Project Manager Engineer

Location:

Morris, IL, 60450

Salary:

48,000

Posted:

September 17, 2010

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Brian Mark Tjernlund, EIT

** *. ******* ∙ Morris IL 60450 ∙ *******@*****.*** ∙ 815-***-****

Experience _____________________________________________________________

GreenbergFarrow Arlington Heights, IL

Project Designer February 2007 to July 2008

• Handled nearly all Stormwater Design for Chicago office including Runoff Calculations, Sewer Sizing and Layout, Detention Sizing, and Overflow Routing. GIS Software: Hydro Flow, Hydro Cad, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Land Desktop.

• Handled permitting with state and local authorities.

• Project site design (commercial) including Grading, Utility Layout, Sanitary PE/Flow Determination, Site Layout, Parking Design, Cut and Fill Calculations, Floodplain Mitigation, Wetland Mitigation, Soil Determination, and Site Contamination issues.

• Conducted Pre-Project Site Evaluations which have saved Clients Extra Construction Costs several times. Savings have been up to $100,000.

• Maintained Communication with Clients, Contractors, Regulatory Officials, and other interested parties.

• Created Construction Documents such as Construction Plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), Erosion Control Plans, Exhibits for Presentations, and Project Cost Estimates.

Projects

• Major clients include Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and Kohl’s throughout US.

• Designed 40 acre commercial shopping mall site in Mokena, IL

• Home Depots in OH, WI, and MN.

• Texas Roadhouse projects in ID, MT, UT, NV, AR, NM, CO, NE, IA, MN, MO, TX, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH, PA, NY, VA, NC, and FL.

• Saved Texas Roadhouse thousands of dollars on possible OH site. Determined the 2 acre site in question was not economically suitable as it had a gas well, large drainage ditch which needed a 72” pipe and 300 semi-truck loads of offsite fill.

• Kohl’s projects in IN, WI, and OH.

• Handled a difficult stormwater design issue on project site in Virginia Beach, VA. Site had a very high water table and very limited detention space requiring several methods of detention to meet requirements.

Devery Engineering Grayslake, IL

Field Engineer October 2006 to January 2007

• Construction inspection for Municipal projects included watermain replacement, installation of storm sewer, and replacement of street pavement.

• Assisting contractors with plan interpretation.

• Assisted with conducting surveys with surveying Total Station.

• Construction documentation including material quantities and maintaining construction logbook.

Projects

• Construction observation and documentation for Round Lake Beach, IL and Wauconda, IL

Seton Engineering Service Corporation Palatine, IL

Design Engineer August 2004 to September 2006

• Handle all company’s Stormwater Design work including Calculations, Sewer Sizing and Layout, Detention Sizing, and Overflow Routing. Software used included TR-20, Storm Cad and Excel (Rational method and MWRD method).

• Other designing responsibilities included Site Grading, Site Layout, Sanitary Sizing, Sanitary PE/Flow determination, Floodplain Mitigation, Wetland Mitigation, Traffic Modeling, and Cost Estimates.

• GIS experience with Micro Station, Storm Cad, GeoPak, Total Station and Collector Survey Equipment.

• Handled permitting and correspondence with regulating agencies, municipalities, and other involved parties. (Including MWRD)

• Creating topographic surveys (both field survey and cad drawings).

Projects

• Projects include commercial, industrial, and residential throughout N. IL.

• 30 acre Industrial project in Zion, IL. Site included Wetland Removal and Floodplain issues, thousands of yards of Cut and Fill (site was raised up to 12 ft), Army Corp and local stormwater district regulations, Semi-Truck parking and movement issues.

• 3 acre urban commercial site in Prospect Heights, IL with floodplain issues, limited detention space, major 12” watermain relocation, and a very difficult city approval processes.

• Motorola World Headquarters Campus in Schaumburg, IL Stormwater System Modeling. Site issues included parking lot ponding and stormwater pipe settlement issues. Our scope involved identifying problem areas and proposing solutions to issues.

Robert E. Hamilton Consulting Engineers P.C. Joliet, IL

Engineering Intern Summers 2002, 2003

• Municipal Engineering including Subdivision reviews per village code (up to 600 acres), Sanitary Sewer Capacities Modeling and Design, Storm Sewer-Detention Capacity Modeling and Design, Water Service Pressure Modeling, and Site Design.

• Survey work including topographic and Alta surveys. Used Total Station, GPS and Rod and Level.

• GIS experience includes AutoCAD, Water Cad, Total Station and collector, and GPS equipment.

Illinois Department of Transportation Ottawa, IL

Engineering Intern Summers 1999, 2000, 2001

• Assisted the Resident Engineer with his duties including: Construction Inspection, Material Quantities, Material Testing, Surveying, Construction Layout, Construction Documentation, and Plans Interpretation for Interstate Highway and State Highway Bridge Construction.

License/Skills________________________________

Engineer in Training (EIT)

• IL License #061-031414

• Approximately 6 working months from PE Exam eligibility.

Skills

• Systems: Windows 95, 98, 00, ME, XP

• Software: GIS, AutoCAD, Micro Station, Civil 3D, Land Desktop, MS Word, MS Excel, Explorer, TR-20, Hydro Flow, Storm Cad, Hydro Cad, Water Cad

Education____________________________________

University of Illinois Chicago, IL

College of Engineering

• Bachelor of Science – Civil Engineering May 2004.

• Senior Design Team Won Engineering Expo Student Choice Award Spring 2004.