FRANK WELLS
**** *. **** ****** • Phoenix, AZ *5019 • 602-***-**** • bpou3f@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Survey Technician with more than 22 years. ALTAs, Topo, Stake-out. Extensive experience using AutoCAD. 8 years experience as Survey Party Chief for several Civil Engineering. Over 30 years in construction in Phoenix. Worked with TDS, Acad14-2004, LDD, Eaglepoint, Trimble, Nikon.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Survey CADD Technician & Party Chief | building codes |Construction Management
AutoCAD | LDD | Estimating | Civil Development | Municipality Record Systems
EXPERIENCE
Pipeline Surveyor/ Babcock-Eagleton November 2011-June 2012
• GPS Survey Party Chief / Instrument Operator.
• Clearing-construction staking, Tie ins, Road Bores, As-builts, Pipe Tally, Driver company vehicle.
Notary and Document Processor March 2009 – Present
• Deliver, procure and search documents. On-Site notary for business and medical legal documents.
Commercial Ceramics, Inc., Peoria, AZ January 2004 – March 2009
Estimator/Field Representative
• Solicit bid invites, download blueprints, determine trade application, and calculate material and labor.
• Develop bid criteria thru specs and architectural documents.
• Manage field crews, Operate 2T truck and forklifts. Order, pickup, warehouse and deliver products and marterials.
Cole Harvey Engineering & Pacific Greens (Vic Story), Phoenix, AZ January 2004 – March 2006 Surveyor (contract work)
• Topographic surveys, boundary, A.L.T.A.’s and construction staking.
• Operated my own crew, equipment and truck.
• Downloaded Field information developed a .DWG file and processed and edited points.
Gannett Fleming of Arizona, (John Snodgrass) Phoenix, AZ August 2000 – January 2004 Survey Tech
• Create plats, A.L.T.A.s, topographic, point layouts, legal descriptions, easements, lot splits, right of ways and all aspects of survey recording documents.
• Write legal descriptions for Right of Ways, easements and land descriptions. Record said documents with the MCR. Conduct traffic studies on major highway and arterial streets.
• Investigate and procure legal documents and records from government data bases and engineering offices to include, County Recorders, BLM office, Municipalities, Assessors.
• Create field-staking files for downloading into surveyor’s equipment from Plats and architectural drawings
• Proficient in AutoCAD 2000i Land Base Development, Eagle point, TDS Land Development.
Pinnacle Engineering, Scottsdale, AZ February 2000 – August 2000
Party Chief
• Topographic Surveying residential and commercial lots.
• Upload coordinates, create field book notes, create line codes, identify and record protected and salvageable vegetation.
City of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ June 1995 – August 2000
Party Chief
• Created and managed the new NAVD 88 vertical and horizontal database for the City of Scottsdale using convention bench running with optical and electronic levels.
• Conventional and GPS surveying of city wide GIS Utility as-built program.
• Lead a crew in the FIMA flood control certification program.
Gannett Fleming of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ January 1994 – June 1995
Survey Tech/Instrument Man
• Perform all duties pertaining to the instrument man position, keeping very precise field notes, maintaining equipment. Download survey data and reduce for survey techs.
Gervasio & Associates, Phoenix, AZ June 1993 – January 1994
Instrument Man
• Perform all duties pertaining to the instrument man position, keeping very precise field notes, and maintaining equipment.
Additional experience includes 4 years in the United States Army
EDUCATION
NSPS Survey Technician Certification Level II (2012)
Commercial Contractor Lic/Bonded
Southwest Truck Driving School (2011)
Class A, tanker, hazmat, passenger endorsements
National Education Center, Glendale, AZ(1988)
AAS Degree in Architectural and Civil Design
Registered Certified Construction Flagger (2010)
Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ(2003)
Building Inspection & Codes Courses