Project Manager Engineer

DAVID A. ORTIZ, P.E

**** * ********* **.

ONTARIO, CA 91761

PHONE 909-731- 6785

*********@*****.***

Experience

BS. Major in Civil engineering, with over twenty years of experience in the field of drainage design for land development, highway and light rail projects, streets; water supply systems and public works.

Experience:

PROJECT MANAGER CNC ENGINEERING

August 2008 – January 2011 City of Industry, CA

Street design and Public works

-Designed the Widening of San Jose Avenue at Nogales Street to accommodate the new traffic volume generated by the Nogales Street Grade Separation Project by ACE*, which modified some vicinity streets into cul-de-sacs and re-routed traffic through San Jose Avenue; the widening was from an existing 60 feet right of way to a new width of 75 feet, in a length of 540 feet; it incorporated new horizontal curves with longer radii that improved visibility, made a smoother ride and included a new left turn pocket for semitrailer queuing. The widening did not reduce any areas of the adjacent parking lots which lay out were rearranged to maintain the existing number of parking stalls; prepared Plans, Specifications and Estimate package for bidding purposes

-Designed the reconstruction and resurfacing of local streets: San Jose Avenue, Fairway Drive, Baldwin Park Boulevard for a total length of 7,250 feet; prepared PSE for bidding purposes.

-Developed the conceptual parking lot lay out and grading plan for the Sheriff station to park 328 cars.

-Designed the grading and drainage for a new parking area and the overflow parking lot for the Puente Hills Equestrian Center with a total area of 4 acres

-Designed grading to accommodate manufactured homes

-Established with utility agencies the re-alignment of their facilities to be routed through new easements and coordinated the alignments for the right of way acquisition for them, to clear the site for the Nogales Street Grade Separation Project.

Secured temporary Right of Entry permits from the CPUC and the UPRR to perform street reconstruction work within the railroad right of way at various street crossings.

-Performed Plan checking for permit issuance, for re-development of industrial projects and tilt up building construction: site work, grading and drainage; designs to comply with city and county standards,

*ACE, Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority

PROJECT MANAGER David Evans & Associates, Inc.

March 2007 - June 2008 Ontario, CA

Land development

Designed the Improvement plans for Neil Armstrong Avenue in the city of Montebello, the project connects the west bound on, off ramps of the 60 Freeway at its intersection with Paramount Boulevard; supervised street drainage design and SUSMP Report.

Highway Design

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Designed the plate lining project for a 60 inch corrugated steel culvert , Route 330 under jurisdiction of CALTRANS district 8; deliverables were submitted for the PS&E Phase

Studied the drainage design for the intersection of the 210 Freeway with Pepper Avenue in the city of Rialto, under SANBAG jurisdiction

Designed the drainage system for the widening of the intersection of Ramona Boulevard and Highway 79 in the City of San Jacinto

Water Supply Systems

Designed the temporary water supply system for the construction of the Pine Tree Wind Farm Project in the Mojave desert, rated pumps, sized appurtenance structures and obtained approval from the LADWP as the water purveyor; the system tapped water from the Los Angeles aqueduct in the Mojave desert, Kern County at Jawbone Canyon Road.

PROJECT MANAGER PBS&J

October 2004 - February, 2007 Riverside, CA

Land Development

Managed land development designs for residential projects mostly located in the Inland Empire, projects consisted of clustered homes, golf course communities, man-made channels and ponds.

-Supervised grading and drainage teams to meet specific planning criteria and complying with agency requirements

-Applied for and secured grading permits issuance for construction

-Prepared report submittals to the NPDES for water quality control related to land development and construction activities

-Prepared grading and B permit plans for street improvements in the city of Los Angeles and dealt successfully in getting approval from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering

-Provided construction support, erosion control plans, SWPPP.

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER Washington Group Intl. (Now URS)

November, 2000 - September, 2004 Irvine, CA

Highway Design

-Lead drainage engineer for the San Fernando BRT, a 14 miles bus way Design-Build

Project for the Los Angeles MTA; the project included 26 street intersections.

-In charge of drainage design for the entire fourteen miles of this project.

-Lead drainage engineer for the SR-125 Freeway, connecting the city of Chula Vista, CA

to the south border, an 8 miles Design-Build project that included eight interchanges and

a 1100 Meters span bridge

-In charge of the drainage design team; analyzed on site drainage patterns and sized the

underground conveying systems.

-Laid out conceptual detention ponds for flow routing and storm water quality

-Set up priorities for local agencies and state ordinances to assure submittal approval.

-Coordinated with agencies on storm water release flow rates.

-Sized culverts for off-site drainage.

Light Rail Design

-Responsible for the drainage design to the Los Angeles to Pasadena Gold Line, a 13.8

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miles light rail design-build project, within jurisdictions of the cities of Los Angeles,

Pasadena; South Pasadena and CALTRANS.

-Established criteria and approach for the design team on this project.

-Prepared hydrology studies, hydraulic analysis and storm drain design.

-Designed culverts, pump stations for tunnel drainage systems in this project.

-Supervised other engineers and designers in the civil group.

-Dealt successfully with local agencies, CALTRANS, the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena

and South Pasadena; met local agencies’ standards and assured submittal approvals.

-Demonstrated before agencies that negative effects on the existing drainage systems as a

result of the new project and the proposed improvements were minimal or non-existing.

-Delivered submittals in a timely basis

-Coordinated and conferred with other professionals and agencies to accommodate

appurtenance structures and to relocate existing utilities.

-Designed precise grading and drainage for platform stations and parking lots.

-Provided field technical support by resolving RFIs during the construction of the project

CIVIL ENGINEER Nolte Associates, Inc.

February, 1998 - October, 2000 Corona, CA

-Prepared rough and precise grading for commercial development projects

-Studied site hydrology to size an underground detention gallery for storm rain water

-Sized trunks and storm drain system for the entire site, establishing flow rates, grades.

-Designed plans for streets, horizontal control and profiles using Soft desk.

-Designed a private spur rail, alignment, profile and sections using Soft desk

ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEER Rose Hills Co. Inc.

January, 1990-December, 1997 Whittier, CA

-Designed the on-going land development plan for the company, grading and roads;

Pumping stations; rated pumps for water supply and irrigation systems.

-Designed streets, storm drain system.

-Dealt successfully with the Los Angeles Sanitation District to obtain reclaimed water.

-Converted the existing irrigation system into a dual one: Drinkable-Reclaimed water

System

ENGINEERING SOFTWARE:

HEC-RAS

TR-55

WSPG

INROADS as a design tool

LDD Land Development as a design tool.

BUSINESS SOFTWARE:

EXCEL

WORD

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B.S. degree with major in Civil Engineering issued by the National Engineering

University*, Lima-Peru,

MBA degree from the University of Phoenix, Graduate School of Business and Management

Professional Certification

P.E. License Issued by the California Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

EIT Certificate

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), active member

Special skills

-Proficient in the Metric System (System International, SI)

-Bilingual skills, Fluent in Spanish.

*http://www.uni.edu.pe

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