Project Engineer

• Jul 2021 - Present

Team Lead

• Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

- Oversee the City’s construction and event traffic plan review and monitoring programs by leading a team of technical staff that review, accept, and monitor 200-350 traffic control plans per month - Oversee the planning, design, and implementation of traffic management plans and strategies for major City capital projects - Review high impact street use requests from internal crews and external developers, contractors, and event organizer and negotiate with requestors to minimize street… Show more - Oversee the City’s construction and event traffic plan review and monitoring programs by leading a team of technical staff that review, accept, and monitor 200-350 traffic control plans per month - Oversee the planning, design, and implementation of traffic management plans and strategies for major City capital projects - Review high impact street use requests from internal crews and external developers, contractors, and event organizer and negotiate with requestors to minimize street use and traffic impacts - Supervise a team of technical design and field staff by delegating responsibilities, providing direction on street use requests, advising staff through unplanned traffic events in the field, and managing performance planning and reviews for all staff

Traffic Engineer-in-Training

• Jul 2018 - Jan 2021

- Reviewed and designed traffic plans for internal and external construction and events in compliance with WorkSafeBC regulations and design guidelines from BC MoTI, TAC, and City of Vancouver - Conducted traffic capacity analysis using City traffic volume data to determine work restrictions and acceptable time windows for traffic impacts for all travel modes - Conducted traffic control plan inspections and provided Traffic control road safety guidance to contractors, internal crews… Show more - Reviewed and designed traffic plans for internal and external construction and events in compliance with WorkSafeBC regulations and design guidelines from BC MoTI, TAC, and City of Vancouver - Conducted traffic capacity analysis using City traffic volume data to determine work restrictions and acceptable time windows for traffic impacts for all travel modes - Conducted traffic control plan inspections and provided Traffic control road safety guidance to contractors, internal crews, field staff, and to Vancouver Police Department traffic assistants - Reviewed vehicle swept path analysis from AutoTURN to inform traffic plan designs - Liaised with interdepartmental staff, developers, contractors, event organizers, and external agencies to negotiate and resolve complex street use issues and to plan and coordinate construction/event traffic impacts - Developed strategies to inform the public about significant traffic impacts including traffic advisory signage, changeable message boards, traffic impact summary reports, social media posts, and webpages - Created new organizational quality management processes and procedures for design and review of traffic management plans and for design of temporary traffic signal modifications - Developed guidelines and education materials for temporary traffic control on pedestrian and bicycle facilities to promote safety and active travel in construction work zones - Organized a transportation themed hackathon, the DeCode Congestion Hackathon, for 150+ participants

Cooperative Education Student

• Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

- Assisted with the management of several building envelope projects from conceptual and preliminary stage of design to successful completion - Performed field work during construction and wrote detailed field review reports - Produced design specifications and drawings for building envelope design projects - Prepared contract documents and assisted with contract administration (including site instructions, change orders and certification for payment documents) - Lead weekly project… Show more - Assisted with the management of several building envelope projects from conceptual and preliminary stage of design to successful completion - Performed field work during construction and wrote detailed field review reports - Produced design specifications and drawings for building envelope design projects - Prepared contract documents and assisted with contract administration (including site instructions, change orders and certification for payment documents) - Lead weekly project meetings with building owners and contractors - Drafted building envelope engineering drawings for design packages - Prepared technical reports and conceptual budgets for building envelope condition assessments - Compared thermal performance of buildings to current ASHRAE Standards using THERM software and presented the analysis through a detailed technical report Show less - Assisted with the management of several building envelope projects from conceptual and preliminary stage of design to successful completion - Performed field work during construction and wrote detailed field review reports - Produced design specifications and drawings for building envelope design projects - Prepared contract documents and assisted with contract administration (including site instructions, change orders and certification for payment documents) - Lead weekly project… Show more - Assisted with the management of several building envelope projects from conceptual and preliminary stage of design to successful completion - Performed field work during construction and wrote detailed field review reports - Produced design specifications and drawings for building envelope design projects - Prepared contract documents and assisted with contract administration (including site instructions, change orders and certification for payment documents) - Lead weekly project meetings with building owners and contractors - Drafted building envelope engineering drawings for design packages - Prepared technical reports and conceptual budgets for building envelope condition assessments - Compared thermal performance of buildings to current ASHRAE Standards using THERM software and presented the analysis through a detailed technical report Show less

