and human resource aspects of

the business. Business maintained a 95% retention rate of clients and utilized referrals for

new clients. Efforts from community service helped in implementing public policies and

building consensus to secure more funding for the local level projects from the State.

City of Cape Coral, Cape Coral, Florida

January 1998 to November 2001: Community Development Director

Cape Coral is the second largest city in land mass in Florida with 400 miles of canals for

boat owners located in southwest Florida. The Community Development Director helped to

guide the city at the start of rapid growth. Supervised the Building Division (Permitting &

Inspection), Commercial Customer Assistance Division, and the Planning & Zoning Division.

Included within the Planning Division is a Geographic Information System (GIS) Section and

Grant Programs such as Community Development Building Grants and State Housing

Initiated Program. General duties included responsibility for $3M annual budget, 70

employees and guiding the City’s operation to be compliant with applicable Federal, State or

local jurisdictional agency, specifically, Department of Community Affairs and Department of

Professional Regulation. Besides compliance, performance ratings for the City were

maintained or improved during periods of high growth for the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Community Rating Service, and Insurance Service Organization.

Coordinated emergency response for hurricanes to assess and report damage to buildings.

Additional accomplishments included the restructuring of fees for permitting, inspection, and

zoning to reflect level of service by implementing an activity base costing analysis. Also, the

New Florida Building Code was implemented in the City prior to adoption with a prototype

home model built in coordination with the State. Other efforts were to effectively project a

growth model for use in strategic planning of infrastructure by integrating the census tracts,

building permits, and transportation nodes into one model. Permitting was streamlined to

increase the average monthly building permits from less than 100 to close to 300. Other

efforts separated Development Review into site plan and building permit approval to shift the

past emphasis from single family house permits to larger residential and commercial

development.

Related Experience: cont. page 3

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URS – Greiner, Ft. Myers, Florida

September 1996 to January 1998: Office Manager

Responsibilities included marketing, preparing proposals, office financials, budget, human

resources, and project manager of development and roadway projects, while coordinating

the Ft. Myers office with the Tampa office.

Carter & Burgess, Ft. Myers, Florida

October 1995 to August 1996: Project Manager

Responsibilities included the management of the land development team. Gathered the field

data and worked on the analysis of the Oyster Creek pilot study for the Charlotte County

Storm Water Master Plan.

Wilson, Miller, Barton & Peek, Ft. Myers, Florida

May 1994 to October 1995: Project Manager

Responsibilities included the management of large mixed-use land development projects for

Lennar, US Homes and Bonita Bay. Development services included contract scopes,

budgeting, planning and zoning, design (roadways, utilities, surface water, layout,

landscaping, and golf courses), permitting, traffic, bidding services (estimates and

specifications), construction plans, and construction phase services.

Harris County Flood Control District, Houston, Texas

May 1991 to March 1994: Project Manager/Liaison to County Commissioner

Project Manager was responsible for contracting consultants for projects and reviewing

submitted plans for sufficiency to improve surface water conveyance systems. The annual

budgets were $1M for consultant fees and $12.5M for Construction Projects either for capital

improvements and maintenance. In addition, there was a $1 M annual maintenance budget

for the Corps of Engineers-Galveston District for Federal Channels. Other duties included

contract document coordinator, specifications, value engineering, developing innovative field

repair applications, construction inspection and development of construction program to

comply with the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Liaison duties

were to coordinate programs within District 4 for the County Commissioner with related

agencies, present programs to the public, respond to public complaints and prioritize repairs

to the existing conveyance system. Other efforts included developing a rating system for

complaints to balance emergency repairs with preventive maintenance in preparing the

annual budget and a five year work program.

Horizon Engineering, Tampa, Florida

April 1985 to March 1991: Owner

Designed and permitted land and site development projects.

EAI / Delta Engineering, presently Boyle Engineering, Tampa, Florida

April 1982 to April 1985: Engineer to Project Manager

Responsibilities included being the project manager of the A/E contract at MacDill AFB.

Projects included wastewater and water modeling of the collection and distribution systems

on the base and designing utility upgrades for the lines and treatment plants.

Diaz, Seckinger, & Associates (DSA), Tampa, Florida

January 1980 to February 1982: Engineer-in-Training

Design engineer working on projects such as the Crosstown Expressway and I-75

connection, Hialeah Light Rail Station, and levee and control structures in Louisiana for the

Vicksburg Corps of Engineers.

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