Senior Engineer

Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Vice President

• Feb 2007 - Feb 2015

 Keen oversight of projects encompassing refuse storage facilities and waste impoundments.  Strategic direction to the entire aspects of the permitting process, from field explorations to reserve studies, and to the successful design and implementation for both coal and aggregates.  Provision of effectual support and oversight on mining timing, pillar design, pit modeling, spoil storage, roof support planning, and sediment basin design initiatives.  Active participation in various M&A and cost modeling projects for the mining industry.  Close coordination with contractors ensure completion of design in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Formulation of designs for several programs to operate inside AutoCAD; and took part in the writing of an iPad application to quickly view designs and projects in the field.