Cooperative Education Student

• May 2016 - Aug 2016

- Developed new databases for traffic related injury using information provided by several Vancouver hospitals - Performed extensive analysis on the hospital injury data using Excel, ArcGIS and City of Vancouver infrastructure datasets with the focus on the following questions: How do traffic related injuries occur? What modes are involved in traffic injuries? When do traffic injuries occur? Who is involved in traffic injuries? Where in the City of Vancouver do traffic injuries occur? -… Show more - Developed new databases for traffic related injury using information provided by several Vancouver hospitals - Performed extensive analysis on the hospital injury data using Excel, ArcGIS and City of Vancouver infrastructure datasets with the focus on the following questions: How do traffic related injuries occur? What modes are involved in traffic injuries? When do traffic injuries occur? Who is involved in traffic injuries? Where in the City of Vancouver do traffic injuries occur? - Compared hospital traffic injury data to ICBC’s collision data and the Vancouver Police Department’s traffic fatality data - Developed a detailed technical report related to the hospital injury data analysis - Independently presented the hospital injury data analysis through five separate presentations, including one to the City of Vancouver’s Transportation Branch Managers - Created crosswalk design drawings using AutoCAD and City of Vancouver design guidelines - Developed collision diagrams using AutoCAD and ICBC Collision Data - Produced a BC Road Safety toolkit on several transportation engineering measures including speed reader boards, signal crossing times and parklets having conducted research using NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Show less - Developed new databases for traffic related injury using information provided by several Vancouver hospitals - Performed extensive analysis on the hospital injury data using Excel, ArcGIS and City of Vancouver infrastructure datasets with the focus on the following questions: How do traffic related injuries occur? What modes are involved in traffic injuries? When do traffic injuries occur? Who is involved in traffic injuries? Where in the City of Vancouver do traffic injuries occur? -… Show more - Developed new databases for traffic related injury using information provided by several Vancouver hospitals - Performed extensive analysis on the hospital injury data using Excel, ArcGIS and City of Vancouver infrastructure datasets with the focus on the following questions: How do traffic related injuries occur? What modes are involved in traffic injuries? When do traffic injuries occur? Who is involved in traffic injuries? Where in the City of Vancouver do traffic injuries occur? - Compared hospital traffic injury data to ICBC’s collision data and the Vancouver Police Department’s traffic fatality data - Developed a detailed technical report related to the hospital injury data analysis - Independently presented the hospital injury data analysis through five separate presentations, including one to the City of Vancouver’s Transportation Branch Managers - Created crosswalk design drawings using AutoCAD and City of Vancouver design guidelines - Developed collision diagrams using AutoCAD and ICBC Collision Data - Produced a BC Road Safety toolkit on several transportation engineering measures including speed reader boards, signal crossing times and parklets having conducted research using NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Show less

Project Research Assistant

• Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

My position was within the Water Services Department in the Dam Monitoring Group. I worked in a team of five to monitor the performance of the Cleveland Dam (CLD), Seymour Falls Dam (SFD) and the Alpine Lake Dams. Some of my responsibilities included: - Collecting, inputting, analyzing and interpreting monitoring data from an extensive network of groundwater piezometer, inclinometers and extensometers - Participating in periodic inspections of all of the dams - Writing technical… Show more My position was within the Water Services Department in the Dam Monitoring Group. I worked in a team of five to monitor the performance of the Cleveland Dam (CLD), Seymour Falls Dam (SFD) and the Alpine Lake Dams. Some of my responsibilities included: - Collecting, inputting, analyzing and interpreting monitoring data from an extensive network of groundwater piezometer, inclinometers and extensometers - Participating in periodic inspections of all of the dams - Writing technical reports for four semi-annual inspections of CLD and SFD - Developing memorandums for annual seepage inspections, drainage tunnel inspections, reservoir full pool conditions and for testing of back-up pumping wells - Conducting weekly field work including slope inspections, datalogger collection and extensometer, flow, turbidity and soil loss readings - Preparing Annual Summary Reports for CLD and SFD - Analyzing and updating Emergency Response Plans (ERP) and Operations, Maintenance and Surveillance (OMS) Manuals for all of the dams - Communicating with drafting personnel to prepare figures and update engineering drawings - Liaising with consultants - Processing applications and screening resumes - Training the new co-op student and creating procedure instructions Show less My position was within the Water Services Department in the Dam Monitoring Group. I worked in a team of five to monitor the performance of the Cleveland Dam (CLD), Seymour Falls Dam (SFD) and the Alpine Lake Dams. Some of my responsibilities included: - Collecting, inputting, analyzing and interpreting monitoring data from an extensive network of groundwater piezometer, inclinometers and extensometers - Participating in periodic inspections of all of the dams - Writing technical… Show more My position was within the Water Services Department in the Dam Monitoring Group. I worked in a team of five to monitor the performance of the Cleveland Dam (CLD), Seymour Falls Dam (SFD) and the Alpine Lake Dams. Some of my responsibilities included: - Collecting, inputting, analyzing and interpreting monitoring data from an extensive network of groundwater piezometer, inclinometers and extensometers - Participating in periodic inspections of all of the dams - Writing technical reports for four semi-annual inspections of CLD and SFD - Developing memorandums for annual seepage inspections, drainage tunnel inspections, reservoir full pool conditions and for testing of back-up pumping wells - Conducting weekly field work including slope inspections, datalogger collection and extensometer, flow, turbidity and soil loss readings - Preparing Annual Summary Reports for CLD and SFD - Analyzing and updating Emergency Response Plans (ERP) and Operations, Maintenance and Surveillance (OMS) Manuals for all of the dams - Communicating with drafting personnel to prepare figures and update engineering drawings - Liaising with consultants - Processing applications and screening resumes - Training the new co-op student and creating procedure instructions Show less