Ross Young

Senior Party Chief, Manager

Contact

*** * ****** ***** ********, LA 70737

901-***-****

adthun@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

After 20+ years in land surveying and over a decade of leadership in various roles in the same field, I am a career Surveyor, Party Chief and Manager. I use my extensive experience in outdoor skills paired with proven dedication (e.g. Eagle Scout) to excel at communication and management of work activities.

Education

Germantown High School, (complete) University of Memphis, 2001-02 Fullerton College 2002-2003 (ongoing)

Continuing education in CE degree and returning to school as soon as possible

Experience

October 2021 - Present

Senior Party Chief/Instructor • Responsible for organization and management of standard operating procedures and local projects and programs. I’m responsible for Party Chief instruction and re-occurring education for incoming hires and new up-and-coming Party Chiefs. I must maintain in constant contact with my crew and my leadership above me, keeping on schedule and in budget of South Louisiana regional requests. I instruct training courses for crews on new equipment and software. • Quality Engineering & Surveying, LLC

July 2020 – October 2021

Interim Manager of Survey Department • Responsible for organization and management of survey requests, deeds, and plats into job packets, further completed by field crew. Managed schedules, site control points as well as field drawings due to engineers. Regular communication, written and verbal to multiple levels of management within city government channels and engineers. Executed and delegated daily tasks for appropriate correspondence. Expert knowledge of city confines and comfortable in outdoor extreme environments • City of Memphis

Jan 2015 – July 2020

Chief Surveyor Party • Directly worked for Survey Manager, supervised agile crew for assigned duties. Instructed crew in new construction activities and operations of equipment. Analyzed deeds, plats and work orders for precise locations. Performed calculations, oversaw set of baselines and inspection sites. Took accurate notes and drew expert sketches to transfer to electronic drawings across the city. Various digital equipment managed and run. • City of Memphis

Aug 2010 – Jan 2015

Junior Party Chief / Instrument Man • Executed main task of Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) work for TDOT. Laid stakes and graded in multi-year project of Norfolk Southern Rail Road. Participated in storm water survey for Walnut Grove Lake Basin and expertly used tools of Topcon, Nokia and Sokkia. Integrated with City of Memphis survey teams • Fisher Arnold Inc.

Sept 2007 – Aug 2010 (various)

Instrument Man / Crew (Co)-Leader • Construction site worker, executed bounding surveys for MLG&W and assisted in wire relocation with Carlson software and Topcorn instruments. Crew Leader and Co-leader, managing 3 to 7 personnel in maintenance and repair work. Managed team conducting boundary, topographic and layout surveys adhering to government restrictions at important local sites. • Benchmark-Ollar Surveying Co. (‘07-‘10), Geodesy Professional Services/Land Surveying (‘10).

2001-2007 (various)

Field Tech/Engineer to Survey Chief (U.S. Wide) • Archer Western Construction, Beckwith Land Surveying, Rosendahl and Assoc., Thienes Engineering, B&W Engineering Labs.

Key Skills in Technology

Leica GS18i and TS16, Trimble S7, TSC7, Trimble DiNi levels, Trimble R8 GNSS, Topcon R8 Hyper V, Nokia (various), Sokkia, GRS1 (RTN), TDS Rangers, Microsoft Office suite

Leadership and Communication

Decade plus of leading teams and gained valuable insight as interim Manager of the Survey Department for the City of Memphis. Regular and daily correspondence using city computer systems to communicate with officials, city staff and the general public.

Achievements

Trained and certified various times in First Aid and CPR. Youth counsellor and instructor in Water Safety, Life skills, etc… Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America