Engineering Manager

• May 2021 - Present

Senior Project Engineer

• Jul 2020 - May 2021

Civil Engineering Professional

• Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

Experienced licensed and registered professional civil engineer with a history of leadership, project management, operations, construction management, infrastructure inspections and drainage analyses. CORE COMPETENCIES Project management Drainage analyses Construction management Infrastructure inspection Site feasibility studies Wastewater collection and conveyance Watershed management Technical training Erosion and sediment control Storm water management Public speaking Excellent Verbal and Written skills SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access CADD (AutoCAD and QCAD) HEC-RAS HydroCAD EPANET SketchUP Show less

Consulting Engineer

• Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

Provide consulting engineer services to nonprofit organizations in Eswatini. Accomplishments include: Completed thorough wastewater needs projection project, including comprehensive soil testing, for rural health clinic, showing that a planned septic system would be unsuitable for the needs of the clinic and the community. As a result, the clinic sought a more suitable wastewater treatment facility, avoiding a $25K system that was likely to fail within a short time due to unsuitable soil. Developed digital copies of plan sheets of the Bulembu town map, land contours, and infrastructure, importing the plans into AutoCAD software while scaling and adding layers for each type of infrastructure, roadway, and building. This protected the vital information for future use and allowed for a 15% increase in productivity for future base layers for town planning. Inspecting a 1,200 meter drainage tunnel through a mountain for structural integrity. Writing a water system O & M manual for Bulembu drinking water system. Show less

Missionary Teacher at Bible College

• Feb 2014 - Dec 2019

Taught classes to pastors and other church leaders. Wrote or assisted with creating class material. Created student database for college. Assisted in strategic planning. Accomplishments include: Development of database that allowed college to double its student population without an increase in staff hours. Allowed transcript services to be completed in minutes instead of hours, improving efficiency for staff and allowing students to transfer credits to other universities. Taught classes to pastors and other church leaders. Wrote or assisted with creating class material. Created student database for college. Assisted in strategic planning. Accomplishments include: Development of database that allowed college to double its student population without an increase in staff hours. Allowed transcript services to be completed in minutes instead of hours, improving efficiency for staff and allowing students to transfer credits to other universities.

Project Engineer

• Mar 2017 - Jul 2019

Assisting Bulembu Ministries with relocation of some resources and planning for new site. Leading the Maintenance Department in maintaining and upgrading town infrastructure to include water system, sewer system, sewage treatment plant, solid waste collection and disposal, streets and public green spaces. Significant accomplishments include: Served as sole design engineer and project manager for construction of a major 6-inch water pipeline, which included a 160-foot catwalk along a cliff face, preparing all plans, specifications, bills of quantities, and construction contracts for the nine-month project. Hired and managed all contractors for the project. Reviewed all payment requests and inspected all work to successful completion of the project. This 1.6 km water pipeline project improved access to better source drinking water for over 1K people and helped the village reduce operating costs by an average of $3K per month. Planned and directed work to renovate an unused section of the town health clinic to allow the government of Swaziland (now Eswatini) develop an ambulance service and primary health facility, improving healthcare for the village. Led renovation of an abandoned bank building in town to allow a newly contracted bank operator to operate a new bank branch. Demolished and replaced plumbing, electrical, and cabinetry while managing an outside general contractor. Designed and managed construction of a buttress to stabilize a failing retaining wall to protect a $20K transformer. Show less

Director of Dam Safety Division

• Mar 2009 - Dec 2013

Directed state response to reports of failing dams. Provided inspection and investigation to ensure that dam construction met recognized standards and state regulatory guidance. Developed corrective action orders while ensuring all required documentation was completed for all inspections and findings. Developed guidelines for design of dams, while reviewing plans of proposed process improvements to division operations. Performed breach analyses of high and significant hazard dams using HEC-RAS software, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Performed hydrologic analyses of watershed and hydraulic analyses of spillways using HEC-HMS and HydroCAD software. Significant accomplishments included: Spearheaded division response to Lake Tangipahoa Dam imminent breach in 2012, which was a result of Hurricane Isaac, coordinating with multiple state agencies and emergency management contractors to ensure the safety of residents in two states living below the dam. Received award of merit from Association of State Dam Safety Officials for greatly enhancing the division’s operations, training, and emergency response protocol. Authored guidance documents on the design of dams for the entire state of Mississippi, developing guidelines for reviewing design reports, analyses, plans, and specifications for the construction of dams, the first such document for the state. As a result, review time was reduced by more than 50% and the quality of submittals was greatly enhanced as consulting engineers were provided a better understanding of what to include in submittals. Spearheaded and facilitated the first emergency action plan tabletop exercise building collaborations between the division, a major dam owner, emergency management professionals, and city officials to ensure each had extensive knowledge in emergency response strategies. Show less

Dam Safety Engineer

• 2006 - 2009

Civil engineer position responsible for inspecting dams and reviewing plans as well as performing hydrologic, hydraulic and breach analyses for dams.

Nonpoint Source Engineer

• 1999 - 2006

Provided technical assistance and training to local governments and industries on erosion, sediment control and stormwater management.

Environmental Engineer

• 1993 - 1999

Project management for wastewater and drinking water projects. Project management for wastewater and drinking water projects.