Client facing and team leadership role. Project types: site civil, land development/improvement, site rehabilitation, municipal, water resources, public buildings, utility, education, and multi-disciplinary. Duties include defining scope, drafting and negotiating proposals, schedule development, responsibility for setting and overseeing budget, design quality control, scope change management, regulatory engagement, contract documents preparation, overall project management consulting, and design project delivery for construction projects ranging approximately from $500k to $10M in value.

As manager of the site civil engineering design operations at the Livonia office, I am responsible for staff hiring, mentoring and oversight, design quality control and standards, project delivery, and coordination with other groups and disciplines. The Livonia site team is made up of civil engineers with a passion for Advancing Communities and a technical aptitude for site and municipal civil engineering. Our team’s success strives from engaged technical experts, innovative thinking, and a collaborative and receptive attitude.

Client facing and team leadership role. Project types: site civil, land development/improvement, municipal, utility, education, and multi-disciplinary. Duties include defining scope, drafting and negotiating proposals. scope-schedule-budget responsibility, design quality control, scope change management, regulatory engagement, and overall design project delivery for construction projects ranging approximately from $500k to $3M in value.

Working with other experts to Advance Communities, my role as an advisor to public and private clients by providing design, permitting, bidding, and construction consulting services. The site design team's role includes: civil site design services, construction plans and specifications, construction value engineering and quality assurance, storm water management solutions, and government permit and/or site plan applications.My technical approach to site civil design incorporates efficient, cost effective, and practical solutions that meet or exceed established design standards. Our solutions often utilize sustainable methodologies, optimized storm water management practices, streamlined site layout and are focused on a best-value answer that facilitates future expansion.

Held a variety of roles in design, consulting, and construction in all phases (concept, proposal, design, bidding, construction, and close-out) of various government (federal, state and local) and commercial engineering and construction projects. Project background includes:Quality Control Manager / Construction Engineer during US Army base-wide water main replacement design-build project in Metro-Detroit. Responsibilities included enforcing compliance of subcontractor with project plans and specifications, field engineering, as-built information collection, construction oversight, materials/acceptance testing coordination, and frequent client/regulator engagement.Consulting/Design Engineer for various municipal solid waste landfills in MI and OH. - Project scope: expansion design and general engineering consultant of landfills in Michigan and Ohio. Responsibilities include design drawing generation, review of engineering calculations, supervision of engineering report, and engagement with multi-disciplinary design team.Design-Build Project Engineer for redesign and construction of cap for closed unlicensed landfill in rural Ohio (Client: Ohio EPA). Responsibilities included pre-design survey, site design, storm water planning, design drawing generation, construction engineering, post-construction survey, and as-built drawing production.Drove internal review and revision of engineering practices to enhance design quality control, streamline project delivery, reduce indirect project costs, and improve client-consultant-regulator collaboration during the design process.

Sidewalk / pavement inspection, contractor oversight.

Officiated soccer, flag football, basketball, softball, and broomball.

Customer support, database engineering.