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Asset Management - Watersheds

• Lead the Watershed Asset Management Program that includes the following:• Develop and update the Watershed District-Wide and Waterway Asset Management Plans which includes a summary of the creeks’ assets, condition, and maintenance and capital strategies recommended to maintain to current levels of service while optimizing public funding with a 100 year financial forecast.• Manage budget, schedule, and consultant agreements for the watershed asset management program, i.e. Regnart Creek and Piedmont Creek Asset Management Plans. • Produce and update over 20 creek levels of service to support watershed operations and maintenance in development of creek maintenance guidelines and asset management plans. • Assist with the upgrade and development of the CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) which included working with a variety of departments and field users and documenting current and improved workflows.• Actively participate and assist in the continuous improvement of the asset register, condition assessment data, CMMS reports, and ensure asset databases are kept up to date.• Supervise 3 engineering interns and 2 rotating assistant engineers.• Review and update creek maintenance guidelines.

Operations And Maintenance Engineering Support Unit

• Prepare engineering designs for local small scale bank stabilization and sediment removal projects for Guadalupe Watershed including, but not limited to, a city storm drain outfall replacement, rock rip-rap revetments, earth repair with and without rock base, and other biotechnical bank repair designs. Utilize programs such as HECRAS, GIS, AutoCAD to produce design documents.• Submit and report design details and quantities before and after construction within our Stream Maintenance Program’s (SMP) NPW database for regulatory agencies to review prior to SMP deadlines.• Communicate and cooperate with external units, such as but not limited to, CADD unit’s technicians, SMP unit’s biologists, Small Caps Construction and Design unit’s engineers, and Watershed Field Operations unit’s maintenance workers to ensure projects are complying with District and Regulatory standards, are on schedule, and are on task.• Evaluate stream bank erosion sites, estimate quantities of sediment to be removed from streams to restore capacity, use professional software to analyze and design adequate fish passage, produce and analyzed hydraulic models.• Assist with the prioritization, ranking, and cost estimating of all stream maintenance projects with a team of engineers, biologists, environmental planners, and field operations crew.• Lead the effort to update current ranking criteria for SMP projects by coordinating meetings within our unit, took responsibility of documenting and creating new ranking criteria spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, and updating the spreadsheet after each meeting.• Assist with the review and provide comments on Capital Improvement Projects and requests from Community Projects Review Unit.• Monitor and document construction activities for stream maintenance program, ensure adherence to professional codes, standards and District specifications, and perform minor surveying activities including field data collection an office analysis.

Dams And Pipelines Project Delivery Unit

• Assist in the design and development of construction drawings for the South County Recycled Water Pipeline Project – Wastewater Treatment Plant Service Connection. • Assist in the construction management of South County’s Phase 1B Recycled Water Pipeline – Camino Arroyo Service Line which includes tasks; coordinate and direct weekly construction meetings, produce meeting minutes and agendas, review and analyze contractor’s submittals and potential change orders, ensure adherence to project specifications, communicate with the contractor and District inspector on a regular basis to ensure project development and respond to design questions and Requests For Information submittals (RFI), and observe construction activities periodically• Work in a team setting and coordinate with other regulatory agencies such as, the City of Gilroy and South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA) and effectively communicate the design and construction of pipeline projects• Prepare and submit encroachment permits to Caltrans and Union Pacific Railroad Company

San Jose

•Assist in the preparation and design of land development projects to be submitted to city councils for approval, such as grading and drainage plans, existing and proposed utility plans, storm water management plans, public and private improvement plans using AutoCAD for residential, mixed use, retail, and commercial developments. •Assist in the preparation and design of construction documents for land development projects to be submitted to city's public works and building departments for approval. Successfully obtained a grading, private improvement, and public improvement permit for a 18 lot residential development in San Jose, CA. •Performs accurate and consistent hydraulic calculations to ensure projects will accommodate 10-year and 100-year storm per city standards using FlowMaster, Storm CAD, and HEC-RAS.•Performs and checks routine assignments involving existing data gathering•Work within a team setting and effectively communicate with coworkers and external consultants such as other engineers, planners, architects, landscape architects, and city reviewers.•Updating and revising company’s AutoCAD 2012/Civil 3D Standards Manual and presented in front of the land development team in a formal lunch and learn.

San Jose, Ca

•Performs accurate and consistent calculations related to basic design for land development projects (residential, commercial, mixed-use, and retail)•Assist in the preparation and design of land development projects to be submitted to city councils for approval, such as grading and drainage plans, existing and proposed utility plans, storm water management plans and exhibits using AutoCAD and other software. •Performs and checks routine assignments involving existing data gathering•Work within a team setting and effectively communicate with coworkers such as other engineers, planners, architects, and landscape architects.

Bend, Oregon

Conduct speed zone investigations for Region 4 which included the following tasks: Collected speed data and roadway inventory, analyzed data using Excel, created proposed roadway drawings using Micro-station v8.0, and wrote comprehensive reports on speed recommendations to submit to the state's traffic engineer.

Prepare engineering designs for local small scale engineering projects including, but not limited to, a city storm drain outfall replacement, rock rip-rap revetments, and other biotechnical bank repair designs. Evaluate stream bank erosion sites, estimate quantities of sediment to be removed from streams to restore capacity, use professional software to analyze and design adequate fish passage, produce and analyzed hydraulic models.Monitor and document construction activities for stream maintenance program, ensure adherence to professional codes, standards and District specifications, and perform minor surveying activities including field data collection an office analysis.

Provided superior customer service while preparing and issuing campus ID cards, successfully issued cards during high volumes of customers, troubleshoot card issues, provided clerical services, worked discreetly with confidential information, processed deposits, and reconciled the daily register receipts.

B.S., Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Senior Design Project: Water Distribution System in Nicaragua (2011-2012), Society of Hispanic Professional.

B, Ethnic Studies