Land Surveyor Party Chief

James C. Cooley

**** ******** ******, *****, ** 80615 Home Phone: 1-970-***-****

OBJECTIVE

A position in Land Surveying, and/or Offshore Surveying Operations which will lead to a position where my acquired skills and experience may be best utilized.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Land and Offshore Surveying Dredging Operations

Underwater Acoustic Operations Seismic Exploration

Navigational Systems Train Surveyors on Trimble, Topcon, Thales, TDS Systems

GPS Satellite Operations & Systems Civil Construction

Experience in Central/South America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, and the Arctic.

Personal Strengths

Self-motivated (with the ability to work in Utilize research resources effectively

an unsupervised environment) Detail oriented and dedicated to quality

Strong technical aptitude Close client relations and updates

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Mortenson Construction – Minneapolis, MN Employed as Land Survey Mgr. Eagle Mtn., UT 09/2020 – 06/2024

Acklam Land and Survey – Brighton, CO Employed as Land Surveyor, Brighton, CO 09/2018 – 06/2020

Uintah Engrg and Land Surveying – Vernal, UT Employed as Land Surveyor, Minot, ND 05/2017 – 07/2018

Kelley Construction Inc. – Louisville, KY Employed as Land Survey Super, Louisville, KY 08/15 – 02/06/17

Intertek Surveying Services, Houston, TX Employed as Land Surveyor, Houston, TX 06/14-08/15

Force Corporation, La Porte, TX – Odjfell Contract Land Surveyor, La Porte, TX 01/14 – 05/14

WSD Construction, Houston, TX – Tepsco Contract Land Surveyor, Cushing, OK 07/13 – 01/14

Saulsbury Industries, Odessa Tx – Barrick Gold Mine Contract Land Surveyor, Carlin, NV 04/13 – 07/13

L.W. Survey Denver, CO - Conoco-Phillips Contract Land Surveyor-Alberta, Canada 10/12- 04/13

Gold Canyon Mining and Construction, NV & Alaska Land Survey Supervisor – Surveyor 05/10 -10/12

Weeks Marine, Inc. Covington, LA Hydrographic and Land Surveyor 12/09 – 03/10

Ryba Marine Construction, Cheboygan, MI – Hydrographic and Land Surveyor 04/09 – 11/09

County of Kern, CA Engineering and Survey Services Survey Party Chief 04/08 - 11/08

Hennon Surveying and Mapping, Inc. Glendale, CA. Survey Land Party Chief 12/07 – 04/08

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SKILLS

CIVIL LAND SURVEYING

ALTA’s, boundary, topographic, leveling, aerial, construction, property corners, right-of-ways, and GPS surveys for 2 and 3-D land seismic, and oil and gas pipeline construction routing and construction. Equipment: Trimble S6, S7 and Robotics, Trimble R10’s and R12’s, Leica 1800 Total Stations, TDS and Survey Controller firmware. Topcon Equipment: GTS 301’s 601’s, and DS205AC Robotics, GPT-7000’s, DL205 Digital Level. Levels: Trimble Dini-12, Leica 2000/3000 Series digital levels and Leica HDS scanners and software, U.S. Radar Ground Penetrating Radar – Q25C, Faro Scanners, NavVis Lidar Scanner, Dusty Robotics Surface Printer.

OFFSHORE SURVEYING

Government (Army Corp. of Engineers), EPA, & military surveys

Positioning offshore drilling platforms, semi-submersibles, buoys and dredging vessels and surveys

Seismic exploration, particularly shallow water, transition zones

Biological, bathymetry, dredging, geological hydrographic surveys

Extensive knowledge of all phases of navigation engineering and operation of navigational systems, including:

Setup and maintenance offshore navigational surveying reference systems

Creation of potential shore stations by GPS surveys

Navigation for seismic survey vessels, pipeline surveys, biological surveys & high-resolution seismic vessels

Navigation for search and location of missing military equipment

Satellite operations and tracking, navigational systems

R.O.V. and manned submersibles experience with related acoustic navigational systems, including: Triton &

Challenger ROV’s (SonSub, Eastport), D.O.E.’s Phantoms ROV’s

EQUIPMENT

NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT

Vast knowledge of different Navigational Systems and equipment utilized by commercial companies and the government,

including military, as follows:

Honeywell RS/904 & 952 Hydrostar Acoustic Systems

Oceano Acoustics: IM-100, RM-201, PS-100, TT-201 & Tow fish Transducers

Sonardyne-Simrad Acoustic LBL Systems

Arma Brown Gyro: Sperry MR-37 Gyrocompass; KVH Magnetic Flux Compass

Ferranti O.R.E. Track Point II Acoustic Systems

Mesotech Color Sonar 971, UDI Sonar; Furno Color Video Sounder

TideTrac Tide Gauges – eTrac Engrg and Flo-Mate Current Meters – Marsh-McBirney, Inc.

Nautronics Acoustic USBL Systems

Benthos Acoustic Equipment & Beacons

Innerspace Depth Sounder, Model 449

Odom CVM Echotrack Depth Sounders and Velocity Meters

SATELLITE SYSTEMS

Strong knowledge of modern-day Satellite Equipment (as well as equipment which is seldom used today), including:

Thales ProMark3, Locus, Z-Xtreme GPS Systems Trimble GPS Static, RTK – DSM232’s, R10 & R12 VRS

Topcon Hyper-Fix GPS RTK/Static Systems Trimble PPO-XRS GIS Systems

John E. Chance & Associates Star Fix System

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COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Computer literate in many software programs, i.e.: Corpscon, Excel, Trimble TBC – Set up Machine Control GPS Dozers and Track Hoes, Hypack 2009a, Ashtech Solutions Software, and MapTech NGS Quad Map and Control Software, NGS OPUS and CORS Ref. Data, Cable Arm Clam Vision Dredging Software, some AutoCAD Civil 3D 2021 experience, Dimes Dimensional Control Software, John Chance Hydrographic Survey Software Systems.

GEOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Wesmar Side-Scan Sonar Magnetometers

Klein Multi-Frequency Side Scan Sonar Hock Turbidity Measuring Meters

EDUCATION/TRAINING

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, Cleveland, OH 1980 - 1981

Electronics in Navigational and Surveying Equipment – Oceano, Haarlem, Netherlands 1988 - 1990

Three Years of College, Emphasis on Geology 1966 - 1969

Trimble Survey Software Training Class – Sunnyvale, CA 01/1997

Trimble GIS Mapping Equipment & Software Training Class – Sunnyvale, CA 02/1997

Trimble GPS Equipment & Applications Training Class – Sunnyvale, CA 04/1997

Thales/Ashtech GPS Equipment & Applications - France 04/2001

Honorable Discharge U.S. Army, Decorated Vietnam Vet Medic First Aid Training in CPR- Current

Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America Hazwoper 40 Hour Course, Cert. #1210502

NCCER Certified Survey Trainer - #13689986 OSHA 30-Hour Safety Certificate

● Current US Passport and Identity Card, #444634264 TWIC Card MSHA Certified-Expires 051629

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