Engineer Quality Control

Samantha Ewens

**** *** **** ****; Cary, NC *****

******@*****.*** 919-***-****(CELL)

EDUCATION

M.E., Department of Civil Engineering - Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

May 1997

Project: Verification of Yield Line Analysis in Failure of Steel

Tee-Hangers

B.S., Department of Civil Engineering - Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA

December 1995

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Code Enforcement Services

August 2009 - February 2014

NC Department of Insurance, Office of State Fire Marshal

Responsibilities: Serves as staff director to the NC Code

Officials Qualifications Board, oversees certification and

testing for all Building and Fire Inspectors in North

Carolina, performs and supervises investigations related to

certified building inspectors in the state, issues

interpretations related to inspections administration and

General Statutes related to inspections, supervises a staff

of six

Code Consultant, State Property Section

August 2006 - August 2009

NC Department of Insurance, Office of State Fire Marshal

Responsibilities: Performed plan review for Building and Fire

Code compliance for state owned buildings, provided training

in Code requirements for project managers of other state

agencies

Structural Engineer, Dewberry Inc, Raleigh, NC

Sept 2005 - July 2006

Projects: Sampson County Cooperative Extension Building,

United Church of

Chapel Hill Expansion, New Elementary Schools at

South Boston and

South of Dan, Virginia

Senior Structural Engineer, URS Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD

May 2004 - Sept 2005

Projects: International Terminal Expansion at JFK Airport; New

Guard Facility and Inspection Stations at

Langley Air Force Base

Other: Overhaul and updating of reference typical details;

served on Quality Control Technical Committee

Structural Engineer, Cannon Design, Grand Island, NY

July 1998 - Nov 2003

Projects: New Athletic Facility at National Cathedral School;

Power Generating Facility at Kalispell Regional Hospital;

New Emergency Department and Entry at Springville Regional

Hospital; Install piping and infrastructure for air

conditioning retrofit at Buffalo VA Hospital; New Athletic

Facility at Brooks School; series of spec office buildings

for Reckson Associates Developers

Other: Lead small project productivity team; organized

structural review sessions for architects preparing for the

professional practice exam

Engineer, Lauer Manguso and Associates, Tonowanda, NY

July 1997 - June 1998

Projects: New Shopping Center at Niagara Falls Boulevard; Phase

I Student Housing at SUNY Buffalo; install foundations and

steel support for various equipment installations and work

platforms within GM and Delphi Harrison manufacturing

plants; various retrofits of shopping plazas and other

structures for code compliance and/or life safety concerns

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

Professional Engineer

Level III Building Inspector, Level III Fire Prevention

Inspector, Level III Mechanical Inspector

National Certified Investigator, CLEAR (Council on Licensure,

Enforcement, and Regulation)

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