Bridge Engineer
CurrentComplex Analysis and Modeling Design Leader - Administrative Engineer 5/2018 to PresentPrincipal Engineer - Final Design Unit Leader - 7/2014 to 5/2018Senior Engineer (Work out of Class Principal Engineer) - Final Design Unit Leader - 7/2013 to 7/2014Senior Engineer - 7/2012 to 7/2013Graduate Engineer 2 - 6/2010 to 7/2012Graduate Engineer - Trainee - 6/2009 to 6/2010Graduate Engineer 1 - 1/2008 to 6/2009Student Worker Para Professional Senior - 5/2006 to 12/2007Ben currently oversees a design unit in the MnDOT Bridge Office Final Design Section. In his role, Ben actively pursues technically challenging projects to work on. Ben manages the unit work by evaluating work load, prioritizing, assigning tasks to members of the design unit, monitoring project progress, and reporting project progress. To aid in this effort, he has used Microsoft Project to create design schedules and also considered the strengths and weaknesses of team members in assigning tasks.Ben serves on several committees to improve the efficiency and accuracy of designs and plan preparation. Ben has also been involved with several research projects, reviewing the work done by the University researchers. As a unit leader, Ben has a passion for helping develop the people he oversees to help them achieve their career goals and to expand their experience and knowledge.Throughout his career with MnDOT, Ben has gained a wide variety of technical experience while working on new bridge projects, repair bridge projects, and through review of consultant prepared bridge projects. He has been involved with design, writing special provisions, drafting, and checking of plan sheets for conformance with the design and drafting standards.