Associate Engineer

• May 2011 - Present

Seasoned geotechnical consultant with 12 years of experience delivering practical, timely, and trusted geotechnical solutions Maintain key client and industry relationships, driving repeat business and referrals for new business Consult directly with clients and design teams, develop scope of work and issue proposals for new projects Project manage all aspects of a project including generating/managing project budgets, milestone tracking, and reviewing invoices Proven ability to effectively communicate and set expectations with a broad set of construction team stakeholders including clients, design teams, and internal project teams Serve as Principal, Project Manager, or P.E. for a typical project load of 80 concurrent projects Receive technical training from Robert Pyke, G.E., Ph.D. to provide clients with common sense solutions that avoid excessively conservative foundation options Apply engineering judgment in developing foundation design criteria for projects and in making engineering decisions Perform site reconnaissance, oversee investigations: drill permits, subsurface explorations, boring logs and sample review, interpretation of SCPT data, development of laboratory testing programs and interpretation of test results, liquefaction & settlement analyses Geotechnical review of project plans, structural calculations, construction documents for conformance with report recommendations Maintain responsible charge of projects through construction Attend site meetings to resolve unanticipated design and field challenges with clients, builders, architects, structural engineers, civil engineers, subcontractors, and local building officials. Entertain and contribute to opportunities for value engineering Perform site visits for critical shoring, foundation, & drainage installations and for QA/QC Train, mentor, and manage staff-level engineers, geologists, field technicians Lead ongoing initiative to continuously update and improve standard report verbiage Show less