Paul Cook
406-***-**** ****.****.***@*******.*** Bozeman, MT
Profile
A highly experienced surveyor with excellent project and team leadership qualities. Comprehensive experience in surveying, written reporting, and leading construction teams to perform within tight timeframes and environmental and budgetary constraints. Excellent verbal and written communicator.
Employment History
Survey Crew Chief, Sanders Bros Construction Company, Charleston, SC 2021-2022
Participated in all phases of residential development construction, including boundary verification, topo surveys to verify quantities; construction staking for limits of disturbance/silt fence, and installation of all infrastructure facilities (sewer, water, storm sewer).
Carried out post construction as-built surveys for compliance with design and municipal review specifications.
Senior Project Manager, Weston & Sampson, Charleston, SC 2018-2021
Functioned as a field surveyor and/or CAD drafter on multiple DOT, high-pressure gas lines.
Performed topographic and as-built survey projects.
Project Manager/Field Supervisor, Atlas Surveying Inc., Charleston, SC 2018
Responsible for project and field crew scheduling, crew training, quality control, proposal preparation, and client relations for boundary, tree and topographic, ALTA.
Carried out construction layout and as-built surveys.
Survey Crew Chief, Montgomery Engineering & Management, Forest Hills, AZ 2017
Performed boundary and topographic surveys for architectural and engineering design, construction staking, and compliance monitoring, primarily for exclusive family residences.
Survey Crew Chief, Urban Engineering, Tucson, AZ 2016
Responsible for referencing and documenting City of Tucson monuments for preservation and re-establishment prior to street improvement projects.
Survey Crew Chief, Souder Miller and Associates, Safford, AZ 2015 –2016
Performed field work related to topography data acquisition for a storm water drainage study for City of Safford.
Set out control and staked I-10 bridge over Davidson Canyon as well as staking for I-10 overlay project.
Contract Surveyor, Basin Land Survey, Williston, ND 2015
Responsible for data collection, processing and drafting of topographic surveys. QA survey of 10-acre electric sub-station pad for earthwork compliance with specifications.
Carried out boundary surveys and field calculations.
Survey Crew Chief, William H Smith and Associates, Dickenson, ND 2014 –2015
Did field work primarily related to oil field industry.
Researched land title records.
Performed PLSS retracement for well locations, right-of-ways, and topographic surveys.
Paul Cook (p.2)
Equipment and Software Skills
Trimble 4700, 4800, 5700, 5800, R8, R10 RTK GPS Survey systems
TSC2 & TSC3
5600 and S Series Robotic Total Stations
Land Development Desktop 2012
Autodesk Civil 3D
Microsoft Office
Eagle Point
Expertise
American Land Title Association (ALTA)
Aerial Photo Control
Hydrographic Surveys
Municipal Construction
Structural Construction
Civil/Heavy Construction
Route Surveys – Highways, Pipelines and High Voltage Electrical Lines
Education & Certifications
Associate of Applied Science – Engineering/Surveying Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto, PA
Professional Land Surveyor License, Montana and Pennsylvania